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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Jerrold Kessel) The American diplomatic effort to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hizballah in Lebanon reviewed; details given of Secretary of State Warren Christopher's shuttle diplomacy schedule through the Middle East. [Israeli foreign minister Ehud BARAK, CHRISTOPHER - talk about the situation for Lebanon.] The diplomatic problems of the buffer zone and the tenets of a proposed cease-fire to the current Israeli-Hizballah rocket exchange noted. An incident in which a man blew himself up in Tuba, Israel, while preparing a large bomb detailed; scenes shown of the body.
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(Beirut: Brent Sadler) The fighting in southern Lebanon featured; scenes shown of Lebanese areas targeted by Israel. [Hizballah deputy secretary- general Sheik Naim KASSAM - (thru translator) says our military capability remains untouched.] The role of France in helping with the cease-fire talks noted. [Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar VELAYATI - says Hizballah's views will not be ignored.]
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) The United Nations Security Council's condemnation of Israel's attacks on civilians in southern Lebanon noted.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Bitter Senate debate over immigration presented; INS figures on projected legal immigration into the United States cited. [Senators Alan SIMPSON, Mike DeWINE - debate a bill to limit immigration.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The release of 19-year-old Fauziya Kasinga from a Pennsylvania prison where she had been detained while seeking political asylum to escape genital mutilation in the African nation of Togo reported; photograph shown.
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Statement from the Pentagon that some US troops will remain in Bosnia a few months after the scheduled completion of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) mission 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) The outbreak of cholera in the capital city of Liberia, where factional fighting created chaotic conditions, reported; scenes shown from Monrovia.
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(London: Margaret Lowrie) The IRA (Irish Republican Army) campaign of violence in Britain featured; scenes shown from the London bridge where the latest bomb was found. [London School of Economics Brendan O'LEARY - says London can be "Belfastized" by the IRA.] [By the bridge, three BRITONS - comment.] Sites of earlier IRA (Irish Republican Army) bombings briefly shown.
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) The ongoing auction by Sotheby's of items that belonged to the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis reported; some of the items and the prices they sold for shown and cited.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The passage of a 1996 compromise budget plan reported. [President CLINTON, Senator Bob DOLE - comment on the budget bill.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Take Our Daughters to Work Day in the United States reported.
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(Minsk, Belarus: Eileen O'Connor) The 10th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl featured; scenes shown from the area and the nuclear reactor. [Ukrainian environment minister Yuri KOSTENKO - says more such accidents are possible.] The medical problems that are linked to the radioactivity noted. [Belarussian deputy foreign minister Ivan ANTONOVICH - cites the long-term consequences of the disaster.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Vote by Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres' Labor Party to drop opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state reported. [Four ISRAELIS - offer views on whether there will be peace with the Palestinians.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The joint US-Israel development of a ground- based anti-rocket laser system called Nautilus featured; scenes shown of tests against Katyusha rockets, the weapons of choice of Hizballah guerrillas. [Pentagon spokesman Ken BACON - says a laser system is cheaper than a missile defense system.] [Secretary of Defense William PERRY - comments.] Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres said likely to push the US to get the laser development on a faster track.
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Admission by the Pentagon that it made a conscious decision to ignore the smuggling of Iranian arms into Bosnia in 1994 reported; scenes shown from Caparde, Bosnia, of bitter hostilities when Moslem refugees tried to visit their homes in villages now held by the Serbs.
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Agreement between Russia and China reported; scenes shown of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's visit to China.
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(New York: Beverly Schuch) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, treasury bond figures, Ford's recall of cars with defective ignition switches that may cause fires, today's stock movers.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Interview held with two experts on immigration while the Senate debates the immigration issue. [National Immigration Law Center Charles WHEELER, Center for Immigration Studies Mark KRIKORIAN - offer differing views on legal and illegal immigration and whether immigrants are helping or hurting the United States economy.]
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(Studio: Nick Charles) Defeat of Andre Agassi by Alberto Costa at the Monte Carlo tennis tournament and the ejection of hockey superstar Mario Lemieux from a playoff game reported. [Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Ed JOHNSON - comments on the game.]
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(Jaen province, Spain: Siobhan Darrow) Olive oil production in southern Spain featured; scenes shown from the Jaen province, where drought has drastically curtailed the olive harvest and raised the oil price. [Olive picker "JOSE," agricultural engineer Juan MOLINA - (thru translator) comment on the industry.]
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