Category: Lebanon

High Hopes And Separation Anxiety – March 20, 1990

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 20, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this March 20th, 25 years ago was hopeful, cautious and optimistic. Starting with news from Lebanon regarding the Western Hostage issue and

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Puzzled In Pyongyang – November 17, 1986

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – November 17, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of those baffling days in history where the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. On November 17, 1986 the

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Beirut Requiem – October 28, 1975

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Nightly News – October 28, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another day of stress and wonderment, this October 28th in 1975. Beginning with news of the intensified fighting between rebel militias and the Lebanese government in Beirut. Turning, over

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Endemic To Apartheid – March 21, 1985

Click on the link here for Audio Player- CBS World News Roundup – March 21, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 1985 began with an Angry commemoration – March 21st 1985 marked the 25th anniversary of the massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa where 69 Blacks

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Gotti Walks – Paris Waits – March 14, 1987

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 14, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A contrasting sort of day, this March 14th in 1987. From New York came word that reputed Underworld kingpin John Gotti was set free, with the Jury returning

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Shapes Of Things – March 13, 1985

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 13, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in 1985 started with a funeral. Soviet Premier Konstantin Chernenko, after only 13 months in office, had died. His successor, a relative unknown (to all except

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