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#406729
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Report introduced.
(Qana, south Lebanon: Brent Sadler) Funeral services in Tyre, Lebanon, for those killed by the Israeli shelling that hit civilians at the United Nations base featured; scenes shown from the funeral cortege in the streets and en route to Qana. [Lebanese WOMAN - blames the Israelis.]
(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(White House: Jill Dougherty) Visits by both Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat to Washington, DC, to have separate meetings with President Clinton featured; tenets of the US-Israeli counterterrorism accord listed. [At the signing with Peres, CLINTON - says terrorists must be brought to justice.] [PERES - says Arafat's actions are fighting terrorism.] The agenda for Wednesday's Clinton-Arafat meeting and the State Department report on world terrorism outlined.
#406730
(Studio: Arthur Kent) The mass killing on the Australian island of Tasmania by a gunman named Martin Bryant updated; scenes shown of the burning cottage near Port Arthur where he was arrested. [Two WITNESSES - describe what happened.]
#406731
(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Findings of a University of Iowa study on the link of red meat eating and lymph node cancer 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: Jeanne Meserve) Wildfires in the western United States in Los Padres National Forest in California and Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The impact of torrential rains on the Midwest reported; aerial scenes shown from Saint Louis.
#406737
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Report introduced.
(Rio de Janeiro: Marina Mirabella) Telephone report on the trial in Brazil of police officers accused of killing homeless street children in Rio de Janeiro in 1993. The broader significance of the verdict for street children attacked by death squads, often composed of off-duty police, discussed.
#406740
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Election issues in India cited.
(New Delhi: Ashis Ray) The escalation of nuclear capabilities in Pakistan in response to developments in India examined; details recalled of the 50- year mutual hostility between the two nations that centers over control of Kashmir. [Pakistani high commissioner Riaz KHOKAR - downplays the issue of nuclear weapons.] [Former Indian foreign secretary J.N. DIXIT - cites security measures.]
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The price of gasoline said becoming a political issue in the '96 campaign. [Senators Bob DOLE, Edward KENNEDY - debate a repeal of the gas tax.] Standings of President Clinton versus Dole among New York state registered voters in February and now cited.
#406744
(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(New York: Mary Ann McRae) The story of a swimmer from the African nation of Togo, who is training to compete at the Olympic Games, featured; scenes shown of him swimming. [Olympic hopeful Dagbovi SENAKWAMI - talks about his dream of swimming at the Olympics.] [Swimming coach John COLLINS, Our Lady of Victory priest Reverend Peter GAVIGAN - talk about Senakwami's abilities.]
#406747
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Mounting tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the West Bank town of Hebron, where a Jewish settler killed 29 Palestinians in 1994, reported.
(Hebron: Rob Reynolds) Hebron, the last West Bank town still under Israeli control, visited; scenes shown of Israeli troops on patrol and of Israeli settlers living in the center of town. [Israeli nursery school assistant Sarah RAMATI, two PALESTINIANS, settler spokesman Noam ARNON, Hebron Mayor Mustapha NATSHEH - comment on the situation.] This classic Mideast deadlock, rooted in religion and steeped in years of mistrust, reiterated.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Marines' shooting of three men trying to break into the home of the American ambassador in Liberia reported; map shown of the capital city of Monrovia, which has been the scene of factional violence. [US ambassador to Liberia William MILAM - describes the shooting exchange between Liberian fighters and the Marines; comments on the prospects of mediating a truce in the street fighting.]
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The status of talks in South Africa on a new constitution after a nationwide workers' strike reported; scenes shown from Johannesburg.
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(Studio: Arthur Kent) Germany's plan to send Bosnian refugees back home reported; scenes shown of the reopening of the bridge in Mostar.
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(New York: Valerie Morris) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, treasury bond figures, the problem of the UN's finances, oil price figures.
#406754
(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Greg LaMotte) The rising price of gasoline examined. [At gas pumps, five DRIVERS - wonder why the prices are high.] Justice Department investigation into allegations of price gouging by oil companies noted.
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Interview held with "Petroleum Intelligence Weekly"'s Edward Morse about the reasons for high gasoline prices. [MORSE - offers economic perspectives on the rise in gasoline prices: winter weather, the prospects of Iraqi oil back on the market, the increase in world demand for gasoline.]
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(Studio: Mike Galanos) Opening round victory for tennis player Thomas Muster in a Munich, Germany, tournament, the prospects for a reunion of soccer players Bebeto and Remario in Rio reported; scenes shown.
#406758
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Argentina's "looney radio" broadcast produced by psychiatric patients as therapy reported.
#406759
(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Incident at a Bulgaria soccer match in which a fan threw a snake of the field reported; scenes shown of the snake.