This program is 29 minutes long
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The aftermath of the major earthquake in central Taiwan introduced.
(Nantou, Taiwan: John Raedler) The impact of the quake on Nantou, Taiwan, featured; scenes shown of collapsed buildings, cracked streets and people now living in parks.
(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Search and rescue efforts outlined.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(UN: Richard Roth) The opening of the United Nations General Assembly session with a speech by President Clinton featured. [CLINTON - says we cannot be indifferent.] [Russian foreign minister Igor IVANONV - (thru translator) calls for a careful approach to intervention.] [Yugoslavia foreign minister Zivadin JOVANOVIC, United States Association of the United Nations Jeff LAURENTI - react to Clinton's speech.] The issue of the United States overdue United Nations dues mentioned.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Agreement at the United Nations by Iran and Britain to exchange diplomats for the first time in 20 years reported.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) United Nations announcement that the world population will reach six billion on October 12 reported.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The courses of Tropical Storm Harvey and Hurricane Gert outlined; maps shown.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The continuing flooding along the East Coast from Hurricane Floyd updated; scenes shown of flooded Greenville, North Carolina and Bound Brook, New Jersey.
(Washington: Charles Bierbauer) The negative and positive economic impact of Hurricane Floyd examined; details given of the loss of hogs and turkeys and of damages to local commerce. [North Carolina Governor James HUNT - cites agricultural losses.] [Economics from Washington Doug LEE - talks prices.] How disaster relief bring money into areas affected by disasters noted. [Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director James Lee WITT - comments.]
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Statement from Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers about the money laundering scandal investigation in Russia reported. [At hearings, former CIA director James WOOLSEY - criticizes the administration's handling of Russia.]
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Investigation headed by Representative Fred Upton to end the "culture of corruption" in the Olympic Games bidding process reported. [UPTON - says votes should not be bought.]
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The United Nations peacekeepers' mission in East Timor, Indonesia, reported; scenes shown from Dili, East Timor.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The decommissioning of the KLA in Kosovo reported; scenes shown from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, of a demonstration against President Slobodan Milosevic.
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(Podgorica, Yugoslavia: Matthew Chance) The Yugoslav power struggle in Montenegro featured; details given of the importance of Montenegro to Serbia and of the independence issue; scenes shown of the police forces training. [Montenegran foreign minister Branko PEROVIC - questions Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's political survival; wants to avoid a war.] [Slobodan's cousin Mihilo MILOSEVIC - (thru translator) hopes a civil war does not happen.]
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The death of Raisa Gorbachev, wife of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, noted.
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Some views on human security against diversified threats presented. [Japanese foreign minister Masahiko KOMOURA (thru translator), 2050 member, Japanese-US Roundtable President Katsuhide KITATANI - talk about world security issues.]
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(Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.
(New York: Mark Shearer) The making of the film "West Beirut" in Beirut, Lebanon, featured; film clips shown. [Director Ziad DOUEIRI - remembers the war; says this film makes it easier to finance a second film; hopes the movie will give a more positive image about the Middle East.]
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