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NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that two weeks after forming his government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (n'tahn-YAH-hoo) is still waiting on former General Ariel Sharon (shah-ROHN) to accept the special Cabinet position created for him. Sharon may prove a greater problem to Netanyahu in government than he already is out of it.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which is expected to be close to the center of the eye of Hurricane Fran when the storm makes landfall. While the coast has been evacuated, many residents are still staying.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the fledgling democracy in Sierra Leone, West Africa. A recently elected government there survived a coup attempt earlier this week and citizens are still hopeful that democracy will take hold in their country which has a long history of instability.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that Palestinians in East Jerusalem are angry and bitter and they are directing much of their anger at Yasser Arafat. They see him as the main promoter of the peace process with Israel, an effort that has failed to bring about expected improvement in their daily lives.

In Michigan the Catholic Church, long opposed to Dr. Jack Kevorkian's willingness to assist people with health problems to commit suicide, has established a program that seeks to offer an alternative for people wishing to end their life. Project Life even offers a hotline service to direct people to counselling. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Detroit.

David Culhane reports from Paris on the assassination of a French Roman Catholic Bishop at his Algerian home in Oran. Bishop Pierre Claverie (clah-VREE) was killed by a bomb. he is the 19th clergyman killed by suspected Muslim extremists who want to overthrow the government of Algeria.

NPR's Michael Shuster reports from Amman, Jordan that for all their general dislike of Saddam Hussein, the average Arab man in the street views the US cruise missile attacks on Iraqi military installations as one more imperial reaction by the West against the Arab world.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's official visit to Israeli President Weizman as renewed Palestinian-Israeli talks remain stalled over Prime Minister Netanyahu's demands that security arrangements to accommodate an Israeli pullout from Hebron be negotiated.

The Supreme Court agreed today to decide whether states may ban doctor-assisted suicide. The justices will review lower court rulings that struck down bans on physician-assisted suicide in New York and Washington state. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

David Culhane reports from Paris that the only Frenchman to be convicted of crimes against humanity during World War Two has died in prison. 81-year-old Paul Touvier ((too-vee-AY)), known as the "Hangman of Lyon", was convicted two years ago. He had prostate cancer.