World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-07-26
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[0:00] speeding by at 65
[0:01] in the homes which are close to the
[0:03] national forest.
[0:04] The Chinese scholar is free. What does
[0:06] it mean to US-China relations?
[0:09] Shopper, beware. Again, it may advertise
[0:13] fruit, but it's beet juice.
[0:15] We'll take a closer look tonight at the
[0:16] dilemma for young women in college,
[0:18] dating and mating, and not finding
[0:21] stability.
[0:23] And ABC's Mike Lee on the road to
[0:25] anywhere.
[0:26] What do the granddaughter and the
[0:27] monkeys have in common?
[0:34] From ABC News world headquarters in New
[0:36] York,
[0:37] this is World News tonight with Peter
[0:40] Jennings.
[0:41] Good evening, everyone. We are all
[0:42] fascinated by the unpredictability of
[0:44] nature, and tonight in the American West
[0:46] and on the Italian island of Sicily, the
[0:48] two latest examples. We're going to
[0:50] begin with Mount Etna.
[0:51] Europe's most active volcano is living
[0:54] up to its reputation and its name,
[0:56] which is Greek for I burn.
[0:59] This week, the Italians declared a state
[1:01] of emergency on Sicily, and today they
[1:04] sent in the army. ABC's Bob Woodruff is
[1:06] there.
[1:08] When a new river of lava began to snake
[1:10] down the mountain today, scientists were
[1:12] not particularly surprised.
[1:15] But the people most immediately affected
[1:17] were nervous. It cut through the ski
[1:18] lift. Mount Etna has snow on it part of
[1:20] the year, and it threatened the main
[1:22] tourist area.
[1:24] This situation is very dynamic, and
[1:28] it can change in a matter of hours.
[1:30] The people who live near the edge of
[1:32] this volcano and in the valley below
[1:34] have lived with this for thousands of
[1:35] years.
[1:37] Its first known eruption was in 475 BC.
[1:41] It has erupted violen