Host Bruce Garvey presents reports and commentaries on the week's news items: 1. MIDDLE EAST. Series of reports on the political situation in the Middle East, in the wake of the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, focusing on the following items: the threat of Libya on Sudan; Muslim fundamentalism in Egypt; United States' role in Sudan/Libya relations. Noteworthy footage includes: Hosni Mubarak at his swearing-in ceremonies as President; U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig in Cairo with Mubarak; Libyan leader, Muammar Qadhafi in Moscow being greeted by Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev; Col. Abdul Kadir, Commander of the Libyan forces in Chad; American military teams in the Middle East; Libyan troops marching into Chad; Sudanese President Gaafar A. Nimeiry; the meeting in Khartoum, Sudan, between top American and Sudanese officials and the types of military equipment to be sent by the U.S. to the Middle East; the U.S. aircraft carrier Nimitz and the B52 bomber; Egyptian Defence Minister, Mohammad Abdul-Halim Abou Ghazala at the scene of Sadat's assassination; street scenes of Cairo, Tripoli, and the southern Egyptian city of Asyut. Also included are photos and footage of Sadat's assassination and a clip from Egyptian television showing pictures of 5 men wanted in connection with the assassination. Comments by: Qadhafi, blaming U.S. for the unrest in the Middle East and by President Reagan and Robert McFarlane, State Dept. Counselor, on U.S. military aid to Sudan. 2. ISRAEL. Profile of Israeli statesman, Moshe Dayan, on the occassion of his death at 66. Footage includes: war scenes from the Israeli war of independence from Britain, the Arab-Israeli war in 1948, the Six Day war in 1967, and the Yom Kippur war in 1973; photos of Dayan as a boy and young man, with Golda Meir, and with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat; Dayan joining Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin's cabinet in 1977; the 1979 settlements on the West Bank;~the Dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem; an interview clip with ABC News correspondent, Barbara Walters, in which Dayan describes how he sees the future. Comments by Dayan on Israeli/Egyptian relations with the new Egyptian government. 3. PARLIAMENT HILL. A report on the opening of Parliament after the summer recess. Footage includes: Liberal Members of Parliament assembling for a morning caucus meeting; the House of Commons proceedings in which Madame Speaker Jeanne Sauve extends the House's best wishes to NDP member Stanley Knowles, who suffered a brain hemorrhage; the official entry into the Commons of NDP member from Spadina, Dan Heap. 4. ECONOMY. Report includes clips from the House of Common's question period and an exchange between NDP leader, Ed Broadbent and Prime Minister Trudeau on the increasing cost of home ownership and the worsening state of the Canadian economy. Speaker Jeanne Sauve intervenes because of excessive heckling. 5. ECONOMY. Finance Minister Allan MacEachen's announcement of the Federal Budget day and preview of the contents. Footage includes: MacEachen at a recent pre-budget session and comments by Don MacMillan, from the Urban Development Institute on what the budget should provide in terms of relief for the housing industry. 6. QUEBEC. Special report from Montreal on Québec's laws requiring store signs and all other advertisement to be in French. Included are: shots of French billboards and business signs in Montreal; a segment on the legal case of Allan Singer, owner of a stationary shop in Montreal; and a look at the effects of the language laws on the education system, with comments by Bob Dobie from the Teacher's Association and by François Aquin, "Illegals" Commissioner. Comments by: Ronald Armstrong, McGill Professor, with chart which relates job growth to Québec's unstable political situation; Raymond Gosselin, Head of the Language Board, on the reality of Bill 101;~Andre Trudel, Director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (shots of paintings and exterior footage of the building); and by Robert Mayrand of Bens Deli in Montreal. 7. COMPUTERS. A look at the latest developments in computer research. Professor Andrew Lippman of M.I.T. demonstrates the use of touch sensitive screens, which replace the computer keyboard. 8. BRAMAH'S ONTARIO. Global reporter, Bill Bramah, takes a field trip with his wife Jenny, artist Michael Clearly, and photographer John Black, to see the fall colours of the Muskoka woods near Gravenhurst, Ontario. Reporters are: Bill Blakemore, James Walker, Lou Cioffi, Doug Small, John Burke, Claude Adams, and Steve Shephard. <60mn>