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(Studio: Kate Snow) "The Whip" introduced.
(Boston: Gary Tuchman; Ramallah: Matthew Chance; Washington: Kelli Arena) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Kate Snow) Page two and a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Kate Snow) Report introduced.
(Boston: Gary Tuchman) The Boston stories of former Catholic priest Paul Shanley, who is under arrest for raping Paul Busa when he was a child and the church's decision to pull out of the financial settlement made with abuse victims featured. [April 12, BUSA - comments on the abuse by his priest.] [Plaintiff's attorney Mitchell GARABEDIAN - comments.]
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(Studio: Kate Snow) Report introduced.
(Washington: Kelli Arena) The explosion of pipe bombs placed in mailboxes in Iowa and Illinois reviewed; details given from the letters left with the devices. [US Postal inspector Linda JENSEN - describes the bombs accompanied by letters.] [FBI James BOGNER - says it is a domestic terrorism incident.] Map shown of the bombs' locations.
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(Studio: Kate Snow) Report introduced.
(Ramallah: Matthew Chance) The end of the long siege in Ramallah, Israeli, military action in Nablus, continuing negotiations to end the standoff at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and a Human Rights Watch report finding that Israeli committed war crimes in Jenin, but not a massacre, featured; scenes shown of the Palestinians celebrating, Israeli tanks and the church. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to offer his own peace plan when he visits the US next week noted.
(Studio: Kate Snow) Report introduced.
(Bethlehem: Walter Rodgers) The situation in Bethlehem at the time of Orthodox Easter weekend featured; scenes shown of an Arab and Greek mass in a Syrian Orthodox church; details given of the cultural friction in the region where Christian populations feel unwelcome. [Christians Rym AWAD, Shareen BASSIL - comment on their church.]
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(Studio: Kate Snow) The first of two parts on what happened in the Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin introduced.
(Jenin: Sheila MacVicar) The chronology of events in the April urban warfare in Jenin featured; scenes shown of Israeli tanks and the damaged hospital. [Israeli defense force reservist Lt. "RON" - says Israel could not continue with the situation in Israel; describes the first hours in Jenin in an "active war."] [Imprisoned Islamic Jihad member Thabet MARDAWI - (thru translator) talks about the 100 Palestinian fighters in the camp.] [PALESTINIAN (thru translator) - describes the Israelis storming the camp.] [Jenin Hospital Dr. Mohammed ABU-GHALI - recalls the first Palestinian dead and wounded.] [Israeli military intelligence Col. Miri EISEN - gives a briefing denying a massacre.] Human Rights Watch report quoted. [Human Rights Watch Peter BOUCKAERT - says when the Israeli army went in they had obligations to protect the civilian population.] [Israeli defense force Capt. Sharon FEINGOLD - comments on what Israel did.]
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(Studio: Kate Snow) The second part on what happened in the Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin introduced.
(Jenin: Sheila MacVicar) The chronology of events in the April urban warfare in Jenin continued; scenes shown from inside and outside damaged houses; details given of the views of Palestinian civilians and Israeli military. [Palestinian MAN, BOY, school TEACHER - (thru translator) describe how the Israeli military treated them as the soldiers went house to house.] [Human Rights Watch Peter BOUCKAERT - says the use of human shields is outlawed by the Geneva Convention.] [Israeli defense force Capt. Sharon FEINGOLD - denies using human shields.] [Israeli military intelligence Col. Miri EISEN - cites one example of the use of a woman as a shield; says there was a terrorist camp at the center of a refugee camp.] [Israeli defense force reservist Lt. "RON" - comments on this search practice as acceptable.] [Three PALESTINIANS, BOY - (thru translator) explain being used as human shields.] [Imprisoned Islamic Jihad member Thabet MARDAWI - (thru translator) explains why he surrendered.]
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(Studio: Kate Snow; Jerusalem: Sheila MacVicar) The report on what happened in the Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin discussed; details given about the issues of credibility of those interviewed, of the Israeli military's deep freeze on information and why the young Israeli reservist Lt. "Ron" came forward.
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(Studio: Kate Snow) Live interview held with comic writer Stan Lee about his Spider-Man character on the eve of the premiere of the movie "Spider- Man". [LEE - talks about the creation, its longevity and the costume of the "thinking" hero "Spidey"; explains how Spider-Man is in the modern idiom.]
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(Studio: Kate Snow) Report introduced.
(New York: Garrick Utley) A visit to Book Expo America, the Super Bowl of book selling, featured; scenes shown from this "book bazaar." ["Call to Glory" author Mike GILHULY - explains the genesis of his book.] [Author Elizabeth STONE - says no one reads her books.] [HarperCollins CEO Jane FRIEDMAN - explains the appeal of books.]
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