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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) New United Nations report on the extent of the AIDS virus worldwide examined; statistics on soaring AIDS rates in sub-Saharan Africa, eastern Europe and Southeast Asia cited. [AIDS policy director Sandy THURMAN - says more vigilance is needed.]
(Studio: Judy Woodruff; New York: Dan Rutz) The implications of the explosion of AIDS abroad for the United States discussed. The need for the development of a vaccine and for education programs targeted for each culture in the developing nations outlined.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker; Baghdad: Brent Sadler) The issue of access for UN weapons inspectors to the Iraqi palaces featured; details given of President Saddam Hussein's invitation to United Nations representatives to visit these some 47 palaces to prove weapons are not being hidden there.
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Statement from the United Nations that it has not been officially notified of Iraq's offer reported. [US central command General Anthony ZINNI - explains what would be targeted in a United States military attack on Iraq.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) No deals from the diplomatic meeting at the State Department between representatives of the United States and North Korea reported; details given of the topics of the day-long talks.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The formal beginning of the presidential election between Lee Hoi Chang and Kim Dae Jung. the leader of the main opposition party, reported.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Criticism by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of President Clinton for refusing a face-to-face meeting during Netanyahu's visit to the United States reported. [In CNN interview, NETANYAHU - comments.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The death of three teenagers in a flooded California river reported; scenes shown of one teen being rescued.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Travel on Thanksgiving Day weekend reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Detroit: Joan MacFarlane) The move by several airlines to limit on board luggage featured; details given of the safety risk from baggage. [Northwest Airlines Jim FAULKNER - says too much luggage delays flights.] [Flight ATTENDANT, PASSENGER - state their views.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Federal Aviation Administration recommendations to prevent the wiring on 747 airplanes from triggering a fire or explosion reported; details recalled of the crash of Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) Flight 800.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Luthersville, Georgia: Brian Cabell) The hiring of Richard Jewell, once the main suspect in Atlanta's Olympic Park bombing, as a police officer in Luthersville, Georgia, featured. [JEWELL, police Chief Paige McNEESE, two town RESIDENTS - talk about the job.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The third day of testimony against Winnie Mandela at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings reported; details given of the charges and countercharges between Mandela and a priest.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Washington: Charles Bierbauer) The case before the Supreme Court regarding the decency restrictions imposed by the National Endowment for the Arts on the artists receiving grants examined. [National Association of Artists' Organization Robert BEDOYA - questions the "standards of decency language."] The slashing of the NEA's budget over recent years by conservative Republicans recalled. [Earlier this year, NEA (National Education Association) chairwoman Jane ALEXANDER - comments.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) New United Nations report on the extent of the AIDS virus worldwide reviewed; soaring AIDS rates in sub-Saharan Africa, eastern Europe and Southeast Asia noted. [AIDS policy director Sandy THURMAN - says a vaccine is needed to stop the epidemic.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Criticism by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of President Clinton for refusing a face-to-face meeting during Netanyahu's visit to the United States reviewed.
(No location given: Walter Rodgers) CNN interview with Netanyahu presented. [NETANYAHU - defends Israel's refusal to give more land to the Palestinians because of terrorist behavior; says the entire Jewish state feels humiliated by Clinton's tactics in refusing to meet with him; says the future of the coalition against Iraq is not related to the Middle East peace process.]
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Denial by the White House that Netanyahu was snubbed noted; White House press secretary Michael McCurry quoted.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Cuba's sentencing of American Walter Van Der Veer to prison for mounting a terrorist campaign against Fidel Castro's government reported.
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(New York: Donald Van de Mark) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, treasury bond and crude oil price figures, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)'s consideration of selling its paging division and select telecom stocks. [Cameron Hanover oil analyst Peter BEUTEL - talks about oil reserves.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The first look at the week-old McCaughey septuplets presented.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Attorney General Janet Reno reported fainting during a conference in Mexico City, Mexico.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Rhonda Rowland) Unprecedented cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute that uses the drug endostatin to cut off the blood supply to tumors examined. [American Cancer Society Dawn WILLIS - comments on the study findings on drug shrinkage of the cancerous tumors.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Scientists view that a "cosmic bomb" asteroid struck Antarctica millions of years ago reported.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Federal government order to tear down a hydroelectric dam in Maine reported; scenes shown of the dam.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Havana: Lucia Newman) American Kevin Foster's aim of cycling the length of Cuba on his state-of-the-art bicycle featured; scenes shown of the high- tech bike. [FOSTER - describes how he decided on his Cuban venture; says it is time for the United States to "lighten up" with Cuba.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The annual presidential pardon for the Thanksgiving Day turkey reported. [CLINTON - grants the turkey a permanent reprieve.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Preparations in New York City for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade shown.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) A deterrence to Christmas tree theft explained; scenes shown from Ithaca, New York, where the trees are sprayed an ugly color to prevent theft.
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