The world got another dose of reality on this March 16th when Italy learned it's five time Prime Minister Aldo Moro had been kidnapped by members of the Red Brigade. This brought the number to 13 who had been kidnapped since the beginning of 1978, and especially potent since a trial had already begun for 15 suspected Red Brigade members and this high-profile kidnapping was a not-so-subtle message of retaliation by the terrorist group.

While Italy was mobilizing and preparing for what would eventually become the worst, a little further east the sound of tanks and aerial sorties echoed around Southern Lebanon and Beirut as the Israeli Army entered its second day of invasion in the region. The move was a diplomatic headache for the U.S. who was knee-deep in trying to iron out a Middle East Peace accord and this juggling act was threatening to be too much for the already tenuous atmosphere.

Meanwhile, in this Hemisphere - The Panama Canal Treaty was inching ever-closer to becoming reality, even though ruffled Panamanian feathers needed to be smoothed over from various amendments being discussed in the treaty.

After 101 days (and counting), a new contract offer had been given to the striking Coal Miners with optimistic hopes, not necessarily universal among the rank-and-file, but optimistic hopes nonetheless, that the contact would finally be approved.

And after 96 days in Space, Soviet Cosmonauts were finally returning to Earth.

Something it was hoped the rest of the world would also wind up doing.

And so it went, this March 16th in 1978 as reported by Dallas Townsend and a team of reporters on The CBS World News Roundup.

Domestic goings on dominated the news this Leap Year Day in 1996.

President Clinton was hosting a Media Summit on the subject of Sex & Violence on TV with much political hay being harvested in the way of the proposed Telecommunications Reform Bill. The topic was a popular one with everyone agreeing things were getting just a bit out of hand.

Elsewhere, FBI Regulators decided not to sue First Lady Hillary Clinton over the alleged Whitewater affair. Meanwhile, the House narrowly refused Government subsidies to expire for Sugar and Peanuts, but did vote to end Dairy subsidies.

On the GOP Primary front - Steve Forbes was making news on this day. He was given the okay to appear on the New York Primary ballot while some in the GOP accused Forbes of "buying" his Arizona Primary win. The Candidates were heading South this day, to get ready for the next batch of Primaries and the final debate being held in Columbia South Carolina later on in the day.

40 people were arrested and 4 gangs were said to be involved in a rash of warehouse robberies and the kidnapping of High-Tech industry executives in California's Silicone Valley. the robberies were said to net a low-ball figure of $500,000 per heist and a high-ball figure of $10 million per. Nothing to sneeze at. And drug-trafficking was muddled in there too.

The Cuban exile group "Brothers To The Rescue" were discovered to be aligned with not only the Cuban Government but also the FBI, playing both ends of the equation.

A judge refused to throw out Assisted Suicide charges against Dr. Jack Kevorkian - again.

And singer Alanis Morissette scored huge at the Grammy's, winning for her multi-multi-platinum Jagged Little Pill debut. Quick: Name a tune.

And that's how it went for February 29, 1996 as told to the curious among us by The CBS World News Roundup.

With the latest ceasefire in Sarajevo some four hours old, February 10th 1994 started off on a note of cautious optimism. With NATO and United Nations forces stepping up their efforts at a settlement in the never-ending ethnic strife that had overtaken the region, and air of skepticism and hope pervaded the atmosphere in the troubled former Yugoslavia.

So the news on this day in 1994 was hopeful. Hopeful too were signals a partial agreement had been reached between Israel and the PLO over the autonomy question in Gaza and Jericho. How long this would be in effect was also a matter of time, but it was a start.

Somalia, another up-and-coming trouble spot on the World stage, reported the kidnapping of two British members of Parliament and a British Aid worker. No news on conditions, demands or consequences as of this broadcast.

And the Winter Olympics/Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan Scandal was back in the news with lawyers for Harding filing a $25 million lawsuit over the barring of their client from the Winter Olympics. Hearings were continuing in Oslo over Harding's role as accomplice in the attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan. While attorney's for Harding maintained her innocence, a PR blitz ramped up on behalf of the Harding camp portrayed Tonya Harding as an innocent victim.

And University of Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson died at the age of 77.

All that and so much more, this day in history for February 10, 1994 as reported on The CBS World News Roundup.