World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-09-05

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[0:01] >> on World News Tonight this Sunday.

[0:05] A wet, windy, and costly finish to the

[0:08] storm that couldn't make up its mind.

[0:14] >> Fears that a massacre is the price of

[0:16] independence in East Teeour.

[0:18] Just hours after a new M East deal is

[0:21] signed, concern that two bombings could

[0:24] derail peace efforts. And the scientific

[0:27] discovery that has wine snobs reeling

[0:37] >> from ABC.

[0:40] This is World News Tonight Sunday. Good

[0:44] evening. I'm Carol Simpson and this is a

[0:46] special abbreviated version of World

[0:48] News Tonight Sunday. As much of the

[0:51] nation takes to the beach and the

[0:53] barbecue to celebrate the Labor Day

[0:54] weekend, it's just a wet and miserable

[0:57] end to a wet and miserable week for

[1:00] those menaced by Dennis. The hurricane

[1:03] that turned off the coast of the Carolas

[1:05] for days has moved inland. And despite

[1:08] its downgrade to a tropical depression,

[1:11] it's still soaking everything in its

[1:13] path. ABC's Steo Sansami reports.

[1:18] The storm that just wouldn't go away has

[1:21] now flooded parts of North Carolina. In

[1:23] some places, the water was 4 ft deep.

[1:26] Near Morehead City, some areas saw 10 in

[1:29] of rain today. For nearly 2 weeks,

[1:31] Dennis slowly wound its way up the

[1:33] eastern seabboard, lashing the coast

[1:35] with high wind and rain. It stalled and

[1:38] weakened at sea, only to return and

[1:40] finally make landfall last night,

[1:43] drenching the coast for a second time.

[1:46] Dennis rained on the tourist season's

[1:49] allimportant Labor Day weekend. That's

[1:51] left the local charter boat and fishing

[1:53] industry with one of its worst summers

[1:55] in 15 years.

[1:57] >> This has put us out of business for like

[2:00] 2 weeks or more.

[2:01] >> For local restaurants already suffering

[2:03] from slow business because of the storm,

[2:05] it gets worse. Higher fish prices are on

[2:08] the way.

[2:09] >> Fish are gone. They're all deep. And we

[2:11] got to kind of wait till the weather

[2:13] changes and the waters change to get

[2:14] them back in.

[2:15] >> Today, a local shopping mall empty and

[2:17] the lobby of a hotel that only has a few

[2:20] guests.

[2:20] >> Normally, Labor Day weekend, we're 100%.

[2:23] 100% for the whole weekend. And this

[2:25] weekend, we are, you know, very, very

[2:26] down.

[2:27] >> Tourism authorities say the storm has

[2:29] cost local businesses millions of

[2:32] dollars.

[2:32] >> They won't be able to make up

[2:34] completely, you know, a loss like this,

[2:36] but hopefully we'll have nice weather in

[2:37] the fall. Tonight, a tornado watch is in

[2:40] effect for the Washington DC area.

[2:42] Dennis is expected to bring showers and

[2:45] thunderstorms to the rest of the east

[2:46] coast tomorrow. Steo Sansami, ABC News,

[2:50] Morehead City, North Carolina.

[2:52] >> Tonight, emergency consultations are

[2:54] underway at the United Nations

[2:56] concerning the growing chaos in East

[2:59] Teeour. Last week's independence vote

[3:01] has triggered deadly violence by

[3:03] anti-independence forces and at least

[3:06] 100 people have been reported killed.

[3:09] Here's ABC's Jim Wooten.

[3:12] The violence intensified today as East

[3:15] Teeour descended into a primitive

[3:17] anarchy that sent thousands running for

[3:20] their lives, trying to escape any way

[3:22] they could. Gangs of armed thugs who

[3:25] oppose independence ravaged rural

[3:27] villages and roamed the streets of its

[3:29] capital DLE. Burning, looting, and

[3:33] killing as Indonesian police watched

[3:35] them without lifting a finger to stop

[3:37] them. One of their targets, the United

[3:39] Nations compound in the city center

[3:42] where hundreds have taken refuge,

[3:44] including British reporter Richard Lloyd

[3:46] Perry. In the last 24 hours, the

[3:49] situation in East Teour has gone from

[3:51] extremely serious to indescribably bad.

[3:55] And you can probably hear those shots um

[4:00] very loud, very close to the building.

[4:02] Um that that's been going on uh for for

[4:04] a long time. Several UN workers have

[4:07] already been murdered. And there are

[4:09] reports today of massacres out in the

[4:11] countryside of this former Portuguese

[4:14] colony occupied and controlled by the

[4:16] Indonesian army for the past 24 years.

[4:19] The same army that has armed and

[4:21] subsidized the various militia gangs now

[4:24] on a rampage. They have terrorized East

[4:27] Teour for years, especially those

[4:29] citizens who openly favored

[4:31] independence. But their violence

[4:33] escalated dramatically during the

[4:35] campaign for last week's referendum and

[4:38] now shows no sign of evading. The

[4:41] Indonesian government will not allow a

[4:43] UN peacekeeping force into East Tyour

[4:46] until its independence is officially

[4:48] endorsed by the parliament which doesn't

[4:51] convene until November. In the meantime,

[4:54] only a week after voting to become a

[4:56] country, East Teeour has instead become

[4:59] a killing. Joe Mutton, ABC News, London.

[5:04] >> Still ahead, the bombings in the Middle

[5:06] East today, which could pose problems in

[5:08] the push for peace.

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[6:52] >> In the Middle East, at least three

[6:54] people are dead in two car bomb attacks.

[6:57] The blast rocked the region just hours

[6:59] after a new peace agreement was signed.

[7:01] As ABC's Jillian Finley reports, the

[7:04] violence puts the New Deal to the test.

[7:08] In the northern Israeli town of

[7:10] Tiberius, the bombers drove their car

[7:12] into the middle of a crowded street.

[7:14] Little doubt an act of terror. Police

[7:16] say a miracle more were not injured.

[7:19] Then just 5 minutes later, another

[7:22] explosion in the city of Hifa, 500 m

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[7:31] target was political to sabotage the

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[7:43] the peace process is in a uh danger of

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[7:47] >> It was just last night that the peace

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[7:51] delays, Israel's new prime minister

[7:54] recommitted his country to finally

[7:56] implementing the Y River Accord to

[7:58] turning over more of the West Bank to

[8:00] Palestinians. But the understanding is

[8:02] the Palestinians must do more to fight

[8:05] terrorism. In the past, attacks like

[8:07] these were often used by Israel as a

[8:09] pretext for freezing peace agreements.

[8:11] Today, Palestinian leaders were quick to

[8:13] condemn the bombs. Prime Minister Barack

[8:16] refrained from implying blame. So far,

[8:18] the new spirit of cooperation here seems

[8:21] to be holding. Julian Finley, ABC News,

[8:24] Jerusalem.

[8:25] Still to come on World News Tonight this

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[10:40] The search for missing money manager

[10:42] Martin Frankle spanned four months and

[10:44] two continents, but tonight he's in

[10:47] police custody in Germany. Frankle's

[10:49] accused of embezzling millions to

[10:51] bankroll his lavish lifestyle. Here's

[10:54] ABC's Jamie Floyd.

[10:57] German police and FBI agents found

[10:59] Frankle with a female companion at the

[11:02] upscale Hotel Prem in Hamburg, Germany,

[11:04] ending a 4month international manhunt.

[11:08] We traced cash. Uh we uh talked with

[11:12] witnesses and responded to various tips.

[11:15] >> According to the FBI, Frankle opened the

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[11:19] taken to a nearby jail and charged with

[11:21] possessing a fake British passport. The

[11:24] manhunt had begun on May 5th when police

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[11:28] shredded, some burning, inside Frankle's

[11:30] $3 million Connecticut home and

[11:33] discovered Frankle had fled the

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[11:44] supporting a harum of young women he met

[11:46] through personal ads. Mona Kim was

[11:49] Frankle's office manager and fled with

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[11:58] >> Did you think you were fleeing from the

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[12:00] >> No. Insurance regulators say Frankle,

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[12:16] Frankle promised to invest policyholder

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[12:46] August. Jamie Floyd, ABC News, New York.

[12:50] Tomorrow on Good Morning America,

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[14:23] Finally tonight, a story that wine

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[14:28] discovery by American and French

[14:30] scientists has exposed an unsavory

[14:33] secret about the esteemed Chardonnay

[14:35] grape. Details from ABC's Bill Ricker.

[14:42] >> The nectar of the gods. Chardonnay. The

[14:45] name alone seems to imply nobility.

[14:49] >> On both sides of the Atlantic.

[14:51] >> Chardonnay is one of the great wines of

[14:53] the world.

[14:54] >> But now a shocking scandal about the

[14:56] white wines's lineage. Turns out

[14:58] Chardonnay's pedigree is not all that

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[15:21] plon.

[15:22] >> I really wouldn't call it scandalous

[15:24] because that that implies that this poor

[15:26] gooey grape, you know, should uh uh we

[15:28] should be ashamed of it. It's really

[15:29] just much more of a surprise,

[15:31] >> especially to the French who banished

[15:33] guier centuries ago because the grape

[15:35] was too coarse, too rustic, too, well,

[15:39] common. Dr. Meredith was able to make

[15:42] the discovery because the ancestry of

[15:44] grapes can be traced back hundreds of

[15:46] years. That's because grape vines are

[15:48] reproduced vegetatively. In other words,

[15:51] cutings are transplanted over and over

[15:53] again, meaning each generation is

[15:55] genetically identical to its

[15:57] predecessor. What do vineyard owners and

[16:00] connoisseurs think about this mut wine?

[16:02] >> It's a victory for the underdog.

[16:04] >> I'll enjoy it more knowing that there's

[16:05] a common in their commoner in there

[16:07] somewhere.

[16:08] >> And what about the proud French?

[16:11] >> What I would suggest to them is uh maybe

[16:13] go down and and open up a couple of

[16:15] those bottles and drink them and just

[16:17] relax because in the long run I don't

[16:19] think it's going to make a difference.

[16:20] >> In other words, enjoy. It's really

[16:23] nothing to whine about. Bill Ricker, ABC

[16:26] News, Marboro, New York.

[16:29] >> Whine about. That's our report. Tomorrow

[16:31] on Good Morning America, the latest on

[16:33] how authorities caught up with fugitive

[16:35] financier Martin Frankle. I'm Carol

[16:38] Simpson. For all of us here at ABC News,

[16:40] have a safe Labor Day holiday and good

[16:43] night.

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