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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Washington: Andrea Koppel; Miami: Susan Candiotti) "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.
(Studio: Andrea Koppel) The issue of peace for the Middle East examined; details given of Israeli evidence linking Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat and Saudi Arabia to terrorist activities examined; scenes shown of visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with Secretary of State Colin Powell. [Israeli education minister Limor LIVNAT - says Arafat is also a liar; suggests Saudi Arabia cannot be part of the peace process.] [Saudi foreign minister Prince SAUD al-Faisal - says we need to move towards the next steps of peace.] [International Crisis Group Ron MALLEY - says Sharon wants to slow things down.] The expectations for the coming Middle East peace meetings discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The near-deal for ending the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the arrest in Israel of two Americans of Arab extraction reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The first part of a taped interview with Jordan's King Abdullah presented. [King ABDULLAH - says the issue of a viable state for the Palestinians within an acceptable timeframe must be addressed; states the Arab states have done as much as they can about the Middle East.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The discovery of two more mailbox bombs in rural Colorado and Nebraska reported. [In live interview, former FBI profiler Clint VAN ZANDT - compares this bomb case to the Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski; explains why these bombings are being done by one man or perhaps two men; comments on the utilitarian purpose in targeting rural mailboxes.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Judge's order that Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law give a deposition in the case of priest John Geoghan, who has been accused of molesting young people, reported; scenes shown of former priest Paul Shanley being returned to Boston for arraignment on charges of child rape.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Miami: Susan Candiotti) The Florida case in which the child welfare system lost five-year-old Rilya Wilson a year ago featured; details given about the case. [In court, Florida district court Judge Cindy LEDERMAN - asks why this child's sibling would be removed without her consent; says the case worker defrauded the court.] [Florida Department of families and children secretary Kathleen KEARNEY - says the judge has a right to be angry about the case workers' actions.] [Florida Department of families and children Charles AUSLANDER - says the department cannot be proud.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The second part of a taped interview with Jordan's King Abdullah presented. [King ABDULLAH - talks about his meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell about how to visualize steps to get the Palestinians and Israelis closer together and to implement the Saudi peace plan; states that a vision for an end game needs to be articulated in the next few weeks; outlines the main issues as a future viable state for the Palestinians and security for Israel; states there needs to be more peace than process.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The third part of a taped interview with Jordan's King Abdullah presented. [King ABDULLAH - says an initial conference on Middle East peace should outline the social, economic and political needs and get the process started; says the end game is to solve the Israeli- Palestinian problem and the Arab-Israeli problem; says the Arab states have done as much as they can given the parameters in the Middle East; predicts extremists on both sides will try to derail the process as we get closer to a settlement; comments on the Israeli charges that Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat financed terrorism; says Arafat has to take the responsibility of leadership or lose an opportunity for his people.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The fourth part of a taped interview with Jordan's King Abdullah presented. [King ABDULLAH - comments on the Middle East peace proposals made by our fathers; talks about his father King Hussein and his hard work for Jordan and the region; says violence will not bring a Palestinian state or Israeli security so we have to sit down and talk to each other.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) AP report story that Palestinian leaders have agreed to exile 13 militants holed up in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem reported.
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