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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(White House: Wolf Blitzer) Announcement that President Clinton has been subpoenaed to testify in the trial of Susan McDougal, one of the partners in the Whitewater land deal in Arkansas, reported; details given of how then-Governor Clinton is linked to the case involving McDougal and former judge David Hale and how he might testify in a way other than going to Little Rock.
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) Pentagon report on how sergeant Donald Dugan became the first American peacekeeping soldier killed in Gradacac, Bosnia, detailed. [US Army spokesman Major Louis GIANPICOLLO - says the investigation is still ongoing.] The preliminary possibility that Dugan tinkered with explosive ordinance noted.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Surprise interview with O.J. Simpson on CNN's legal program Burden of Proof reported. [On telephone with CNN legal analyst Roger Cossack, SIMPSON - says he has no idea how blood/DNA got in his Bronco car.] The response of Los Angeles police detective Tom Lange to Simpson's answers quoted. The wrongful death civil suit brought against Simpson mentioned.
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) The impact of the earthquake in Yunnan province, China, reported; scenes shown of Japanese doctors arriving to help.
(Beijing: Andrea Koppel) The devastation in the village of Lijiang, China, featured; scenes shown of the dead, the survivors and the damages in what had been a mountainous scenic spot inhabited by ethnic minorities.
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) The first stop by Pope John Paul II on his week-long trip to Latin America, where he will call for social justice, reported; scenes shown from Guatemala City. The attack Sunday on Guatemala's President Alvaro Arzu noted; scenes shown from Antigua.
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(Studio: Flip Spiceland) Weather forecasts for the US, Europe and Asia presented; weather maps shown.
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Steve Hurst) The problems in getting the peace talks between Israel and Syria moving examined. [Israeli Prime Minister Shimon PERES - says an election mandate is needed to negotiate with Syria.] [Secretary of State Warren CHRISTOPHER - hopes peace negotiations can continue.] The key issue of the Golan Heights noted. [At tree planting ceremonies on the Golan, retired Israeli general Avigdor KHALANI, Likud Party Yitzhak MORDECHAI - say the settlers should stay.] Christopher said also meeting with Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
(Studio: Jim Clancy) The deal between Netanyahu and and an ultra-nationalist party to run a joint list of candidates for Parliment reported; the positions of his Likud Party listed.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Findings of a CNN/"Time" election monitor poll on '96 Republican presidential candidates Steve Forbes and Senator Bob Dole and the face-off between candidates Senator Phil Gramm and Pat Buchanan in the Louisiana caucuses, the first official vote in the '96 elections, reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(New York: Richard Roth) The coming Iraqi negotiations with the UN Security Council to permit Iraq to sell oil in exchange for the allowing of humanitarian aid to be delivered to the people examined. [Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations Nizar HAMDOON - expresses Iraq's reservations about the package.] Iraq's positions on the oil-for-food deal and the reasons why Iraq may be willing to negotiate outlined. [British ambassador to United Nations Sir John WESTON, US ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine ALBRIGHT, Saudi Arabian ambassador to US Prince BANDAR bin Sultan, Petroleum Industry Research Foundation president John LICHTBLAU, Iraq Sanctions Committee chairman Tono EITEL - respond to Iraq about the deal.]
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) Archaeologists' discovery in Nepal of what may be the birth site for Buddha in 623 B.C. reported; map shown.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg: Mike Hanna) The changes in public television in South Africa examined; details given of the painful changes in the SABC that mirror the overall changes in South African society. [SABC executive officer Zwelakhe SISULU - says a new democratic value system is being introduced.] [SABC executive producer Ina JOUBERT - comments on the growing acceptance that the country is basically black.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Surprise interview with O.J. Simpson on CNN's legal program "Burden of Proof" reported. [Voice of SIMPSON - says the murders are linked to the world of Faye Resnick.] Resnick's response quoted and her appearance on "Larry King Live" tonight mentioned.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The meeting of United States governors to come up with a plan to balance the federal budget reported; scenes shown from Washington, DC.
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) The opening of the trial of Richard Davis for the kidnap/murder of Polly Klaas in 1993 reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The bitter cold weather in the United States reviewed; scenes shown from Washington, DC, Charlotte, North Carolina and Mt. Dora, Florida.
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) Moves to bolster the economy of Kenya mentioned.
(London: Margaret Lowrie) The economic problems of the region of sub- Saharan Africa examined; examples of the skyrocketing debt given. [UN development program James SPETH, former Zambia President Kenneth KAUNDA, World Bank Geoffrey LAMB - say poverty and the debt crisis must be met.] The AIDS and debt crises in Uganda cited.
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(New York: Valerie Morris) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, high-tech stock, bond and dollar figures.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The United States said planning to urge a peaceful solution to the tensions between Taiwan and China, which is trying to intimidate the island country.
(White House: Claire Shipman) The impact of new evidence that China continues to export nuclear weapons technology to Pakistan on President Clinton's administration's China policy examined. [White House press secretary Michael McCURRY - comments on the nuclear proliferation issues.] [State Department spokesman Glynn DAVIES - comments on the China-Taiwan tensions.] The upcoming issues that will challenge US-China policy listed.
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) The cancellation of Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke's planned trip to help alleviate the tensions between Turkey and Greece reported. [In Switzerland, HOLBROOKE - explains why this is not an opportune time to visit Turkey.] Holbrooke's role in the Dayton peace accord in Bosnia cited.
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) Report introduced.
(Mrkonjic Grad, Bosnia: Christiane Amanpour) The quest for stability in the small town of Mrkonjic Grad in eastern Bosnia, which has just reverted back to the Serbs from Croat control, examined; scenes shown of the town after the Serbs burned and looted it before leaving and of returning residents who are already trying to make the shattered town liveable. [IFOR Major Alistair ROSS - expresses concern about the cold weather.]
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(Studio: Fred Hickman) Chaos in the World Cup of cricket because of unrest in Sri Lanka, where a major explosion occurred last week, and the fourth loss this season for pro basketball's Chicago Bulls reported. [Australian captain Mark TAYLOR - comments.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Eye surgeon Svyatoslav Fyodorov reported entering the race for June election for president of Russia; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) Findings of a Harris poll on the American public's view of whether they are overweight cited.
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(Studio: Jim Clancy) The crossing of the 75-mile-wide Tasmanian Strait by Australian marathon swimmer Tammy von Visser reported; scenes shown from King Island, Tasmania.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The threat of cold weather to the endangered manatees reported; manatees shown. [Florida Marine Research Institution Brad WEIGLE - says more manatees than expected were spotted by an aerial survey.]
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