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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince: Mark Strassmann) The political agreement by Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to a US-backed peace plan to end the rebel uprising featured; scenes shown of the international envoys arriving in Haiti & of unrest in the streets; details given about a possible humanitarian catastrophe. [ARISTIDE - says we will have a new government.]
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Elizabeth Palmer) The first Red Cross visit with former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in jail in Iraq & the future for a political handover there featured; details given of problems with political stability. [International Red Cross Roland HUGUENIN-BENJAMIN†- comments on regular visits with Saddam.] [US administrator in Iraq Paul BREMER - cites technical problems with an election process.]
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) Report introduced.
(New York: Randall Pinkston) Report on the CIA's hunt for Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden†† since 1996, five years before the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center & Pentagon, examined. [Voice of "Washington Post" report Steve COLL†- outlines the plans to find bin Laden.] [Former CIA counterterrorism expert Larry JOHNSON - notes the reluctance to go forward in both the Clinton & Bush administrations.]
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) The results in the parliamentary elections in Iran reported.
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) Moves by the California state government to end San Francisco's issuance of gay marriage licenses reported.
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) Report introduced.
(Washington: Joie Chen) The question of the importance of labor support in the presidential election campaign examined; details given of earlier union support for then-candidates Representative Richard Gephardt & Howard Dean; map shown of states with high union membership. [Economic Policy Inst. Larry MISHEL†- says there is a real jobs crisis.] [Pollster Del ALI†- says the AFL-CIO decided to endorse Senator John Kerry rather than John Edwards due to "electability."]
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) The collision of two ships near the mouth of the Mississippi River reported; scenes shown from Venice, Louisiana.
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) The street accident in Dublin, Ireland, in which a bus plowed into people reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Roth) A new law in the Netherlands to deport refugees following a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment featured; scenes shown from Rotterdam. [Center for European Reform Heather GRABBE†- expresses the concern that eastern Europeans will come to the U.K. to stay; calls for a legal, managed policy.]
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) The death of President Bush's English spaniel Spot reported.
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) The impact of jobs going overseas on the furniture makers of North Carolina examined; statistics cited on layoffs, on imports from China & labor rates. [Laid-off worker Benny HUSKINS†, furniture worker Edith ANDERSON†- comment on jobs.] [Furniture Brands International Lynn CHIPPERFIELD†- comments on the decision to move jobs so we can expand our product line.] [Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co. John BASSETT†- backs free & fair legal trade.] The call for duties on Chinese imports outlined. [HUSKINS - talks about retraining.]
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) The big haul in the Mega Millions lottery in Virginia reported.
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(Studio: Thalia Assuras) Report introduced.
(New York: Kelly Cobiella) The new, hot-selling Apple iPod mini, a small digital music player, featured; details given about Apple's on-line music store allowing players to legally download tunes. [Three CONSUMERS - react.] [CNET senior editor Eliot VAN BUSKIRK†- says consumers are on board for digital music.]
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