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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Damascus: David Ensor) International summit meeting on the fighting in the Middle East between Israel and Hizballah featured; scenes shown from Damascus, Syria, of the gathering of seven foreign ministers to work on a cease-fire. [Secretary of State Warren CHRISTOPHER - comments.] [Cornell University Shibley TELHAMI - outlines the Arab world's view of the US position.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Beirut: Richard Gizbert) The Israeli offensive featured; scenes shown of the Israeli shelling in Lebanon and of a student protest and a Hizballah funeral in Beirut. [In Beirut, two MEN - comment.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Brit Hume) Gathering of eight world leaders in Russia for a nuclear summit featured; scenes shown from Moscow. [Russian President Boris YELTSIN - (thru translator) says the nuclear deal with Iran will go through.] [President CLINTON - cites the accomplishments of the nuclear agreement; disagrees with the Russia-Iran deal.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) The promise at the summit from Ukraine's president to close the nuclear plant at Chernobyl reported.
(Kursk: Gillian Findlay) The dangers of the Soviet nuclear system on the 10th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident examined; details given of the safety problems both with the plants and with unpaid nuclear workers. [Acting chief engineer Valery GALBERG - (thru translator) says modern safety requirements cannot be met.] [Russian nuclear adviser Yevgeny ADAMOV - (thru translator) worries about the workers, who have not been paid.] [Nuclear physicist Thomas COCHRAN - comments.] Russia's expansion of its nuclear system using the same old technology that led to the Chernobyl disaster noted.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Tornadoes in the Midwest and South reported; scenes shown from Decatur, Illinois, Indianapolis, IN, and Berea, Kentucky.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Cochran) Attack by Republican presidential candidate Senator Bob Dole on President Clinton's judicial appointments examined. [While in Russia, CLINTON - says Dole voted for his appointments; defends his appointments based on the American Bar Association rating system.] [On Friday, DOLE - criticizes Clinton and the ABA.] [ABA president Robert Cooper RAMO - defends the ABA's position.] Democratic ad defending Clinton on the crime issue shown. The Democrats' aim of linking Dole to Representative Newt Gingrich and both to the National Rifle Assn. noted. [Senior advisor to the president George STEPHANOPOULOS - cites their link to the NRA.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) The support of the National Rifle Assn. for Dole examined. [NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPIERRE - speaks out for Dole.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The appearance this spring of swastikas in Washington, DC, featured; scenes shown of swastika graffiti. [Anti- Defamation League David FRIEDMAN, Department of public works Art LAWSON - comment.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Former President Jimmy Carter shown after he caught a foul ball at an Atlanta Braves baseball game.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The NFL (National Football League) draft reported; scenes shown of number one pick Keyshawn Johnson and controversial pick Lawrence Phillips.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Kevin Newman) The decision by New York City to allow more taxicabs on the streets featured; details given of the city's "medallion" franchising system; scenes shown from Manhattan's crowded streets. [Drivers Farooq BHATTI, Michael HIGGINS, New York City Mayor Rudolph GIULIANI - comment on the taxi system.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The opening of Sotheby's auction of the possessions of the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis featured; scenes shown from the exhibit of items to be sold. [Sotheby's president Diana BROOKS, MAN - talk about the interest in Jackie's things.]
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