This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Brit Hume) The reaction of President Clinton's administration to the movement of Iraqi troops towards the border with Kuwait in the Persian Gulf region featured; United States military preparations for possible action near the Iraq-Kuwait border reviewed. [CLINTON - comments.] [US ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine ALBRIGHT - calls the UN speech by Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz ridiculous.] [CLINTON - tells Iraqi President Saddam Hussein the United States remains committed to UN resolutions.] The speculation that the design of Saddam's show of force is to get the United Nations to lift sanctions noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Sheila MacVicar) The response from Iraq to alleged challenges to its image from the United States and United Nations examined; the possible link of Iraqi troop movements to the United Nations position on sanctions detailed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide calling for amnesty for the military leaders in Haiti reported; scenes shown of him meeting with South African President Nelson Mandela.
(Port-au-Prince: Linda Pattillo) A pro-Aristide demonstration featured; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where United States troops stood guard during the peaceful rally. The parliament noted passing an amnesty bill for the coup leaders. [Haitian senate president Firman JEAN-LOUIS - says General Raoul Cedras will leave.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Geneva: Jim Bittermann) More evidence that the members of the Order of the Solar Temple may have been murdered in a financial coverup featured; scenes shown from Switzerland and Canada while the finances of the cult, led by Luc Jouret and Joseph di Mambro, are detailed.
5:40:50 "UPCOMING ITEMS (Studio: Peter Jennings)"
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: John Cochran) The blame game as Congress prepares to adjourn featured; "Washington Post" headline quoted. [President CLINTON - lists areas where Congress has prevented anything from getting done.] The failure of the campaign reform bill noted. [Senator Bob DOLE - says let's go home.] [CLINTON - says the people want lobbying reform.] The positions of the Republicans and the Democrats on what the people want from Congress compared.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Senate said likely to pass a bill restricting dietary supplement claims.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Beth Nissen) The charges of welfare fraud against high- living businessman Herbert Steed featured; his lifestyle and links to various rackets detailed. [Manhattan District Attorney Robert MORGENTHAU - talks about catching Steed.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The unemployment figures for the month cited. "Stock Market Report". NASDAQ stock figures also listed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Cobb County, Georgia: Mike von Fremd) The debate over whether a church can have an advertising banner including the words "Jesus is Lord" at a high school football stadium addressed; scenes shown from Marietta, Georgia. [Open Door Fellowship Church Reverend Bob SMITH, Cobb County, Georgia, schools James WILSON - comment on religious advertising.] [Yale law school professor Stephen CARTER - says religious freedom may be trampled on in this case.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report in the "British Medical Journal" that light drinkers have less heart attacks and strokes than do teetotalers noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Oncology nurse Sonde Tolle, who has breast cancer and coordinates the Women in Nature program, profiled; scenes shown from the wilderness tour for cancer survivors, who can learn new survival skills while facing nature's obstacles. [TOLLE, WOMAN - talk about the wilderness experience for women with cancer.]
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