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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Istanbul: Richard Roth) The United Nations Habitat conference on worldwide urban problems featured; scenes shown from Istanbul, Turkey. [Senator Jesse HELMS - says these conferences do nothing for the US.] [Habitat II Secretary General Wally N'DOW - cites the importance of these global issues.] [UN Population Council Secretary General Dr. Safis SADIQ, Center for Global South Clovis MAKSOUD - defend the United Nations global conferences on social issues.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The exchange of verbal jabs between Israeli Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat over Jerusalem and the issue of a Palestinian state noted.
(Aqaba, Jordan: Jerrold Kessel) Meeting of Arafat, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Hussein to discuss the future of peacemaking after the elections in Israel featured; scenes shown from Aqaba, Jordan. [King HUSSEIN, MUBARAK - promote the commitment to peace.] [ARAFAT - pushes for an independent Palestinian state.] Syrian President Hafez al- Assad, who met earlier with Mubarak, said absent from this three-way meeting.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Trustees' report on Medicare finances reported; details given of the political tug of war in Washington, DC, over the future of Medicare. [President CLINTON - defends the structure of Medicare.] [Senator Bob DOLE - says the problem will not go away and must be fixed.] The trustees' warning about the Social Security program also mentioned.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The Senate Whitewater Committee's vote to call David Hale, the former head of a Little Rock investment firm, to testify about then-Governor Bill Clinton's role in Whitewater matters.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The recovery of a valuable piece of wreckage from ValuJet Flight 592, which crashed in the Florida Everglades, reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) A snag in the plans to hold all-party peace talks for Northern Ireland reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The head of the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal reported criticizing the lack of arrest of war criminals in the Bosnia.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The dispute between Britain and the European Union over the latter's ban of British beef due to the "mad cow" disease scare reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Steve McNally) The development of private schools in Russia due to the destitute state of the public schools featured; scenes shown from Moscow to show the contrast between the two and from public school number 142, which has sought outside help to expand and modernize.
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(Studio: Flip Spiceland) Weather forecasts for the US, Europe and Asia presented; weather maps shown.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Protests in Nigeria following the assassination Tuesday of Kudirat Abiola, the wife of imprisoned opposition leader Moshood Abiola, reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The murder Tuesday of three Swiss United Nations Red Cross workers in Burundi reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The selection of Reverend Ngani to replace the retiring Desmond Tutu as Anglican archbishop of South Africa reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The dangerous tangling of the sport parachutes of two sky divers during a jump in Toogoolawah, Australia, shown.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Dagett, California: Jim Hill) The latest development in solar technology featured; scenes shown from Dagett, California, of the Solar II experimental research project. [US Energy Secretary Hazel O'LEARY, Southern California Edison CEO John BRYSON - say the problem is how to store solar energy after the sun goes down and make it economical.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Beirut: Brent Sadler) The recovery of postwar Lebanon featured; scenes shown of reconstruction and salvage operations in Beirut. [Solidere International Relations Ramez Bahij MALUF, Tarek KAWA - talk about the restoration of a new Beirut.] [ING Bank Konrad PETERSEN - comments.]
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(New York: Myron Kandel) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, treasury bond figures, the United States Justice Department's investigation of the finances of Raul Salinas, the imprisoned brother of Mexico's former president and the strike in Saint Louis by McDonnell Douglas machinists.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The election campaign in Russia between Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Communist Gennadi Zyuganov and ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky reported.
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Talks to set up a deal to implement a cease-fire in Chechnya reported; details given of the support for Yeltsin from the widow of Chechen rebel leader Dzhokhar Dudayev.
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Interview held with United States ambassador Thomas Pickering about US-Russia relations and the importance of the elections. [PICKERING - says Russia needs to be kept on track for democratization and economic reform; believes there is a difference between Yeltsin and Zyuganov, especially on economic matters; talks about the many different images that Zyuganov presents in Russia and to the outside and his efforts to reach out to other candidates now that he is falling behind in the polls, which indicate the progress in Yeltsin's campaign; responds to questions about possible fraud in the Russian elections and how the Russian system will make it harder to cheat.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Announcement from President Clinton that US companies will be allowed to buy oil from Iraq now that the United Nations has agreed to lift sanctions to allow Iraq to sell oil to raise money for food and medicine reported.
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(Studio: Fred Hickman) The possible suspension by baseball's executive council of Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott for her statements about Adolf Hitler and the victory by Marc Rosset at the French Open tennis tournament reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The formal opening of the bridge spanning the seven-river estuary between England and Wales reported; scenes shown of prince Charles cutting the ribbon.
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