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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Martin Fletcher) Preparation for Israeli troops to launch an attack on Gaza in retaliation for the suicide bombing in Rishon Letzion reported; scenes shown of Israeli troops preparing for military action, of people buying food in Gaza and of an Israeli funeral. [Israeli government spokesman Raanan GISSIN - says Israelis will do what they can to defend their citizens.] [Palestinian finance minister Mohammed NASHASHIBI - says the Palestinians will not surrender.] [Israeli military analyst Boaz GANOR - says a battle in Gaza will be more dangerous than in the West Bank.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The deal to end the standoff between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem reported; details given of plans to exile 13 Palestinians temporarily to Cyprus.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(State Department: Andrea Mitchell) Evidence that 40 percent of Iraq's oil is coming to America with those oil profits financing President Saddam Hussein's war plans examined. [Oil TRADER - says the West turns a blind eye to the oil sales and profit skimming.] [Former UN weapons inspector Charles DUELFER - says billions of dollars from the oil for food program are going to Saddam.] [UN Iraqi Program executive director Benon SEVAN - says he is sure something illegal is happening.] [Petroleum Industry Research Foundation John LICHTBLAU - says buying Iraqi oil is like buying it from any other country.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The explosion of a remote-controlled bomb at a military parade in southern Russia reported; details given of accusations that Chechen rebels did the bombing; scenes shown of the bombing site in Kapiisk, Russia.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Mailbox pipe bomber suspect Luke Helder's claim that he was planting his bombs in the pattern of a giant smiley face reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Education Department report on the poor performance of American students on history tests examined; examples of test questions given. [Education Secretary Rod PAIGE - says over half of all high school seniors did not even know answers to basic history questions.] [Indiana University education professor John PATRICK - says the extremely low scores of seniors are "awful."] [New York University historian Diane RAVITCH - says the results are shocking.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Lisa Myers) A 26 billion deal approved by Congress to convert 100 Boeing 767s into tankers to refuel fighters headed for Afghanistan reported. [Senator John McCAIN - says the deal is a rip-off; says the deal has little to do with national defense and everything to do with Boeing.] [Senator Patty MURRAY - says the Army's current tankers are old and unsafe.] [Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Marvin SAMBUR - says the deal is not signed.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The aftermath of a possible tornado in Centralia, IL, shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Robert Bazell) The problem of bacteria becoming resistant to the antibiotics used to treat them examined; details given of a warning to reduce the use of antibiotics [Nurse practitioner Bobbie MacKEON - says she got a drug-resistant infection from a paper cut.] [Kaiser Permanente Infectious Diseases Dr. David WITT - says that what happened to MacKeon could become the norm.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Actress Julia Roberts' request for more research money for Rett syndrome reported; scenes shown. [Before Congress, ROBERTS - describes the difficulties faced by girls with Rett syndrome; talks about spending time with a little girl named Abigail.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Chip Reid) The altering of highway signs in California by frustrated driver and performance artist Richard Ankrom featured; movie segments of Ankrom installing the signs shown; scenes shown of freeways in Los Angeles. [ANKROM - says he took it upon himself to post better signs on the freeway; says people follow directions if they have them.] [California Transportation Department Deborah HARRIS - says the signs were so well made that everyone thought "it was an internal job."]
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