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Focuses on the decision of United States President George W. Bush on whether to provide federal funds for stem-cell research on human embryos. His thoughts on scientists who were creating embryos for the purpose of research; Views on why the decision will be a difficult one for Bush; Thoughts on the moral aspects of his presidential campaign, and their impact on the decision. INSET: THE GREAT CELL DEBATE, by Andrew Goldstein.

Details a voyage of United States President George W. Bush to Europe. Efforts of Bush to persuade European allies on his agenda, including his missile-defense system and policy toward global warming; Prospect for Bush's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin; Chronology of his trip, which includes stops in such nations as Spain, Sweden, and Poland.

Focuses on United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. How he has become the architect and salesman of the missile defense shield; Enormous challenges of the proposed system and how it would work; Nuclear arsenals of Russia, China, India and Pakistan; Highlights of Rumsfeld's political career; Reaction of foreign nations to the missile-shield plan.

Discusses United States involvement with Latin American countries to stop drug trafficking. Cost of the American presence in Latin America; U.S. policy of allowing local officers to manage the authorization of gunfire on surveillance missions; Details of how a missionary plane was shot down in the Amazon region; Efforts of Peru and Colombia to stop the distribution of cocaine; Role of rebel forces in Colombia's civil and drug wars; Outlook.

Focuses on the way in which the administration of United States President George W. Bush handled a confrontation with China after a collision of a Chinese fighter jet and a U.S. spy plane. China's release of the American crew, after holding them for eleven days while waiting for an apology from the U.S.; Details of the crew's return to the U.S.

Discusses the collision of a Chinese fighter jet with a United States reconnaissance plane off the coast of China. How the incident has tested the pride and power of U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Wang Wei; China's claim that the U.S. is to blame for the accident; Demands for an official apology; Response of the Bush administration; Implications of U.S.-Chinese ties on global stability and prosperity. INSET: A 'BLUE TEAM' BLOCKS BEIJING, by Jay Branegan.

Reports on the legacy of United States President Bill Clinton. Views of various political scientists on the presidency of Clinton; Question whether he will be remembered for his deeds or unkept promises; Question whether he will be remembered for his economic triumph or his moral failure.

Discusses the politics of United States Vice President Al Gore who asked U.S. President Bill Clinton to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Comments of U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson who suggests the release is in response to shortages in the heating oil-supply; Questions the effectiveness of the policy to release oil; Criticism of Texas Governor George W. Bush who believes the release of oil is a political move by Gore to gain votes in the 2000 U.S. presidential election. INSET: CONTROLLING OIL PRICES.

Speculates on the impact of the choice of United States Senator Joseph Lieberman as vice-presidential candidate by Vice-President Al Gore. Effect of that choice on Gore's links to the Monica Lewinsky scandal after Lieberman's criticism of President Bill Clinton's behavior; Speculation on the future of the Democratic presidential campaign.

Reports on the seizure of the Cuban refugee boy Elian Gonzalez from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida by United States Immigration and Naturalization Service agents. Description of the early morning raid and seizure of the house; Reunion with his father, Juan Miguel at Andrews Air Force Base; Role of US attorney general Janet Reno in the reunion. INSET: How Will the Boy Cope?, by Ian K. Smith.

Reports on the murder of six-year-old Kayla Rolland by her first grade classmate. Murder scene at the Buell Elementary School Mount Morris Township in Michigan; Biographical information about the young killer and his family; Arrest of the owner of the gun; Inability of the little boy to understand the gravity of what he had done. INSET: The Age of Innocence?, by Robert Wright.

Focuses on the demonstrations at the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, Washington. Media coverage of the activism; Influence on the 2000 presidential election; Issues of globalization and free trade; Reaction of peaceful protesters to violence. INSETS: Return of the Luddites, by Charles Krauthammer;How Organized Anarchists Led Seattle..., by Michael Krantz et al.

Focuses on the end of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) campaign against Yugoslav armed forces in Serbia as of June 21, 1999. Effects of the declared peace on Serbs; Difficulties, including the cost of the extended conflict and the return of ethnic Albanians; Comments from United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and others. INSET: Is This the End For Milosevic? by Massimo Calabresi, G. Sandford.

Describes the peace agreement for Kosovo between Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as of June 14, 1999. Role of Russian diplomat Viktor Chernomyrdin in negotiations; Nature of the NATO victory; NATO miscalculations in entering the war; How the Serbian people have suffered; Perils of making deals with Milosevic; Entrance of NATO peacekeepers into Kosovo; Concerns about Kosovo's future political structures. INSETS: Will the K.L.A. Play Along? by Anthee Carassava & Jan Stojaspal;Gore's Role: Deep in the Details, by Karen Tumulty.

Discusses the impact of China stealing ballistic missile data from the United States. Question of whether Qian Zuesen, who helped design the first US solid-fuel missile was a spy; Difficulty in protecting national-security secrets; Report on the espionage by representative Christopher Cox; Military capabilities China gained from spying. INSET: What the Critics Say.

Comments on reaction in China to the United States accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia on May 7, 1999. Damage to the strategic partnership between the US and China; Speculation that protests were orchestrated as part of an internal political struggle; Worry over the spread of anti-US resentment among ordinary people; Roots of the anger in China; History of relations with the US; China needing the US for its economic and technological development. INSET: The Embassy Bombing: Small Steps, by Mark Thompson.

Discusses the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) bombing campaign in Yugoslavia. How the conflict was at the forefront of the NATO 50th birthday celebration; Debate over a fighting strategy; The issue of sending in ground troops to the Serbian province of Kosovo; Views of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and United States President Bill Clinton; NATO failure to stop the slaughter of ethnic Albanians by the Serbs.

Discusses the strategy of United States President Bill Clinton for bombings done by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Yugoslavia. Impact of the conflict on Clinton personally; Use of Apache helicopters and long-range missile launchers; Goals of the Pentagon; Options in dealing with Milosevic; Public support for NATO and sympathy for the ethnic Albanian refugees; Civilian casualties; No NATO pilots lost yet. INSET: The Balkans' Next Domino? by Edward Barnes.

Focuses on American politics after the impeachment of US President Bill Clinton. Repercussions from the scandal affecting campaign strategy for the 2000 elections; Reference to a campaign biography for Republican Arizona Senator John McCain, a potential presidential candidate; The importance of a candidate's private life and personal shortcomings to voters; Why Republicans know that they need to demonstrate their ability to accomplish something in Congress.

Reports on the possibility that Hillary Rodham-Clinton could run for the New York Senate seat in 2000. Timing of the news the Clinton is thinking about running; The political ambitions of Clinton; How United States Vice-President Al Gore hopes that Hillary Clinton will help him in his presidential bid in 2000; How New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani may run against her; Where each stands on political issues; Comments.

Contemplates what the future holds for United States President Bill and First Lady Hillary Clinton. Impact of the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky; View that a presidential victory by Vice President Al Gore will validate the Clinton presidency; Issues which Clinton is not likely to push for before leaving office; The legacy which he will leave; Hillary's future plans; Plans of Clinton to build a presidential library in Arkansas; Speculation on whether either Hillary or Bill will publish a book of memoirs. INSETS: Bill's Afterlife;Hillary's Afterlife;When Will Starr Pull the Plug?;Ken's New Options

Argues that the success of President Bill Clinton, despite the scandals and his impeachment by the United States House of Representatives, comes because Clinton's sole focus and goal is to maintain his popularity in public opinion polls. The challenge he faces in convincing people that he is still able to perform as president; The legacy that his poll numbers will present to the world; His relationship with Democrats in Congress.

Discusses the views of the people of Emporia, Kansas, about the impeachment trial of United States President Bill Clinton. Question of how Republican Senators should react to Clinton's State of the Union address; Concern that people in the US are too busy to care about the trial; Details about Emporia; Views of Mayor Dale Davis; Concerns the people in Emporia have about the US; Clinton's advantages in the trial; Clinton's legislative agenda. INSET: The Arkansas Connection, by James Carney with John F. Dickerson.

Focuses on Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady of the United States. Public scrutiny in the wake of her husband's infidelity; Love and ambition in the Clinton marriage; Background on governmental investigations of both Hillary and Bill; Her Washington profile; Support which she showed to her husband during his sexual scandal; Her hatred of independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr; Speculation on her future.

Reports that on December 19, 1998, Bill Clinton became the second president in United States history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. How the event was the climax of an incomparably tumultuous week in Washington, D.C.; Clinton's Middle East trip; The United States' bombing of Iraq; Reaction of Republicans to the military action; Decision of Speaker-elect Robert Livingston to resign; Congressional partisanship; Clinton's future. INSET: The Speaker Who Never Was, by Adam Cohen.

Reports on the growing possibility that United States President Bill Clinton will be impeached by the United States House for his actions involving his affair with Monica Lewinsky and other issues. Word that Clinton finally realizes the nature of the impeachment threat; Number of articles of impeachment the House Judiciary Committee voted on. INSET: How a Senate Trial Would Proceed.

Shares the opinions of economic experts as far as how well the growing United States economy can act as a model for the global economy. The possibility that the US has banished the business cycle; The evidence of American expansionism; The comments of experts, including Robert Homats of Goldman Sachs International; Jeffrey Garten, dean of Yale School of Management; Anders Aslund; Luis Rubio; Albert Bressand; Kenneth Courtis.

States that Western impotence in the face of the Serb assault on Bihac is the culmination of two years of ineffectual wrangling among Washington, its European partners and the United Nations. Secretary of State Warren Christopher; NATO meeting in Brussels; Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev; The UN's Boutros Boutros-Ghali's trip to Sarjevo.

States that NATO's pull-back-or-we-bomb ultimatum to Bosnia's Serbs looks genuine, but questions if will it help end the war. Reaction to revolting television scenes of 68 people blown to bits in Sarajevo's central market; President Bill Clinton's strategy to keep Bosnia out of the headlines; The NATO ultimatum; Why NATO has to attack this time if the Serbs defy them; Fear the United States will pressure Muslims to sign a peace; Details.

Gives a day-by-day account of the Middle East peace negotiations held at the Wye Plantation, Maryland, in October, 1998. Involvement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat; Terms of the agreement reached, called the Wye River Memorandum; Slow bargaining; Role of the United States in encouraging negotiations; Impact of a grenade attack in Israel; Visit by King Hussein of Jordan. INSETS: The 1998 Wye River Memorandum;America's Traitor, Israel's Patriot, by Mark Thompson.

Reports that in October 1998 the United States House of Representatives voted to launch and impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton. How Clinton will be viewed throughout history; The three reasons Republicans wanted an unlimited inquiry; Comments made by representatives before the vote was taken.

Discusses the role of Linda Tripp in the governmental investigation of United States President Bill Clinton regarding his sexual behavior with Monica Lewinsky. Suggestion that her role demonstrates just how gray and blurred the allegations against Clinton really are; The possibility that Tripp helped engineer the key obstruction-of-justice charge now leveled against the President; The question of her motives. INSETS: Her best defense: Bring out the vote, by Karen Tumulty et al;Catching the Starr bug, by Adam Zagorin et al;Out of Whack: Polls are in, voting is not.

Discusses the fate of United States President Bill Clinton in light of his Grand Jury testimony regarding his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Mention of the search for someone who can find a punishment that fits the crime, and then sell it to both sides; The press outrage as a result of Kenneth Starr's report; Reaction from politicians; What Americans think of Bill Clinton, Starr and Congress.

Examines the implications of the release of Kenneth Starr's grand jury report about the behavior of United States President Bill Clinton. Choice of US citizens about privacy and morality; Response of members of Congress; Choices facing Clinton; Standards for high crimes and misdemeanors; Shocking aspects of the report; Why so much sexual detail was included; Clinton's evasive testimony and attempts at cover-up; Clinton's recklessness; More.

Questions whether the report being compiled by independent counsel Kenneth Starr, regarding United States President Bill Clinton's sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky will be too sexually explicit. Efforts of government officials to limit the number of people who see the full report; How Starr does have a right to go into detail; Comments.

Discusses the response of Hillary Clinton to her husband Bill Clinton's apology to the nation for his inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky. The impact that many expect Hillary's reaction to have with the voting public; The apparent difficulty that Bill Clinton had in confessing to his wife; Speculation as to when Hillary actually learned the truth about the relationship; Efforts to take any public anger toward Bill Clinton and defuse it by showing Hillary's pain and anger. INSETS: Time/CNN poll;What he said, and what it really means;How to survive the scandal, by John Cloud et al..

Discusses the impact that the investigation into United States President Bill Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky has had on Clinton and on the institution of the presidency. How Clinton's actions have tarnished the image of president; Speculation about whether his testimony will further tarnish that image; The impact on Clinton's family; Public opinion about Clinton's alleged behavior; How Hillary Clinton has responded; The importance of Clinton's family to him. INSETS: Starr vs. Clinton: Lasting consequences;Thanks, but Hillary doesn't want your...,by Margaret Carlson;When is sex not `sexual relations'?, by Richard Lacayo.

Reports on how Monica Lewinsky and United States President Bill Clinton prepared for their testimony before the grand jury in the investigation over whether or not Clinton did have a sexual affair with Lewinsky. Advice Clinton is receiving from advisors; Possibility Lewinsky's reputation could be questioned at a later time.

Focuses on the challenges facing officials in the United States as they try to determine how best to deal with China. President Clinton's 1998 visit to China, the first by a US president since 1989; Why the US must deal with China, both economically and politically; How election-year politics affect the relationship with China; Issues like human rights, weapons transfers and commerce, which form the foundation for debate about US-Sino relations. INSETS: What Clinton will say:;What Jiang wants to hear:.

Focuses on the reaction to Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie as successor to Indonesian President Suharto. Habibie's extreme loyalty to Suharto; The belief that Habibie's reign as president will be brief; How Suharto had doubts about Habibie's ability to rule on his own; Habibie's announcement of a reform and development Cabinet in an effort to reassure those on whom Indonesia's economic revival depends.

Reports on India's testing of nuclear weapons in May 1998. History of nuclear weapon development in India; How they planned the tests without the world leaders knowing; Reactions to the testings; Possibility of other countries, such as Pakistan, testing nuclear weapons; The hopes that India will sign a nuclear weapon treaty; Comments. INSET: Why the sky spies missed the desert blasts, by Douglas Waller.

Discusses the importance of Monica Lewinsky to Kenneth Starr's investigation of United States President Bill Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice. Other witnesses who are not likely to give Starr any information about Clinton; Why it is unlikely that Starr will indict Lewinsky after her testimony; The probability that Lewinsky will see limited immunity; Comments from Lewinsky's lawyer William Ginsburg.

Discusses the decision of Judge Susan Webber Wright to throw out Paula Jones' sexual harassment case against United States President Bill Clinton. The reaction of people involved in the case to the decision; How Clinton can rebuild his presidency; The view that the ruling could drown Kenneth Starr's investigation; Time line of the sex scandals surrounding Clinton. INSETS: Meanwhile, back in Arkansas...by S.C. Gwynne, et al.;Don't try this at the office, by John Cloud.

Discusses the high approval ratings of United States President Bill Clinton, despite the sex scandals with which he is associated. Allegations that Kathleen Willey made against Clinton on `60 Minutes'; Her performance on the television show; How the White House has been dealing with Willey's story; Results of a public poll on the attitudes of Americans toward Clinton. INSETS: Romancing the widow?, by Viveca Novak, et al.;Why Clinton is still buoyant, by Richard Lacayo, et al..

Focuses on the legal aspects of sexual harassment. The confusion surrounding laws that define sexual harassment; The contradicting verdicts returned by juries on sexual harassment cases; The two types of sexual harassment, according to the law; Studies of people who have been subjects of sexual harassment cases; Historical details; Speculation on how the law could affect Paula Jones' case against President Bill Clinton. INSET: No go: Why the Army lost a high-profile sex case, by Mark....

Focuses on the 700 pages of documents and depositions that lawyers for Paula Corbin Jones filed during March 1998 in sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton. President's testimony; Accusations that Clinton was part of campaign to cover up his liaisons; Documents' allegations that longtime Clinton allies, among them Bruce Lindsey and Betsey Wright, were responsible for keeping women quiet who allegedly were involved with him. INSET: The ubiquitous Mr. Fix-It, by Adam Cohen, et al..

Examines the characters behind Hillary Clinton's charges of a `vast right-wing conspiracy' in the United States. The question of who exactly makes up this group; The possible role of Richard Mellon Scaife in the conspiracy; The small degrees of separation between the cast of characters; How Linda Tripp was possibly out for revenge; Everyone calling everyone else paranoid.

Focuses on the life of Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern who allegedly had an affair with President Bill Clinton. Biographical details; Her career at the White House; The allegation that Lewinsky freely discussed intimate details of her personal life.

Chronicles the allegations that United States President Bill Clinton had an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. How either Lewinsky was lying when she swore under oath that she had never had a sexual relationships with the President, or she was lying through the hours of conversations she had with her friend Linda Tripp; The new details that arise as each new tape surfaces. INSETS: Enablers and enforcers: The two White... by Richard Lacayo, et...;When sex is not really having sex, by Walter Kirn, et al.

Looks at the work of United States President Bill Clinton days before his 1998 State of the Union address. Why Clinton has immersed himself in studying the work of 19th century presidents; His approval rating; His inability to define his presidency; The work he faces in 1998, such as battles over globalism; His increasing obsession about the future; His comments.