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Robert talks to Charlie Pacas, an aquatic specialist at Banff National Park, about a plan to remove non-native fish from Moraine Lake. The lake is within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. The lake was stocked with non-native fish which are pushing out the indigenous bull trout.

Reporter DAVE DAVIES talks about Philadelphia and next weeks Republican National Convention. Hell talk about what the city did to get the convention, what image the city is trying to project, and what the city is doing to prepare for the delegates, the protestors, and the media. DAVIES will also talk about the current controversy surrounding the Philadelphia police. DAVIES is a long time reporter in the Philadelphia area. He covers City Hall and city politics for the Philadelphia Daily News.12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the resurgence of downtown Philadelphia, the site of next week's Republican Convention. This is the first national political convention Philadelphia has hosted since 1948. During the 1990's, the city underwent major renovations, after suffering decades of decline.

Commentator Lester Reingold says he thinks the recent crash of a Concorde in France signals the end of an era in aviation.

Jacki speaks with Jany Hansal, the President of DESA, a woman's humanitarian organization based in Dubrovnic, Croatia. Since 1993, DESA has been helping former refugees from the Balkan Wars cope with loss and tragedy in their lives by reviving the ancient crafts of their region. For more on DESA, go to http://desa.dubrovnik.org. (5:00) (Note: Site will open in a new browser window.)

Scott and Daniel Pinkwater read from the children's book Brave Potatoes, a story about a group of potatoes and their attempt not to spend life on a couch or in a pan.

Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa speaks to the participants of the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. We have an excerpt of his remarks.

NPR's Richard Knox reports from Durban, South Africa on a little-noticed study at this year's AIDS Conference. It found that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, is older than anyone suspected.

Figures from the Centers for Disease Control show AIDS is now the leading cause of death for African-Americans aged 25 to 44 years old. Jacki talks with Rev. Eugene Rivers, pastor of the Azusa Christian Community in Dorchester, Massachusetts about his crusade to fight the spread of AIDS and HIV among Africans and African Americans. Rivers has issued an open letter to churches and other organizations to urge them to step up activism in Africa and the across the U.S.

Harriet Jones reports on the continuing effort to identify the dead from the massacre in Srebrenica. She visits the town of Tuzla where scientists are using the latest DNA identification techniques to attempt to give grieving families a sense of closure.