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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The day's developments regarding Iraq outlined on screen.
(White House: Terry Moran) A day of stark contrasts at the White House reviewed; details given of President Bush's meeting with papal emissary Cardinal Pio Laghi†† & with US Central Command commander Gen. Tommy Franks. [FRANKS - says our troops are trained & ready.] [LAGHI - says a US war with Iraq could bring further instability to the region & a new gulf between Islam & Christianity.] The vow from the foreign ministers of Germany, France & Russia not to allow a U.N. resolution that authorizes force noted. [Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans BLIX - says there is more Iraqi cooperation now.] New charge from Secretary of State Colin Powell that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has ordered only a portion of the Al-Samoud missiles be destroyed noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Dan Harris) Saddam's latest shot at the US featured; scenes shown from Baghdad of a procession of armed police & firemen.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The public disagreement between Iraq & Kuwait at an Islamic summit in Qatar detailed; scenes shown of the argument.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) US decision to expel two Iraqi diplomats noted.
(Pentagon: John McWethy) ABCNews exclusive report on the US Operation Imminent Horizon, designed to disrupt Iraqi agents hidden in embassies around the world, featured; details given of US plans to mount a campaign with or without cooperation of other nations. [Senator John ROCKEFELLER†- comments on the operation.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Anti-US demonstrations by students around the world shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings, Brian Ross) The connection of the capture in Pakistan of Al Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed to Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden†† with the focus on the hunt for bin Laden in Balochistan† discussed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Haifa: John Yang) A Palestinian suicide bombing in the northern city of Haifa, Israel, featured; scenes shown from the site of the explosion on a bus; details given of the month-long operation by Israel in the territories. [WITNESS - describes what happened.] [Palestinian labor minister Ghassan KHATIB†- says the incident comes because of daily Israeli atrocities against Palestinian civilians.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Explosion of a bomb in Colombia & yesterday's bombing in the south Philippines reported; scenes shown of Philippine president Gloria Arroyo visiting the bombing site.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about sending bombers near North Korea reported.
(State Department: Martha Raddatz) The "other crisis" with North Korea, which the US believes has nuclear weapons, examined. [Center for Strategic & International Studies Kurt CAMPBELL†- outlines what North Korea could do to South Korea in an attack.] [On Capitol Hill, former Secretary of Defense William PERRY†- says this is surely a crisis.] [RUMSFELD - says President Bush is following the diplomatic route.] The view that there is an absence of diplomacy with North Korea because of the crisis with Iraq mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) A closer look at what major US Christian denominations have to say about a war with Iraq introduced.
(Washington: John Cochran) The division among Christians with President Bush's support from conservative Christians examined; anti-war TV ad shown. [Catholic parishioner Tony BEARJIE†, National Assn. of Evangelicals Rev. Richard CIZIK†, United Methodist church Bishop Melvin TALBERT†, Presbyterian minister Jim HUTCHENS†- offer differing opinions on the US & war with Iraq.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Supreme Court ruling that long prison sentences handed out under the three-strikes law are legal reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The 50th anniversary of the death of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin featured; film footage shown; details given of the view held in a new book "Stalin's Last Crime," that Stalin was murdered by Lavrenty Beria††.
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