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Tax day, April 15th, is a time-honored tradition in the United States but in Communist-ruled Cuba, people are paying taxes for the first time. As Tom Gibbs reports from Havana - Cubans are less than enthusiastic about having to pay the state. In the past, the state has provided everything for the people free of charge.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that broadcasters, computer manufacturers and consumer electronic companies have agreed on a standard for future TV and computer screens. This opens the way for the large-scale production and retailing of digital High Definition Television by 1998. HDTV features wide, very sharp, movie-like images on the screen.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports from Los Angeles, about Bob Dole's event yesterday in Riverside, California. This is an inside peek at all the planning and logisitics that go into such an event. We meet some members of Dole's advance team and learn that what they do is a bit like planning an elaborate wedding in less than a week.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that on the day after elections in Bosnia, western officials are saying that the balloting was largely successful. While there were isolated cases of violence and voting irregularities, more than 60 percent of Bosnia's residents did turn out yesterday to cast their ballots.

Paris-based reporter David Culhane joins Jacki Lyden to iscuss what European leaders think the Clinton victory means for the future of .S. foreign policy. Some say American foreign policy has been on the back urner throughout the presidential campaign, and many European officials are nxious to see what direction the administration will take.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports on the latest development in the corporate espionage dispute between Volkswagen and General Motors. A Volkswagen executive who is accused of having stolen industrial secrets when he left General Motors resigned today, but General Motors still is not satisfied.

Voter turnout was unusually low this year...down in the vast majority of states, lower than it's been in at least 70 years. NPR's Howard Berkes reports on what may have kept voters at home...and also on why Westerners feel that early predictions from networks in the East might affect their decision to vote.

NPR's MaryKay Magistad reports that the mother of Chinese dissident Wang Dan, a leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests, says he will stand trial next week on charges of trying to overthrow the government. Wang is 26 years old and faces a minimum 10-year prison sentence if convicted.

Iceland is preparing for a massive flood of ice and water that is expected to burst out of Europe's largest glacier. The impending flood is the result of the heat from a volcano that recently erupted beneath the glacier. NPR's David Baron reports that Icelanders are used to natural disasters, and are facing the coming deluge with a mixture of stoicism and defiance.

The BBC's David Willey reports from Rome on a decision by Italy's highest court that Erich Priebke must be re-tried. Priebke, a former Nazi officer, has been accused of killing civilians in a 1944 massacre. He's in jail awaiting retrial.