Teletext Recovery - 01/12/1999

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 01 Dec 12:19/41         1/7 VATICAN The Pope will visit the Fatima shrine in Portugal next May to beatify two children who were said to have been visited by the Virgin Mary in 1917. CROATIA President Franjo Tudjman's condition remains grave. Intensive treatment of the 77-year-old is continuing in his fifth week in hospital, his doctors have said. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 01 Dec 12:11/08         2/7 CASTRO REVEALS EXILE ASSASSINATION PLOT Fidel Castro has claimed to have uncovered an assassination plot against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Mr Castro said right-wing Cuban exiles were behind the plot, which was discovered by his intelligence services The Cuban President denounced the alleged plan at a conference with Venezuelan journalists. He said it was scheduled to be carried out in December by four Cuban exile "terrorists" living in the US. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 01 Dec 12:11/22         3/7 RUSSIANS FACING TOUGH FIGHT IN CHECHNYA Russian troops are continuing their offensive against Chechen rebels amid signs of stiffer resistance from the Islamic militants. Chechen rebel spokesman Movladi Udugov denied Moscow's claim that the capital, Grozny, was almost entirely surrounded. He said the Russian army was concealing heavy losses inflicted by his men. An estimated 200,000 people have now fled their homes as Russia continues its campaign. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 01 Dec 12:12/54         4/7 MOUNTAIN BIKE BLAMED FOR SCROTUM DAMAGE Mountain biking may be great exercise — but it could cause problems with men's genitals, according to a study. Male mountain bikers risk damaging their scrotum, the team of Austrian scientists concluded. They said the jarring and vibrating of off-road riding could cause benign tumours, cysts, infection and swelling. The team advocates using a jockstrap or a saddle with cut-outs to take the pressure off the more sensitive areas. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 01 Dec 12:12/11         5/7 GERMAN BEEF BAN TO STAY UNTIL FEBRUARY Germany will not lift its ban on UK beef until February at the earliest, Health Minister Andrea Fischer warned. "The protection of consumers must be accorded utmost priority," she said. The European Commission had given Germany until Wednesday to present a timetable for the ending of the embargo German federal authorities say only the regional states have the power to lift the embargo through a vote in the upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 01 Dec 12:12/44         6/7 FRANCE ESCAPES LEGAL ACTION OVER BEEF Legal action will not yet be taken against France over its ban on British beef, the European Commission has said. On November 16, the commission gave France until November 30 to respond to warnings of legal action. "We expect an answer in the near future after a meeting of the French Food Safety Agency," an EC spokesman said. The decision comes despite Paris's failure to lift the ban following demands from the European Union. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 01 Dec 12:13/17         7/7 DRUGS GROUP SET TO AXE 1,000 POSTS Anglo-Swedish drugs group AstraZeneca has announced it is cutting 1,000 research and development staff. The move will cut about 10% of its R&D staff by 2001, with 300 jobs going at its Alderley Park site in Cheshire and 150 at Charnwood in Leicestershire. It comes after the merger of the UK's Zeneca group and Sweden's Astra. The group announced in 1998 that it would be axing about 6,000 jobs as part of a plan to save £690m. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

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