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Weekend Review: USSR Flag, Gorbachev, Higgins, Buckley, Algeria, Franklin, Stock Market #579099

NBC Evening News for Saturday, Dec 28, 1991
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Final lowering of the USSR flag, former President Mikhail Gorbachev's desire to stay in politics; return of bodies of deceased hostages Marine Colonel William Higgins and CIA official William Buckley to the United States from Lebanon; victory for Islamic fundamentalists in Algerian election; President Bush's naming of Barbara Franklin as Secretary of Commerce; stock market closing at it's highest level ever and weak Christmas sales reported; scenes shown.

Reporter(s):
Utley, Garrick
Duration:
00:01:30

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