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The Catholic Church has launched a massive campaign to oppose President Clinton's veto of a late-term abortion bill. In preparation for an expected vote next month in Congress to override the veto, the Church is distributing millions of postcards to its members to send to their representatives in Congress. The campaign is also expected to continue until the November elections, in which the so-called Catholic vote is expected to figure prominently. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that Russian President Boris Yeltsin finished the Sunday elections in first place with a narrow lead over this Communist rival, Gennady Zyuganov (gen-NAH-dee zyo-GAH-noff)). The talk in Moscow today is of political deals heading into the run-off in early July. Both Yeltsin and Zyuganov will be wooing the candidates who lost and people who voted for them.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Sarajevo on the dilemma facing the Western Powers over the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzic ((RAH-doh-vahn KARE-uh-jitch)). As agreed upon in the Dayton Peace Accord, Karadzic is supposed to remove himself from power before elections next September. That hasn't happened yet and the international community is running out of options to force him out.

NPR's David Welna reports on the grassroots uprising in a small town just south of Mexico City. What started as a revolt against plans for a fancy golf course grew into a takeover of the town of Tepoztlan (tay-post-LAWN). The people built barricades to keep the police out and held their own elections for local leaders. The state government has cut off the town's funds. The rebellion has become a symbol of growing impatience with Mexico's ruling party.

The U-S is stepping up the evacuation of foreign nationals from Liberia. The Pentagon said more helicopters would be moved in to continue the evacuation from Freetown. More than 5 hundred foreign nationals have been evacuted sincce Tuesday. Ninety-one of those are Americns. It's said to be the worst fighting in 6 years in Liberia. Fighting broke out last weekend. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that Philip Morris today proposed voluntary measures to reduce teen smoking. The tobacco company said it would agree to several measures, including a ban on cigarette vending machine sales, if the Food and Drug Administration dropped its plans to institute federal regulations.

A visit to one of the center's of African filmmaking - Ouaguadougou [wah-gah-DOO-goo] in the West African state of Burkina Faso. Though the city hosts one of the largest film festivals in the world, the government of Burkina Faso can only finance one or two films a year. Jennifer Ludden reports that's typical on a continent where, like everywhere else, American action flicks dominate.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that an Army Special Task Force today said the there are few extremists in the army ranks and that the influence of extremists and hate groups is minimal. But the Task Force recommended that recruits be screened for extremist views. The Task Force was commissioned in December following the murder of a black couple near Fort Bragg. The suspects are members of Fort Bragg who police say had racial motives.

NPR'S Sunni Khalid reports that many Arab leaders support tomorrow's summit on terrorism in Egypt but they say it should do more than address Israel's problems with Hamas. They say it should deal with the causes of political violence in the Middle East and promote a just peace between Israelis and Arabs.

Three Montana men are now under arrest, but a standoff continues at a remote ranch in eastern Montana where a group of separatists calling themselves the Freemen are holed up. NPR's Howard Berkes reports tha authorities put together an elaborate sting operation to uncover illegal activities by the group. Local Montanans, meanwhile, are happy to see someone finally doing something about the free-wheeling group.