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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced
(Termez, USSR : Sandy Gilmour) USSR troops reported making final withdrawal from Afghanistan; scenes shown of General Boris Gromov leaving country with his son. [GROMOV - (thru translator) comments on withdrawal.] Details of war recalled; scenes shown. General secretary Mikhail Gorbachev quoted with regard to war. [PEOPLE - (thru translator) comment on war.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Kabul, Afghanistan: Rick Davis) Mujahedeen guerrillas reported preparing to defeat Afghan army; details given, scenes shown. Soldiers reported deserting Afghan army. [Mujahedeen SPOKESPERSON - (thru translator) comments on situation.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Moslem fundamentalists reported enraged with regard to book "The Satanic Verses" written by Salman Rushdie. Iran's Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini reported offering reward for Rushdie's murder. Rushdie noted in hiding in England.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Justice Department reported withdrawing its appeal to Supreme Court with regard to use of classified information during Oliver North's Iran/Contra trial after indep. cnsl. agreed to follow requirements of Attorney General Richard Thornburgh. Judge Gerhard Gesell noted not yet commenting on situation.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) South African police reported beginning murder investigation involving Winnie Mandela. Report introduced.
(Johannesburg, South Africa: Robin Lloyd) Winnie Mandela shown after visiting her husband Nelson Mandela. Mandela's bodyguard reported suspected of kidnapping black teen Stompie Moeketsi and beating him to death; details given. [Police SPOKESPERSON, MANDELA - argue with regard to arrest of her driver.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Montreal, Canada: Robert Hager) International Aviation Org. reported meeting in Montreal, Canada, to discuss air terrorism; details recalled of bomb exploding on Pan Am's flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland. [Trans. Secretary Sam. SKINNER - calls for more security for international flights.] [British transportation minister Paul CHANNON - comments on banning transportation of computers and radios on international flights.] British and United States officials quoted with regard to bombing of Pan Am plane.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Tokyo, Japan: George Lewis) Changing attitudes among Japanese youth featured; details given, scenes shown. [MAN - says don't worry, be happy.] [Pop singer Hiyami YU - comments on Japanese youth.] Poll results given with regard to work habits of Japanese youth. [Computer graphics company owner Mitsuro KANEKO - comments on raising his son.] Kaneko noted commuting from Tokyo to Los Angeles constantly; details given of his work, scenes shown. [Real estate developer Akita AKAGI - comments on money he has made.] [Akagi's EMPL. - comments on bowling with his boss.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Jimmy Carter and Secretary of State James Baker quoted with regard to USSR withdrawal from Afghanistan. Report introduced.
(Studio: John Chancellor) Lack of United States reaction to USSR withdrawal from Afghanistan noted. Ronald Reagan noted not making stmts. with regard to withdrawal due to improving relations with USSR ; general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Actress Jane Fonda and California assemblyman Tom Hayden reported announcing separation; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Oscar nominations announced; details given.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Boulder, Colorado: Roger O'Neil) Medical condition of autism examined; scenes shown from film "Rain Man". [Autistic savant Temple BRANDON - comments on her gift for visualizing industrial designs prior to drawing them.] Rarity of savant syndrome noted. Autistic patients "Craig" and Richard Chestor featured; details given, scenes shown. [Richard's mother Geri CHESTOR - says these children should not be institutionalized.] [Mother Connie CHRISTOFF - comments on her daughter.]
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