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#412155
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Walter Rodgers) The fallout in the Middle East from Israel's botched attempted assassination of a senior Hamas official in Jordan examined; scenes shown of Palestinian political prisoners who were released along with Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin in exchange for the two Mossad agents in Jordan. [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NETANYAHU - says you cannot offer terrorists immunity.] [Labor Party chairman Ehud BARAK - reacts to Netanyahu's position.]
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Interview held with United States ambassador to United Nations Dore Gold about the assassination attempt and the prisoner exchange. [GOLD - says the world must understand there is no refuge for those plotting terror against Israel; calls for all countries to take a firm stance against terrorism; explains the decision to release Yassin from prison; asks that the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) live up its bargain to fight terrorism.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Alexandria, Virginia: Terry Frieden) Espionage charges against three Americans, Theresa Squillacote, Kurt Stand and James Clark, who spied for East Germany, Russia and South Africa during and after the Cold War featured; Alexandria, Virginia, courtroom sketches shown; details given of how the FBI caught the trio. [FBI's Tom PICKARD, assistant United States attorney Randy BELLOWS - outline the case.] (Artist: Dana Verkouteren)
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Ten Bosnian Croats wanted as war criminals reported turning themselves in; details given of the alleged crimes committed by Dario Kordic.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The need for runoff elections in Montenegro and Serbia noted.
(Zemun, Serbia: Christiane Amanpour) The politics of Serbia in which neither of the leading political figures is interested in implementing the Dayton peace accords examined; details given about Zemun's Mayor Vojislav Seselj, who has expelled Croats like Ivan Barbalic. [Barbalic's lawyer Nikola BAREVIC - (thru translator) says Seselj is just a tool for Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.] [Humanitarian Law Center Natasa KANDIC - (thru translator) comments.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Decision by President Clinton to use the new line item veto to cut 38 projects from a military spending bill reported.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The release of White House videotapes showing President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore meeting with fund raisers and donors reported. CNN coverage of campaign fund-raising testimony announced.
#412165
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(White House: Eileen O'Connor) The United States position on global warming and the emission of greenhouse gases featured; scenes shown of global warming protests. [At Georgetown University conference, President CLINTON - says the United States must commit to binding goals.] The positions of the opponents to an American commitment to curb carbon emissions outlined. [American Petroleum Institute, William O'KEEFE, Harvard University Dr. John HOLDREN - offer views on global warming.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Hong Kong: Mike Chinoy) The impact of the weather phenomenon known as El Nino on the whole continent of Asia reviewed. [Hong Kong Observatory Edwin LAI, World Bank Ismail SERAGELDIN, Philippine finance secretary Roberto CAMPO - comment on the dramatic weather events and the impact on crops, economies and air pollution.] The effects on Papua New Guinea's mining industry, the fires in Indonesia and the haze across Southeast Asia cited.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The fallout in the Middle East from Israel's bungled attempted assassination of a senior Hamas official in Jordan examined; details given of the resulting prisoner exchange. [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NETANYAHU - (thru translator) admits in every war there are failures.]
(Gaza City: Jerrold Kessel) The return home to Gaza of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas, who has been imprisoned in Israel for eight years, featured; scenes shown of the reception for the sheik in Gaza City. [Suha ARAFAT - hopes now there will be less pressure of her husband Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat.] [PALESTINIAN - comments.]
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Interview held with Palestinian cabinet member Hanan Ashrawi about the prisoner exchange. [ASHRAWI - comments on the state-sponsored assassination attempt that was carried out in Jordan and the consequent prisoner exchange; says that Netanyahu improvises policy instead of making it; talks about the pressure on the Palestinian Authority to crack down on Hamas and the conciliatory measure offered by Yassin.]
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(New York: Beverly Schuch) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, treasury bond figures, the purchase by Federal Express of Caliber, the parent company of Roadway Package Systems. [Federal Express president and CEO Fred SMITH - comments.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Awarding of the Nobel Prize for Medicine to Dr. Stanley Prusiner, who discovered the brain proteins called prions that may mutate to cause disease reported.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Central London: Lawrence McGinty) The development in Britain of a surgical implant to help profoundly deaf children hear featured; scenes shown to illustrate how the cochlear implants work. [Father Garry KELLY - talks about his son learning to talk.] [Cochlear implants surgeon Gerry O'DONOGHUE - comments on the study's outcome.] [Lord ASHLEY of Stoke - backs the operation.]
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(Studio: Tom Steiner) The signing of New Zealand's top rugby player Zinzan Brook to play in England and the preparations in Rome for World Cup soccer qualifying matches reported. [BROOK, OFFICIAL - comment on the contract.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jill Dougherty) British Prime Minister Tony Blair's whirlwind visit to Russia featured; scenes shown from Moscow, where he played himself in a radio soap opera, promoted British investment and met with Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin [YELTSIN (thru translator), BLAIR - praise each other.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw?) Video shown of the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.