From: cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: VNS: Wed, 9-Sep-92
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:44:12 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Co. Ltd., Reading, England


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 Edition : 2658            Wednesday  9-Sep-1992            Circulation :  7778 

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

     Here is the News at 07:00 BST on Wednesday 9-September-1992
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     UK News
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     A call at the TUC conference for devaluation of the pound is receiving
     wide suppport from union leaders. The Labour party leader has spoken up
     aganst devaluation but wants wide debate at the Labour party conference.

     A man has been shot and injured in his home in Northern Ireland.

     A British holiday company, the Mowat group, has collapsed. They traded as
     the companies Holimarine and Pennant.

     10 men and 4 women are to appear in court today charged with various
     offences including forgery of banknotes and other documents following a
     large police operation against organised crime in the south of England.
     13 more people are in custody.

     Greenpeace is warning drivers that the levels of toxic chemicals inside a
     car is often greater than outside. They say the only solution is to
     reduce the number of cars on the road.

     There is a row in the Yorkshire Cricket Club over their overseas player
     for next year. The club have signed West Indian Richie Richardson to
     replace Sachin Tendulkar, alledgedly at the insistance of Yorkshire TV,
     the club's sponsors. However, leading supporters of the club say their
     really need a fast bowler.

     European News
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     Two French soldiers in the UN security forces have been killed in Bosnia
     when a relief convoy from Belgrade was attacked near the airport in
     Sarajevo. Two more soldiers were injured. UN officers have complained
     that they are not allowed to fire back when attacked. The attempt to have
     the warring factions put their heavy weapons under UN control has not yet
     succeeded.

     An inmate at a prison in central france has been shot dead by guards as
     he ran across to reach a ladder dropped from a helicopter. The men in the
     helicopter were forced to surrender.

     International News
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     The South African cabinet and the ANC are to hold separate meetings today
     to assess the consequencies of the massacre in Ciskai.

     Amnesty International has accused the Ugandan government of violations
     against human rights.

     {News courtesy of the BBC}

     Local Weather
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     A cloudy start, clearing later. High 16C/61F. Mainly dry.

VNS UK SPORTS REPORT:                             [Ken Merrick, VNS Sports Desk]
=====================                             [Valbonne, France            ]

FOOTBALL
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	Chelsea defender Paul Elliott will miss the rest of the season
  after severly damaging his cruciate ligaments in his right knee. Elliot is
  expected to undergo the complicated surgery which saved the careers of John
  Salako and Paul Gascoigne.

	The FA Premier League is disarray after eight clubs blocked the
  proposed sponsorship of the league by brewery company Bass. Crystal Palace
  chairman Ron Noades led the walk-out, complaining that voting system was a 
  sham if eight clubs could block the will of the majority. 
   The problem the FA league faces is a conflict of interest, for example,
  Fosters sponsor the matches shown on BSkyB, while Carlsberg sponsor Liverpool
  and Holsten, Tottenham Hotspur.

MOTOR SPORT
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	The Automobile Club de L'Ouest, organisisers of the Le Mans 24-hour
  race, have announced that the 1993 race will be run as an independent event
  outside the World Sports Car Championship. The organisers are inviting
  entries from the world, American and Japanese championships.

 	The Andrea Moda F1 team have been expelled from this years remaining 
  F1 Grand Prix events. 

RUGBY LEAGUE
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 	Australia will play matches against Huddersfield (OCt 9), Sheffield
  Eagles (Oct 14) and Workington (Oct 18) as preparation for their world cup
  final appearance at Wembley against Great Britain on October 24.


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