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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Russian mortar shelling of Chechnya shown.
(Moscow: Matthew Chance) The war in Chechnya featured; scenes shown of refugees in camps in Ingushetia. [OSCE delegation head Kim TRAAVIK - says the humanitarian situation could get worse.] [Russian deputy foreign minister Yevgeny GUSAROV - downplays the "human catastrophe."] International pressure from the West on Russia outlined.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The collapse of an apartment building in Foggia, Italy, reported; scenes shown of the rubble.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The suspension of the search for the cockpit voice recorder from the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 due to bad weather reported.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The charges against former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif brought by the new government led by General Pervez Musharraf reported. [Muslim League spokesman Raja Zafar HAQ - says Sharif will not have a fair trial.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Veterans Day around the world reported; scenes shown from the Iwo Jima memorial in Washington, DC.
(White House: Kelly Wallace) The United States global agenda speeches by President Clinton on Veterans Day featured; scenes shown from Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. [CLINTON - says we are the stewards of their sacrifice and that freedom is not free.] Clinton's foreign policy goals for his last year in office outlined. [Cato Institution Ivan ELAND - says the stakes were higher during the Cold War.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(State Department: Andrea Koppel) United States concerns about Israel's sale of high- tech military equipment to China examined. [President CLINTON - comments on the technology sale.] Statement from Israel embassy spokesman Mark Regev about the deal quoted. Warning from Secretary of Defense William Cohen to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak that Israel's relationship with China could undercut United States support by Congress noted. [Representative Porter GOSS - questions Israel's intentions.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Stormont: John Irvine) Setback for the compromise peace plan for Northern Ireland examined; details given of the need to "sell" the deal worked out by former United States Senator George Mitchell. [Democratic Unionists leader Rev. Ian PAISLEY - criticizes David Trimble.] [British Northern Ireland secretary Peter MANDELSON - comments.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Explosion of a car bomb in Bogota, Colombia, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Havana: Frida Ghitis) Statements from Cuban leader Fidel castro about the government's handling of recent demonstrations featured; scenes shown from Havana of the dissidents' protest. [In press conference, CASTRO - (thru translator) says Cuba has suffered under the blockade; accuses President Clinton of giving in to pressure.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Rwanda's demand that a top suspect in the genocide be extradited from Tanzania; the aftermath of the cyclone in India; simulated earthquake set off by Israeli scientists to test the monitoring system and the Queen Mother's leading of Remembrance Day ceremonies in Britain reported.
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Some views on former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher presented. [The Whole Woman author Germaine GREER, Virgin Group founder Richard BRANSON, actor Hugh GRANT, Senator Barbara BOXER - offer historical perspectives on Thatcher.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Atop the Cheops pyramid, Giza, Egypt: Ben Wedeman) The controversy over a planned millennium extravaganza at the pyramids in Egypt featured; scenes shown from Giza, Egypt. [Giza Plateau director Zahi HAWAS - offers historical perspective on the pyramid capstones.] Egyptian Labour Party Adel HUSSEIN - links the capstone to an Israeli plot.] [Egyptian Opera Mustafa NAGI - defends the cost of the festivities.]
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