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Over 160 people died this morning in
two air crashes in India.
An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 135
people on board has crashed while on an
internal flight from Bombay to
Ahmadabad, in Gujarat state.
Airline officials say 130 of those
on board are feared dead.
The aircraft apparently crashed while
landing in foggy weather at Ahmadabad.
In the other crash, the 34 people on
board all diih when a Fokker plane
crashed in heavy rain in Assam state.
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P219CEEFAX 219 Wed 19 Oct 12:02/42
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The Governmjnt is expected to confirm
today that it intends to takj action to
ban interviews with terrorist
organisations such as the IRA.
Thj Home Secretary, Mr Hurd, is
expected to outline plans to starve
terrorists of what Mrs Thatcher has
described as "the oxygen of xublicit8".
A BBC correspondent says it is
understood thj ban will also cover
Sinn Fein, the political wing of the
IRA. It is not clear@whether the ban
will cover newspapers as well as radio
and TV.
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The leader of Yugoslavia's ruling
communist party has proposed that a
third of the party's central committee
be replaced over the next six weeks.
Mr Stipe Suvar's proposal, reported by
the country's official news agency,
camj as the central committee resumed
its meeting this morning.
He said that the replacement process
should be conducted by secret ballot,
with several candidates for jach seat.
Such a changeover would be the biggest
in the country's leadership since
Tito's purge of Stalinists in 1948.
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P219CEEFAX 219 Wed 19 Oct 12:07/37
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A@walkout by civil servants in protest
at the sacking of four trade union
members at the GCHQ monitoring centre
is disrupting distribution of benefits.
Thj action@was taVjn by about 20@staff
ay the Social Security Computing Centre
at Livingston near Edinburgh, which
serves all Scotland and parts of
northern England.
About half a million civil servants ari
to be balloted on a one-day protest
strikj against the GCHQ sackings.
The strike, on November 7, has been
dubbed GCHQ Day by the TUC.
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P219CEEFAX 219 Wed 19 Oct 12:07/56
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One quarter of Britain's population is
living on or near the poverty line,
according to a report by the Child
Poverty Action Group.
Figures from the group suggest a
growing gulf between families on
average incomes and those who have to
survive on state benefits.
About one third of council tenants are
behind with their rent and nearly
90,000 households had their electricity
supplies cut last year, the group said.
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P219CEEFAX 219 Wed 19@Oct 12:01/22
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Six people were killed in Indonesia
when thousands of people surged into a
hall to deliver applications for jobs.
Many others where injured in the
stampedj in the East Java provincial
capital of Surbaya where 1200 civil
service jobs had bee↑ advertised.
A BBC correspondent says the tragedy
highlights the growing unemployment
problem in Indonesia - regarded as the
most serious threat to the country's
economic and social stability.
More than two million people are
joining thj workforce each year.
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P219CEEFAX 219 Wed 19@Oct 12:01/42
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for 24 hours
from noon
It will remain unsettled
with some rain everywhere.
Scotland and N Iteland
will stay cloudy this
afternoon with rain much
of the time. There will
also be rain in N and E
England, with showers
elsewhere.
The more persistent rain
, , , will later become confined
, , to N and E Scotland.
Outlook for the following 48 hours:
Remaining unsettled with rain at times
in all parts.
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