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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(New York: Karen Burnes) Vote by the United Nations to impose sanctions on Serbia for the violence in Bosnia featured; sanctions detailed; scenes shown from Sarajevo, Bosnia. [Ambassador from Venezuela Diego ARRIA - (thru translator) asks if we must wait until Bosnia-Herzegovina is razed.] Possibility that stronger measure may be needed to end the violence noted.
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Belgrade: David Ensor) Impact the sanctions will have on Yugoslavia assessed; scenes shown from Bosnia and Belgrade, Yugoslavia. [Serbian leader in Bosnia Radovan KARADZIC - says sanctions will strengthen Serbia.] Fact that ban will include sporting events, thus preventing Yugoslavia from competing in European soccer championships, noted.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Story in "Washington Post" claiming that President Bush's campaign chairman Robert Mosbacher wants White House Chief of Staff Samuel Skinner replaced by Secretary of State James Baker reported.
(Fresno, California: Kathleen deLaski) The Bush campaign featured. [In California, BUSH - issues denial.] Response from Bush to question about his being the environmental president after it was revealed that he will not sign a global treaty to protect natural habitats at the Earth Summit noted. [Before a group of farmers, BUSH - links environmental and economic policies.] [Environmental Defense Fund Michael BEAN - backs the treaty.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Coverage of the Earth Summit on "This Week with David Brinkley" noted; scenes shown of Governor Bill Clinton campaigning in California on urban issues.
(Little Rock: Morton Dean) Campaigning by potential presidential candidate H. Ross Perot in Little Rock, Arkansas, featured; details given of his approach of speaking conversationally to the audience. [PEROT - makes a campaign speech.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Denial by Perot that he offered to buy a Caribbean island to help the government's war against drugs reported.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Another Palestinian attack on Israelis noted.
(Tel Aviv: Dean Reynolds) The week of violence in Israel, the occupied territories and southern Lebanon, where Israeli forces shelled Shiite Moslem militia, reviewed; various scenes shown; details given of the impact of these events on Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's campaign for reelection. [Israeli political analyst Akiva ELDAR - comments on the elections.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Charges by human rights group America Watch that United States Border Patrol agents are killing, torturing and raping illegal Mexican immigrants reported; response of US Immigration and Naturalization Services noted.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Talks to avert an American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) strike reported.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Upcoming primary elections in California noted.
(Los Angeles: Cokie Roberts) Two different women running for two California Senate seats featured; scenes shown of former mayor Dianne Feinstein and Representative Barbara Boxer campaigning. Question raised as to how women candidates fare on the crime, law and order issue. [Democratic consultant Joseph CERRELL, Republican consultant Ken KHACHIGEAN - explain how women candidates will be viewed in the wake of the Los Angeles riots.] Ads by Boxer opponent Representative Mel Levine, Feinstein and Boxer shown. [BOXER - denies that women are soft on crime.] [FEINSTEIN - comments.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Studio: Ray Gandolf) Highlights shown from the French Open tennis tournament matches between Nicklas Kulti -Michael Chang, Andrei Cherkasov -Stefan Edberg and Jennifer Capriati -Karina Habsudova. Oakland A's baseball player Mark McGwire, rebounding from last year's bad season, profiled; game scenes shown. [McGWIRE - talks about the game of baseball and the team.] [A's manager Tony La RUSSA - talks about McGwire.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Next week's United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, previewed.
(Pickering Beach, DE: Walter Rodgers) Stopover by migrating wind birds, waders and sandpipers along the coast of Delaware featured; scenes shown from their habitat at Port Mahon, DE. [Bird watcher Claudia WILDS - talks about the shore birds.]
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