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of China's record on human rights, contained in the Department's annual 194 nation review. In particular, the Beijing government is criticized for imprisoning people for long periods without trial, forcing confessions, and torturing prisoners. The Clinton administration argues that trade sanctions would make the problem worse, but Congress is expected to propose them anyway.

three American servicement for the rape of a local schoolgirl -- a crime that set off a firestorm of local discontent against the U.S. military presence there.

today in the first trial connected with the Whitewater land deals. Federal prosecutor, Ray Jahn, alleged that through a series of complicated real estate deals and business loans, Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker and Susan and Jim McDougal -- former business partners with the Clintons -- conspired to defraud the government.

of the French abortion pill RU-486, and are hoping to test it on two thousand American women. Advocates say the strategy will speed up approval of the drug, which has long been use in Europe .

Texas has the longest border with Mexico of any state, and the Texas economy depends heavily on trade with Mexico. Texans know firsthand the complexity of the problem of illegal immigration and are unlikely to believe in simplistic solutions.

of Miami about what the Chinese hope to achieve by their actions.

about security challenges facing the Clinton administration... including threats to the peace negotiations in the Middle East.

the Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, about the possible ramifications of a recent Counsel on Foreign Relations recommendation that the 1977 ban on using U.S. journalists as CIA cover be reconsidered.