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This is the final day of campaigning for the Bosnian elections to be held the day after tomorrow. From Sarajevo, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on the moderate opposition within the Bosnian Serb Republic. These are the Serbs whose power base is in northwestern Bosnia, far away from the nationalist stronghold in the eastern Bosnian town of Pale. Should these moderates win in this Saturday's elections, it is thought they they might be more willing to cooperate with implementing the joint instituions called for in the Dayton Peace Agreement.

Up until the 1960s, poor people ate healthier food than well-off whites, and poor African Americans had healthier diets than whites. By the 1990s, well-off whites had adopted the healthier diets, and poor Americans had started picking up the bad eating habits of the rich -- "Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, chips. No Coke, Pepsi." NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

NPR'S Martha Raddatz reports on today's announcement by Clinton administration officials of the breakup of a major drug-trafficking ring they say was run by Nigerian nationals. Attorney General Janet Reno says US agents and authorities around the world have arrested thirty-four people in connection with the scheme, which federal officials say was tolerated by Nigeria's military government. Reno says the Nigerian ring operated from Southeast Asia to major American cities.

Karen Michel reports on a collection of music from former Portuguese colonies in Africa assembled by David Byrne, a former member of the 70's art-rock band Talking Heads. The common thread throughout the music is beauty, sadness, and political content. The music is also connected BECAUSE of Portuguese colonization. For example, the Angolan "semba" in the collection bears a striking resemblance to Brazilian "samba". (STEREO)

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that President Clinton has taken the extraordinary step of barring the president of Colombia from traveling to the United States. The State Department said today that Mr. Clinton revoked President Ernesto Samper's (sam-PAIR) visa because the Colombian took money from drug traffickers and in exchange, pursued policies on their behalf. The State Department spokesman said the US will continue to work with Colombia's government in fighting drugs. Colombia is the source of most of the cocaine and much of the heroin consumed in the U-S.

Owen Bennett-Jones reports from Geneva that U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher has pressured Balkan leaders into a new agreement. The Presidents of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia have agreed to protect the rights of voters during the Bosnian elections next month. They promised to apprehend war criminals and assure refugees the right to return to home...and in an agreement to be signed tomorrow in Sarajevo, the Bosnian government turns over power to a federation of Bosnian Croats and Muslims.

In many parts of farming country, the harvest season is underway. This means long hours and hard work for farmers and, in many cases, for their children as well. It's estimated that every year hundreds of children die from farm-related accidents. Marge Pitrof from W-U-W-M in Milwaukee reports that one group from Wisconsin is trying to get the government more involved in protecting children on farms, but some farmers say safety can't be regulated.

NPR's Philip Davis reports on a charge by the British that Switzerland turned over only a small part of the gold it was holding from the German Nazis during World War Two. The Foreign Office said the Swiss paid out only a little more than a tenth of all the gold thought to be in Swiss vaults. Switzerland declined to comment and deferred to a government commission being set up to examine the war-time activities of Swiss Banks.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that even as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington today for U.S.-mediated peace talks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israel tightened its hold on the occupied territories of the West Bank, sending new tanks and troops to the area and drastically curtailing travel. Tensions remained high, though there were none of the violent demonstrations that all but killed off the Middle East peace process last week.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on the worst flareup of civil violence between Palestinians and Israelis since the intifada of the 1980s. That violence led to the start of the peace process that has now stalled in the wake of the election of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Today's riots, which ended with armed Palestinian policemen exchanging gunfire with Israeli army troops for the first time ever, came in the wake of Netanyahu's government opening a controversial tunnel next to Islamic holy places in Jerusalem.