March 5, 1998 All Things Considered (entire program) Requires the RealAudio Player

An index of the day's stories:

Kosovo Unrest -- The BBC's Karen Coleman reports that Serb forces have launched security operations in the ethnic Albanian stronghold of Kosovo, which is striving for independence. There is now a heightened international concern about the future of the region. (1:30)

Kosovo: Analysis -- NPR's Tom Gjelten speaks with All Things Considered host Robert Siegel about the latest unrest concerning the Albanian majority in Kosovo, the former autonomous region of Yugoslavia. (3:30)

War Crimes Tribunal -- Gillian Sharpe reports from The Hague where the judges at the War Crimes Tribunal have handed down a surprise decision. Drazen Erdemovic had confessed to killing a hundred Muslims following the fall of Srebrenica in the summer of 1995. Today, the judges sentenced him to five years in prison. (3:00)

Intel and the Markets -- High-tech stocks took a beating today following an announcement from Intel yesterday that revenues would be off sharply in the current quarter. (2:30)

California Gubernatorial Race -- David Wright reports that millionaire businessman Al Checchi, a Democratic candidate for governor in California, is already spending millions in campaign advertising. (5:00)

Juvenile Offenders -- Robert compares two corrections facilities where violent offenders are sent in the state of Wisconsin. (12:30)

Evenflo Recall -- A major manufacturer of child car seats is recalling 800,000 safety seats that double as infant carriers. Evenflo says the handle is faulty and can detach, causing the baby to fall out while the seat is being carried. (3:00)

ATC Mailbag -- Robert reads from listeners' comments. To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20001. To contact us via the Internet, the address is atc@npr.org. (4:00)

Girl in Landscape -- Reviewer Alan Cheuse says that the latest novel from author Jonathan Lethem is a clever take on some old science-fiction conventions. The book, Girl in Landscape, follows the progress of a young girl as her family resettles on another planet. (2:00)

Moon Water -- NPR's Richard Harris reports on NASA's announcement today confirming the presence of ice on the moon. Preliminary results from the Lunar Prospector mission indicate there are scattered pockets of water ice on the moon. Officials say it's not clear if the water would be of much use. (4:30)

First Female Shuttle Commander -- We'll hear an excerpt of comments made today by Lieutenant Colonel Eileen Collins. She was named the first woman to head a U.S. space mission today at a White House ceremony. (2:30)

U.S.-Iranian Relations -- Robert talks with Geoffrey Kemp, a fellow at the Nixon Center for Press and Freedom. Last week, he attended a conference in Tehran about the Persian Gulf. It was the first time Americans have been invited to attend. They discuss the outcome of the conference, where Kemp discovered that Iranians were largely ambivalent about the possibility of a U.S. led attack on Iraq. (4:30)

Turkish Politics -- NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Istanbul, Turkey, that even though the secular government has banned the Islamist Welfare Party and taken away all party assets, Islamists haven't gone away. (7:00)

Thompson Committee -- Senator Fred Thompson's committee today releases the report from its investigation of 1996 campaign fundraising. NPR's Peter Overby reports. (4:30)

Bioprospecting -- Kathy Witkowsky reports that three environmental groups are suing the Interior Deptartment over a deal allowing a private company to collect organisms from Yellowstone National Park's thermal pools. (4:00)

Sam Sheppard Case -- Reporter Dave Pignanelli of member station WCPN in Cleveland reports that lawyers for the family of Dr. Sam Sheppard presented DNA evidence today that they say bolsters claims that Sheppard did not kill his wife. The 1954 murder of Marilyn Sheppard and the trial and conviction of her husband made headlines through the 1950s and became the basis for "The Fugitive" television series and feature movie. (2:30)

New Mexico 400th -- NPR's John Burnett reports on the conflict over plans to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Spaniards in what is now New Mexico. The descendants of the Spanish colonists want to to mark the arrival of Spanish and European culture in the new world. But the descendants of the Acoma Pueblo Indians, who were conquered by the Spanish, say they don't want to celebrate the destruction of their culture. (8:00)