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NPR's Mara Liasson reports on this week's fundraising controversies involving Vice President Al Gore and Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief of staff, Maggie Williams. What's clear is how raising money pushes limits. It's a craft that works in loopholes, gray areas and blurry lines, making it difficult to determine if the letter of the law was broken.

Gillian Sharpe reports from The Hague, where the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia is hearing testimony. For the first time a survivor of a camp for Bosnian Serbs told the court today of atrocities against Serbs. The testimony is part of the trial of four men--three Muslims and a Croat--who are accused of committing war crimes. (3:15) CUTAWAY 1A 0:59 1B

From Lima, Jon Miller reports on Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's trip to Canada to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto. They'll discuss strategy for ending the embarrassing month-and-a-half-long hostage siege in the residence of the Japanese ambassador to Peru. Hashimoto is seeking Fujimori's guarantee that the end of the siege will result from negotiations, not military action.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service announced this morning that it has already begun implementing a new immigration law. Immigration rights groups are pursuing a challenge to a key part of this law after losing a bid to stop the measure from taking effect today. At issue is a piece of last year's massive immigration law that expedites the deportation of travelers carrying fraudulent or invalid documents. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports on Judge Richard Matsch's decision to keep much of the jury selection process behind closed doors in the trial of Timothy McVeigh. The public can hear jurors answer preliminary questions by lawyers and the judge, but arguments over whether particular jurors should be included or excluded are taking place out of public view, in the judge's chambers.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London on the most recent campaign by the Irish Republican Army against the government of the United Kingdom. This campaign uses the threat of a bomb to upset life in Britain. Over the past two weeks there have been small bomb explosions on railroad lines, threats against railroads and highways. Most recently a phoned-in threat stopped the running of the historic Grand National steeplechase horse race.

The BBC's Jane Standley reports from Goma, Zaire, on how that city has changed since Zairean rebels took it over last fall. Goma once was home to hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees. Today it is the de facto capital of rebel-held Zaire. People in the town generally welcome the rebels' presence. They are seen as less oppressive and corrupt than the Zairean government and its army.

Much has been made of how "Heaven's Gate" used the Internet to help disseminate their beliefs, but many Internet users caution against the conclusion that the computer network somehow encourages cults. As NPR's John McChesney reports, the idea that the Hale Bopp comet could be accompanied by a UFO got some of its currency from talk radio, and a number of people used the Internet to debunk the group's message.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London on a murder case that has stirred up a debate about the role of newspapers in British society. The Daily Mail last week printed the pictures and names of five white youths it said killed a young black man four years ago. The Newspaper dared the five to sue the newspaper on charges of libel if the charge is untrue.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on some surprising new findings in a survey of male sexual behavior and overall health after circumcision. Researchers from University of Chicago found that, among circumcised men, the rate of sexually transmitted diseases was not necessarily lower than men whose foreskin was retained. The researchers also found that UNcircumcised men engage in what they call "a more elaborate set of sexual practices."