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#399836
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Claire Shipman) The impact of the budget crisis beyond American borders examined. [Representative Newt GINGRICH, The Guardian Johnny FREEDLAND - talk about the budget.] Warning from Standard and Poor's about the global market's diminished faith in the United States quoted. [President CLINTON - talks about balancing the budget.] The different stances of the President and the Congress and the political stakes in this debate reviewed.
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The political stalemate examined. [CLINTON - says balancing the budget is the goal.] [Senator Bob DOLE - calls for the President to accept the 7-year-plan.]
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The last shutdown of the federal government in 1990 recalled.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The car bombing of a Saudi Arabia military training center updated; scenes shown from Riyadh.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Investigation by the Swiss into the killing of Ahmed Ala Nazmi, a diplomat from Egypt, reported; scenes shown from Geneva.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Statement from Israeli acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres on the timetable for Palestinian self-rule reported; scenes shown from Alfei Menashe, on the West Bank. The opposition view that Peres should form a new government noted.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The coming rendezvous of the space shuttle Atlantis with the Russian Mir space station reported.
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(Studio: Flip Spiceland) Weather forecasts for the US, Europe and Asia presented; weather maps shown.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: Steve Hurst) Moves by Secretary of State Warren Christopher to pressure the Balkan leaders holding peace talks in Dayton featured. [State Department spokesman Nicholas BURNS - says more than a bare-bones agreement is needed.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The second appearance by Russian President Boris Yeltsin since being hospitalized shown. [YELTSIN - (thru translator) says the recovery goes on and he does not need an operation.] Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin said using an American pop music performance to drum up support among Russian youth for his political campaign; scenes shown of rapper M.C. Hammer performing.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Capture of suspected serial killer Glen Rogers following a chase in Kentucky shown.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Norwegian cruise ship reported running aground off Puerto Rico.
#399850
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Washington: Andrew Holtz) Gathering of a group of survivors and experts calling for a new commitment in the war against cancer featured; scenes shown from the summit held in Washington, DC. [CaP CURE Michael MILKEN, Boehringer-Ingelheim Dr. Stephen CARTER, National Center for Human Genome Research Dr. Francis COLLINS, president's cancer panel Dr. Harold FREEMAN, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Frederick BECKER - speak about cancer research.]
#399851
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Nairobi: Gary Strieker) The gathering by a United Nations tribunal of evidence about the mass killings in Rwanda featured. [UN tribunal for Rwanda prosecutor Richard GOLDSTONE - promises indictments soon.] [Kenyan attorney general Amos WAKO - promises Kenya will back the investigation.] Rwandan suspects in Kenya shown while Kenya's President Daniel arap Moi's support of Hutu refugees is outlined. [Member of parliament James ORENGO - comments.]
#399854
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Buriram, Thailand: Tom Mintier) Create thinking by school officials in Thailand to feed the students of the poor schools featured; scenes shown from Buriram of students performing in nearby villages to raise food money. [Principal Prapot CHALIAPUM, student singer Nonguni CHAIWONG - comment.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The budget impasse leading to a government shutdown in the United States recapped. [Senators Pete DOMENICI, Jim EXON - talk about the problems.] Statement from Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin that steps will be taken to keep the government from defaulting on its debt noted.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Pentagon announcement that the United States has ordered tighter security in the Middle East in the wake of Monday's bombing at a training center in Saudi Arabia reported.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Cairo: Gayle Young) The Bright Star coalition military exercise featured; scenes shown from Egypt of mock battles and training by troops from the US, Egypt, Britain, France and the United Arab Emirates. [US Army commander Lieutenant General Steven ARNOLD - admits the exercise is designed to show off military might to Iraq.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Statement from the Defense Department that the cases of more than 500 Vietnam War MIAs cannot ever be resolved reported.
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(New York: John Metaxas) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, the restructuring of 3M, retail earnings figures, the fate of banker Nicholas Leeson, who may be returned to Singapore, where his tradings sank the Barings bank.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Uncovering of more bodies caught in Nepal's avalanche reported; scenes shown from Kansu.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Chelmsford in Essex: Andrew Simmons) Case in Britain in which 18-year-old Leah Betts went into a coma after taking the drug ecstacy featured. [Consulting physician Dr. Alasdair SHORT, Essex police Peter LAURIE, three college STUDENTS - talk about Leah's case.]
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Interview with a doctor about the dangers of ecstacy. [National Poison Information Service Dr. John HENRY - talks about the drug: its dangers, long-term effects, popularity, why it is fatal for some people, additives and the legalization issue.]
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(Studio: Nick Charles) The trial of boxing promoter Don King, baseball's award of the American League Cy Young award to Randy Johnson and the victories by tennis player Pete Sampras and Michael Chang at the ATP Championships reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(South Africa: Mark Austin) Case in South Africa in which two families found their babies had been accidentally swapped at the hospital featured. [Mothers Sandra DAWKINS, Meg CLINTON-PARKER - talk about their five-year emotional battle.] [Child psychologist Jayne BLOCH, mothers' lawyer Richard STRETCH - talk about the lifelong psychological and legal problems.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The switching on of the Christmas lights in London's Regents Square shown.