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Reporter Karen Coleman reports on possible fuel shortages n Sarajevo this winter. The country owes millions of dollars to Russia for gas

Reporter Allan Pearce reports from Kabul, Afghanistan on life in the capital city two weeks after the coup that toppled the government.

The usual deflection tactics — releasing unrelated information, blaming Democrats and the media — haven't worked with this controversy.

New York Times journalist JANE PERLEZ. She's been reporting from Africa since 1988. And has been credited with recognizing stories before the rest of the media. She was reporting on the trouble in Somolia, and the threat of famine a year ago, long before it became the focus of world attention. PERLEZ's assignment in Africa has ended. Soon she'll be reporting from Eastern Europe.

NPR's Byron Henderson reports on today's report by an Army inspector general clearing commanders of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, of wrongdoing in the death of a gay private last summer. Two fellow soldiers have been convicted killing the private because of anti-gay bias. But the inspector general's report says there was no general climate of homophobia at the base, and the commanders were not to blame for the murder. The Defense Department also released a policy today that requires commanders to take action against anyone who engages in or condones anti-gay behavior.

NPR's David Welna reports that over the past month Mexico has expelled half a dozen foreign human rights workers. Until now, Mexico had always tolerated such visits. The crackdown is raising new questions about Mexico's human rights record, as President Clinton prepares to go there next week. A major US human rights group also issued a report this week condemning what it said are widespread human rights abuses in Mexico, especially in rural areas. NPR's David Welna reports.

As part of NPR's year-long Housing First project, Morning Edition this week airs three reports on the economics of housing for some of the neediest Americans. In the third report, NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Boston on a controversial program that's had some success turning around crumbling neighborhoods, but can also be used to clear desirable land for high-rent construction.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba authored the investigative report about abuses of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison at the hands of American soldiers. His report has proved embarrassing to the Pentagon and the White House. But Taguba, the second-highest ranking Filipino-American officer in the U.S. Army, is a source of pride to the Filipino-American community. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Harvard Professor Robert Putnam and Bush advisor Stephen Goldsmith about a new study which looks at the causes and some solutions to community alienation. The report is being released today by the Saguaro Seminar. Goldsmith and Putnam agree the report contains ways citizens and the government can work together to create a stronger sense of community. (7:03)To read the Better Together report go to www.bettertogether.org.

A report released Friday by the Inspector General of the Justice Department chides the FBI for firing translator Sibell Edmonds. Edmonds said co-workers performed poor translations and may have been involved in espionage. The report says the FBI never adequately investigated the translator's claims, and that she was fired in large part because of her efforts to blow the whistle. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.