The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (PBS) - 1991-05-21

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[0:00] AT&T

[0:08] >> Good evening. Leading the news this

[0:10] Tuesday, former Indian Prime Minister

[0:12] Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a bomb

[0:14] attack. Ethiopia's Marxist president

[0:16] fled the country after more than 14

[0:18] years in power. Doctors said President

[0:20] Bush's thyroid condition was showing

[0:22] progress despite a weight loss of 13

[0:25] pounds. We'll have details in our news

[0:27] summary in a moment. Roger Mudd's in

[0:28] Washington tonight. Roger?

[0:31] >> After the news summary, we go first to

[0:33] the assassination of Indian leader Rajiv

[0:35] Gandhi. We'll have a look at India's

[0:36] elections and then two India watchers

[0:38] discuss the impact of Gandhi's death.

[0:41] We look next at the lingering medical

[0:43] problems that confront President Bush

[0:45] and we close with a report on one legacy

[0:47] of the Gulf War, Kuwait's oil fires.

[0:51] >> Funding for the NewsHour has been

[0:52] provided by AT&T.

[0:55] AT&T has supported the MacNeil/Lehrer

[0:58] NewsHour since 1983 because quality

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[1:18] Broadcasting.

[1:21] >> Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv

[1:23] Gandhi was killed in a bomb attack today

[1:26] while campaigning in India's bloodiest

[1:28] elections ever. At least 14 others were

[1:31] also killed in the blast. There was no

[1:33] immediate claim of responsibility.

[1:35] Gandhi was Prime Minister from 1984 to

[1:38] 89. He assumed the post after his

[1:40] mother, Indira Gandhi, was herself

[1:42] assassinated. We have more from Jeremy

[1:44] Thompson

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