From: cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn)
Subject: VNS, Thu 01-Oct-1992
Organization: Digital Equipment Co. Ltd., Reading, England
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 16:37:50 GMT


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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 1-October-1992
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    UK News
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    A new row has broken out between Britain and Germany over the role of
    the Bundersbank in the withdrawal of Britain from the ERM. The German
    embassy in London released a copy of a letter from the head of the bank
    to the Treasury which detailed the German view of events and which
    differ from the British view. The treasury replied by saying that the
    Germans should not have made private correspondance public and repeated
    the British view that German statements contributed to the crises in the
    pound.

    Local authorities are wanting to meet with officials of the Municipal
    Mutual Insurance (MMI) company which yesterday ceased trading and
    stopped all insurance payouts. Most local councils have their insurance
    through MMI which has been hit by spiraling claims.

    There are reports that the Government is to privatise the Heath and
    Safety at work inspectorate.

    A man was shot and killed in South Belfast last night as he watched a
    football match on TV.

    A Which? survey has criticised both British Rail and British Telecom
    over their handling of complaints. The Post Office came out slightly
    better.

    European News
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    The warring factions in Bosnia have reached an agreement to create
    de-militarised zones including areas around Sarajevo. This agreement
    came at talks in Geneva led by the UN envoys, Lord Owen and Cyrus Vance. 

    There is to be an inquiry in Romania as to why over 3.5M ballot papers
    were spoiled during the elections at the weekend. Apparently, most of
    the spoiled papers were due to people voting for two parties -- the
    Democratic National Socialist Front and the National Socialist Front.

    World News
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    In Napal, 132 bodies have now been recovered from the PIA airliner which
    crashed earlier in the week. 35 bodies are still missing. 37 Britains
    are now known to have died in the crash. Relatives and friends as well
    as British officials have begun arriving in Kathmandu to take the bodies
    home to Britain.


    {News courtesy of the BBC}


    Local Weather
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    A misty start. Mixture of cloud and sun forcast. High 15C/59F.

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