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Jennings Signs ABC Contract

Peter Jennings, anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight," signed a new contract to extend his tenure as anchor for the next three years and to allow him to create his own production company.

FCC Approves Comcast-AT&T Merger

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday gave the green light to Comcast Corp.'s proposed buyout of AT&T Broadband, paving the way for the creation of the largest cable and Internet provider in the country.

U.S. Bishops Adopt Revisions to Sex Abuse Policy

U.S. bishops agreed to revise their sex abuse policy Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly to approve rules saying priests who commit "even one act of sexual abuse of a minor" should be removed from public ministry.

Iraq’s U.N. Ambassador

Mohammed Al-Douri, Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations, talks with reporters about his country's decision to accept a U.N. resolution requiring Iraq to disarm and readmit weapons inspectors.

Russian Duma Approves Anti-Terror Measures

The upper house of Russia's parliament on Wednesday passed new media restrictions allowing authorities to exert more control over the reporting of terrorist attacks and major crises like last month's Moscow theater hostage standoff.

War Plans

As Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein weighs his response to a new United Nations resolution, media reports continue to outline possible plans for a military strike. Experts discuss the U.S. military's preparations for a possible war with Iraq.

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Preparing for War

In the second of a series of reports from the Persian Gulf, New York Times military affairs correspondent Michael Gordon reports from the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, currently stationed in the Gulf, on how U.S. military forces are training…

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