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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Statement from the Israeli commander in Lebanon that it may be time to unilaterally pull out of the occupied area because of casualties reported.
(Jerusalem: Walter Rodgers) Israel's future in occupied Lebanon featured; scenes shown of get-out-of-Lebanon protests. [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NETANYAHU - says the Arabs are preventing us from leaving!] [Israeli Labour Party Yossi BEILIN - says maybe we should leave.] The main reason for staying in Lebanon said now appearing to be the politicians' fear that something would go wrong if Israel decided to get out.]
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Attacks by Israeli warplanes on suspected guerrilla positions shown.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Actions by the Idea Front, an Israeli group opposed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to turn over more territory to West Bank Palestinians, reported; scenes shown of the poster with Netanyahu in Arab garb.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Brent Sadler) Announcement by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that United Nations weapons inspectors will be barred from visiting the "sovereign" presidential palaces featured; scenes shown from Baghdad of masked special commando units marching. [Iraqi foreign minister Mohammed al-SAHAF - says there is nothing in the palaces.]
(Studio: Gene Randall) The White House response that weapons inspectors must have unfettered access noted.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(USS George Washington: Gayle Young) Thanksgiving Day in the Persian Gulf for the American Navy on board the USS George Washington featured; scenes shown from the aircraft carrier. [Supply officer Charles WHARTON, COOK - list the food prepared.] [SAILOR - comments on the meal.]
(Studio: Gene Randall) Thanksgiving celebration in space for the crews of the space shuttle Columbia and on the Russian space station Mir reported; both crews shown.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Report introduced.
(Rainsville, Alabama: Brian Cabell) The issue of prayer in the public schools of DeKalb County, Alabama, examined; scenes shown from Rainsville, Alabama, of demonstrations against a judge's ban on school prayer. [School prayer advocates Gary HOLCOMBE, John HOLKEM - speak for God.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) University student rally in Bonn, Germany, calling for more spending on college-level education shown.
(Berlin: Bill Delaney) German college course on Princess Diana called "Myth and Politics: Diana, from the Princess of Wales to the Queen of Hearts," which compares the life and times of Diana to that of Princess Louise of Prussia, examined. [Free University lecturer Rudolph SPETH - (thru translator) says both were victims.] [Philosophy student Georg LENGERS - (thru translator) reacts to the lecture.]
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(Studio: Gene Randall) The funeral in Sydney, Australia, for INXS singer Michael Hutchens, who committed suicide, shown.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The flooding in eastern Africa reported; scenes shown from Somalia and Kenya.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Report introduced.
(Near Manteca, California: Don Knapp) The issue of land development in areas of California that are susceptible to flooding examined; scenes shown from a development site in Lathrop, California. [University of California at Davis Jeff MOUNT, Lathrop city manager John BINGHAM, flooded resident Dorothy NEWELL, Modesto, California, Mayor Richard LANG - comment on risk.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Announcement by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that United Nations weapons inspectors will be barred from visiting the "sovereign" presidential palaces reviewed. [Iraqi foreign minister Mohammed al-SAHAF - says honest people will be invited to see the facts.]
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(Studio: Gene Randall) The suicide of South Korean investor Chung Sun Ho because of the failing Asian markets reported.
(Arlington, Virginia: Kyoko Altman) The potential impact of the turmoil in Asian money markets on the American consumer and economy examined; details given of what products may be cheaper. [Economic Strategy Institution Greg MASTEL, American Retail Federation Rick GALLAGHER, Georgia State University Donald RATAJCZAK - offer predictions on import prices.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Meeting of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil minister to discuss oil production and prices reported.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) The probe in Japan into the pricing of Nike athletic wear reported.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jill Dougherty) The legal fight in Russia over the rights to the use the name "Smirnoff" on vodka bottles featured; scenes shown from bottling factories while the battle between an American and a Russian company is reviewed. [Smirnov vodka Boris SMIRNOV - (thru translator) says his company is the real Russian vodka.] [Two RUSSIANS (thru translator) - state their preferences.]
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(Studio: Gene Randall) The shooting in Mexico of Jesus Blancornelas, editor of a magazine that investigated drug trafficking, reported; scenes shown from Tijuana.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The fourth day of hearings by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission into the apartheid era activities of Winnie Mandela reported.
(Soweto, South Africa: Catherine Bond) The continuing support for Winnie in Soweto featured; scenes shown from the township. [Madikizela-Mandela's brother-in-law Earl MNIKI, WOMAN - talk about Winnie, the accusations made against her and her struggle.]
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Jennifer Auther) Follow-up story on Thai immigrants, who worked in California's garment industry sweatshops, presented; scenes shown. [Former garment worker "NA" - comments on the situation.] US Immigration and Naturalization Services deal to allow the workers to remain in the United States and the creation of a White House task force of garment manufacturers noted. [Garment worker "GAO"- (thru translator) comments.] [Workers' rights attorney Julie SU - says genuine reform is needed.]
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Denial by British au pair Louise Woodward that she was asked to sign away book and movie rights to the au pair agency that paid for her legal defense reported.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) The launching into space of a tropical rainfall measuring device to track climate changes while orbiting the earth reported.
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Report introduced.
(Minaus: Marina Mirabella) The clearing and burning of rain forests in Brazil featured; scenes shown of Amazonia, Brazil, of fires and of the smog- covered city. [Brazilian environmental; protection agency Taracisio MACHADO - (thru translator) comments on the extent of the burning.] [Dr. Henri HORSTMANN - (thru translator) says people are suffering from the smog.]
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(Studio: Gene Randall) Thanksgiving Day celebrations featured; scenes shown of the annual Macy's parade in New York City, the feeding of the needy in Washington, DC, and United States soldiers in Korea.