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NPR's Mara Liasson reports on the summit on terrorism, which was attended by leaders of 27 countries, many of them former enemies of Israel. President Clinton praised the gathering for coming up with concrete ideas for combatting terrorism, but others felt the summit was short on details.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that the Clinton administration plans to make a military satellite system more available for civilian uses. Currently, the Pentagon scrambles signals from its Global Positioning System for security reasons. But there's been a growing push to unscramble the signals for a variety of uses, including airplane navigation.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports on how Catholics are responding to a Nebraska Bishop's newest pronouncement. He threatened to excommunicate local Catholics who are members of organizations with views antithetical to church teachings. The Bishop cited groups such as "Catholics for a Free Choice" and the Hemlock Society."

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that American Multi-Cinema wants to build what are being billed as the world's largest movie houses. Some of the first will open in suburban Chicago, where they're meeting local resistance as residents fear the developments will ruin their neighborhoods.

Baseball season officially begins tonight in the United States. NPR's David Welna reports it is not only a favorite American spectator sport, it is also hugely popular in Cuba where it is played year round. Welna was in Havana earlier this month, just in time for the opening games of Cuba's Revolution Cup.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the growing list of weapons proliferation violations by China. The U.S. may be required to slap sanctions on China for selling banned weaponry to Pakistan and Iran, which would increase already heightened tensions with China.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that NATO helicopters have begun to bring down from the mountain the victims of yesterday's air crash near Dubrovnik, Croatia. The plan was carrying U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and business executives. The Clinton Administration is in mourning and messages of sympathy are flowing in from all over the world.

P-R's Wade Goodwyn reports on today's memorial services.

This morning an Air Force plane carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and as many as 30 other passengers crashed in the Adriatic, a few miles from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Secretary Brown was on a trade mission with U-S business executives. NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the details of the crash.

Former Mayor of Cleveland, Carl Stokes, died today at age sixty-eight. Harry Boomer from member station WCPN in Cleveland reports that Stokes, who grew up in a housing project and was the great-grandson of a slave, was the Mayor of Cleveland for eight years.