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(Jerusalem: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(On the occupied West Bank: Dennis Murphy) Opposition to the peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians that will be signed in Washington on Monday featured; scenes shown of confrontations between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, of a pro-peace march in Arab East Jerusalem and of a protest by Islamic fundamentalists in Gaza. [PLO leader Faisal HUSSEINI - comments.] [On the occupied West Bank, armed Israeli settlers Alex MINKOFF, Dov KASS - worry.]
(Jerusalem: Brian Williams) Interview held with Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres about the peace plan. [PERES - says we have been living in a mistaken past; responds to statements raised by Israeli settlers.]
(Jerusalem: Brian Williams) Interview held with senior political adviser to PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat, Nabil Shaath. [SHAATH - talks about the politics of gaining support for the deal; considers the possibilities of violence; offers thoughts on the Monday meeting of Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.]
(Jerusalem: Brian Williams) Prospects for peace between Israel and Jordan, Lebanon and Syria mentioned.
(Damascus: Tom Aspell) Relations between Israel and Syria and the issue of control of the Golan Heights examined; the political stance of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on the Israel-PLO peace noted. [Syrian political commentator Yahya ARDI - comments.]
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(Jerusalem: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Houston: Jim Miklaszewski) Preparations in Washington for Monday's signing of the peace accord between Israel and the PLO while President Clinton campaigned against government waste featured; scenes shown from Texas. [CLINTON - talks about the peace between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat; calls the working of the federal government absurd.] The Texas model for bureaucratic reform cited. [Harris County corrections Terry O'ROARK - offers advice.]
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(Jerusalem: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: Tom Pettit) The future of the United States embargo against Vietnam examined. [US-Vietnam Trade Council Virginia FOOTE - says President Clinton will likely begin normalizing relations.] [August 20, Senator Charles ROBB - predicts the embargo will be lifted.] The ongoing MIA (missing in action) issue mentioned. [Senator Robert SMITH - says the POWs should be brought home.] [Ross PEROT - comments.] [At the Vietnam War Memorial, two VETERANS - comment.]
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(Jerusalem: Brian Williams) Statement from former President Jimmy Carter that he has been in contact with Somali warlord General Mohammed Farah Aidid reported. The United States involvement in Somalia mentioned.
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(Jerusalem: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Las Vegas: John Gibson) Special classes for Nevada state judges on how to handle domestic dispute cases featured; statistics on domestic violence cited. [In court, defendant James CAIN - describes what happened.] [Nevada supreme court chief justice Robert ROSE, National Coalition on Domestic Violence Rita SMITH, victim's advocate Kathleen BROOKS - comment on the problem.]
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(Jerusalem: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(London: Bob Abernethy) Plans in England to auction off fossilized dinosaur eggs featured; scenes shown of dinosaur museum exhibitions and of lots of dinosaur droppings and insects in amber. [Curator/auctioneer Kevin CONRU - describes the nest of dinosaur eggs.]
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(Jerusalem: Brian Williams) The city of Jerusalem, the center of three of the world's great religions, featured; scenes shown from the war in 1948 in which Israel crushed the Arabs, thus forcing the Palestinians into exile and from the 1967 six-day war. The role of PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat as soldier, Palestinian leader, terrorist and politician reviewed.
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