BROADCAST NEWS CUTS INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE.(PERSPECTIVE)

Byline: JAMES ENDRST

When the Scuds are flying in the Persian Gulf, television is there; when Rwandan refugees run for the border, TV is in hot pursuit; if a car bomb goes off in the Middle East, the cameras cover the carnage.

But those are exceptions.

Every day there are acts of genocide, bloody political coups and seismic social shifts around the globe that never make it onto the air.

Most nights, in fact, it's fair to ask: What in the world has become of international news?

If you've been watching ``NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw,'' ABC's ``World News Tonight with Peter Jennings,'' or the ``CBS Evening News with Dan Rather,'' it may seem as if the rest of the world has fallen off the face of the Earth.

In fact, international coverage is closing in …