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NPR's Eric Weiner reports that the once strong Saudi ARabian economy has begun to weaken. Economic depresson is though of as one possible reason for a rise in Islamic Militancy. The incomes of the middle class hae dropped since the Gulf war and once affluent Saudis are forced to search for for bargains in their daily life and do less internaional travel.

NPR'S Richard Harris reports that researchers have found new evidence that spring has been arriving in the Northern Hemisphere earlier since the 1970s. New research suggests that spring now arrives about seven days earlier than it did 20 years ago, and that could be a sign of global warming.

Joshua Levs reports from member station W-A-B-E on what Olympic organizers are calling "ambush advertising." The Olympic Committee in Atlanta is concerned about the unlicensed use of Olympic images and references in advertising. After the Olympic Committee threatened a state lawsuit, Adidas withdrew a television commercial this week that depicted images of past Olympic Games.

A federal judge in Montana today ordered Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski to be remanded to Sacramento to face charges that he killed two people and injured two others with bombs. NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the risks prosecutors may face if they attempt to seek the death penalty in what will be one of the most carefully watched cases of the decade.

The Democratic National Convention has attracted only a smattering of protests and most of these have been held in small ``official'' protest areas, for which groups had to apply for a city permit. It's a far cry from the thousands of angry protesters, whose confrontations with police in Chicago twenty-eight years ago marked the last Democratic convention in the city. NPR's Scott Simon reports.

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports that Israeli President Ezer Weizman was in Cairo today for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Weizman refused to criticize Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but Mubarak said he would not meet again with Netanyahu until a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Hebron is begun.

NPR's Kathy Lohr reports that at a news conference today, Richard Jewell and his attorneys blasted the federal government and the news media. Jewell was the FBI's chief suspect in the Olympic park bombing investigation. On Saturday he received a letter from the government saying he was no longer a target of the investigation.

In Brazil, the government of President Fernando Cardoso is addressing the issue of police violence. In recent years, Brazilian police have killed scores of innocent civilians in the course of their battle against drug dealers and other criminals. But NPR's Nina Teichholz reports the government is facing opposition from a legal establishment that learned its draconian methods of maintaining order during the country's days of military dictatorship.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that America Online is embarking on an expensive promotional campaign and switching stock exchanges in a bid to reposition itself in the face of growing competition. America Online grew to prominence as a NASDAQ stock, but is moving to the New York Stock Exchange as part of a broader campaign to increase public visibility.

- President Clinton announced today he is convening a summit of Middle Eastern leaders in Washington early this week to calm the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting and to put the Middle East peace process back on track. NPR's John Neilsen reports on the political sensitivities surrounding the summit and the rival Israeli and Palestinian concepts of what conssitutes peace.