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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Kosovo: Chris Black) President Clinton's message of forgiveness during his visit to Kosovo featured; scenes shown of the president and a noisy, cheering crowd of Albanian Kosovars. [CLINTON - speaks out against hatred; tells the people only they can win the peace.] [Secretary of State Madeleine ALBRIGHT - speaks about peace.] [Before soldiers, CLINTON - comments.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's seeking of millions in aid for refugees who fled the fighting in Chechnya noted. Russia's military campaign against the city of Grozny reported; scenes shown from Urus Martan, Russia, which was shelled.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(London: Margaret Lowrie) United Nations report on the spread of AIDS around the world examined; details given of geographical areas where HIV is increasing. [UNAIDS executive director Peter PIOT - says the AIDS epidemic is far from over.] [Thandanani Community Project Lynda AADNESGAARD - talks about AIDS in South Africa.]
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Request from Doctors Without Borders that the European Union take a stance on helping poor nations get mass-produced drugs noted.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(State Department: Andrea Koppel) Pentagon report on the issue of race discrimination in the armed forces examined; statistics on "offensive encounters" cited. [Undersecretary of Defense Rudy DELEON, National Council of La Raza Raul YZAGUIRRE - comment on how minorities are treated.] [Secretary of Defense William COHEN - says barriers to discrimination are being broken down in the military.] [Former assistant Secretary of Defense Lawrence KORB - offers analysis.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The investigation into the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 updated.
(Washington: Carl Rochelle) The painstaking work by American and Egyptian investigators in producing a transcript of the words on the cockpit voice recorder featured. [NTSB chairman Jim HALL - recounts the non-stop work on the investigation.] The Navy mission of recovering the cockpit of the plane noted.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Announcement by First Lady Hillary Clinton that she will run for the Senate seat in New York reported. [CLINTON - says she will run.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Macau: Mike Chinoy) The sentencing of Macau's organized crime figure Wan Kuok-koi, aka "Broken Tooth Koi," for criminal activities in the gambling enclave reviewed; details given of the Chinese gangland war for control of the casinos. [Macau secretary of security General Manuel Suares MONGE - (thru translator) says the atmosphere of violence will abate.] [Newspaper editor Richardo PINTU - criticizes the quick pace of the Portuguese-controlled trial.] The coming handover of Macau from Portugal to China noted.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's rejecting of a US request to place diplomats in Iran; Iraq's signal that it wants to renew the United Nations oil-for-food deal; bombing in Kashmir, India and dispute in the Holy Land town of Nazareth over the planned construction of a mosque reported.
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Some views on the South American hero Simon Bolivar presented. [Former Panamanian President Nicolas BARLETTA, Ecuador President Jamil MAHUAD, Cuban President Fidel CASTRO (thru translator), Veracruz, Mexico, Governor Miguel ALEMAN - remember Bolivar and his significance for Latin America's history.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Mexico City: Thomas Nibo) The mariachi festival in Mexico City, Mexico, featured; scenes shown of the rousing performances. [Mariachi Eusebio MENDEZ - (thru translator) comments on the music.]
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