Some people think it's time to forgive and forget the frmr., dictator of Chile, Augusto Pinochet. These people are the Chilean Reconciliation Movement, and they've launched a campaign in Brit., hoping to inspire public support for Pinochet. He is fighting an attempt to extradite him to Spain on charges of murder, kidnapping, and torture. Juan Ariztia is a businessman who lives in Santiago. He ran the nat'l pension system for Pinochet regime in the '80's. Juan Ariztia is in Lon.

Today, Wesley Clark, the commander of NATO forces, met with Yugo., Pres., Slobodan Milosevic. As the meetings were going on, the US ambass., to NATO was warning Yugoslavia that airstrikes could begin almost immediately. The latest crisis in Kosovo was sparked by a massacre last Fri., in Racak. Michael Ignatieff, a writer who has travelled through the region, is in Lon.

Jerry Cohen wasn't planning to become a politician. But he changed his mind after an event last month that shocked Canadians and turned Mr Cohen's own life inside-out. His wife, Lib., MP Shaughnessy Cohen, collapsed in the House of Commons and died that night from a brain hemorrhage. Now Mr Cohen has announced that he wants to run in the by-election to replace her as MP in her Windsor riding. Jerry Cohen is in Windsor. NEWS BREAK

On Fri., the B.C. Supreme Court declared that possession of child pornography is not a crime. One of the reasons is that there is no scientific evidence that possessing child pornography puts children at risk of abuse. Dr. Michael Seto works in the treatment of pedophiles at the Clark Inst. for Psychiatry. He's in Tor. 6:32

Last night we spoke with 2 lawyers about this ruling. Allan Borovoy and Paul Burstein both welcomed the ruling, and said the child pornography law should be ruled unconstitutional. T'back/email heard different opinions. 2:43

The digital revolution was supposed to turn the modern office into a place of efficiency, productivity and order. Instead, office workers wade through huge piles of email, voice mail and faxes. A new report from the Cdn Business Round Table on Mental Health has measured the impact of all this cyber-clutter. Bill Wilkerson is the Pres., of the Business and Economic Round Table and one of the authors of the report. He's in Tor. 6:46

We've been collecting email haikus. 2:24 NEWS BREAK

By all rights Henry Yan should be dead. That's certainly the intention of the men who showed up at his home in Calgary, armed with meat cleavers and guns. But Mr. Yan survived, and was well enough to testify against his attackers, and see them convicted of attempted murder. In Calg., some people are calling him a hero. We reached Henry Yan in Calgary.

Passengers who want to carry more and bigger bags into the cabin of an airplane find that it depends on the rules of that airline, and how they are interpreted. That's why the Assoc., of Flight Attendants in the U.S. has petitioned the Fed., Aviation Admin., to publish guidelines about carry-on bags that would apply to all air carriers, no exceptions. Patricia Friend is the Pres,. of the Flight Attendants' Assoc,. and a flight attendant with United Airlines. She's in Wash.

Effective Jan., 1, 1999, smokers who work for the borough of Thurrock, Eng., have to follow new rules. The local council has ordered workers to make up for all those cigarette breaks. That means a longer work week for smokers. Manny Lewis is the head of personnel at the Thurrock Council in Essex, Eng.

Last night we spoke with G----- F------, who hates tomatoes, and has created a website dedicated to that hatred. Here's your thoughts. 1:35

Send us thoughts on your favourite/least favourite recipes. 2:32