From: evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com (Gwyn Evans @ IME)
Subject: VNS: Thu 19-Nov-1992
Keywords: VNS,news,sport
Organization: Digital Equipment Service Industries Solutions Company Ltd
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 10:42:12 GMT


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 Edition : 2708             Thursday 19-Nov-1992            Circulation :  7641

        VNS MAIN NEWS .....................................   54 Lines
        VNS UK SPORTS REPORT ..............................   18   "

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

     Here is the News at 07:00 BST on Thursday 19-November-1992
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     UK News
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     FT-SE = 2704.0
     Exchange Rate 1 UK pound = $ 1.5225 = Dm 2.4302

     The Government have announced plans to withdraw from the European Fast
     Reactor research programme.

     Some schools are questioning the accuracy of the governments tables of
     exam results which were published yesterday. One school with a 100% pass
     rate was shown as having only a 16% pass rate.

     There will be a debate in the Commons on Monday over the sale of arms to
     Iraq and the involvement of the government ministers at the time.

     The Government is to decide shortly on whether Devonport or Rosyth
     dockyards will get the contract to maintain Trident nuclear submarines.

     Barclaycard has cut its interest rate by 2% to 22% APR giving its lowest
     credit card rate for 15 years.

     A hoard of Roman treasure has been found on a farm in Suffolk. It is
     thought to have been hidden for some 1600 years and to be the most
     significant ever find of its type.

     European News
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     The Russian president Boris Yeltsin has officially apologised to South
     Korea for the incident in 1983 when a soviet fighter shot down a South
     Korean airliner which had strayed into soviet air space.

     International News
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     In Washington yesterday, GATT negotiators from the EC said that progress
     is being made towards resolving the trade dispute with the USA which is
     threatening to impose punitative tarrifs on 5th December. Talks continue
     today.

     In South Africa, the ANC have adopted a policy that says they are
     prepared to share power with the (white) National Party after a
     non-racial election.

     {News courtesy of the BBC}

     Local Weather
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     A bright start but showers forecast for the afternoon. Windy and cold.
     High 8C/47F.

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

FOOTBALL
  UEFA have now decided that CSKA Moscow will play their home legs of group A
  European Cup matches in Germany. The Russian club will meet Rangers in
  Bochum on 9 December, with the remaining fixtures being played in Leverkusen.

  World Cup qualifiers
  Group 1:  Scotland    0  Italy        0
            Switzerland 3  Malta        0
  Group 2:  England     4  Turkey       0
  Group 3:  N. Ireland  0  Denmark      1
            Spain       0  Rep. Ireland 0
  Group 4:  Belgium     2  Wales        0
  
  Friendly international
  Germany   0   Austria   0

RUGBY UNION
  David Kirk, the New Zealand captain, is to become trainer of Wellington. 


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