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Canadian figure skating pair Jamie Sale and David Pelletier will be awarded gold medals for their performance on Monday, after a French judge admitted to submitting to pressure and inappropriately placing a Russian pair in first place.

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In the second of three reports, Elizabeth Farnsworth explores the debate over Islam, education and culture in Saudi Arabia.

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The U.S. envoy to Afghanistan discusses efforts to bring peace to the war-torn nation.

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In this first of three reports from Saudi Arabia, Elizabeth Farnsworth explores a country and culture that has remained inaccessible to most foreign journalists until just recently.

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Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic chose not to respond to charges brought against him in the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal, instead questioning the court's right to charge him.

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The FBI announced a new security alert late Monday, warning that a terrorist attack could take place as early as today in the United States or against U.S. interests in Yemen.

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Jim Lehrer talks to New York Times reporter David Johnston about the FBI's terrorism alert issued last night.

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Gwen Ifill examines recent military mistakes and the Pentagon's denial that it erroneously struck civilians in eastern Afghanistan last week.

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The 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City begin Friday amid the greatest security presence in the history of the Olympic games.

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White House officials Thursday announced that they would apply Geneva Convention standards for the treatment of Taliban fighters but not al-Qaida members in U.S. custody.

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