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David Culhane reports from Paris on a shakeup in the French defense industry. The government offered the biggest overhaul and the most comprehensive review of French military strategy since World War II. President Chirac announced in an address to the nation today that over the next 6 years military conscription will be replaced by a professional army.

Linda Gradstein reports from Tel Aviv on the bombing at a busy intersection that left at least a dozen people dead and more than 100 wounded. This is the fourth suicide bombing in 8 days. Splinters groups of the Islamist extremist organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the first two attacks and reportedly for the third.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that numerous interest groups are trying to influence the Republican presidential candidates in New Hampshire this week with billboards, TV ads and appearances at campaign events. These advocacy groups range from environmentalists to defense contractors. They share a desire to get the candidates to be more specific on issues, something the campaigns try to avoid whenever possible.

Mark Gillespie of Alaska Public Radio Network reports on the increasing media and corporate hoopla surrounding the annual Iditarod dogsled race. Once a solitary match of human endurance and skill against nature's worst, it's become a huge logistical operation akin to a military campaign, complete with platoons of camp followers eager to borrow from race's notoriety.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that a dispute has erupted in the medical community about how aggressive doctors should be about testing cholesterol levels. The American College of Physicians, which represents family doctors, today issued new guidelines for cholesterol screening that calls for less aggressive testing than the current federal government's recommendations.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on one of the largest investors in Russia to date: the Coca Cola company of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Coca-Cola's efforts to do business with the Russians is a study in stubborness... a stubborn company facing off against the inertia of the Russian bureaucracy.

Since the Dayton peace accords were signed nearly two months ago, NATO has avoided linking itself too closely to the International War Tribunal investigating war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. That position is changing. NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that NATO forces in Bosnia are receiving new orders regarding suspected war criminals.

Bob Dole will bump up against the federal spending limit for presidential primaries in the next few weeks. But that wont ground his campaign. With the nomination within reach, there's plenty the Republican Party can do to keep the campaign aloft through the August nominating convention. NPRs Peter Overby reports.

In remarks today before The American Conservative Union, Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour sought to unite a party divided over the candidacy of Pat Buchanan. The conservative group also heard from the executive director of the Christian Coalition, Ralph Reed. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

A week to the day after a deadly bombing on a bus in erusalem, terrorist struck again this morning, on the very same bus line. NPR's unni Khalid (SOO-nee KHA-lid) reports from the scene of the explosion and eaction to it.