From: evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com (Gwyn Evans)
Subject: VNS: Wed 23-Dec-1992
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:10:12 GMT


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        VNS UK SPORTS REPORT ..............................   13   "

VNS MAIN NEWS:                                    [Tom Povey, VNS UK News Desk]
==============                                    [Reading, England           ]

     Here is the News at 07:00 GMT on Wednesday 23-December-1992
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     UK News
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     A new row has broken out between the press and the Queen following the
     Sun newspaper printing what is says is the full text of the Queen's
     Christmas message as recorded by the BBC on Monday. The content of the
     message is supposed to stay private until the broadcast.

     A bomb exploded at Hampstead tube station yesterday. It was planted at
     the bottom of a deep lift shaft and went off as the station was being
     cleared. The IRA claimed responsibility.

     The army in Northern Ireland say that a Christmas present given to them
     at a check point contained a bomb.

     The Prime Minister visited Bosnia yesterday to pay a Christmas visit to
     the British troops there.

     The Office of Fair Trading is investigating both Nintendo and Sega for
     charging too much for their computer games. The price for games in the UK
     is up to 60 pounds.

     International News
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     The UN is sending a special envoy to Israel to attempt to mediate in the
     dispute over the Palestinians expelled from the occupied territories. The
     group spent a 6th night in no-mans-land and are running short of food and
     water.

     In the US, the next Secretary of State has said that the US commitment to
     aid in Somalia would continue.

     A ship packed with Chinese refugees has been allowed to dock in San
     Francisco after being at sea for some 7 weeks.

     {News courtesy of the BBC}

     Local Weather
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     Another very frosty night with freezing fog around this morning. A cold
     day in prospect. High 5C/41F.

VNS UK SPORTS REPORT:                            [Ken Merrick, VNS Sports Desk]
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Motor Sport
      Formula 1 teams continue their testing sessions at le Castellet. Fastest
in yesterdays timed session was Alain Prost (Williams Renault) with 1'03"53, 
just ahead of Damon Hill (Williams Reanult) with 1'04"72. Both Williams cars
were the new FW15 model. Johnny Herbert (Lotus Ford) tested a new active
suspension.

Skiing
     Austria recorded a 1-2 in yesterdays super giant slalolm at Bad
Kleinkirchheim. Armin Assinger recorded 1'45"60, just ahead iof his teammate
Leonhard Stock (1'45"81). Marc Giradelli remains at the top of the World Cup
table with 387 pts with Alberto Tomba second (372) and Kjetil-Andre Aamodt
third (258).


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| Gwyn Evans  | evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com |  Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK  |
| DESISCo - Digital Equipment Service Industries Solutions Company Ltd |
|  Views expressed and statements made are mine and not those of DEC   |
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