From: evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com (Gwyn Evans @ IME)
Subject: VNS: Thu 13-Aug-1992
Keywords: VNS,news
Organization: Digital Equipment Service Industries Solutions Company Ltd
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 11:47:50 GMT


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 Edition : 2640             Thursday 13-Aug-1992            Circulation :  7835

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VNS MAIN NEWS:                                    [Tom Povey, VNS UK News Desk]
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     Here is the News at 07:00 BST on Thursday 13-August-1992
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     UK News
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     FT-SE = 2303.1
     Exchange Rate 1 UK pound = $ 1.9290 = Dm 2.8250

     Three people are being held as part of an anti-terrorist operation in and
     around London. There are unofficial reports that a 300lb bomb was
     recovered in a van. Another such van is believed missing.

     Last year, nearly 4M people have received summonses for non-payment of
     the poll tax. Some 2.6M then still failed to pay. Local councils have
     spent some 670M pounds on collecting the tax.

     A report says that thousands of homes have been built on sites which were
     previously used by industry and contain toxic wastes.

     Two children, aged 12 and 15, died on a ferry from South Wales to
     Ireland. They were suffocated by fumes following a fault in the ships
     sewage system.

     European News
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     An emergency meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission is to be held
     today in Geneva to consider whether war crimes are being committed by
     Serb nationlists in Bosnia. At the UN, there is a move to condemn all
     human rights violations by any side in the conflict. A special UN
     rapporture has been appointed to go to Bosnia and investigate the claims.

     A convoy of women and children are to continue their flight from Sarajevo
     today.

     International News
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     The South African government is to announce today whether it will hold
     another inquiry into the conduct of the various security forces.

     The UN is to continue the air embago against Libya to encourage the
     release of the two Libyans wanted in connection with the Lockerbie
     aircraft bombing.

     {Here is some additional information from George Cooper of Salem, NH,
     about the QEII which ran aground off the coast on Friday evening: }

     "The QEII docked at the Black Falcon, terminal Boston MA. 10-Aug-92 aprox
     13:00 hrs EST.

      There are several holes in her. One is estimated at 70ft (21M) in length
     and 3ft (1M) width. The Company contracted to repair her is General Ship
     and as of today, there is a team video tapeing below the water line at
     the Black Falcon terminal to insure the proper location of the supports
     used in the dry dock.

      There hasn't been to much said as to who the responsible party or
     parties are. Drug test results have not been released. The US Coast Guard
     has stated that the charts for the pilot and QE 2 Master do agree, and
     both the Master of the ship and the pilot aggree on the ships location
     when the incident took place. "

      {News courtesy of the BBC}

     Local Weather
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     Cool and cloudy day with rain at times. High 18C/64F.

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