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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the rampant speculation over who will be George W. Bush's running mate. The latest buzz is that Arizona Senator John McCain, Bush's erstwhile rival who has long proclaimed no interest in being vice president, seems to have opened the door a crack.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Paris a convention of teachers of French language teachers is asking for help from the French government in promoting the language globally. Some teachers propose to revising French spelling and grammar rules to make the language easier to learn.

Despite the fact that he made many movies in France, Jules Dassin was not a French filmmaker. He was an American who made movies abroad because he was blacklisted here. Rififi is a classic caper film - it inspired Kubrick and Tarantino. It's being re-released in theaters for the first time in more than 40 years - starting a national tour in New York today. You might also know some of Dassin's other films: The Naked City, Never on Sunday, Topkapi. David D'Arcy reports.

Professor and writer ANDRE ACIMAN, author of "Out of Egypt: A Memoir." (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The book follows ACIMAN's close-knit, flamboyant Jewish family through 50 years of residence in Alexandria. The family was forced to leave Egypt when ACIMAN was 14, during a long wave of Anti-Semitism and Arab nationalism. In –Out of Egypt,— ACIMAN explores the lives and relationships of his grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts, and finally his own emotions about leaving his idyllic childhood home. His new book of essays is called False Papers: Essays on Exile and Memory. (ORIGINAL BROADCAST: 2/13/95) 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (1:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Robert talks with Mark Melman, CEO of the Melman Group, a polling and consulting firm in Washington DC, about the potential candidates for the Vice Presidential slot on the Democratic ticket.

Stand-up comic MARGARET CHO. Next month a film version of her one-woman, stand up show, –Im the One That I Want,— will be released. She talks about her foray into the TV sitcom world, when she was the first Asian-American to star in her own TV show. The series, "All-American Girl" was short lived, and a nightmare for CHO. The new film of her show wont be Chos first time on the screne. For example, she is the voice of the detective in "Rugrats" and she appeared in John Woo's "Face/Off." Guest film critic Henry Sheehan reviews the new film –What Lies Beneath.—12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next archive edition of Fresh Air, growing up Jewish in Egypt. An interview with ANDRE ACIMAN, about his memoir –Out of Egypt.— In the sixties, rising anti-semitism and anti-western feelings forced his family to flee the Egypt. He has a new book of essays called False Papers: Essays on Exile and Memory. Also, we talk to comedian MARGARET CHO. A film version of her one-woman show opens next month. That and more coming up on the next Fresh Air.

Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush says he may announce as early as Monday his choice for a running mate. Scott speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep, who is covering the Bush campaign, about who that choice might be.

NPR's Byron Henderson reports on today's report by an Army inspector general clearing commanders of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, of wrongdoing in the death of a gay private last summer. Two fellow soldiers have been convicted killing the private because of anti-gay bias. But the inspector general's report says there was no general climate of homophobia at the base, and the commanders were not to blame for the murder. The Defense Department also released a policy today that requires commanders to take action against anyone who engages in or condones anti-gay behavior.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the federal court indictments handed down in the biggest scandal ever in Olympic history -- involving Salt Lake City's efforts to bring the Winter Games home in 2002. It's alleged that two men gave scholarships, money and other gifts to International Olympic Committee members to sway their votes.

Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Eric Weiner about the G-8 Summit that President Clinton attended in Okinawa, Japan.