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(Studio: Gene Randall) Report introduced.
(UN: Richard Roth) United Nations report blaming Israel for the April 18 attack on the UN camp in Qana, Lebanon, examined; scenes shown of the dead and the mourners; notes from the report outlined that indicate the attack was deliberate, not accidental.
#407674
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(The Hague: Patricia Kelly) The War Crimes Tribunal trial of Dusan Tadic featured; court scenes shown. [Prosecutor Grant NIEMANN - outlines the charges against Tadic.] [Defense attorney Michail WLADIMIROFF - responds to the evidence.]
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(Sarajevo: Christiane Amanpour) Larger issues behind the opening trial reviewed; the fact that accused war criminals, including Bosnian Serb army commander General Ratko Mladic and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, are free noted.
#407675
(Studio: Gene Randall) Report introduced.
(Berlin: Bill Delaney) Clash between police and anti-nuclear activists in Dannenberg, Germany, featured; scenes shown of the demonstration aimed at halting a nuclear waste train. The unanswerable question of what to do with the nuclear waste raised.
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Explosion at a soap factory in Mexico City reported; scenes shown from the blast site.
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Interview held with Israeli defense forces Brigadier General Dan Harel about the United Nations report on the Israeli shelling of the UN camp in Qana, Lebanon. [At the UN, HAREL - says the shelling was not deliberate, but the result of some errors and was in response to Hizballah attacks; claims the United Nations report is wrong.]
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(Studio: Gene Randall) The final round of voting in the democratic elections in India reported; scenes shown of balloting.
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(New Delhi: Tom Mintier) The shifting political tides in India as seen in the province of Uttar Pradesh examined; scenes shown of the people at the Ganges River. The declining power of the long prominent Congress Party and the shift to the rival VJP party reviewed. [Political analyst Majid SIDDIQI - comments.] [Congress Party candidate Ajit SINGH - campaigns.]
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Push by Republican presidential candidate Senator Bob Dole for a repeal of the 1993 gasoline tax and the Democrats' efforts to tie the bill to an increased minimum wage reported. [DOLE - offers a compromise.] [Senator Thomas DASCHLE - comments.] CNN, CBS and NBC said joining PBS in offering the major candidates free air time before the election; CNN president Tom Johnson quoted.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Former President George Bush shown planting trees in Arlington National Cemetery in honor of Persian Gulf war veterans.
(Washington: Jeff Levine) Petition from a consumer advocates' coalition to repeal the interim rule allowing the use of experimental drugs on the military featured. [January 1991, Pentagon spokesman Pete WILLIAMS - says the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved anything being administered to the troops.] [Public Citizen Dr. Sidney WOLFE - says the Defense Department violated conditions in giving the experimental drugs.] [Gulf war veteran Charles SHEEHAN- MILES - says the drugs have caused harm to veterans.] The FDA's decision to review the policy of informed consent in the military noted.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) "Journal of the American Medical Association" report findings that a combination of antacids and H2 blockers can control heartburn noted.
#407691
(Studio: Gene Randall) Report introduced.
(Rio de Janeiro: Marina Mirabella) The unconventional medical practice of Brazil's "Dr. Fritz" featured; scenes shown from his clinic in Rio de Janeiro and of the people who flock to him as their last hope. [Ruben FARIAS - (thru translator) says he has the power to cure.]
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(New York: John Metaxas) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, treasury bond figures, a snag for Time Warner's proposed buyout of Turner Broadcasting System, four "mover" stock figures.
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) The situation in the civil war in Liberia updated; scenes shown of refugees arriving in Freetown, Sierra Leone and from the talks being held in Ghana that are aimed at stopping the factional killing.
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(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Apology from Air Canada for an ad campaign offensive to Canadian Indians reported.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) The status of the wildfire in northern New Mexico reported; scenes shown from Carson National Forest.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) The opening of the defense's case in the Whitewater trial in Arkansas with testimony from James McDougal about his relationship with then-Governor Bill Clinton reported.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Release of United States government documents indicating that regimes in Guatemala hid evidence of military violence against Americans in the 1980s reported; State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns quoted.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Promise from Russian President Boris Yeltsin that elections will go on as scheduled despite the warning from military officials that the elections should be postponed reported; scenes shown of Yeltsin campaigning.
#407701
(Studio: Fionnuala Sweeney) Report introduced.
(London: Margaret Lowrie) The impact of an espionage controversy on Russia-British relations examined; scenes shown of Queen Elizabeth visiting Russia in 1994. [London School of Economic Margot LIGHT - says espionage goes on after the Cold War, especially with industrial espionage replacing the old-fashioned military kind.] [Russian foreign ministry Grigory KARASIN - comments on the spirit of British-Russian relations.]
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(Studio: Fred Hickman) Announcement that German soccer player Lothar Matthaus is retiring from international competition and tonight's pro basketball playoff game between the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Report introduced.
(Devil's Slide, California: Craig Heeps) Tricks by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to lure the common mir sea birds back to an isolated rock in northern California featured; scenes shown from Devil's Slide, California. [US Fish and Wildlife Service Michael PARKER, Mary ORTWERTH - explain the birds' social behavior and how the colonies provide an environmental warning system.]