Teletext Recovery - 07/03/1991

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:50/18       1/22       THE GULF AND OTHER TOP STORIES FROM BBC'S NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS TELETEXT SERVICE CEEFAX             A-Z Index News Menu Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:01/08   KUWAITI DETAINEES BEGIN  LEAVING IRAQ 2/22 A convoy of buses and trucks has begun transporting Kuwaiti detainees from southern Iraq to Kuwait. The convoy of twenty vehicles began its journey soon after an official at the US State Department announced Iraq had released between 800 and 2,000 Kuwaiti detainees into Red Cross care. Earlier today, Iraqi and Allied military representatives agreed to the exchange of all PoWs and civilian prisoners held by both sides. The agreement came after a six-hour meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Next News Newswatch Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:51/48   TWO MISSING JOURNALISTS  RETURNED TO US ARMY 3/22 Two CBS journalists missing inside Iraq have been returned safely to territory controlled by US troops, the Pentagon has announced. The two, Chris Everson and Pete Williams, were among a group of 40 Western journalists listed by the US Defence Department as missing in Iraq. They were returned to US troops in southern Iraq safe and well, said a US military spokesman. Most of the missing journalists crossed the ceasefire buffer zone established by US and Iraqi forces at the war's end 102 Newswatch 198 Newsreel Next News Newswatch Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:41/17   IRAQI TROOPS "BESIEGE"  HOLY CITIES 4/22 An Iraqi opposition spokesman has said troops loyal to Saddam Hussein are besieging the holy Shi'ite Muslim cities of Najaf and Karbala. Mohammed Hussein al-Tajer of the Islamic Action Organisation said Iraqi army units were preparing to suppress a popular uprising against the president. Meanwhile a Kurdish opposition official has claimed 34 Iraqi army officers and several regiments have surrendered to Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. He said the Iraqis' arms were being distributed among Kurdish rebels. 102 Newswatch 198 Newsreel Next News Newswatch Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:01/18   BRITISH TROOPS WILL START  RETURNING ON SATURDAY 5/22 British troops in the Gulf will start to return home this weekend, the Prime Minister has announced. Speaking in the Commons, Mr Major said the first to come back would be medical reservists from Glasgow. The Desert Rats - 7th Armoured Brigade - would begin to leave early next week. He said some RAF Tornados and support staff would start returning "in a few days", and some ships were already on their way home. 101 Headlines 150 Latest 102 Newswatch 198 Newsreel Next News Newswatch Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:41/27   BUSH MAY GET INVOLVED IN  ARAB-ISRAEL PEACE PLA 6/22 President Bush is willing to be directly involved in reviving efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, a White House spokesman has said. Marlin Fitzwater said he was sure zhe Mr Bush would become directly involved in peace efforts "if appropriate". Meanwhile, US Secretary of State James Baker is duj to have talks on the future of the Middle East with Israeli and Arab leaders this weekend. Earlier today Israel rejected plans put forward by the President to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Next News Newswatch Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:52/18   CHANGES SUGGESTED TO WAY  JUDGES ARE APPOINTED 7/22 The Law Society has suggested radical changes to the way judges are appointed to make them more representative of society. The Society says a special commission should be set up to advisj the Lord Chancellor on the selection of judges. It says modjrn appointment methods such as tests and interviews should be used instead of secret recommendations made by senior legal figures. Such a commission should be made up of judges, lawyers and those outside the profession, the Society recommends. 101 Headlines 150 Latest Next News Newswatch Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:43/48   ALBANIA IMPOSES PARTIAL  MARTIAL LAW 8/22 Albania has declared its main port of Durres a military zone and banned mass gatherings in the capital, Tirana, after thousands fled the country. The official news agency said the army would be controlling access to the port where thousands boarded freighters bound for Italy. Italian authorities have said they will send back most of the 12,000 Albanians, some of whom have been allowed to land - others are still on board the ships. They said only political, not economic, refugees would be allowed to stay. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Next News Newswatch Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:43/11   MORE EVIDENCE GIVEN  AGAINST MRS MANDELA 9/22 A key witness at the trial of Winnie Mandela has been giving further evidence of the torture he and four others suffered in her house. Kenneth Kgase said that after Mrs Mandela whipped and punched him and three other young men, her bodyguard Jerry Richardson made them clean their own blood off the walls. Mr Kgase, who has been described by the defence as a "publicity seeker", said Mr Richardson had forced him to take part in an attempted murder. Mrs Mandela has denied all charges. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Next News Newswatch Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:43/37   BIRMINGHAM SIX: POLICE  "COLLUDED TO LIE" 10/22 The Birmingham Six appeal has heard evidence alleging that police officers colluded to lie at the original trial. Counsel for five of the six, Michael Mansfield, said the evidence suggested that those West Midlands officers had been "less than honest". He said new analysis of police notes and statements showed some had been "manufactured" and others "altered". The Director of Public Prosecutions has already said he is dropping forensic and police evidence used in the case. 101 Headlines 150 Latest 102 Newswatch 198 Newsreel Next News Newswatch Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:44/11   DELORS CALLS FOR EUROPEAN  DEFENCE UNION 11/22 EC President Jacques Delors has called for a radical reform of European defence, with the EC adopting formal mutual defence obligations. This would incorporate the existing Western European alliance, Nato. Speaking in London, Mr Delors said the Gulf crisis had proved the EC lacked the institutional machinery and military force which might have allowed it to act as a community. If it was to contribute to a "new world order" the EC must have access to forces able to wage war, Mr Delors said 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Next News Newswatch Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:34/21   ROCHDALE "ABUSE" CHILDREN  ALLOWED HOME 12/22 Ten children in the Rochdale ritual abuse affair have been allowed to go home by a Manchester High Court judge. But Mr Justice Douglas Brown ruled that four other children still in care would not yet be returned to their parents. The children had told of witches and of killing babies and animals. The judge said they probably imagined such things after watching horror films on video. He strongly criticised the "lamentable" actions of social workers. He said they had not followed Government guidelines drawn up after the Cleveland affair. 140 News Plus An abuse case analysed Next News Newswatch Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:35/17   ORKNEY "ABUSE CHILDREN"  REMAIN IN CARE 13/22 A Orkney Sheriff Principal has refused an appeal by parents of nine children taken into care by social workers. He confirmed a ruling by a children's panel on Wednesday that the children, now in care with foster parents in mainland Scotland, should remain under place of safety orders for 21 days. Lawyers for the parents are demanding access to tapes of interviews with the children. The children were taken into care after raids by social workers and police at four homes on South Ronaldsway island. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Next News Newswatch Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:46/27   BY-ELECTION DAY IN  THE RIBBLE VALLEY 14/22 Polling is taking place today in the Ribble Valley by-election in Lancashire Early voting was described by party workers as "steady", despite mist and heavy drizzle. The Conservatives are defending a 19,528 majority in their 14th safest seat, following former Home Secretary David Waddington's elevation to the House of Lords. At the last General Election in 1987 the Tories polled 30,136 votes, the Alliance 10,608 and Labour 8,781. Nine candidates are contesting the seat. 102 Newswatch 198 Newsreel Next News Newswatch Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:56/17   IN  BRIEF 15/22 ESCAPEE Police are hunting a remand prisoner, Christopher Ostemeyer, 33, who escaped from Exeter jail after faking a heart attack yesterday. HOMES The recession is leading to fewer houses being built, according to figures released by the Environment Department. Only 12,300 houses were started in Britain in January, almost 2,000 fewer than the same month in 1990 CRASHES Three people have died and many were injured in a series of crashes in dense fog which brought chaos to north- east England, closing the 27-mile stretch of the A19 in Country Durham. 102 Newswatch 198 Newsreel Gulf Newswatch Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:47/17   GOVERNMENT "REGAINS  CONTROL" OF BASRA 16/22 Uncertainty is continuing over who is in control of Iraq's second city Basra, in the south of the country. Accounts from refugees crossing into Kuwait support reports that an anti- Saddam rebellion in the city has been quashed. Yesterday, US military intelligence reports indicated that resistance from Iraqi opposition forces had been overcome by government troops. The army is also reported to have quelled a popular uprising in the southern town of al-Zubair. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Next News Gulf Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:37/12   IRAQI REBELS SAY  THEY HOLD BASRA 17/22 Rebels are disputing claims that they have lost control of Iraq's second city Basra, in the south of the country. Iraqi opposition groups based in Iran are claiming victory for their forces, saying it is not true the Republican Guard has infiltrated the city. The Supreme Assembly for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq said rebels were tightening control over Basra and eight other Iraqi cities and towns. Rebels had staged a rally in a Basra mosque and many Iraqi servicemen had joined the rebels, SAIRI said. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Next News Gulf Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:57/47   KURDS CLAIM SURRENDER  OF MANY IRAQIS 18/22 A Kurdish rebel group in northern Iraq says that many Iraqis surrendered to its forces last night. A spokesman for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan said that 34 officers and "several regiments" from the Iraqi 24th Division surrendered near Ranya. The spokesman said that the Iraqis had been surrounded by PUK fighters. There was no independent confirmation of the report. 101 Headlines 150 Latest 102 Newswatch 198 Newsreel Next News Gulf Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:48/48   EC SUPPORTS ARAB GULF  PEACE-KEEPING FORCE 19/22 A European Community delegation in Damascus has expressed support for a joint Arab Gulf peace-keeping force. The foreign ministers of Italy, Holland and Luxembourg welcomed the Arab plan when they met their counterparts from the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Syria and Egypt. The eight Arab nations have signed an agreement to deploy a joint peace force Luxembourg's foreign minister said the EC welcomed the "global" approach taken by the Arab states to the region's post-war situation. 102 Newswatch 180 World News Next News Gulf Headlines Latest

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:48/20   IRAN AND SYRIA DISCUSS  ARAB PEACE FORCE 20/22 Senior Iranian and Syrian leaders have been holding talks in Damascus on an Arab peacekeeping force agreed by eight Arab states yesterday. Tehran initially rebuffed the force, of mainly Syrian and Egyptian troops, on the grounds that Iran was being left out of regional security matters. The Iranian delegation comprises Vice President Hassan Habibi and Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati. Mr Habibi said that Iran wanted to coordinate its stance with Syria on regional issues. 102 Newswatch 180 World News Next News Gulf Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:49/57   BRITAIN ASKS JAPAN  FOR GULF AID 21/22 The Foreign Secretary is reported to have asked Japan for a share of the $9 billion Tokyo has set aside in Gulf war funds. A Japanese foreign ministry official said Douglas Hurd had rung Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Nakayama, to congratulate the Japanese government on winning approval for the aid. Mr Hurd had also asked that Britain receivj a share of the war funds. Mr Nakayama said this would go into a Gulf Cooperation Fund administered by six Arab national allies. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Next News Gulf Headlines Newsreel

P198 CEEFAX 198 Thu 7 Mar 21:39/54   BRITAIN HOLDS TALKS WITH  IRAQI OPPOSITION 22/22 Britain has held top-level talks with a five-man delegation from the Iraqi opposition. A Foreign Office spokesman said that minister of state Douglas Hogg had met a delegation which broadly represented the main opposition groups. He was expected to restate Britain's position on Iraq, calling for no change to frontiers, no dismemberment of Iraq and no Allied occupying force. The talks are the highest level contact yet between the Iraqi opposition and a major Western power. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Next News Gulf Headlines Newsreel

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