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The other subject of Hugh Rodham's advocacy was A. Glenn Braswell, who was convicted of fraud and perjury in connection with the marketing of herbal supplements. Noah talks with Peter Slevin of the Washington Post, who has been covering the story.

Singer and musician David Johansen was the lead singer for the 70s pre-punk punk rock band New York Dolls. Later he performed as Buster Poindexter, a pompadour tuxedo wearing lounge lizard swing bandleader of the band Banshees in Blue. Now he has a new roots-music band and a new album of straight blues, David Johansen and the Harry Smiths. (Chesky Re

The new government in Belgrade has been restrained in its reaction to attacks by ethnic Albanian insurgents in the Presevo Valley region, but the rebels have become more brazen. Three Serbian police were killed in mid-February in a landmine attack blamed on the rebels, and the insurgents are also suspected in an even more deadly attack on Serb civilians whose bus was blown up in Kosovo. At some point the Serb public will demand that its government take tough, swift action against the rebels. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

Sarah Chayes reports from Paris on the corruption trial involving French oil giant Elf Aquitaine. The company's CEO, a French foreign minister and others have been accused of exchaning millions of dollars in bribes in the early 1990's.

Liane reads letters from listeners. (2:45).

Marc Pachter, director of the National Portrait Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., describes the process the museum went through to find a donor willing to contribute $20 million toward the purchase of the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington -- on loan since 1968.

Jazz composer and arranger Bob Belden has written a musical suite based on the 1947 "Black Dahlia" case, involving the murder of a young actress. His influences include novelist James Ellroy and composers Alban Berg and Jerry Goldsmith. Belden is also known for producing Grammy-winning reissues of classic albums by Miles Davis.

A consortium of AIDS drug makers is suing the South African government, trying to block a law they say will erode their patent rights...and their profits. The law would allow the government to import generic drugs or authorize their manufacture, if needed drugs are priced too high. AIDS activists want the government to implement the law, so that the estimated four million infected with H-I-V will have access to life-sustaining drugs. NPR's Brenda Wilson reports from Johannesburg.

NPR'S Brian Naylor reports on the recent improvements in Washington D.C.'s economy and government. But while many are pleased, some say the District of Columbia still has a long way to go.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports that the largest concentration of Zapatistas in Mexico isn't in the jungles of Chiapas, but rather in Mexico City. Zapatistas are indigineous to Mexico and have been fighting since 19-94 for more rights. Right now, a caravan of Zapitistas from Chiapas -- a so-called caravan of peace -- is headed to Mexico City to help further their cause. And Zapitistas in the capital hope it will shed light on their particular urban problems.