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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Sarajevo: Vicki Barker) United States ambassador Richard Holbrooke's diplomatic trip to the former Yugoslavia featured; scenes shown from his meeting with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. [HOLBROOKE - doubts a deal will get Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic before the War Crimes Tribunal; says sanctions can be reimposed due to non-compliance.] The maneuverings on all sides over the war criminals issue reviewed.
(Studio: Fiona Foster) Statement from NATO's Secretary General that threats against NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) if Karadzic and Mladic are arrested will not be tolerated reported; scenes shown from Brussels, Belgium, of ceremonies for departing NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) forces commander General Leighton Smith.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jeanne Meserve) Statement from Secretary of Defense William Perry that his troops in Saudi Arabia will have to be prepared for further terrorist attacks featured; scenes shown from the site of the recent bombing. [PERRY - lists the kinds of attacks the troops have to be prepared for; says troops will be moved out of urban areas.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Moves towards retaliation by the European Union against anti-Cuban legislation by the United States reported; President Clinton's acceptance of the provision of the Helms-Burton law that allows United States citizens who lost property in the 1959 Cuban revolution to sue foreign companies using that property noted. [Cuban Parliament president Ricardo ALARCON - comments.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Position statement from Cuba on its athletes attending the Olympic Games who may defect reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) staff recommendation of approval for the merger of Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System reported; word of a compromise to limit the role of John Malone, head of Telecommunications, Incorporated, a major Turner shareholder, noted.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(UN: Richard Roth) The latest refusal by Iraq to allow United Nations weapons inspections as agreed to three weeks ago featured. [British ambassador to UN Sir John WESTON - says Iraq is speaking with a false tongue.] [UN special commission chairman Rolf EKEUS, Iraqi ambassador to United Nations Nizar HAMDOON - comment on the incident.] Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said telling his people he is determined to get those economic sanctions lifted.
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(Studio: Fiona Foster) Strike by Israeli public workers in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned budget cuts reported; scenes shown of the demonstrations.
(Cairo: Gayle Young) The coming meetings in Egypt between Netanyahu and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about the course of peace previewed; scenes shown of a military review. [Political analyst Mustapha Alabama-SAYYID - talks about the pace of peace and the role of the US.] Egypt's reaction to the Netanyahu's opposition to continuing land for peace policies and the hopes that the United States would pressure Israel on that issue during the Netanyahu- President Clinton meeting noted. [MUBARAK - comments.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Announcement from President Clinton of the gift of 50,000 phones to be made available to neighborhood watch groups around the US reported.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Presidential candidate Bob Dole's outline of an education consumer's warranty for school choice reported. [In speech, DOLE - calls for the government to stand up for the taxpayers of America.]
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(Studio: Byron Miranda) Weather forecasts for the US, Europe and Asia presented; weather maps shown.
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(Studio: Fiona Foster) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Eileen O'Connor) Russian President Boris Yeltsin's selection of Colonel General Igor Rodianov to succeed former defense minister Pavel Grachev featured. [Russian national security adviser General Alexander LEBED - (thru translator) backs Rodianov.] [Military analyst Alexander KONOVALOV - says this gives Lebed more visible weight; says Rodianov is seen as open.] Rodianov's need to deal with the war in Chechnya and to clean up corruption in the Russian military detailed.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The welcome from the religious communities of Atlanta to visitors to the Olympic Games featured; examples given of the churches' welcoming spirit. [National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Reverend John ADAMSKI, Atlanta Host executive director Joe Ann LEE - offer welcome.] The program by Quest Atlanta matching hosts and athletes' families coming to watch the games outlined. [Quest Sydney 2000 Bishop Brian KING, Congregation Beth Jacob Chana SHAPIRO, Quality Kosher Steve GILMER - comment on helping out.] The aim of creating understanding across religious lines noted.
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(Studio: Fiona Foster) Announcement by diplomats from seven European nations that they will work with the United States to pressure Cuban to improve its human rights record reported; details given of President Clinton's suspension of economic sanctions aimed at foreign companies doing business in Cuba.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The opposition from CIA director John Deutch to plans to ban the use of journalists as spies for the CIA in times of exceptional circumstances reported. [DEUTCH - readies statement about the use of clergy and journalists for intelligence purposes.] Statement from CNN president Tom Johnson on the matter quoted.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Brian Cabell) The growing concern about commercialism at the Olympic Games examined; scenes shown from downtown Atlanta, where the streets are cluttered with outdoor businesses in a carnival-like atmosphere. [International Olympic Committee Dick POUND, Atlanta Olympic Committee Billy PAYNE - offer views on this commercialism.]
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(New York: Jody Davis) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, tentative FTC (Federal Trade Commission) approval of the merger of Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System, stock jump figures for Time Warner, Turner and TCI.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Interview held with former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, who helped bring the games to his city. [Atlanta Olympic Games co- chairman YOUNG - talks about Atlanta's growth and how special the Olympic Games is to making the city part of the world community; explains the need for security; defends commercialization because it generates wealth.]
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(Studio: Fiona Foster) Shift in United States policy on global warming with the call for mandatory cuts in air pollution reported; scenes shown from the conference in Geneva.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Palisades, New York: Christine Negroni) Announcement by Columbia University scientists that the motion of the earth's inner core has been detected and measured for the first time featured; animations shown. [Columbia University John MUTTER, seismologist Paul SILVER - comment on the scientific findings on the earth's core.] The implications of the discovery cited.
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