VNS: Wed 2-Nov-1994
Gwyn Evans 02-Nov-1994 1037
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Here is the News at 09:00 GMT on Tuesday 1st November 1994
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UK News
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Labour failed last night to force the Commons Privileges Committee to
hold hearings into "cash for questions" allegations against Tory MPs
in public rather than in private. The Government used its majority to
block Labour's call for an open investigation despite warnings from
some senior Conservatives that the row over standards in public life
was damaging Parliaments standing.
Sir Leon Brittan said last night that he was staying on as a European
commissioner, despite his disappointment at losing control over the
EU's relations with eastern Europe.
Pressure is growing for tougher controls on "klondike" ships after a
Russian vessel ran aground, spilling oil, off Shetland.
Four young people including a brother and sister, were killed when
their car and a minibus collided in torrential rain late on Sunday.
Police said the group died "instantly" as their Skoda Estelle broke
into three pieces on the A1184 in Harlow, Essex, after colliding with a
Mercedes mini-bus.
The Army is to introduce random drug testing this month in an effort to
cut rising drug abuse, officials said yesterday.
World News
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Three young British tourists have been kidnaped by Kashmiri rebels who
threatened to behead them if Indian authorities do not release nine
Islamic militants from jail.
Six South Korean gangsters were sentenced to hang yesterday after a
series of kidnapings and cannibal murders that the killers justified
by pointing out the wealth of their victims.
{News courtesy of the Daily Telegraph}
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| Digital Capital Markets | MAG:BMF:Ogri:DoD #2020 | statements made are |
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