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From Durban, South Africa, NPR's Richard Knox reports on the opening of the Thirteenth International AIDS Conference. The early discord at the conference centers on how to distribute anti-AIDS drugs in the economically weak African countries with millions of HIV-infected citizens.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that a demonstration by the Orange Order, a traditional Protestant organization began peacefully today. The group is protesting a ban on its marching route through a Catholic neighborhood.

Reese Erlich reports from Dili, East Timor on the efforts of the United Nations to rebuild the shattered economy of the newly independent state. When East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia last August, Indonesian militias destroyed the country's infrastructure by burning many buildings and factories.

NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a grassroots movement in health care facilities on Indian Reservations. The tribes are taking over the hospitals the federal government's Indian Health Service used to run, but they're also trying to stay unified when talking to Congress on health care issues.

David D'Arcy reports on the latest in a long line of art shows featuring the work of popular artist Vincent Van Gogh. The exhibition of Van Gogh's portraits at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts is called Van Gogh: Face to Face. Like similar shows in the past it's expected to bring much foot traffic to an already crowded museum.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about the week ahead in politics. This week President Clinton will focus most of his attention on the Middle East peace summit. The summit is set to begin tomorrow at Camp David with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Vice President Al Gore takes on Congress today, while Texas governor George W. Bush speaks at the NAACP national convention in Baltimore.

Host Bob Edwards talks to reporter Phil Mercer about the latest developments in Fiji. Yesterday nationalist rebel leader George Speight signed an accord with military chief Frank Bainimarama, which allows the rebels who overthrew the Pacific nation's elected government to have some influence in choosing a new administration. The agreement was reached in exchange for the release of the 27 prisoners held in Suva.

We rebroadcast another episode of our American Popular Song Series; this one will profile composer JEROME KERN. He wrote the songs "All the Things You are," "Can't Help Lovin' That Man," "I'm Old-Fashioned," "Ol' Man River," and "The Way You Look Tonight." A number of those songs are from the broadway musical "Showboat" which he wrote. We'll focus on the music he wrote before then, before 1927. Terry will talk with JOHN MCGLINN, an authority on Kern, and we'll hear performances by: REBECCA LUKER, who is currently starring in the broadway revival of "The Music Man", and who also starred in the revivals of "Showboat" and the "Sound of Music," GEORGE DVORSKY who sang leading roles in the New York City Opera's productions of "Cinderella" and Brigadoon." They'll be accompanied by WILLIAM HICKS, assistant conductor and assistant chorus master at the Metropolitan Opera. Original broadcast: 11/01/99 (THESE INTERVIEWS AND PERFORMANCES CONTINUE THRU THE END OF THE SHOW).12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:30:00...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Imam Khalid Latif, executive director of the Islamic Center at New York University, about the Islamophobia he says he's experienced in the aftermath of 9/11.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that Russian authorities are investigating several business tycoons for crimes ranging from tax evasion to embezzlements. Some see this as the beginning of a long-needed crackdown on the so-called oligarchs, moguls who have had cozy ties with the Kremlin. Other Russians worry these cases could be politically motivated.