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NPR's Andy Bowers reports from the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. For the first time since the second World War, a man is on trial for crimes against humanity. A Bosnian Serb, Dusko ((DOOSH

The Supreme Court handed down a ruling today that will make it easier for defendants to prove they are mentally unfit to stand trial in criminal cases. The decision came in the case of a convicted murder in Oklahoma. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the case against Theodore Kaczinski, the man suspected of being the Unabomber...and on the New Jersey prosecutor who has been tapped to try the case. He also delves into the likely investigative and trial strategies.

NPR's Michael Skoler reports from Rwanda on the exhumation of a mass grave site requested by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal. The site is in a town called Kibuye (kih-BOO-yay), not far from the refugee camps in Zaire.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on the implications of the recent standoff in the Taiwan Strait. He explores how the tension created by war games resulted in gains and losses for both Taiwan and China.

Lynne Terry reports on the tension in Algeria, where seven French Trappist monks were kidnapped Wednesday. This latest incident, in a civil war that has claimed some 40,000 lives, suggests that the military government and Islamic insurgents remain far apart.

NPR'S JIM ZARROLI REPORTS ON THE EFFORTS BY AT&T TO REPAIR ITS PUBLIC IMAGE. THE GIANT CORPORATION ANNOUNCED, AT THE START OF THE YEAR, THAT IT WAS LAYING OFF 40-THOUSAND WORKERS.

NPR's Tovia (TOH-vee-uh) Smith reports on today's verdict in the John Salvi murder trial. Salvi was found guilty on two charges of first degree murder and five of assualt in an attack on a Boston area abortion clinic in 1994.

Chris Nuttall reports from Ankara on the corruption scandal surrounding former Prime Minister Tansu Ciller. On Thursday, the parliament is expected to vote to launch a second investigation into her activities while in office -- all of which threatens to bring down the coalition government.

From WHYY, NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on nearly 100 drug users who were rushed to Philadelphia hospitals overnight, after takeing a lethal form of heroin known as "homicide." Nearly a dozen remain in critical condition today.