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MONITOR RADIO: DAILY EDITION {ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN SRI
LANKA, SECRETARY OF STATE BAKER TRIP TO
YUGOSLAVIA} (RADIO)

Summary

One in this series of news, culture and human interest magazine programs. Hosts Rob Nelson and Pat Bodnar introduce news reports. News stories include the following: Bodnar interviews Howard Wriggins, former U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, about a resurgence of ethnic violence in that nation; Jonathan Landay reports on Secretary of State James Baker's diplomatic mission in Yugoslavia, encouraging the six republics to solve their problems peacefully; Beth Germano and Simon Marx report on Mikhail Gorbachev's power struggles in the Soviet Union; Ruth Gruber reports on Yugoslavia's refugees; Chris Ballman offers a historical look back at the German invasion of the Russia in 1941, including interviews with Russian survivors; a remembrance of celebrated pianist Malcolm Frager who died the previous day; Tara Siler reports that the Bush administration is disappointed because Colombia will not extradite drug kingpin Pablo Escobar to the U.S. to stand trial; Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) condemns Colombia's decision; Paul Eisenstein offers a report which traces the 1980's decline and possible resurgence of General Motors; reporter Meredith Lewis profiles an American middle class family which slipped into poverty during the Bush recession; and Danny Lehrecke looks at the International Human Powered Submarine Races. Briefer news updates focus on: Kurt Waldheim's decision not to seek another term of offfice as Austrian president, Iraqi exiles in London who seek to overthrow the regime of Saddam Hussein; Kristen Broman on Czechoslovakian President Vaclav Havel's assertion that former Eastern European Communist leaders ruined the environment; a failed attempt by hardline communists to seize power from Russian Premier Mikhail Gorbachev; and a phone call between President George Bush and Gorbachev regarding Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin's impending visit to Washington, D.C.

Details

  • NETWORK: APR American Public Radio
  • DATE: June 21, 1991
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:59:45
  • COLOR/B&W: N/A
  • CATALOG ID: R:10372
  • GENRE: Radio - Magazine; Radio - News
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Austria - History - 1991; Colombia; Iraq - History - 1991; Soviet Union - Administrative and political divisions; Sri Lanka - History - 1991; U S - Economic conditions; U S - Officials - Talk/Interviews; Yugoslavia; Yugoslavia - Foreign relations - U S
  • SERIES RUN: APR American Public Radio - Radio, 1991
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • David Craig … Executive Producer
  • Pat Bodnar … Host, Interviewer
  • Rob Nelson … Host
  • Jonathan Landay … Reporter
  • Ruth Gruber … Reporter
  • Chris Ballman … Reporter
  • Tara Siler … Reporter
  • Paul Eisenstein … Reporter
  • Meredith Lewis … Reporter
  • Simon Marx … Reporter
  • Beth Germano … Reporter
  • Danny Lehrecke … Reporter
  • Howard Wriggins … Guest
  • James Baker
  • George Bush
  • Pablo Escobar
  • Malcolm Frager
  • Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Vaclav Havel
  • Saddam Hussein
  • Sen. John Kerry
  • Kurt Waldheim
  • Boris Yeltsin
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