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One week after riots forced Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevich from power, his supporters in the Serbian government are making life difficult for his replacement, Vojislav Kostunica. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade.

AIDS researcher Timothy Wright and his brother, criminologist Richard Wright. In 1995, Timothy Wright was in Bolivia conducting AIDS related research. Then during Mardi Gras festivities, Wright was assaulted, robbed, and suffered a severe brain injury. In the years since, his brother, Richard helped Timothy in his recovery. We talk to both brothers about Timothy's injury and dramatic recovery. The story of Timothy's recuperation is chronicled in a book written by Helene Wright, TIMOTHY AND Richard's mother. It's called Someone Stole Yesterday (Providence House Publishers). Also, Timothy and Richard Wright have written on AIDS and Bolivia.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the increased air traffic into Baghdad. U.N. sanctions have kept all but humanitarian relief flights away from Iraq for over a decade. But now more countries are willing to bypass the U.N.'s approval. The U.S. is worried that more flights into Iraq will increase the chances for a weapons build-up. (

Nancy Marshall reports a dating service in Philadelphia may be able to help singles who don't have a lot of time to spend looking for a soul mate. The company's called Nanodate, and it specializes in arranging meetings where singles have an 8 minute conversation before they move on to another perspective mate. (6:26

(Update) Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Mike Shuster about the violence in the Middle East.

(Update) Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the attack against a United States Naval ship. A small boat rammed the destroyer USS Cole while it was in port in Yemen.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Ted Clark about Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's announcement yesterday that she will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang late next month. She will be the highest ranking US official ever to visit the communist nation.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Harry Link about the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, announced this morning. Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese author to win the award. Gao's has been living France since 1987 after one of his work "The Other Shore" was banned in China. He is a novelist, dramatist, and translator.

Wade Goodwyn reports on a study by a Texas advocacy group that says the state's death penalty system needs a drastic overhaul. The report, by the Texas Defender Service, says the system is full of dishonest prosecutors, incompetent defense attorneys, a weak appeals process, and racial bias in sentencing and jury selection.

Noah talks with Sam Web, Chairman of the Communist Party USA about Gus Hall, who has died at the age of 90. Hall was Chair of the Communist Party in the U.S. for many years, and he ran for president on the party ticket four times. Web says Hall never lost his optimism and hope for Communism in America, and recently was happy to see so many young people involved in protests against the World Trade Organization, World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.