This program is 29 minutes long
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The implications for United States missiles of the Russian Duma's approval of nuclear cutbacks as per the START treaty examined; details given of Russia's economic reasons for missile cuts and of United States testing of a missile defense system.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Senate defeat of a proposal calling for the withdrawal of United States troops from Kosovo next year reported.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Republican report critical of President Clinton's administration's national security system reported; details given of alleged United States intelligence failures.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The background to next month's summit meeting in Moscow between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Clinton reported.
(Moscow: Jill Dougherty) Putin's efforts to reign in the 89 regions of Russia featured; details given of the problems with the breakaway state of Chechnya. [PUTIN - (thru translator) speaks about the state; jokes about the size of Tatarstan.] [Carnegie Foundation Alan ROUSSO - says Russia is a case of state failure.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The push by President Clinton to win Congressional approval of trade legislation with China reported.
(White House: Kelly Wallace) The China trade deal examined; scenes shown from a Capitol Hill rally in which Democratic Congress members and Chinese dissidents chained themselves together. [CLINTON - introduces Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan.] [GREENSPAN - backs trade with China.] [Representative Richard GEPHARDT - says we should not take the pressure off China.] [CLINTON - calls for a "yes" vote.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Halt of a recount in Iran confirming reformists have won control of the Parliament reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Demonstrations in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, by opponents of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic following the government crackdown on opposition media reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Ethiopia's victory in the renewed border war with Eritrea reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Likelihood that United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan will ask for more United Nations peacekeepers in Sierra Leone reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Miami: John Zarrella) The charges against Mariano Faget of spying for Cuba examined; courtroom sketches shown; details given of the FBI sting operation. [FAGET - denies spying.] [Firmer federal prosecutor Mark SCHNAPP - explains the problems for the prosecution in "entrapment" case.]
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Explosions on Jolo Island, Philippines, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The ambush in Karachi, Pakistan, in which gunmen killed two Sunni Muslim religious leaders reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Rome: Jim Bittermann) Pope John Paul II's 80th birthday featured; scenes shown of a chorale presentation at the Vatican. [London Philharmonic Orchestra Gilbert LEVINE - says the pope wants all religious groups to come together.] [Catholic media analyst Mario MARAZZITTI - says the pope will go on.] [Academia Alfonsina Reverend Ralph GALLAGHER - talks about the issue of the pope's health.]
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The PLO's takeover of the Gaza Strip in 1994 recalled; scenes shown of celebrations. [Anchor/correspondent Jim CLANCY - remembers the Israel- Palestinian peace deal that included Palestinian police.] [In 1994, PALESTINIAN - comments.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Havana: Lucia Newman) The support by American farmers for the easing of trade sanctions against Cuba examined; details given of the farmers' position and how Cuba would be helped by getting better food from the US. [Cuban National Assembly Ricardo ALARCON - calls the proposal positive.] [Cuban leader Fidel CASTRO - speaks out.]
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