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 | 2001 DECEMBER Dec. 17, 2001
 Vivendi: French Connection Ray Suarez looks at the French media company Vivendi, which is rapidly becoming a major player in the U.S. entertainment market. Suarez discusses the company's latest acquisitions with Jim Stroud of the media consulting firm The Carmel Group, and David Bennahum, writer and contributing editor at Wired Magazine.

  

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 | NOVEMBER Nov. 27, 2001
 Shaping the Future Afghan factions begin talks near Bonn, Germany to shape a post-Taliban power-sharing government.

  

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 | Nov. 16, 2001
 On the Air: Russian President Putin Terence Smith reports on Russian President Putin's interview with National Public Radio last night.

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 | Nov. 15, 2001
 New Friends: U.S. and Russia Relations After a background report, Margaret Warner discusses the new dynamic between the U.S. and Russia with former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.

  

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 | Nov. 5, 2001
 Risk Assessment: Russia Securing the world's largest stockpile of nuclear warheads in the former Soviet Union.

  

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 | OCTOBER Oct. 24, 2001
 Newsmaker: Jack Straw Great Britain's foreign secretary discusses his country's role in the U.S.-led coalition against terrorism.

  

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 | Oct. 22, 2001
 Gerry Adams' Speech on IRA Disarmament Gerry Adams, president of the staunchly pro-Irish Sinn Fein party, called on the Irish Republican Army to being disarming in an effort to save the teetering Northern Ireland Assembly. The following is the full text of his speech.

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 | Oct. 4, 2001
 Russia's Challenge: Michael Wines A Russian plane crashed Thursday in what some worry may have been a terrorist attack. Ray Suarez examines that and other new challenges Russia's leadership faces with Michael Wines, chief Moscow correspondent for The New York Times.

  

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 | Oct. 4, 2001
 Putin's Challenge The suspicious explosion of a Russian airliner over the Black Sea prompts discussion of Russia's internal battle against terrorism and participation in the U.S. campaign against Osama bin Laden.

  

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 | Oct. 2, 2001
 Drawing the Line After a look at British Prime Minister Tony Blair's ultimatum to the Taliban, Margaret Warner talks with Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou about NATO's coalition building efforts.

  

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 | Oct. 2, 2001
 Prime Minister Blair on the Sept. 11 Attacks During a speech to his Labour Party, Prime Minister Tony Blair said there was no doubt Osama bin Laden organized the attacks of Sept. 11.

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 | SEPTEMBER Sept. 27, 2001
 Forging a Coalition After meeting with President Bush, Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem discusses the reaction in his predominantly Muslim country.

  

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 | AUGUST Aug. 30, 2001
 Who is a War Criminal? Deciphering questions about indicting Slobodan Milosevic as a "war criminal." What does it really mean?



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 | Aug. 28, 2001
 Seeing Shakespeare Roger Rosenblatt considers a newly discovered portrait of Shakespeare.

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 | Aug. 22, 2001
 Macedonia Peacekeeping NATO authorizes 3,500 troops to begin collecting weapons turned in by ethnic Albanian rebels.

  

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 | Aug. 20, 2001
 Eye on Russia Remembering the 1991 coup attempt that brought about the end of Soviet rule.

  

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 | Aug. 14, 2001
 A Russian View A look at the evolution of Russian-American relations under Presidents Bush and Putin, from a Russian perspective.

  

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 | Aug. 13, 2001
 Foreign Correspondence: John Daniszewski Terence Smith talks with John Daniszewski of the Los Angeles Times about his experience as the paper's Moscow bureau chief.

  

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 | Aug. 13, 2001
 Peace Accord Macedonia's rival political leaders sign a peace accord to stop a six-month rebellion by minority ethnic Albanians.

  

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 | Aug. 3, 2001
 James Reston's "Warriors of God" Author James Reston discusses his book, "Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade."

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 | JULY July 24, 2001
 President Bush in Europe Journalists discuss President Bush's trip to London, Genoa and Kosovo, and his meeting with the Pope.

  

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 | July 20, 2001
 G-8 Summit The eight major industrial leaders in the world gather in Genoa, Italy, to discuss the slowing global economy.

  

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 | July 11, 2001
 Haunted Village: The Hunt for War Criminals in Yugoslavia Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports on the search for war criminals in Yugoslavia.

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 | July 9, 2001
 Peace Prospects in Macedonia Western observers report progress in peace talks between Macedonian Slav and ethnic Albanian leaders.

  

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 | July 3, 2001
 End of a Merger: General Electric and Honeywell The European Union blocks a proposed merger between two major aerospace companies, General Electric and Honeywell.

  

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 | July 3, 2001
 Milosevic Appears Before War Crimes Tribunal In a short, but contentious hearing, the International War Crimes Tribunal entered a not guilty plea for former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, after he refused to recognize the court's jurisdiction.

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 | July 3, 2001
 Text of Milosevic's War Crime Indicement The following is the full war crimes indictment that names former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

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 | July 2, 2001
 The Northern Ireland Assembly: An Uneasy Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly, the first democratically elected representative body in the 80-year history of the region, faces an array of obstacles as it struggles to bring a political peace to decades of violence.

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 | JUNE June 18, 2001
 Condoleezza Rice National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice talks about President Bush's trip to Europe and the meeting with Russian President Putin.

  

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 | June 18, 2001
 International Strategy Former National Security Advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Richard Allen discuss President Bush's trip to Europe.

  

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 | June 14, 2001
 Global Warming Dispute President Bush criticized the Kyoto Treaty despite support from European leaders. After a background report, four experts discuss the latest news during the president's trip to Europe.

  

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 | June 13, 2001
 Pushing Missile Defense Four experts discuss President Bush's attempt to sell Europe on his missile defense plan.

  

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 | June 12, 2001
 An Uncertain Welcome: President Bush's First Trip to Europe A look at the opportunities and issues awaiting President Bush on his first trip to Europe.

  

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 | June 11, 2001
 President Bush's Response to Global Warming The following is the text of President Bush's remarks on global warming preceding his first trip to Europe as president.

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 | June 8, 2001
 Ruling Britannia: Prime Minister Tony Blair Incumbent British Prime Minister Tony Blair won a landslide victory for the Labor Party. Simon Marks reports from London.

  

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 | June 6, 2001
 Foreign Correspondence: Jeffrey Smith Jeffrey Smith of The Washington Post reports on the clashes in Macedonia.

 

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 | MAY May 21, 2001
 What is mad cow disease? Mad cow disease, formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a chronic degenerative disease that attacks the central nervous system of cattle, destroying brain tissue and eventually causing dementia and death. There is no known cure.

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 | May 15, 2001
 The Italian Election Right-wing billionaire Silvio Berlusconi has been elected prime minister of Italy, a post he held briefly in 1994.

  

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 | May 8, 2001
 Background: The Pope's Journey A report on the Pope's six-day pilgrimage tracing the biblical footsteps of the Apostle Paul.

  

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 | May 8, 2001
 The Pope's Journey A panel discusses Pope John Paul II's visit to Greece, Syria and Malta.

  

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 | APRIL April 30, 2001
 Conversation: Chechnya Margaret Warner talks with Anne Nivat, author of Chienne de Guerre, a book about the war in Chechnya.

 

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 | April 16, 2001
 Background: The Kremlin vs. NTV A report from Simon Marks on Moscow and NTV.






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 | April 16, 2001
 The Kremlin vs. NTV Terence Smith talks with media watchers about the NTV upheaval and efforts to start another independent station.

  




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 | April 2, 2001
 Milosevic Arrest Margaret Warner discusses Milosevic's arrest and where it may lead.

  

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 | MARCH March 30, 2001
 Disease Damage: Foot-and-Mouth Simon Marks reports on how foot-and-mouth disease is affecting the economy and politics in Britain.

  

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 | March 26, 2001
 Balkan Troubles Margaret Warner and guests discuss the worst day of fighting in six weeks between Macedonian government forces and ethnic Albanian rebels.



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 | March 23, 2001
 End of an Era The aging Russian space station Mir fell to earth as scheduled last night. Terence Smith reports.



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 | March 15, 2001
 Troubles in Kosovo Clashes with ethnic Albanian guerrillas have spread from Kosovo into Serbia and Macedonia.

  

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 | March 14, 2001
 Livestock Plague Two experts look at the food-and-mouth disease outbreak in Europe.

  

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 | March 14, 2001
 Livestock Plague A background report on the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Europe.



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 | JANUARY Jan. 26, 2001
 Mad Cow Disease A look at mad cow disease and its possible spread beyond Western Europe.

  

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