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Liane Hansen talks with NPR reporter Eric Weiner, who is in New elhi, India monitoring First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit to five south sian countries, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Mrs. linton is scheduled to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on er trip.

Mary Jo Draper (DRAY-per) of member station CUR in Kansas City reports on the recommendaton of the Midwest Bioethics Center oncerning the extent to which children should be involved in decisions nvolving their medical treatment.

Mark Roberts reports on the lack of affordable ousing in the plush resort town of Vail, Colorado. Housing costs have forced orking people and long-time residents to move out, making the town an enclave or the rich.

At the end of the Cold War, the U.S. bagan closing any of its overseas military bases. Annie Allsebrook reports from England on ne community's experience with the "downsizing" of the American presence verseas.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the legacy of the superpower "proxy" war in Afganistan. During the 1980's Afganistan's Mujahadeen captured world attention with it's ragtag resistence to the Soviet invasion. For the past three years the Mujahadeen have been fighting each other.

Fifty years ago this coming week American and Russian troops cut Adolph Hitler's Third Reich in two. So this weeks For The Record features the BBC's Edward Ward reporting in very high spirits from Torgau, Germany the site of the April 25th historic meeting.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on a proposal in New York City to create separate schools for children who've been caught bringing weapons to class. The schools would be modelled after the Wildcat Academy, an alternative school in New York for troubled students.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports on local reaction to the ecent building boom in the capital city of Hanoi, Vietnam. Many residents are p-in-arms about current threats to the city's antiquity and physical beauty, nd some are organizing to put a hold on the spurt of modern growth and xpanison.

NPR'S MELISSA BLOCK REPORTS FROM NEW YORK ON YESTERDAY'S VERDICT THAT FOUND COLIN FERGUSON GUILTY OF KILLING SIX AND WOUNDING 19 PEOPLE ON A LONG ISLAND COMMUTOR TRAIN IN DECEMBER 1993.

NPR's Jim Zarolli reports on the feud between Orange County, California and the investment firm Merril Lynch. Orange County, which recently went bankrupt, is accusing Merril Lynch of steering county financiers toward risky investments.