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NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem. As Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon prepares to take office tomorrow, Palestinian militants have threatened bomb attacks in protest.

Karen Schaefer from member station WCPN takes us to the origin of most of the nation's rock salt -- deep under Lake Erie.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Todd Barton, resident composer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. Barton's current project makes music from the most basic stuff of life.

Alan Cheuse reviews a book of short stories called Island, by Alistair MacLeod that take place in his homeland of Nova Scotia.

Last week the Taliban, the Islamic Militants ruling Afghanistan issued a decree to demolish all pre-Islamic religious images. Reportedly they have partially demolished the 175 feet and 120 feet seventh-century Buddhas 100 miles west of Kabul, considered two of the most important ancient works. A talk with the Director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies At the University of Omaha, Thomas E. Gouttierre . He also served on the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission to Afghanistan, and is the American specialist on Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and South Asia at the meetings of the US-Russion Task Force on Regional Conflicts.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is forming a government against a backdrop of fear and that there are few signs that the new premier will soon be able to put the Israeli people at ease.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on the findings of the 2000 census that the Hispanic population of the U.S. is growing faster than had been thought, and is roughly even with the black population. The official report on Hispanic population growth has not been released yet, but the increase was indicated in a chart released with another census report last week.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Dennis Lehane about his latest book, called Mystic River, which follows three friends as youngsters and adults and the dark events in their lives.

He traveled to Afghanistan to profile Ahmad Shah Massoud, (known as the Lion of Panjshir), the legendary leader of the guerrilla war against the Soviets, who is now fighting the Taliban. Junger traveled with photographer Reza Deghati who spent several years covering the war there. Jungers article The Lion in Winter appears in the March/April issue of National Geographics Adventure magazine. Its also the subject of a National Geographic Explorer program Into the Forbidden which aired march 4 on CNBC.

NPR's Jack Speer reports that many businessess are eagerly anticipating the release of U.S. census numbers. Companies use the information to track demographics, helping them to plan where to open branches and to what group of people they'll market their products. The Census Bureau say no one should be worried about privacy, since an individual's information cannot be tracked.