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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Ramallah: Matthew Chance; Bethlehem: Walter Rodgers; White House: John King; Paris: Christiane Amanpour) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two and a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Ramallah: Matthew Chance) An agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians to end the Ramallah, West Bank, siege of Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat's compound featured; scenes shown of Israeli vehicles leaving Ramallah and of Palestinians celebrating. [In interview, ARAFAT - comments on the barbarian activities from the Israeli army; says we cannot forget the peace we signed with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.] The appalling conditions in the compound described.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Bethlehem: Walter Rodgers) The ongoing siege outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem featured; scenes shown of the fire in the background while conflicting claims about the cause of the fires are outlined.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's decision to disband the UN fact-finding team to investigate what happened in Jenin noted.
(White House: John King) President Bush's decision-making process about policy in the Middle East outlined; details given of unresolved issues before a longer term peace process can go forward.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with chief Palestinian representative to the US spokesman Hassan Abdel Rahman. [From Washington, RAHMAN - says security and political issues have to go hand in hand so the Palestinians can see the light at the end of the tunnel; states we have to think about the peace process because the alternative is so horrible because Israeli occupation generates violence.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with Israeli consul general Alon Pinkas about the Middle East. [PINKAS - says Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat is a product of a terrorist organization; worries about Islamic extremists taking over if Arafat is replaced.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Paris: Christiane Amanpour) Demonstrations in France against presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen featured; scenes shown from Paris of pro- and anti-Le Pen rallies. The concern about how significance Le Pen's showing in the elections will be discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Miami: Susan Candiotti) The case of Florida five-year-old Rilya Wilson, who has been missing for a year, featured; details given of the possible connection to an unsolved murder case in Kansas City, MO. [Florida department of children and families Charles AUSLANDER - says the child was taken for evaluation.] [Rilya's GRANDMOTHER - says she is in the system somewhere.] [Rilya's MOTHER - wonders about her daughter.] [Kansas City deputy chief George ROBERTS - says Rilya's fingerprints do not match the dead girl "Precious Doe.'] [Miami-Dade County, FL, Detective Pete ANDREW - says we have a missing child out there.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Charles Feldman) The latest developments in the murder case involving actor Robert Blake reviewed; courtroom sketches shown; details given about Blake's claims of dyslexia and of evidence that Blake may have plotted to kill Bonny Bakely in 1999. [Blake's attorney Harland BRAUN - says Robert cannot read the documents.] (Artist: Bill Robles)
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Taped interview held with "New Yorker" magazine editor David Remnick about his trip to the Middle East. [REMNICK - says "hopelessness" is the dominant mood in the Middle East; says possible successors to Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat do not have credibility; indicates the spirit of Oslo is dead; cites the "schizophrenia" in Israel where the public is ready for some kind of deal while Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is not ready;; indicates that the internalized versions of history of the Israelis and Palestinians is so far apart.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The pictures from the refurbished Hubble Space Telescope featured; images shown. [NASA space science administrator Edward WEILER - say astronauts made the Hubble a great success.] [Hayden Planetarium director Neil de Grasse TYSON - cites the initial disappointments with the pictures; talks about the galaxies seen; lauds the HST's sensitivity to light.] [Johns Hopkins University Holland FORD - talks about searching for galaxies.]
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