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NPR's Howard Berkes reports from Sydney, Australia that the International Olympic Committee has lobbied the Indonesian government to allow Mohamad Hasan to attend the Olympic games. Hasan, head of former President Suharto's investment company faces trial next week for allegedly embezzling 87 million dollars of state money.

From member station WBUR Steve Tripoli reports on the shortage of nurses in the United States. Nurses across the U.S. are leaving the profession even though there is a demand for their services. Many blame the nursing shortage on stress that is precipitated by the increased workload.

Host Bob Edwards talks to former presidential candidate John McCain about his health and his view of the upcoming election. McCain is back on the campaign trail after having surgery three weeks ago to remove melanoma from the left side of his face.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks to members of the North Mississippi Allstars about their new CD Shake Hands With Shorty. (8:34) North Mississippi Allstars latest CD is titled Shake Hands With Shorty, Uni/Tone Cool; ASIN: B00004T0EE, www.tonecool.com

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the economic boom that's creating prosperity in suburban Rochester, New York, but hardly benefiting the center city. For example, the suburb of Henrietta, south of Rochester, has attracted a number of new businesses and jobs. Prosperity values in older downtown neighborhoods have declined, and the city's tax base has weakened, as businesses have moved out. Those neighborhoods are left with a greater concentration of poverty and crime.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who's in Washington for meetings with White House and State Department officials. Prime Minister Zenawi says the discussions will concentrate on ending the ongoing war between Ethiopia and Eritrea and delivering emergency food relief.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on the possibility that North Korea has privately agreed to allow US troops to remain on the Korean peninsula, as part of the reconciliation between North and South Korea. South Korea's President Kim Dae-Jung says he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reached an agreement during a June summit meeting that the remaining US troops would help stabilize the region.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from Florida on the campaign of Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush. Bush is still in Florida, fighting to keep his campaign alive in a state governed by his own brother.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Ian Hoffman, reports for Albuquerque Journal about the latest development in the case of the former Los Alamos nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee. Yesterday a federal judge delayed the release of Lee after his lawyers and prosecutors failed to reach an agreement on the terms of a plea bargain.

Carrie Kahn of member station KPBS in San Diego reports on the case of eight teenagers accused of attacking several elderly Mexican migrants. The teens, most of whom are white, are being tried as adults under a new California law...but the teens lawyers...and some in the community think that's too harsh.