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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(State Department: Andrea Koppel) The annual State Department report on terrorism featured; details given of the focus on Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden and terrorism training in Afghanistan. [Secretary of State Madeleine ALBRIGHT - says the shift is to more loosely structured webs of terror having private funding.]
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Islamabad: Satinder Bindra) Pakistan and militant Moslem terrorism examined; scenes shown of a terrorist praying. [Islamic militant "General ABDULLAH" - (thru translator) comments on the fight.] United States pressure on Pakistan to control the terrorist groups noted. [Pakistan chief executive General Pervez MUSHARRAF - says the terrorists do not get government patronage.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Tehran: Shirzad Bozorgmehr) Telephone report on the mortar attack on Tehran, Iran, and the trial of Iranian Jews on charges of spying for Israel presented; scenes shown of the accused.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The status of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks updated. [Chief Israeli negotiator Oded ERAN, senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb EREKAT - assess the chances for peace.]
(Eliat, Israel: Walter Rodgers) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's determination to achieve peace with the Palestinians examined; details given of the internal debate over land transfers; scenes shown of unrest. [Israeli interior minister Natan SHARANSKY - opposes giving land to the Palestinians.] [Political analyst Chemi SHALEV - says Barak's coalition is weak.] The coming arrival of United States envoy Dennis Ross in the region mentioned.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The condition of hostages held by Moslem separatists on the island of Jolo, Philippines, reported; scenes shown of the hostages who were kidnapped in Malaysia eight days ago. [South African hostage Carel STRYDOM - describes their treatment.] [German hostage Renate JUTA - cries.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Iraq's accusation at the United Nations ncuelar non- proliferation treaty conference that Israel is a destabilizing power in the Middle East reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The United States plan to clear protesters from the Puerto Rican island of Vieques so the Navy can carry out air bombing exercises featured; scenes shown from the area.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) May Day celebrations reported; scenes shown from Havana, Cuba, of Cuban leader Fidel Castro giving a speech about six-year- old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez; of violence across Germany during May Day activities, in Moscow, Russia and of tenor Andrea Bocelli performing for Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The call from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom for the United States to hold off on granting China normal trade status because of the crackdown on the Falun Gong sect reported. [George Washington University Michael YOUNG - says China must make improvement in religious freedom before most favored nation trade status goes into effect.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The resignation of Austrian politician Joerg Haider as head of the far right Freedom Party; United States government's request that American companies in Europe to contribute to a fund benefiting people forced to work for the Nazis during World War II and the farewell visit to Kosovo by General Wesley Clark, outgoing NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) supreme commander, reported.
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On reporter's view of covering hurricanes detailed; file footage shown of Flock amidst storms. [Reporter Jeff FLOCK - explains his interest in communicating about hurricanes.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Hong Kong: Lisa Barron) The dispute in China over looted art treasures featured; scenes shown of Hong Kong activists opposing a sale of Chinese antiques by Christie's auction house. [April 5th Action Group LEUNG Kwok- Hung - (thru translator) says these treasures belong to all Chinese people.] [Cultural Department Summer Palace director YANG Laiyun - (thru translator) says the artifacts belong in the palace.] [Christie's Hong Kong chairman Anthony LIN, Sotheby's Carlton ROCHELL - offer a perspective.]
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