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NPR's senior news analyst Daniel Schorr review the news of the week.

Scott with some thoughts about U.S. relations with Cuba and China in the aftermath of this week's U.N. Millennium Summit.

A ruling by an Idaho jury may bankrupt the leader of this country's leading neo-Nazi group, the Aryan Nation. Andy Bowers reports from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Turkey has been waging its own war against the religious right for years, and now the long-running political battle is heating up again. But some Turkish politicians fear harsh moves against Islamist leaders now could jeopardize the country's bid to join the European Union. Chris Morris reports from Ankara.

Scott speaks with Mike Bailey, the head alligator handler at the Seminole Okalee Indian Village in Hollywood, Florida, about the tribe's search for new alligator wrestlers to carry on the Seminole tradition.

Scott speaks with Keith Devlin, the "Math Guy," dean of science at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California, about math capabilities. What makes Johnny add, subtract and do advanced calculus? Devlin says it's in the genes. (9:00) Keith Devlin's new book is titled The Math Gene. (Basic

NPR's Margot Adler reports on the various protest groups that showed up in New York for the Millennium Summit this week.

Martin Kaste reports from Brazil that South American politicians are talking more and more these days about economic integration. At a recent summit, Latin American presidents pledged to work for creation of a continent-wide free-trade zone by the year 2002. Analysts say the drive toward integration is spurred, in part, by the growing US involvement in the drug war in Colombia. Many Brazilian politicians, in particular, say the new billion-dollar US aid package to Colombia smacks of imperialism, and they want to counter the US presence by banding together.

Linda talks to Sports Columnist Bud Collins about the US Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, New York, and how the men's and women's finals are shaping up. (3:45) Info on the Internet at http://www.usopen.org.

Linda talks with Andy Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about the polls indicating the standings in the Presidential race, and how the gender gap is playing a part in the race this year.