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British investigators trying to track the source of the catastrophic foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the UK are focusing on the idea that it may have come into the country with smuggled meat products. Robert Siegel talks to Lester Crawford, director of the Georgetown Center for Food and Nutrition Policy, and former president of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is David Shevin from Tiffin, Ohio. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WGTE in Toledo, Ohio.)

The foot and mouth disease that has ravaged European livestock hasn't yet entered this country, but Tanya Ott reports that tourist attractions are taking precautions. Tanya Ott reports from Orlando that Busch Gardens became the first U-S zoological park to take steps to prevent the introduction of the disease in the States.

Sarah Chayes reports from Paris on how restaurants there are adjusting their menus in the wake of foot and mouth and Mad Cow disease outbreaks.

Liane talks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli, who is in Belgrade monitoring the latest developments in the arrest today of former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic.

Liane talks live with NPR's Eric Weiner from Jerusalem following the worst week of violence between Israelis and Palestinians since Ariel Sharon took over as Israeli's prime minister in February.

Liane talks live with NPR's Beijing Bureau Chief Rob Gifford, about an incident earlier today in which a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft collided with a Chinese fighter plane. The American plane made an emergency landing in Southern China.

Asians have become more visible in the mainstream American culture. Commentator and journalist William Wong shares his perspective on the "Asianization" of America.

On Opening Day of the baseball season, Liane talks with Jim Morris, a Texas high school baseball coach whose kids made a deal with him in the spring of 1999: they'd pursue their dreams, if he did, too. The former minor league pitcher, who'd retired a decade earlier because of injuries, went out for a tryout camp -- and found himself throwing the ball faster than he ever had before. Before the year was out, he was pitching in the big leagues for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, as a 35 year old rookie. Liane talks with Jim Morris, who tells his remarkable story in a new book, The Oldest Rookie: Big League Dreams from a Small Town Guy. (9:50) (NOTE: The Oldest Rookie is published by Little, Brown).

Tourists visiting Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, have been flocking to the Temple of Good Will. Here, sightseers are promised a glimpse at the world's largest crystal and an introduction to one of the world's fastest growing religious sects, The Legion of Good Will. NPR's Martin Kaste reports.