From: cockburn@majors.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: VNS: 16-Apr-92
Date: 16 Apr 92 09:03:43 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Co. Ltd., Newbury, England


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 Edition : 2558             Thursday 16-Apr-1992            Circulation :  8134 

        VNS MAIN NEWS .....................................   36 Lines
        VNS UK SPORTS REPORT ..............................   60   "

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

    Here is the News at 08:00 BST on Thursday 16-April-1992
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    UK News
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    A man and a woman, arrested in Northolt on Monday, are to appear in
    court today charged with possession of explosives and conspiracy to
    cause explosions. The man is suspected of causing the small explosion 
    in Soho recently.

    The Chairman of the Conservative Party, Chris Patten, is considering the
    offer of the governership of Hong Kong. Mr Patten was in charge of the
    successful Tory party election campaign and was in line for a senior
    cabinet position but he lost his parliamentary seat in Bath. If he takes
    the job, he will oversee the handover of Hong Kong to China.

    International News
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    Libya is set to expell a number of foreign diplomats from countries who
    supported the UN sanctions against them.

    Unconfirmed reports say that the president of Afganistan has fled the
    capital and that a military council has taken charge.

    {News courtesy of the BBC}

    Local Weather
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    A dry and sunny start following heavy rain showers yesterday. Sunshine
    today with high of 11C/52F. Becoming warmer over the weekend.

    {Editors note: Friday and Monday are holidays in the UK. There will be
    no main news until Tuesday, 21st April. tfp}

VNS UK SPORTS REPORT:                             [Ken Merrick, VNS Sports Desk]
=====================                             [Valbonne, France            ]

::: CYCLING
    Marino Lejarreta, of Spain, has been forced to retire because of injuries
    suffered in a crash during a race at the weekend.

::: FOOTBALL
    results .... results ... results ....

    European Champions Cup
    Group A
    Anderlecht ........ 3  Red Star Belgrade .... 2
    Sampdoria ......... 1  Panathinaikos ........ 1

    Final table:           P  W  D  L  F  A  Diff  Pts
    1. Sampdoria           6  3  2  1 10  5   +5    8
    2. Red Star Belgrade   6  3  0  3  9 10   -1    6
    3. Anderlecht          6  2  2  2  8  9   -1    6
    4. Panathinaikos       6  0  4  2  1  4   -3    4

    Group B
    Barcelona ......... 2  Benfica .............. 1
    Dynamo Kiev ....... 1  Sparta Prague ........ 0

    Final table:           P  W  D  L  F  A  Diff  Pts
    1. Barcelona           6  4  1  1 10  4   +6    9
    2. Sparta Prague       6  2  2  2  7  7    0    6
    3. Benfica             6  1  3  2  8  5   +3    5
    4. Dynamo Kiev         6  2  0  4  3 12   -9    4

    Barcelona will meet Sampdoria in the final at Wembley on May 20th

    European Cup Winners Cup
    Feyenoord Rotterdam 2  A S Monaco ........... 2
     - Monaco qualify on away goals

    Werder Bremen ..... 2  FC Bruges ............ 0
     - Werder Bremen qualify 2-1

    Werder Bremen meet Monaco in the final in Lisbon on May 6th

    UEFA Cup
    Torino ............ 2  Real Madrid .......... 1
     Torino win 3-2
    Ajax Amsterdam .... 1  Genoa ................ 1
     Ajax win 4-3

    Ajax meet Torino in the 2-leg final

    Barclays League Division 1

    Luton Town ..... 2 Nottingham Forest .. 1
    Sheffield United 2 Tottenham Hotspur .. 0
    West Ham United  0 Southampton ........ 1

    Barclays League Division 2
    Blackburn Rovers 1 Wolves ............. 2
    Leicester City . 1 Tranmere Rovers .... 0
    Sunderland ..... 3 Ipswich Town ....... 0

::: RUGBY UNION
    South Africa will host the 1995 World Cup.


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