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NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON AN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO MOVED TO THE GEORGIAN CAPITAL TO TBLISI, IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, AS A BUSINESS CONSULTANT AND IS DEFYING THE ODDS AGAINST FOREIGN INVESTMENT GENERATED BY FOUR YEARS OF WAR. SHE HAS OPENED UP A GUEST HOUSE CALLED "BETSY'S PLACE."

Bill Cohen of Ohio Public Radio reports on the first of five ational "town meetings" organized by the House Budget Committee. The forums ill cover the details of the proposed Balanced Budget Amendment, with the goal f gaining a better understanding of how American citizens outside the beltway erceive the current budget debate.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on the state of civil security in Haiti. Many people feel safer now that there is a multinational security force maintaining the peace, although there is still some violent crime. Even though a Haitian police force is being trained, many Haitians are worried about what will happen when the multinationals leave.

NPR'S ISABELLA ALEGRIA REPORTS THAT RAINS HAVE ABATED AND FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING IN CALIFORNIA, LEAVING BEHIND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGED AND RUINED CROPS. MANY SMALL FARMERS AREN'T INSURED AND CONSUMERS ALREADY ARE SEEING HIGHER PRICES IN LOCAL MARKETS.

FROM MEMBER STATION WBUR, TOVIA SMITH REPORTS ON THE TEN POINT COALITION, A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION OF MANY LIBERAL AND MINORITY BOSTON AREA MINISTERS WHO ARE HOPING TO COUNTER THE CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL AGENDA BEING PUSHED BY THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Ho Chi Minh City on the rememberances of those Vietnamese who fought in support of the communists. And while many of them celebrated their country's independance in 1975, they still say they're not entirely satisfied with the direction their country's taken in the last 20 years.

From member station K-Q-E-D in San Francisco, Ancel Martinez reports what luxury car dealers are doing to try to stave off the economic hit of a one hundred percent tariff that might go into effect if the U.S. and Japan can't solve their trade dispute by the end of June.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome on frantic consultations going on in Europe and at the United Nations as the world community tries to figure out how to respond to the latest developments in Bosnia. France has been as focus of this diplomatic activity. France has more peacekeepers in Bosnian than any other Western nation and has suffered the most casualties.

NPR'S JIM ZAROLLI REPORTS ON YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT BY PHILLIP MORRIS THAT IT IS RECALLING MOST OF ITS MOST POPULAR BRANDS OF CIGARETTS BECAUSE SOME OF THE CIGARETTE FILTERS MAY BE CONTAMINATED BY A SUBSTANCE THAT COULD CAUSE EYE AND THROAT IRRITATION AND DIZZINESS.

NPR'S INA JAFFE REPORTS ON THE TWO-WEEK CROSS COUNTRY TOUR OF MORE THAN 200 WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT KNOW AS "FREEDOM FLIGHT AMERICA," A COMMEMORATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR II.