Teletext Recovery - 02/12/1999

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Thu 02 Dec 19:28/00         1/7 US Cornell Cooke, 43, was executed by lethal injection for the 1982 murder and rape of a disabled 87-year-old woman after spending 16 years on death row, Oklahoma prison officials said. SPAIN Tens of thousands of people have protested across the country against a threat by the Basque separatist group, ETA, to end its 14-month ceasefire. ZIMBABWE Fifteen builders have died after a hoist carrying them up a 19- storey building under construction in Harare fell to the ground. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Thu 02 Dec 19:21/25         2/7 CONDOM AD DEEMED UNFIT FOR CHINESE TV China's first television advertisement promoting the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV has been banned. Advertising standards officials ruled the cartoon, produced by the country's Family Planning Commission, was illegal They claimed it broke rules banning the advertisement of sex-related products. The 42-second advert shows a cartoon condom defeating the virus. According to officials, more than 400,000 people are infected with HIV. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Thu 02 Dec 19:21/31         3/7 POLICE SORRY FOR REMARK ON DEAD STUDENT French police probing the death of British student Isabel Peake have apologised for calling her "naive". Isabel, of Barlaston, Staffs, was found dead by the Paris-Limoges rail line in October, badly injured and partly naked Prosecutor Christian Ponsard had said she "lacked prudence", but stressed she was not responsible for what happened. There was no truth in reports that a student was attacked on the same train a year earlier, he added. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Thu 02 Dec 19:12/12         4/7 CLINTON SUPPORTS PROTEST AMID VIOLENCE Seattle has been under curfew for a second night following fresh clashes between police and protesters against the World Trade Organisation summit. Tear gas and stun grenades were fired at groups of demonstrators, and hundreds of arrests were made. President Clinton said critics of the WTO should be able to air their grievances before the trade body. But he also condemned those who had resorted to violence in the US city. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Thu 02 Dec 19:12/31         5/7 WARNING AFTER GM CORN LEAKS INSECTICIDE Scientists have shown that genetically modified corn has leaked insecticide into the soil from its roots, prompting a warning from environmentalists. A fifth of the corn planted in the US last year was modified to produce an insecticide called Bt. The New York University study found the toxin exuded from the plant's roots as well as above-ground foliage and pollen This showed GM crops could "wrong-foot their creators", said Greenpeace. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Thu 02 Dec 19:27/12         6/7 IRA INMATES SENT TO LESS SECURE JAILS The Irish government is to transfer all its remaining IRA prisoners from a top security jail to a less secure site. Inmates are being transferred from Portlaoise jail, 50 miles from Dublin. All of the prisoners involved have been leaving jail on a regular basis on temporary parole arrangements for work- training and education schemes. The move is being made in recognition of political progress in the peace process achieved in the past few weeks. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Thu 02 Dec 19:27/34         7/7 WIDEN AIDS RESEARCH, GOVERNMENTS WARNED The co-discoverer of the HIV virus has warned that an effective Aids vaccine could be 30 years away unless governments encourage wider research. "There are many clear ideas on vaccines and governments must enable these to be developed," Dr Luc Montagnier of the Pasteur Institute in Paris said. "If we concentrate on just one theory and that fails, what will we do then?" His warning came at a conference in the French capital to mark World Aids Day. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

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