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VIETNAM: HANOI: US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT VISIT
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US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced agreements on Friday to expand US ties with Vietnam, but also admonished Vietnamese officials to ease repression and to speed the processing of refugees.
On her first visit...
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Roger Altman on Clinton's Health, Trump's Economic Plan
Sept. 13 -- Roger Altman, founder and executive chairman at Evercore Partners, and Harvard University Professor Kenneth Rogoff discuss concerns over Hillary Clinton's health, problems with Donald Trump's economic plan, bi-partisan...
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Blond: Clinton a Politician From the Past in a New Future
Oct. 19 -- Phillip Blond, director at ResPublica, discusses changes the Republican Party will need to make if they lose the U.S. presidential election and the shortfalls of Hillary Clinton as a modern day politician. He speaks on...
Bloomberg
Amb. Kimmitt: Reports I'll Replace Flynn 'Incorrect'
Feb.15 -- Ambassador Robert Kimmitt, former deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary, offers insight on the work that lies ahead for U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, his advice on which issues to tackle first, and addresses reports that he...
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Kavanaugh questioned on investigating president
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he has not taken a position on the constitutionality of investigating a sitting president. Yet his past writings cast doubt on the idea.
Bloomberg
Harvard's Furman on Ending D.C.'s Debt Obsession
Feb.01 -- Jason Furman, Harvard Kennedy School professor of economic policy, explains his call for raising U.S. deficit spending on "What'd You Miss?"
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Expert: impeachment should be legal not political
House Democrats laid out their impeachment case against President Donald Trump earlier this week, a sweeping report accusing him of betraying the nation and deserving to be ousted.
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Markets Expect Trump to Stay in Power, says Ferguson
Jan.24 -- Lawrence H. Summers, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and Roger Ferguson, TIAA CEO look at how markets are reacting to President Trump's ongoing impeachment trial. They sit down with David Westin on "Bloomberg Wall Street Week."
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MIDDLE EAST: ARAFAT ANNOUNCES NEW STATE PLANS
Arabic/Eng/Nat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Yasser Arafat of "making a farce" of the Wye Summit accords.
He said he will not agree to further Israeli troop withdrawals until the Palestinian Authority halts an...
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SKorean academic, experts, journalist comment on Clinton visit; headlines
Seoul, South Korea
1. Close-up of screen on the street showing news of former US president Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea
2. Close-up of moving screen
3. Set-up of Dean Lee Jung-hoon from Underwood International College of Yonsei...
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China - US Treasury Secretary Arrives
U.S. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen arrived in Beijing on Wednesday (19/1) to press China on human rights and persuade it to open markets to foreign companies.
0.00 US Government jet taxiing pull out to wide shot
0.08 U.S. Treasury...
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MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CRISIS LATEST (3)
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Veteran Palestinian spokeswoman Hannan Ashrawi described talks due to start shortly in Washington between Yasser Arafat and President Clinton as "critical and decisive".
In an exclusive interview, Ashrawi, a member of the...
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Gaza - Arafat uses Irish peace process as example
The Palestinians say the Northern Ireland peace agreement is a good role model for what could be achieved in the Middle East. At their weekly cabinet meeting on Saturday (11/4), the Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat said the...
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ISRAEL: US VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE VISIT UPDATE
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US Vice-President Al Gore spoke of peace and an end to the bloodshed on an official visit to Israel today.
He also received an honorary degree from Israel's Hebrew University highlighting his efforts in promoting the peace...
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UK: DOWNING ST.: PAKISTAN PM SHARIF TALKS WITH TONY BLAIR
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The ongoing crisis between Pakistan and India over the disputed territory of Kashmir topped the agenda in talks between British Prime Minister, Tony Blair and his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif.
The Pakistani leader had...
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Bosnia - Shalikashvili Meets The Press
Albright was visiting Sarajevo with General John Shalikashvili, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, for talks with Bosnian government leaders and UN peacekeepers.
statement by chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff...
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France - Signing of NATO treaty
President Boris Yeltsin on Tuesday (27/5) stunned NATO leaders with an offer to unilaterally disarm nuclear warheads Russia currently has targetted on the west. His dramatic gesture came in an impromptu intervention at the signing...
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ISRAEL: SECURITY INCREASED FOR CLINTONS PEACE MISSION
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With the arrival of President Clinton for a three day peace saving mission to the region, security forces are on full alert and patrolling those areas most likely to experience unrest.
In East Jerusalem, the site for the...
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USA - Ganic & Boutros-Ghali On Air Protection
United Nations (U.N) Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali on
Monday (18/4) called for NATO to authorise "sweeping" air strikes
to protect all U.N.-designated safe areas in Bosnia. The move,
which would expand U.N. authority to call...
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Egypt - Clinton On Arafat's Anti-Hamas Stance
President Bill Clinton said he was satisfied on Wednesday (26/10)
with PLO leader Yasser Arafat's response to the "absolute
imperative necessity" of combating Hamas and all other extremist
groups. Arafat now considers Hamas his enemy,...
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GERMANY: US SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT VISIT UPDATE
Ramstein and Landstuhl, Germany - 12 August 1998
Landstuhl
1. Madeleine Albright leaves U-S military hospital and approaches podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Madeleine Albright, U-S Secretary of State
3. Cutaway press
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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Palestinians on Wednesday said that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's tough stance in his meeting with US president Bill Clinton will only strengthen the Palestinian position.
Ahmed Abdel Rahman, secretary general of...
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USA: CLINTON PRAISED FOR SECURING MIDEAST PEACE DEAL
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Fresh from securing an historic Middle East peace agreement, U-S President Bill Clinton returned to the Democratic campaign trail with fund raising appearances in California.
Clinton has come out smelling like a rose in the...
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UK: PAKISTAN PM SHARIF DISCUSSES KASHMIR WITH TONY BLAIR
London, UK; Islamabad, Pakistan - July 6 1999
London
1. Arrival Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, and Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani Prime Minister
2. Photo-op handshake
3. Delegates entering meeting room
4. Cutaway British policeman and...