This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Bob Franken) The movement towards a compromise in the budget debate between the Republican Congress and President Clinton featured; scenes shown of the meeting. [Representative John KASICH - comments on the Republican agenda.]
(Studio: Joe Oliver) Report introduced.
(White House: Claire Shipman) President Clinton's signing of two appropriations bills allowing some government workers to return to their jobs shown. [White House Press Secretary Mike McCURRY - says a compromise might be made.]
(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The reaction of federal workers to the budget debate in Washington, DC, featured; scenes shown of Treasury Department employees protesting outside a Washington studio where House Speaker Newt Gingrich was being interviewed. A poll that states most Americans blame Republicans for the government shutdown given.
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(Studio: Joe Oliver) Report introduced.
(Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio: Steve Hurst) A possible peace agreement between the leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia meeting currently at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, reported; details given of the majors issues between the Moslems and Serbs and Croats. [State Department spokesman Nicholas BURNS - comments on the tremendous details involved in the negotiations.] The decision to wait and let President Clinton announce the peace agreement tomorrow discussed.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The federal government's relaxing of travel restrictions and tight security around the nation announced.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Suicide bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan reported; scenes shown from the site of the explosion.
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(Studio: Joe Oliver) Report introduced.
(Jenin, West Bank: Jerrold Kessel) Crackdown by the Israeli government against extremist Jews in the wake of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin reported and the triumphant return of PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat to the West Bank as part of the regional peace process outlined; scenes shown from Jenin, West Bank. [Palestinian Authority Nabil Shaath - says we are going step by step.] [Israeli Police Minister Moshe SHAHAL - comments on assassin Yigal Amir.]
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) A hunger strike by over 250 Okinawans to protest US military presence in Okinawa, Japan noted ; scenes shown of the strikers. The reaction to statements from Admiral Richard Macke about the Okinawa case outlined. Vice President Al Gore's visit to Japan representing the United States at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) as well as making an apologies for the admiral's loose remarks and President Clinton's absence from the conference examined. [GORE - reaffirms the security relationship between the United States and Japan.]
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(Studio: Joe Oliver) Early returns in the presidential runoff election in Poland between Polish President Lech Walesa and former Communist official Aleksander Kwasniewski reported; balloting shown.
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(Studio: Joe Oliver) Tomorrow's return of the space shuttle Atlantis, which successfully docked with the Russian Mir space station, reported.
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(Studio: Joe Oliver) Former Communist official Aleksander Kwasniewski win over Polish President Lech Walesa and reported.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Frenchman Claude Cazianne's arrest after gate crashing the Royal Wedding between Denmark's princess Jacquim and British commoner Alexander Manley reported; scenes shown.
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