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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(White House: Randall Pinkston) Debate over whether the United States should take a more active policy toward Iraqi President Saddam Hussein featured. [On "Face the Nation", Secretary of State Dick CHENEY - comments on Hussein's status in Iraq.] Cheney reported refusing to confirm a report that Saudia Arabia is pressuring the United States to provide arms and intelligence to Kurdish rebels inside Iraq. [On January 16, 1992, White House spokesman Marlin FITZWATER - talks about keeping pressure on Hussein.] Scenes shown of President Bush campaigning. [Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bob KERREY - expresses caution.]
(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(London: Peter Van Sant) Desperate situation of Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq featured; scenes shown from refugee camp; details given of Hussein's blockade of the Kurds. United States funds spent caring for the Kurds noted. [Kurdish leader Jalal TALABANI - says Americans didn't finish the job in Iraq.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Bob Simon) Resignation of right-wing party ministers from the Israeli government causing Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to lose his majority featured; scenes shown from Jerusalem, Israel. [Resigning minister Rehavam ZEEVI - comments on Middle East peace talks.] Scenes shown of Israeli settlers dancing and radical Palestinians protesting. [Cabinet minister Ehud OLMERT - says Shamir wants to continue the peace process.] [Palestinian newspaper editor Hanna SINIORA - comments on future.] Polls on who Israelis would vote for in parliamentary elections cited.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) "Washington Post" report that Iran paid the kidnappers of American hostages for their upkeep and release, response to the report by Iran's ambassador to the United Nations noted.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Upcoming Martin Luther King Day mentioned. Report introduced.
(Houston: Scott Pelley) Black ministries which carry on the legacy of the late Martin Luther King, Junior, featured; historical footage of race riots, King speech, and civil rights march, present day scenes of Houston streets shown. [Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Reverend William LAWSON - comments on human nature, church programs.] [Representative John LEWIS - talks about movement toward coming together in the black community.] Social programs of Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church reported. [Unwed MOTHER - says how church helps her.] [Duke University C. Eric LINCOLN - talks about church's helping role.] [TEEN - speaks to congregation about King's dream.] Scenes shown from pre-school class.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Snowstorm in the South reported; scenes shown from Atlanta.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Anthony Mason) Outbreak of gunfire at Tbilisi, Georgia, rally backing ousted President Zviad Gamsakhurdia featured; present scenes shown of rally, earlier siege of parliament building and Gamsakhurdia fleeing. Gamsakhurdia reported now hiding in western Georgia, calling for his supporters to rise up in civil war; scenes shown of Soviet troops still in Georgia. [Russian foreign ministry Vitaly CHURKIN - expresses hope for peaceful resolution.] [Deputy, Russian parliament Johan ANDRONOV - says he doesn't care.] Russian TV poll on the number of Russians who fear they can't survive the new economy, and trust in Russian President Boris Yeltsin cited; Yeltsin shown at a volleyball game.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Cuba reported upholding the death penalty against one of three Miami men convicted of attempted terrorism.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Scenes shown of dedication of holocaust memorial to Jews murdered during World War II in Berlin, Germany; historical footage shown of Nazis and Jews.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Countdown to Wednesday's launch of the space shuttle Discovery reported; scenes shown of crew members outside Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: David Dow) Los Angeles program which distributes discarded produce to needy neighborhoods featured; scenes shown. [Charitable distribution facility Ralph MABERTO, Mickey WEISS, two WOMEN - comment.] [Lighthouse Church of God Reverend Edward BYNUM - talks about effect on crime.] Spread of program to Houston noted. [Annenberg School of Commerce Susan EVANS - talks about potential for more programs.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Inability of defunct Pan Am airlines to pay pension funds to its former employees featured. [Former Pan Am employee and wife Herman and Rose KOBETICH - comment.] [Democratic presidential candidate Jerry BROWN, CONSERVATIVE - talk about US economic policy.] European workers' protection outlined. Government reported filing a claim in bankruptcy court to recover unpaid pension money from Pan American
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(No location given: Bill Geist) Alternative calendar explored; calendars shown; history of calendars noted.
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