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#413978
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) headquarters, Brussels: Steve Hurst) The proposal offered by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to open the doors of the expanding NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) to Russia featured; scenes shown of her meeting with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, where she stopped on her European trip. [ALBRIGHT, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Secretary-General Javier SOLANA - comment on the initiative for working together with Russia.]
#413979
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Rumors out of China about the health of senior leader Deng Xiaoping and the Korean defection case at the South Korean embassy in Beijing outlined.
(Beijing: Rebecca MacKinnon) Telephone report on official Chinese reports on Deng's health and on the negotiations between North and South Korea and China over the case of defector Hwang Jang Yop presented.
#413980
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The detention in Lebanon of members of the Red Army, a Japanese terrorist group, reported.
#413981
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Announcement by the Hizballah guerrilla group that it is launching a Website to provide information of the campaign to drum Israel out of Lebanon reported.
#413982
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(UN: Gary Tuchman) Proposal by new United States ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson for reform at the United Nations featured; scenes shown of Richardson moving through the UN. [With United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, RICHARDSON - states the US interest in the UN; asks for good faith efforts between the United Nations and the US Congress.]
#413985
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(London: Siobhan Darrow) The growing popularity of heroin in Britain featured; scenes shown from the hip London party scene. [Hungerford Drug Project Kevin FLEMEN, Institution for Study of Drug Dependence Harry SHAPIRO, Release Dance Outreach Program Kieran O'HAGAN, recovering heroin ADDICT - cite the availability of drugs in London.]
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The debate over heroin sparked by the film "Trainspotting" noted. Interview held with psychiatrist Dr. Bill Shanahan about the abuse of heroin and other drugs in Europe. [SHANAHAN - cites the role of availability and peer pressure in the escalating use of heroin; points out that employed people are joining the trend of heroin use; warns about the dangers of heroin and its addictiveness and the spread on hepatitis C by needle users.]
#413987
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Announcement by Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr that he will be stepping down to take a law school post and the feeling of relief at the White House reported.
#413988
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(No location given: John Holliman) The challenging job for the space shuttle Discovery astronauts of repairing the Hubble space telescope featured; scenes shown of spacewalking astronauts Mark Lee and Steve Smith at work. [Voice of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) program manager Ed WEILER - talks about directing the repair of the telescope's reaction wheel.]
#413994
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Denver: Susan Candiotti) Today's pretrial hearings in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, bombing case featured; details given of testimony by truck rental owner Eldon Elliott and mechanic Tom Kessinger identifying Timothy McVeigh; courtroom sketches shown. [McVeigh's attorney Stephen JONES - wonders why Kessinger changed his story about John Doe No. 2.] (Artist: Walt Stewart)
#413995
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Mudslides in southeastern Peru reported; scenes shown of flood waters.
#413996
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) NTSB review of the incident two weeks ago in which a commercial plane had a close encounter with an Air National Guard plane outlined; tape (with audio) shown of the military jet's cockpit display. [NTSB chairman Jim HALL - comments on the communications problems.] [Deputy operations director Major General Donald PETERSON - defends the military pilot.] New rules for Air Force pilots noted.
#413997
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Announcement by the White House that President Clinton will stop in Denmark on his European trip to discuss the issue of stability in the Baltics reported.
#413998
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The historic opening of a Palestinian stock exchange reported.
#413999
(New York: Myron Kandel) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, the purchase by Marriott International of the Renaissance Hotel group, the offer by H.F. Ahmanson to buy Great Western Financial that would combine the nation's two largest savings and loans and dollar valuation and treasury bond figures.
#414001
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(In eastern Cameroon: Gary Strieker) The efforts to save the rain forest in Central Africa featured; scenes shown of the area while its importance and the threat from commercial logging is outlined. [Worldwide Fund for Nature Steve GARTLAN, Center for Environment and Development Samuel NGUIFFO - say the rate of destruction by logging is increasing.] Warning from conservationists that aggressive logging will destroy the forests as has already been done in western Africa noted. [Isoroy Group Paul SMADJA - criticizes Asian loggers.] [Mukete Plantations Limited Abel MUKETE, Prince Ekale MUKETE - downplay the forest damage.]
(Studio: Hilary Bowker, Gary Strieker) Coming stories in Strieker's "Wild Planet" series previewed.
#414003
(Studio: Phil Jones) Announcement of the resignation South African rugby coach Andre Markgraaff after he made racial slurs, which were secretly taped, charges that English cricket player Phil Tufnell smoked cannabis in New Zealand and the firing of Orlando Magic basketball coach Brian Hill reported. [England manager John BARCLAY - offers denial with regard to Tufnell.]
#414004
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The christening of Holland's Black Jack tulip reported; scenes shown of this darkest flower.