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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(Dubrovnik: Rob Reynolds) The crash of an Air Force plane in Croatia that killed Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and a group of United States business executives, a New York Times journalist and the crew updated; revised casualty figures cited. [US Army Major Lewis BOONE - cites the extent of the breakup of the plane.] [US ambassador to Croatia Peter GALBRAITH - cites the bad weather yesterday; adds that the plane was off course.] [Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko MATESA - comments on the loss of Brown.] The coming investigation that will seek a cause of the crash and the absence of flight data record black boxes noted.
(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Statements from Northern Ireland economics minister Baroness Denton, South Africa finance minister Trevor Manuel and President Clinton about the loss of Brown quoted.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(Helena, MT: Greg Lefevre) The suspect in the 18-year-old Unabomber case, Theodore Kaczynski, featured; scenes shown from outside the courtroom while details of evidence found at his Lincoln, MT, cabin are outlined.
(Berkeley, California: Jim Hill) The Unabomber's reign of terror reviewed; details given of some of the bombings. [Bombing victim's mother Bessie DUDLEY, victim Berkeley professor Diogenes ANGELAKOS - react to the suspect's arrest.]
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Visit by French President Jacques Chirac to Lebanon reported; scenes shown from Beirut while the ties between France and Lebanon are reviewed.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Andrew Holtz) Scientific research reported in the journal "Cell" on genetic mutations caused by tobacco smoke that lead to lung cancer examined. [Thomas Jefferson University Dr. Robert COMIS, Dr. Carlo CROCE, American Cancer Society Dr. John LASZLO - say the FHIT gene has been associated with cancer.] The medical potentials for this genetic research cited.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Scientists' warning published in "Lancet" that there could be more cases of the human equivalent of "mad cow disease" reported. [In the streets, two BRITONS - criticize the government's handling of the case.] European Union farm ministers said offering to compensate Britain for the slaughter of millions of cows over the next five years.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The fourth day of testimony from David Hale at the Whitewater trial of the governor and two of President Clinton's Whitewater partners reported; scenes shown from the Little Rock courtroom.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Ross Perot said filing papers to register his Reform Party for the November presidential election; details given of President Clinton's day in which he signed a farm bill, but not the line- item veto legislation; scenes shown of Republican presidential candidate Senator Bob Dole vacationing in Bal Harbour, Florida.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Ceremonies led by Pope John Paul II on Holy Thursday shown.
(London: Margaret Lowrie) The IRA's traditional Easter message published in "An Phoblacht" and the prospects for peace in Northern Ireland examined; scenes shown from the sites of the recent bombings in London that broke the cease-fire. ["The Irish Post", editor Donal MOONEY - analyzes the IRA position.]
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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) Report introduced.
(Herat, in western Afghanistan: Christiane Amanpour) The Taliban militia of Afghanistan featured; scenes shown from the ancient city of Herat that was taken over by this Islamic fundamentalist group last year. [Voice of Herat's deputy GOVERNOR - (thru translator) quotes the Koran.] The Taliban's restrictions on women and thus on education detailed. [Afghan defense minister Ahmad Shah MASSOUD - (thru translator) talks about the ongoing war.] The endless power struggle that keeps Afghanistan slouching towards the abyss reiterated.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The beginning of the investigation into the cause of the crash of a United States military plane outside Dubrovnik, Croatia, reported.
(Washington: Ralph Begleiter) The cost of trying to reestablish peace in the Balkans examined; details given of the deaths of three United States diplomats in a road accident in Sarajevo and of Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and US business executives in the plane crash. [British Prime Minister John MAJOR - says the peace in Bosnia has been won at a terrible price.] [Secretary of Defense William PERRY - remembers those who died.] [President CLINTON - remembers those who died on the business mission.] [French President Jacques CHIRAC - (thru translator) comments.]
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The investigation in Bosnia of mass graves near Srebrenica reported; scenes shown from the sites where Bosnian Serbs killed hundreds of men last summer.
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(New York: Valerie Morris) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, treasury bond figures, the offering of public stock by Lucent Technologies, which spun off from American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) and another guilty plea in the cases spinning off from Japan's Daiwa bank. (Artist: Christine Cornell)
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Italy's plans to try 82-year-old Erich Priebke on charges of Nazi war crimes during World War II reported; scenes shown of Priebke.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Steve McNally) The continued fighting in the breakaway republic of Chechnya despite the declaration of a cease-fire by Russian President Boris Yeltsin featured; scenes shown from a village that was bombed by the Russian forces. [Russian forces commander Lieutenant General Vyacheslav TIKHOMIROV - (thru translator) offers denial.] The issue of Yeltsin's lack of control over the army in Chechnya noted.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The increasing of tensions between North and South Korea with the North's announcement that it will no longer recognize the demilitarized zone created with the armistice in 1953 reported; scenes shown from Seoul of a student anti-government rally.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The impact of the recent oil spill off the coast of Wales on wildlife in the area reported.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The unearthing in China of a fossil of a previously unknown primate reported; photograph shown.
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(Studio: Fred Hickman) UEFA soccer cup semi-final games and the first round play in a senior golf tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona, reported; soccer and hole-in-one scenes shown.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Jerrold Kessel) The baking of matzos bread, known among Jews as the "bread of affliction," featured; scenes shown of the hectic baking process to insure that the historic bread does not rise. [Culinary historian Sue LARKEY - recalls the biblical account of Passover and matzos.] The symbolic nature of the matzo to the Jews reiterated.