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- As Israel and the PLO sit down to discuss the so-called "final status" issues of borders, refugees and Jerusalem, Laurie Neff reports that the rightwing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using an old law to revoke the residence permits of Palestinians living in East Jerusalem.

NPR's Cheryl Devall reports that, with a state-imposed deadline just a few weeks away, the city of Miami is having difficulty figuring out how to solve the city's fiscal crisis. One partial solution is raising the fees for garbage collection - an idea that the mayor is rejecting.

After eight letter bombs arrived in the United States from Egypt earlier this week, FBI investigators are busy trying to track down the terrorists who mailed them from Egypt. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that the letters themselves -- defused but not detonated -- are providing the best clues.

Daniel speaks with reporter Allieu Kamara from Sierra Leone, where three starving young orphans this week discovered a 100-karat diamond when digging for wild yams near their village. Experts say the diamond is worth as much as half a million dollars.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports on United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's (KOH-fee ANN-an) recent visit to Washington, and his attempts to persuade to the United States to pay up billions of dollars in debts to the world body.

Michigan Governor John Engler has proposed that the state take over Michigan's most academically troubled schools, adding to the number of states and cities that have chosen a radical response to poor school performance. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Detroit.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that the problem of endangered species is limited to several "hot spots" around the country, according to a new study in this week's issue of the journal Science. Federal officials and environmentalists say programs to save rare species should focus on these areas -- and not be spread over the whole country.

As anti-government demonstrators led sheep through the streets of Belgrade today to ridicule the followers of President Slobodan Milosevic, opposition leaders boasted that most Serbians had rallied to their side. But NPR's Edward Lifson reports that in the countryside, rural residents and workers have ben reluctant to join in the demonstrations.

The House is preparing to vote on a republican welfare reform bill. It would transfer control of much of the system from the federal government to the states. It would limit benefits to five years and require recipients to work after two years. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that the health of President Boris Yeltsin is causing concern among Kremlin watchers. Yeltsin this morning cancelled a meeting with Vice President Al Gore. And, he went on an unplanned two-week vacation at a state-run sanitarium in the suburbs of Moscow.