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#407205
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Washington: Mark Feldstein) United States drug authorities' raids on cocaine traffickers featured; scenes shown from the Operation Zorro II seizures. [Attorney General Janet RENO, OFFICIAL, FBI's Chip RILEY - comment.] The multi-billion dollar business of the Mexican drug mafia noted. The political debate in Washington over President Clinton's drug policy mentioned.
#407206
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Successful appeal of their sentences by two young boys, John Venables and Robert Thompson, convicted of killing toddler James Bulger in 1993 reported; mall videotape shown.
#407207
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(Banbury, England: Margaret Lowrie) Britain's plans to deal with "mad cow" disease crisis by culling older cattle examined; scenes shown from a livestock center in Banbury, England. [Livestock auctioneer Mike CARTER, farmers John TUSTIAN, Brian SMITH, Sue FRASER - wonder about the slaughter policy.]
#407208
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) New pictures of the sun taken by a new spacecraft shown.
#407210
(Studio: Flip Spiceland) Weather forecasts for the US, Europe and Asia presented; weather maps shown.
#407212
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Louise Schiavone) Senate passage of a bill to reform immigration policy featured; tenets of the legislation designed to crack down on illegal immigration outlined on screen. [On Wednesday, Senator Phil GRAMM, Patrick LEAHY, Dianne FEINSTEIN - debate the bill.] The issue of female genital mutilation as practiced by some African cultures said considered in the House and Senate bills.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Immigration policy and the issue of female circumcision, or genital mutilation, examined; scenes shown of 19-year-old Fauziya Kasinga, who fled Togo and was jailed in the United States after her quest for asylum was denied. [Kasinga's attorney Karen MUSALO, US Immigration and Naturalization Services attorney David MARTIN - talk about genital mutilation as grounds for political asylum.]
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) WHO estimates on the number of female circumcisions cited.
(Atlanta: Gary Strieker) This cultural practice in Africa examined; excerpts shown from a 6-year-old report from Kenya on how and why the procedure is carried out. [Five African WOMEN - talk about the social and physical aspects.]
#407216
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) The second phase of India's elections reported; scenes shown from polls in Lucknow.
#407217
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The federal indictment of Joseph Waldholtz, husband of Utah Representative Enid Waldholtz, on bank fraud charges reported.
#407218
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report that Ford Motor Company omitted some cars from its recall of vehicles with faulty ignition switches noted.
#407219
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Videotape from inside a bus on which a boy brought the out-of-control school vehicle to a halt reported; scenes shown from Knox, IN.
#407220
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The awarding to evangelist Reverend Billy Graham of the Congressional Gold Medal shown.
#407221
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Statement from President Clinton against a Republican bill to limit damages from lawsuits reported. [CLINTON - opposes the product liability legislation.] [Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Senator Bob DOLE - says Clinton vetoed the bill because of the backing of trial lawyers.] Political maneuvering over balancing the budget reviewed.
#407224
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(South Africa: Mike Hanna) The threat to the way of life of the bushmen of southern Africa, who are known as the "sand people," featured; scenes shown from Wilkom, South Africa, on the edge of the Kalihara desert. [Park warden Dries ENGELBRECHT - comments of the sand people's future.]
#407227
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Immigration policy and the issue of female circumcision, or genital mutilation, examined; the case of 19-year-old Fauziya Kasinga, who fled Togo and was jailed in the United States after her quest for asylum was denied, reviewed. [KASINGA - says she had to leave Togo to escape mutilation; describes the humiliation of being jailed in the US; asserts she will not go home if she is refused asylum in the US.]
#407228
(New York: Beverly Schuch) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, treasury bond, GDP and factory orders figures.
#407230
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Immigration policy and the issue of female circumcision, or genital mutilation, as represented by the case of 19-year- old Fauziya Kasinga, who fled Togo and was jailed in the United States after her quest for asylum was denied. [F.A.I.R.'s Jack MARTIN, Kasinga's attorney Karen MUSALO - offer differing views on whether female circumcision is considered persecution of women in United States law, what is the scope of the US refugee act and whether gender is specified in the law.]
#407233
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(New York: Gary Tuchman) Agreement between Swiss banking officials and Jewish leaders to search out millions deposited by Holocaust victims and survivors in Swiss bank accounts examined. [World Jewish Congress president Edgar BRONFMAN, Swiss Bankers Association president Georg KRAYER, Holocaust survivor Greta BEER, Credit Suisse chairman Josef ACKERMAN - comment on the money issue.]