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Reports on interesting travel destinations from around the world. Mention of London's newly revamped Globe Theater, Florence, Italy's Uffizi Gallery, and San Francisco's UnderWater World aquarium.

Presents travel information on Bojnice Castle in Slovakia and over 100 works by Claude Monet that are on display at the Australian Gallery of the Belvedere Palace. Legends of Bojnice Castle; Slovakia's third annual Ghost Festival; Schedule of festival; Description of festival; Masterpieces from Monet's favorite series.

Reports that International Business Machines of Argentine, (IBM) former and current officials are being charged with conducting an international fraud scheme. Details of fraud charges; Number of persons indicted by investigating magistrate, Adolf Bagnasco; Reference to firm, CCR being central to allegations; CCR's agreement with IBM.

Presents travel information on the 1996 Singapore International Film Festival in Singapore, Asia. Number of films and short movies from Southeast Asia being featured; Stories being highlighted; Reference to festival being host to several workshops on film appreciation; What joint conference of Asian and Western critics will examine.

Presents information on Saint Louis Art Museum in North America. Information on its monumental entrance; Gateway built by Ptolemy VIII; Structure's first reconstruction in 2,000 years; Latest display of ancient Egyptian archaeology in the United States; Number of items spanning 5,000 years of Egyptian history.

Provides information on various news briefs on science. Information pertaining to the climate in Great Britain; Details on the first atoms of anti-matter ever made by humans or seen in nature.

Provides information the largest cut back in business history to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) workers in the United States. How many persons were eliminated from their jobs; What is the purpose of the eliminations.

Focuses on the speech delivered by Daniel Spiegel, the United States ambassador to the United Nation's European Office in Geneva, Switzerland during December 1995. Diplomats' reaction to the speech; Comments from Peter van Wulfften, Dutch ambassador.

Reports that in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pia Agergaard and Jesper Lindeberg name their first son Christophpher which is illegal and created a problem for his parents. What the boy's parents were ordered to do; What Christophpher's mother vowed to do.

Reports that in Tsuruga, Japan, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation failed to close down its prototype fast-breeder nuclear facility, Monju immediately after it discovered leakage of liquid sodium. Scale and speed of the leak; Comments made by a resident.

Reports that for the week of December 10-16, 1995 the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Incorporated network won the right to show the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 Winter Games and the 2008 Summer Games. Deal NBC made with Microsoft.

Reports that in London, demands for stricter measures against violent youth have been issued due to the murder of Philip Lawrence, a headmaster at St. George's Roman Catholic School, who intervened when a student was being assaulted by a street gang. Name of the student who was being ambushed outside the school; What Labor Leader, Tony Blair suggested to schools.

Reports on astronomers' discovery of a planet circling a star similar to our own.

Reports that Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conference were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. How the Conference came by its name.

Reports on the raid on suspected male-prostitution operations in Hong Kong where pictures of several junior police officers, many of them naked, were seized.

Reports on the selection of Irish poet Seamus Heaney as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Reports on the efforts by Indian nurses to block the broadcast of the motion picture `Heart Specialist' on Star TV. Features of the film; Response by the Bombay High Court to the efforts; Details of the nurses' activities.

Reports on the accusations of bribery against two top officials of Kirov Ballet in Russia. Features of the charges; Amount involved in the charges; Comment by ballet fan Alla Mayorova.

Presents news headlines from several newspapers in the world. Includes headlines from Tell, Nigeria; `Washington Post' newspaper; `Financial Times' newspaper.

Reports on the videotape showing providing information on the nature of suspected Algerian terrorist Khaled Kelkal's killing in Lyons, France. Features of the tape; Public reaction to the killing; Number of fatalities and injuries in the riots.

Reports on the damages wrought by Hurricane Luis on east Caribbean. Specific locations; Escape of tourist destination from damages.

Quotes several headlines in reaction to France President Jacques Chirac's decision to resume nuclear testing at the Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific. Includes Brazil's `Correio Brazilense's contention on the insult to common sense; Allegations of Hong Kong's`South China Morning Post' of Paris' inability to understand the concerns of the Pacific Region inhabitants.

Reports on the spread of dengue fever in Taipei, Taiwan. Government proclamation on the semi-epidemic proportions of the disease; Symptoms.

Reports on the opening of British properties for public viewing during the Heritage Open Days from September 16-17, 1995. Landmarks including the Victorian catacombs of the Brompton cemetery.

Presents news update on overseas economies from September 3-9, 1995. Lowering of discount rate by Japan's central bank; Passage of law for 100% business ownership by foreigners in Cuba.

Reports on the hosting by the state of Jalisco in Guadalajara, Mexico, of its Second Annual Mariachi Festival in a tribute to the sombreroed bands. Events during the festival.

Reports that Jerusalem launches in September 1995 a 16-month festival to mark the 3000th anniversary of King David's conquest of this ancient city. Inauguration of an archaeological park on the site of the ancient city of David; Scheduled performance of the Deutsche Staatsoper of Berlin, under Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim, during the third week of September.

Present various news which happened in the United States for the week of August 20-26, 1995. President Bill Clinton's rafting trip on Wyoming's Snake River; Testimony of a forensics expert on the O.J. Simpson trial.

Features the tourist attractions in North America. Regal artwork display at the National Gallery of Canada; Performances at the spa north of New York City in relation to the 30th anniversary of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

Introduces the Kroll Travel Watch, a Kroll Associates' advisory service that offers detailed sketches of safety conditions in 250 cities. Free of charge through the Sabre reservation network; Updated daily; General safety suggestions; Emergency numbers; Weather reports; Currency exchange.

Reports on Lloyd's of London's presentation of a financial plan to avoid bankruptcy.

Focuses on the suspension of Garth Drabinsky from his job as Livent Inc.'s creative director. Management's discovery of serious accounting irregularities involving Drabinsky; Drabinsky's reputation as a spendthrift.