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Linda and Robert read letters from All Things Considered listeners. (3:30) Send e-mail to atc@npr.org or actual paper letters to "Letters, All Things Considered," National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC, 20001.

Women are competing in Olympic triathlon for the first time and their race will determine the first medal winners of the Games. As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, the competition begins at the foot of the Sydney Opera House. Swimmers will plunge into the chilly waters of the harbor and then bike and run around Sydney's picturesque central business district.

For some time, scientists have generally agreed that carbon dioxide from tailpipes and smokestacks is the principal gas responsible for global warming. Now, some scientists are suggesting that more attention should be paid to other gases that contribute to climate change. A new study in Science magazine finds that farming practices that are supposedly environmentally friendly actually contribute greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Weekend Edition's Information Age specialiast Rich Dean wades into the battle over digital music online, as companies such as MP3.com and Napster try to post free music on the internet in the face of growing legal challenges.

The Summer Olympics in Sydney will surely attract travelers to Australia. Liane talks to Bill Bryson, author of In A Sunburned Country, about his adventures down under. He says there's a lot more to this vast continent than kangaroos and Crocodile Dundee. (Broadway Books)

Last year, the United States changed their travel policy toward Cuba, promoting people to people programs. N-P-R's Tom Gjelten reports on two Cuban delegations currently visiting this country.

The Hebrew Bible mandates that the land is to lie fallow every seventh year. In Israel, farmers have gotten around that ancient edict thanks to a legal loophole. Now, ultra-Orthodox officials are trying to close that loophole, and the effort has touched off heated debate among farmers and religious leaders. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports.

Liane talks with reporter Jon Miller from Lima, Peru, where President Alberto Fujimori has announced that he will call for new presidential elections -- and that he will not be a candidate.

Twenty years ago, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Carter announced that the U-S would boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The boycott affected some 200 U-S athletes, many of whom remain bitter about being denied their only chance to compete for their country in the Olympics. Nancy Greenleese of member station KPBS reports.

Christine Arrasmith from member station KPLU reports on clean-up efforts at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Eastern Washington state. The Hanford site contains one of the world's largest backlogs of radioactive waste, dating back to World War Two. This spring, the Department of Energy fired the firm contracted to do the job, which is supposed to be completed by 2028. Officials say that deadline will be tough to meet.