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Civil rights pioneer Leon Sullivan died last week at the age of 78. The American Baptist minister devised the so-called Sullivan Principles, which helped bring down the apartheid regime in South Africa.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on new revelations about earth's beginnings, by scientists in Antarctica.

1.2 billion of the world's six billion people live on less than a dollar a day, according to the World Bank's annual report on global development, released today. Sub-Saharan Africa is suffering the world's most dire poverty, while conditions in East Asian and Pacific nations are improving. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.

Lisa talks with three foreign journalists about their perceptions of President Bush's first hundred days in office. Yoshi Komori is from the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun; Jose Carreno is from Mexico's El Universal; and Siegfried Buschschluter is from Deutschland Radio in Germany.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Roger Barkan from Cambridge, Massachusetts. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WBUR in Boston.)

NPR's John Ydstie reports from Washington, where the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are holding their spring meetings this weekend. Global growth tops their agenda, and ministers say prospects for the future are good.

Scott speaks with Phil Jackson, coach of the LA Lakers and former coach of the Chicago Bulls, about Michael Jordon, basketball, philosophy AND his new book, "More than a Game." (Seven Stories Press).

Liane talks with NPR's Michael Sullivan, who just visited the Vietnamese village of Thanh Phong, where former Nebraska senator Bob Kerrey led a raid in 1969 in which civilians were killed, according to Kerrey, "by mistake." Kerrey spoke publicly about the raid for the first time this past week.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on new findings about weight loss and diabetes. Doctors have long warned of the health risks posed by obesity, but those cautions often fall on deaf ears. Now a new study adds fuel to the argument, finally proving a link between weight loss and decreased chances of developing diabetes.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Daniel Schorr about his new book, Staying Tuned: A Life in Journalism. Schorr is currently an NPR news analyst, but in 60 years of journalism, he has worked a lot of beats, and collected a lot of stories. (8:58