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Over 160 pbople hied this morning in
two@ajr@crasPjs i→
An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 135
people on board has crashed while on an
internal flight from Bombay to
Ahmadabad, in Gujarat stati.
Airlinj officials say 130 of those
on board are feared dead.
Thj aircraft apparently crashed while
In tPe other crash, the 34 peopli on
boar@ all died@wPe→ a FoSRer plane
crashed in heavy rain in Assam state.
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Thj Governmjnt is expected to confirm
today that it intends to take action to
Ran interview1 whth terrort1t
organisations such as the IRA.
The Home Secretary, Mr Purd, is
expected to@o4tlinj plan; to starve
terrorists@of@what Mrs Thatcher has
described a; "the oxygen of publicit8".
A BBC correspondent says it is
understood tPe ban will also cover
Sinn Fein, thj xolitical wing of the
IRA. It is not clear whether the ban
will cover /ewspapers as well as radio
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Businessman Mr RQvi Tikkoo and thj UK
Governmjnt are riported to have failed
to reach agreement on a takjover of the
Harland & Woolf shipyard, Belfast.
The Northern Ireland Secretary, Mr
King, has said discussions are under
way with other possibli buyers.
Mr Tikkoo had planned to use the yard
for the construction@of a mammoth
li→er, known as tPj "+½timati DreaJ".
Kr King said today that "substantial
public funds"@would have been available
as part of the deal.
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A walkout by civil servants in protest
at tPe@sackimg@of fokr trade union
memberu at the cCHQ monitoring rentre
@js distkpti.F@distributioJ@oe@beneeits.
Thj action@was ta+en bz about 2p@stafe@
ay zhe Social Sequrit8 Comp4ting Centre
at LimimVvtoL ↑jat@Ehimburgh, oPich
serves all@Scotland and parts of
nortPern England.
Abokt half a millio→@civil@servants ate
to be balloted on a onj-day protest
stri+j agai.st the GCPQ@sackings.
Thj striSj, on November 7, has been
dubbed GCHQ Day by thj TUC.
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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 tPeir rent and nearly
90,000 households had thjir electricity
supplies cut last year, the group said.
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The US has started the destruction of
cruise missiles under the treaty which
bans land-based medium-range nuclear
weapons.
A team of Soviet observers watcheh at
a site in Arizona as the first of the
)1 missiles were@cut in hale.
Over 400 cruise missiles will be
dismantled in the next three years,
including those which were based at
Greenham Common in Berkshire and
Kolesworth in Cambridgeshire.
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South African rugby chiefs have been
summoned to a meeting with a cabinet
minister following their talks with the
outlaweh Aerican National ComFress.
The minister for National Education, Mr
F W De Klerk, who is also the chairman
of tPj@Zimisterial cou.cil dealinF with
whites' affairs, said he viewed the
matter in a serious light.
A meeting he was to have had with the
rugb= chiefs ne‖t month has been
brought forward.
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IRELAND Electronic devices are to be
implanted under the skin of guard dogs
after a pack of alsations mauled two
Dublin schoolboys. They will enable
police and dog wardens to keep tracW of
tPj dogs.
ARGENTINA President Alfonsin has
announced zhat presidential elections
are to taSe place@on May 14 next zear,
the first time an elected Argentine
leadjr@h─v@called@jlectio.s si-ci 1zk1.
PAC FIC The USA has turneh down an
invitation by Tonga to take part in a
joint djfence exercise because New
Zealand worce1 whll be participating.
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P298CEEFAX 298 Wed 19@Oct 11:06/5/
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1988 GRAND PRIX
Hexagon, Reading
People's champio. Alex Higgins gave his
fans something to sheer - a lhttle tog
loudly - as hj hammered New Zealander
Dene O'Kane.
Higgins, who has dropped down to 17 in
the world rankings, triumped 5-0 to set
up a fifth round clash with Neal Foulds
His emphatic victory was only marred by
a small group of supporters who were
almost throwL out after raising the
roof every time a ball thudded home.
Higgins' highest bteaR was 39) and hj
will face far greater test1 before the
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ENGLAND 1-1 SWEDEN
One mistake cost EW£la/d a poi&t i&
tPeir@#pemimF@Zatch r→ tPj@co←petitio↑.
Davih@White put@JnFla↑d aPeah@bfter @
half an hour. Defender Sulo Vaattovaara
misjudged a cross from Vinny Samways
and White jased jt homj.
Whjti@alYost ahHjH@a@seco→d@b↑d@E↑F½and
seemed to@be@ceuisimg, but a bad Zix up
in defe.ce allowed Klas ngesson to
equalise for Sweden in the 67th minute.
Thj Swedes tPen@seizeh tPj imitiative
but England salvaged a point thanks to
somj superb brave saves by Nigel Martyn
Kore
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Tuesday, October 18
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Athens 15 22 clear
Barbados 9 23 clear
Cairo 18 27 clear
Chicago 9 13 cloudy
Delhi 17 34 clear
Hong Kong 24 28 clear
London 13 20 cloudy
Los Angeles 17 28 cloudy
Koscow 0 9 clear
New York 14 23 cloudy
Paris 16 20 cloudy
Rio 17 23 rain
Rome 14 27 cloudy
+tocWholm 6 10 cloudy
Sydnjy 13 27 cloudy
Tokyo 15 20 cloudy
Vienna 10 20 clear
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Lo↑don Regional Transport news
UNDERGROUND
Metropolitan and Jubilee lines:
operating with half the usual number
of@services followinF a coIputer
fault
Circle line: delays occurring
Piccadilly line: trains oot calling at
Gloucester Road until further notice
Northern line: trains not calling at
Kings Cross until further notice
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Other M-way trouble spots today
M9 C SCOTLAND Ln cls on nFbound side
btwn jn6, Earlsgate and jn8
M25 GTR LONDON Long delays around
long delays for driver1 heading
towards the A1(K) and M1 i'sectio.s
Ln cls on anticlockwise c'way btwn
jns14-13, near Heathrow
M56 GTR MCR Ln cls on s'bound c'way
of thj Sharston bypass
M61 GTR MCR Ln cls on s'aound c'way
btwn jns1-4, west of Manchester
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1255 REGIONAL NEWS and WEATHER
1300 ONE O'CLOCK NEWS and WEATHER
1330 NEIGHBOJRS Scott and Charlene get
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1350 GOING FOR GOLD European Quiz
1415 KNOTS LANDING Ben a/d Mar) find
solace in other women's charms
1500 I'VE GOT A SECRET Quiz hosted by
To←@O'Connor
1530 CARTOON TRIPLE BILL
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1620 BEAT THE TEACHER Quiz
1635 HARTBEAT ■ looSs at points
17p0 NEWSR UND
17p5 THE TRUE STOR9 OF SPIT MACPHEE
Drama serial
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1800 SIX O'CLOCK NEWS and WEATHER
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1:00 WOGAN with@guests@Kevi→@
Robin Nedwell and Bill Murray
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1:3k D FT R@WH ■ Part three@of
Remembrance of thj Daleks
2p0p K VSZARPLEFR ZPADD NGTON
■ starring Joan Hickson
2p55 POINTS OF VIEW with Anne Robinson
2100 PARTY POLITICAL BROADCAST Social
@ and Liberal Democrats
2105 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS followed by
REGIONAL NEWS and WEATHER
2135 SPORTNIGHT SPECTIAL Steve Rider
introduces World Cup footaall,
snooker and rugby union
2s2k THE ST9 E C UMCIL Pop co.cert
2355 WEATHER and CLOSE
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1s25 FINGERMOUSE
1340 ZIG ZAG
1400 NEWS and WEATHER followed by
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1415 RIGHTS NOT CHARITY ■ An Open Space
Special: two disabled people
assess the@comditions@of liee for
many of the disabled population
150k NEWS and WEATHER followed by
RJGHT" NOT CHARRT9 ■ A discussion
of the issued raised by todayFs
Open Space documentary
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1600 INTERNATIONAL SNOOKER Round five
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2/3p F LZ i-cludes@a remiew@#f Big @
starring Tom Hanks
1800 DEF II starting with
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
1850 ANIMATION NOW
1905 OPEN TO QUESTION
1940 MOTOR SHOW 88 With Janet Ellis
and Chris Goffey at tPj motor
show at the NEC, Birmingham
CEEFAX Motor Show special BBC2 400
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2010 ANTENNA looks at thj need for a
sciince of demolition, the plight
@of thj@chimpanzee and how Indo-
European languages began
2100 BLIND JUST CE Racial@cases@cause
Fetter Court unexpected problems
2230 A PART9 POLIT CALBROADCAST Social
and Liberal Democrats
2235 NE."NIGHT Late-night news and
current affairs with Peter Snow
and Donalh MacCormick
2320 WEATHERVIEW
2s25-0010 INTERNATIONAL SNOOKER from
the Hexagon, Reading see 350
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