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NPR's Jeffrey Dvorkin recently attended a reunion of his Canadian summer camp group from 1961, and reports on what a difference 39 years makes.

Ten years ago, musician David Byrne followed a passion of his and started a world music label. The unassuming Luaka Bop Records was originally created to release a few Brazilian compilations, but it has grown to include music from Cuba, Africa, the Far East, and beyond. Host Jacki Lyden travels to the Luaka Bop offices in David Byrne's townhouse in Greenwich Village, and encourages him to dig out a few of the records that inspired him. (19:00) (Featured music appears on the CD's Tom Ze - Best of Tom Ze - Volume 4 [EMD/Luaka Bop Catalog # 49049]; Various Artists - Cuba Classics 3 - Diabla Al Infierno: New Directions in Cuban Music [EMD/Luaka Bop Catalog # 49028]; Various Artists - Cuba Classics 1 - Greatest Hits of Silvio Rodriguez: Canciones Urgentes [EMD/Luaka Bop Catalog # 49026]; Los Amigos Invisibiles - The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera [EMD/Luaka Bop Catalog # 49042].

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Venus Williams, winner of the women's singles at the Wimbledon tennis tournament; President Bill Clinton; Vice President Al Gore; Texas governor George W. Bush; scientists at the countdown of the missile defense project test, and Air Force Lt. General Ronald Kadish.

Liane speaks with author and regular Weekend Edition essayist Tim Brookes about his book A Hell of a Place To Lose a Cow: An American Hitchhiking Odyssey (National Geographic). In 1998 Brookes retraced the steps of a hitchhiking journey he first undertook in 1973 aged 20, shortly after he arrived in the United States from England.

The NAACP convenes it's annual convention in Baltimore. NPR's Phillip Martin reports.

Scott speaks with Hank Williams III, grandson of the legendary country singer. HIs new CD is titled Rising Outlaw (Curb Records)

Venus Williams beat defending champion Lindsay Davenport on Centre Court at Wimbledon today, to become the first black female to win there since 1958. Host Jacki Lyden talks to Robin Roberts of ABC News and ESPN about Venus' game and the significance of her win to young black athletes. Tomorrow, Williams joins younger sister Serena in Wimbledon's Doubles Championship match. Jacki also talks to 27 year-old Carla Perona of Compton, California, about her memories of watching the Williams sisters learn their game on the city's public courts.

Some Israelis and Palestinians aren't waiting for the end of peace talks to resolve their differences - they're finding common ground through shopping. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports.

Next week President Clinton will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at Camp David. A sticking point to final settlement talks for the Palestinians is the fate of four million refugees. Scott speaks with Middle East experts Susan Akram, of Boston University and Nicole Brackman of the Washington Institute of Near East Policy.

Scott speaks with gardening guru and doyenne of dirt Ketzel Levine about her move. Ketzel's moved to a new house in Portland, Oregon and, therefore, on to a new garden.