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(Washington: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Lisa Stark) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) proposals about genetically engineered food examined; details given of supervision of crops and guidelines for labels. [FDA (Food and Drug Administration) commissioner Dr. Jane HENNEY - says consumers will know the food supply is safe.] [The Center for Food Safety Joseph MENDLESON - downplays the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) proposals.] [Biotechnology Industry Organization Michael PHILLIPS - says these are the most scrutinized foods ever.]
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Ceresco, Nebraska: Barry Serafin) The drought in the Midwest and South featured; scenes shown from the dry fields of Ceresco in Nebraska. [Farmers Bob BARTEK, Norman PIEPER, Bob BENESH - worry about the crops.] [Agricultural agent Keith GLEWEN - shows the dry soil.] Actions being taken in dry areas reviewed.
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) Statement from Secretary of State Madeleine Albright about the state of security at the State Department noted.
(Pentagon: John McWethy) Security problems at the State Department and recommendations to tighten control over classified material and change the building enumerated.
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) Word that the Marines commander will allow the V-22 Osprey to return to flight reported.
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Mark Litke) The killing of four hostages in the Philippines in a fight between the army and an extremist Moslem group featured; scenes shown of foreign tourists being held; details given of the terrorists' demands. [HOSTAGE - describes living conditions.] [Rand Corp. terrorism analyst Peter CHALK - says there is a hodgepodge of agents merged under one group.]
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) The police storming of a hijacked bus in Japan reported; scenes shown from Okuya, Japan.
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) Attacks against United Nations peacekeepers in the west African nation of Sierra Leone reported.
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) Federal Communications Commission statement that Time Warner violated federal regulations by taking ABC off its cable systems and rock band Metallica's suing of the Napster Website for allowing people to copy music off the Internet reported.
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Ned Potter) Scientific discovery of matter that supports the "big bang" theory of the origins of the universe featured; details given of the use of the Hubble Telescope to find the missing hydrogen. [Princeton University astrophysicist Todd TRIPP, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) science DIRECTOR - say the matter was there, but invisible.]
(Washington: Peter Jennings) Scientists' report that there is more matter between the galaxies than in the galaxies themselves noted.
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) The decline in the health of Catholic Cardinal John O'Connor reported.
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) The start of the trial in the Netherlands of two Libyans for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 featured; courtroom sketches shown; details given of the less-than- solid case against the defendants. [University of Edinburgh professor Robert BLACK - says if it cannot be shown that the bomb was placed on the plane in Malta.] Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi mentioned.
(Camp Zeist, the Netherlands: Sheila MacVicar) The West's courting of Kadhafi these days because of Libya's supply of oil examined; details given of the pressure on the State Department to end sanctions. [MAN - says European states have accepted that Libya is part of the Mediterranean.] [AMERICAN - says the United States is standing aside while opportunities go to competitors.] The view in Congress that Kadhafi had a role in the bombing noted. [Victim's RELATIVE - says everything with regard to Libya should be put on hold till after the trial.]
(Washington: Peter Jennings) Coverage of the trial on ABCNews.com noted.
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(Washington: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Erin Hayes) NASA's investigation into how man is affecting the weather examined; weather maps shown. [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) scientist Dale QUATTROCHI - says the city of Atlanta is generating its own weather; explains how the city's surfaces re-release hot air trapped by paving and creates its own storms.] [Two SCIENTISTS - comment on the weather-creating process.]
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