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NPR's Cheryl Devall reports that while this weekend's American Airlines strike lasted mere minutes, it still sent an unseasonable chill throughout the Caribbean, where the airline provides up to 70 percent of service to some islands. Caribbean officials speak of the strike threat - which came at the height of the winter travel season - as a 'wake up call.'

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on an effort by the West African nation of Burkina Faso to tax the black market. Ninety percent of this desperately poor country's economy is on the black market, so it's a huge source of potential government revenue. It's unclear how successful the effort has been, but it could serve as a model for other poverty-stricken nations.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that more than 200 children in Japan have been hospitalized and thousands more affected by an outbreak of food poisoning that authorities believe is related to the E-Coli (Ee KOH-lie) bacteria. E-Coli has been linked to lethal cases in the United States ... all believed to be caused by eating beef that was not adequately cooked.

NPR's John Burnett reports on a decision today by federal judges that redrew thirteen congressional districts in Texas and nullified their primary election results in order to conform with recent Supreme Court rulings outlawing so-called "racial gerrymandering." This decision has important implications for some Congressional races in Texas. Some incumbents who had faced no primary opposition could now find themselves with rivals for those seats.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports on the violence in Northern Ireland that threatens the peace efforts for the province. This week is the beginning of the marching season when Protestants parade to celebrate military victories over Catholics 300 years ago. Earlier in the week, police had prevented one parade from going through a Catholic neighborhood. The Protestants rioted. When the police changed their decision, Catholics reacted last night with riots of their own.

Dan Charles reports on scientists' quest to discover the shapes and makeup of the molecules that digest food, carry oxygen around in the bloodstream, or send signals from one nerve to another. If they succeed, researches believe they could develop substances to combat hitherto incurable diseases.

- Scott Horsley reports on a case in San Diego where a man is suing his doctor for keeping him alive against his will. Ray Noonkester wrote a living will when he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, which expressed his desire to refuse life support. His doctor later went against Noonkester's request, because he thought the patient had a change of heart.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports that Turkey has signed a 20-billion-dollar deal to buy natural gas from Iran. Turkey's decision to do business with Iran could result in U.S. sanctions. The agreement comes less a week after President Clinton signed a law authorizing U.S. sanctions against foreign companies choosing to invest in Iran and Libya.

The new anti-terrorism law instructs officials to deport legal immigrants who have crimes on their records, even relatively small offenses that were committed and paid for years ago. Advocates for immigrants are protesting and even the Immigration and Naturalization Service says the law is keeping its resources tied up on people who are not dangerous to society. NPR's John Nielsen has a report.

- NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that President Clinton and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Bob Dole, both spoke out today in campaign remarks. The president talked about crime, and said he wants to create a national register of sex offenders. And Dole attacked the President for what he called the adminstration's "pattern of ethical arrogance" regarding the confidential files on former Bush and Reagan administraiton officials a White House official obtained from the FBI.