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NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on U.N. Secretary Kofi Annan's unsuccessful appeal to leaders of Afghanistan's Islamic Taliban government to stop the destruction of two huge Buddha statues. Secretary Annan was told that the statues, which are carved from a rock cliff near the central Afghan town of Bamian , are mostly destroyed.

NPR's Robert Smith reports that students of Princeton University and their parents are gasping in relief -- over tuition. The university plans to bolster its financial aid so that undergraduates won't have to take out student loans. This will likely give Princeton a keen edge in attracting the best students, and it has other Ivy League schools scrambling.

The court case brought by the world's pharmaceutical companies against the South African Government has been postponed until mid April. The companies are trying to block a law that allows South Africa to import generic drugs or authorize their manufacture. The postponement gives the companies time to respond to the inclusion in the case of testimony by the country's leading AIDS activists. Brenda Wilson reports from Pretoria.

NPR's Alison Aubrey reports on President Bush's intervention yesterday that would prevent airlines from going on strike. It's the first time this President has made an Executive Order to keep airlines in the sky. As negotiating officials for Northwest Airlines officials and mechanics near a strike deadline, the President's executive order puts a 60-day freeze on any strike action.

Hockey is a rough sport, but it's proving to be an effective form of therapy for some recent amputees who grew up playing the game. Hockey therapy started in Russia, with soldiers who lost limbs in wars in Afghanistan and Chechnya. Now it's taking hold in Canada and the U.S. Teams of amputee players will compete in a tournament this weekend in support of a ban on landmines. Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio reports.

In ancient world the Library at Alexandria, Egypt was the meeting place where philosophical, spiritual, and cosmological teachings met to create a vital cultural environment. But the Library dissappeared 2000 years ago possibly when Julius Caeser sacked the city. Today a new library is rising in Alexandria hoping to recapture some of the former's glory. Kate Seelye reports.

Outgoing Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak reversed course yesterday and announced he would not join the cabinet of Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that Barak's decision deals a blow to Sharon's hopes of establishing a national unity government, and leaves Barak's Likud party in disarray.

NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has handed out a ruling that clears the way for schools to sue athletic associations in order to fight recruiting restrictions and penalties. The court ruled 5 to 4 that such actions represent an unfair restriction of the schools' First Amendment rights.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on Robert Phillip Hanssen, the man arrested Sunday in Virginia on charges of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia. A 27-year veteran of the FBI, Hanssen has allegedly been selling vital U.S. national security secrets for the past 15 years. If convicted, Hanssen faces the death penalty.

NPR's David Welna reports on the alternative budget being proposed by congressional Democrats. Objecting to President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut, Democrats on Capitol Hill call for $900 billion in tax cuts, with more relief to those on the bottom rung of the economic ladder. The action comes as the House Ways and Means Committee took up the Bush proposal.