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LAST NIGHT THE DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION HELD ITS FINAL VOTE ON THE FATE OF A LIST OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. NPR'S JON GREENBERG REPORTS THAT THE COMMISSION FINALLY RECOMMENDED TO CLOSE NINETY BASES.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that Republicans are trying to divine the meaning of yesterday's political straw poll in Ames, Iowa, involving Republican candidates for President. Bob Dole and Phil Gramm tied for the number one spot...an outcome Gramm is calling a stunning victory.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Zagreb, Croatia on an xpected widening of the war in Bosnia. Rebel Serbs forces currently occupy bout a third of Croatian territory, and Croatia has threatened strong etaliation if the Serbs do not agree to peace negotiations.

The economy is booming in Thailand, but not all the ountry's workers are reaping the financial rewards. Reese Erlich reports on the urrent state of Thailand's largely undocumented work-force. Many of these orkers produce goods that are sold for high prices to American companies, ncluding athletic shoes made by Reebok and Addidas.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS ON A PHP, PHYSICIANS' HEALTH PLAN, SET UP BY 300 PHYSICIANS IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THAT IS ATTEMPTING TO MEET BOTH ECONOMIC AND PATIENTS' DEMANDS.... AND THE NEEDS OF TODAY'S HEALTH CARE.

NPR's Ann Garrels reports on some labor camps located in Siberia which house North Korean prisoners and are run by North Korean guards. During the Soviet era, the Kremlin didn't mind the arrangement. Now, it does.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on this weekend's egotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders regarding the 16-month-old alestinian rule that is extending beyond Gaza and Jericho to more of the West ank. After much wrangling, an agreement was signed this morning.

NPR'S BROOKE GLADSTONE REPORTS ON THE REACTION FROM THE PRIESTS OF SCARED HEART CHURCH IN NEW YORK'S HELL'S KITCHEN TO THE BOOK "SLEEPERS," THAT HAS BEEN ON THE NEW YORK TIME'S NON-FICTION BESTSELLER LIST FOR THE PAST 10 WEEKS.

From Kansas City, NPR's Laura Ziegler reports on a prison program that encourages regular people to contact and visit inmates at a federal penitentiary. The idea is to provide inmates with human contact and a positive example of how to live outside of prison.

The number of dead is rising on both sides of the ussian-Chechan conflict in and around the city of Grozny (GRAHZ-nee). NPR's rooke Gladstone reports on an anti-war group composed of hundreds of mothers f Russian soldiers who are heading into the war zone to bring their children ome.