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Despite President Bush's decision earlier this week not to ratify the Kyoto Treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, some European countries say they still plan to support the agreement. NPR's Alison Aubrey reports.

In the first of an occasional series, host Lisa Simeone and word guru Richard Lederer disect the language pet peeves of, like, listeners.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Vermont poet David Budbill, who reads from his book, Moment To Moment: Poems Of A Mountain Recluse. Budbill's "recluse" is Judevine Mountain, named after the mountain on which Budbill lives. (www.coppercanyonpress.or

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Duke's 95-to-84 victory over Maryland, which puts the team against Arizona in Monday night's NCAA basketball championship game; White House spokesman Ari Fleischer and David Sandalow of the World Resources Institute; Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert and Hamas spokesman Ibrahim Ghosheh; remarks by President Bush at the Radio-Television Correspondents Association 57th Annual Dinner; and British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook commenting on former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reviews the career of Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslavian President who was arrested this morning at his home in Belgrade. Milosevic surrendered peacefully after an armed standoff Saturday with police. He faces charges of corruption and abuse of power during his long tenure.

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.

Scott talks with Bill Adams, the director of St. Augustine Florida's Department of Historic Preservation. King Juan Carlos and Queen Isabella of Spain will be paying a visit to St. Augustine on April 1st. St. Augustine is oldest city in the U.S. and the only one to consider Spain its mother country.

Efforts to make crossing streets safer for the seeing-impaired in Baltimore, Maryland have upset some advocates for the blind. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Tom Tucker of Alexandria, Virginia, about the tradition of Shape-Note singing. Tucker is chairman of "The 2001 Potomac River Sacred Harp Singing Convention" taking place this weekend in Virginia. For more information, contact the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (www.fsgw.org or call 1-202-546-2228). Shape-Note singing in the United States dates back to the 1700s, first taking hold in New England and migrating to the South. It is a style of singing designed for people who are not musically trained.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade, where former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic is maintaining his innocence after surrendering to troops over the weekend. Milosevic is being held on corruption charges that include stealing from the treasury, but not for the human rights violations he was indicted for by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal.