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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The scope of the disaster in Central America from Hurricane Mitch reviewed; flood scenes shown. [Nicaraguan ambassador to US Francisco AGUIRRE-SACASA - describes the impact of the hurricane on the Nicaraguan people.]
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Honduras: Lucia Newman) The efforts in Honduras to recover from the destruction caused by the hurricane featured; scenes shown from outside Tegucigalpa, Nicaragua, of the wreckage and of laborers working on the road to the city.
(Studio: Bernard Shaw; Tegucigalpa: Lucia Newman) Statistics on the death toll in Honduras cited. The difficulties for Honduras in dealing with this devastation to its infrastructure and crops discussed.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(UN: Gary Tuchman) United Nations resolution condemning Iraq for its refusal to cooperate with weapons inspections featured. [Russian ambassador to UN Sergey LAVROV - (thru translator) opposes using force against Iraq.]
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) United States military capabilities in the Persian Gulf region reviewed; details given of the military alert in case action is needed against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Ben Wedeman) Life in Iraq's capital during the latest UN-Iraq crisis featured; scenes shown from Baghdad, where crisis has become routine and where United Nations inspectors are in a holding pattern.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(White House: John King) Announcement by House Judiciary Committee chairman Henry Hyde that he plans to call only independent counsel Kenneth Starr as a witness in Congressional impeachment hearings against President Clinton outlined; details given of the committee's questions for the president. The prospects for a challenge to Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich after the outcome of the '98 elections noted.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(New York; Terry Keenan) Government report showing the slowing of job growth and bond figures noted. "Stock Market Report". The moves in Brazil to combat the economic crisis; the slashing of interest rates by the Bank of England and the stock market numbers across western Europe reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jill Dougherty) Documentary in Russia to mark the second anniversary of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's quintuple heart bypass surgery featured; excerpts shown from this slickly produced television reenactment of the operation; details given of efforts by Yeltsin's opponents to limit his power while he recuperates.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Philadelphia: Deborah Feyerick) The story of consumer product research on inmates in the Holmesberg prison decades ago presented. [Former Holmesberg inmates Arthur PAIGE, Edward ANTHONY - describes what happened to them because of the experiments.] [Author Allen HORNBLUM, University of Pennsylvania medical school Dr. Richard TANNEN - comment on the experiments during that time period.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The status of the space shuttle flight carrying Senator John Glenn updated.
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