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President Clinton today promised to keep the U-S on the front lines in the fight against terrorism. He calls terror attacks one of the biggest threats to U-S and global security, and he says America must be a leader in stamping out that threat. Clinton's comments came in a speech at George Washington University. Earlier, he signed a new anti-terrorism measure. It requires sanctions against foreign companies that do substantial energy business with Libya and Iran. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports that President Clinton today ordered a controversial provision of a sanctions bill against Cuba to go into effect, but he delayed a key aspect of the law for six months. Clinton chose not to block Title Three of the Helms-Burton Law, which allows U-S citizens to sue foreign companies which invest in property expropriated by Cuba's government. But sensitive to anger among America's trading partners, Clinton suspended for six months the right to file lawsuits under Title Three.

From WHYY, NPR's Eric Westervelt reports that New Jersey is about to become the first state to replace the traditional license with one that acts like a credit card, allowing drivers to pay tolls, train and bus fares, and could eventually replace food stamps, pay for health insurance and other needs. But this new 'smart card' would also give police instant access to driving and gun records, fingerprints, medical records and insurance, and some civil libertarians are crying foul.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that today marks the anniversary of an event that changed the future of Bosnia. One year ago, a mortar shell exploded in a crowded marketplace. 37 civilians died. The massacre was the catalyst that convinced NATO to be more aggressive. The resulting NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb military positions continued until all three warring factions in the former Yugoslavia agreed to establish a peace process.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that the Clinton administration says new US air attacks on Iraq are still a possibility after its recent buildup in the Gulf, but it maintains such renewed attacks will depend on the behavior of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. In keeping alive the possibility of air attacks in Iraq, the administration has denied that the grand coalition that fought Saddam Hussein five years ago over his invasion of Kuwait is now in total disarray.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the US launch of 27 cruise missiles against Iraqi air defense targets. The attacks were ordered in retaliation for the Iraqi army incursion into the Kurdish city of Irbil in the UN-protected northern exclusion zone of Iraq. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein threatens to ignore UN established no-fly zones over its territory, and vows to shoot any US or Allied planes out of the skies.

In the last report in her series on refugees in the post-Cold War era, Ann Cooper examines the debate over how to prevent refugee crises before they happen. The hot new concept among policy analysts is called preventive action. The American military intervention in Haiti is cited as an example of how preventive action can remove the need for people to flee their country. But some argue that it's usually too difficult politically to take such a step.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports from the Berlin Film Festival that one of the most surprising entries is a satire on Hitler called "Conversation with the Beast." Though Mel Brooks and Charlie Chaplin have previously used Hitler as a vehicle for humor, this is the first time it has been done by a German director. Armin Mueller-Stahl, who is best known for his work as an actor, wrote and directed the film...and feels that laughter is a good antidote to German guilt about Hitler.

Jon Miller reports from Lima that in the midst of the hostage crisis in Peru, President Alberto Fujimori is running into growing opposition to his bid for a third term in office. Fujimori is trying to get around a constitutional ban on such a move, but polls suggest most Peruvians want him to step down at the end of his term in 2000. Peru's public largely supports Fujimori's handling of the takeover of the Japanese ambassador's residence, but there is widespread unhappiness with tough economic times and the president's authoritarian tendencies.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on a breakthrough in genetic engineering. British scientists say they've produced the first live sheep derived in a laboratory from a single cell. This cloned sheep, now seven months old, is genetically similiar to the animal from which the original cell was derived. The finding brings us closer to the day when whole flocks of sheep might be cloned from a single animal with desirable characteristics. But ethicists warn that the technique could be misused -- particularly if it turns out to be successful in humans.