Caribbean Report 09-06-1998
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1998-06-09
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1. Headlines with Orin Gordon (00:00-00:27)
2. The European Council of Ministers meeting has become bogged down with disagreements among some members on the issue of trade with the ACP countries. Clifford Smith reports that trading blocs are one of the thorny issues (00:28-02:18)
3. At the UN Drug Summit, Barbados' Attorney General David Simmons states that the Northern states should be doing more to reduce the demand for drugs in their society (02:19-04:08)
4. Drug abuse and the problems it causes could be a future concern of the International Red Cross. Interview with Peter Walker on the threat of man-made disasters (04:09-07:25)
5. In Dominica, a pyramid type money scheme is being investigated by the FBI as people are now complaining of large losses (07:26-09:12)
6. In Cuba, the Russian Party communist leader Gennady Zyuganov has met with President Fidel Castro. Zyuganov is the first prominent Russian to visit Cuba since the disintegration of the Soviet Union (09:13-10:23)
7. The Pope has told Cuba's Roman Catholic Bishops to keep up the momentum of his visit to the island since he expects more improvement to the civil rights situation. David Willey reports (10:24-12:12)
8. In Britain, 4 men implicated in the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence have received a boost in their efforts to stay silent as they have been granted legal aid to challenge their summons to give evidence at the inquiry (12:13-12:42)
9. As kickoff for the World Cup in France nears, the English-speaking Caribbean will be represented for the first time by Jamaica's Reggae Boyz. Simon Crosskill reports on the team's triumphs on the way to France (12:43-14:44)
10. Recap to top stories (14:45-15:10)
2. The European Council of Ministers meeting has become bogged down with disagreements among some members on the issue of trade with the ACP countries. Clifford Smith reports that trading blocs are one of the thorny issues (00:28-02:18)
3. At the UN Drug Summit, Barbados' Attorney General David Simmons states that the Northern states should be doing more to reduce the demand for drugs in their society (02:19-04:08)
4. Drug abuse and the problems it causes could be a future concern of the International Red Cross. Interview with Peter Walker on the threat of man-made disasters (04:09-07:25)
5. In Dominica, a pyramid type money scheme is being investigated by the FBI as people are now complaining of large losses (07:26-09:12)
6. In Cuba, the Russian Party communist leader Gennady Zyuganov has met with President Fidel Castro. Zyuganov is the first prominent Russian to visit Cuba since the disintegration of the Soviet Union (09:13-10:23)
7. The Pope has told Cuba's Roman Catholic Bishops to keep up the momentum of his visit to the island since he expects more improvement to the civil rights situation. David Willey reports (10:24-12:12)
8. In Britain, 4 men implicated in the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence have received a boost in their efforts to stay silent as they have been granted legal aid to challenge their summons to give evidence at the inquiry (12:13-12:42)
9. As kickoff for the World Cup in France nears, the English-speaking Caribbean will be represented for the first time by Jamaica's Reggae Boyz. Simon Crosskill reports on the team's triumphs on the way to France (12:43-14:44)
10. Recap to top stories (14:45-15:10)