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NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing, China on he women's conference that is currently underway. The attending delegates have ade progress toward their goal of setting a strong course for women's rights nd equality over the next decade.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on a 5th circuit Court decision handed down today. In the decision the court said teachers did not have the right to lead their students in prayer.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with sports reporter Robin Roberts of ABC and ESPN about this week's major sports activities. They include the Australian Open tennis finals, NBA All-Star voting, Rudy Galindo's figure skating victory and, of course, the Super Bowl.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with Alex Crosby, a medical epidemiologist at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and author of a new report on suicide and the elderly. After many years of declining rates of suicide among persons 65 and older, the rates have started to increase.

Linda Gradstein reports on the trial of confessed assassin Yigal Amir, who drew gasps from court spectators when he was handed a gun to demonstrate how he was tackled after shooting Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Times are tough for hospitals in rural areas -- people are moving away, and spending for health care, which these hospitals rely on, is being reduced. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on how a federal program is helping a small hospital in western Kansas survive.

Linda talks to James Perry, political reporter with the Wall Street Journal about the New Hampshire primary. Perry says this should have been a golden moment in the Republican revolution might the candidates have missed the opportunity.

President Clinton says he will sign a Defense Bill containing provisions the president has opposed, including requiring the military to discharge service members who carry the AIDS virus. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

NPR's Renee Montagne reports that this Monday the Supreme Court will hear a case that examines whether African-Americans are the subject of special prosecution in federal drug cases. Some argue that blacks are prosecuted in disproportionately high numbers when compared to whites.

NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS FROM PORT AU PRINCE ON HAITI'S CONTINUING DIFFICULTIES AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE JUDICIARY BRANCH OF PARLIAMENT WHICH, UNTIL THIS WEEK, HAD BEEN ALL BUT NON-EXISTENT.