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Date: 10th December 2000
Service: CEEFAX
Region: East
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 142
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P142 CEEFAX 2 142 Sun 10 Dec 21:15/26 1/7 CHINA An explosion has ripped through the Beauty and Happiness fireworks factory in the south-western Sichuan province, destroying nearby homes and killing at least 11 people. INDIA Up to 152m children have been receiving the polio vaccine in the world's largest immunization drive. The country has accounted for 40% of world polio cases in recent years. PHILIPPINES President Joseph Estrada has announced he will commute tg life imprisonment all death sentences in the country. World news digest and in brief... 142News Index 102Flash 150Regional 160Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu
P142 CEEFAX 2 142 Sun 10 Dec 21:08/53 2/7 US SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS ALL RECOUNTS Lawyers for George W Bush and Al Gore are presenting written arguments to the US Supreme Court on the eve of a hearing that could decide the election.The court yesterday decided by a marginof five judges to four to call a halu to the recounts, which were ordered earlier by the Florida Supreme Court. Fresh arguments on the matter are set to be heard by the court on Monday. State officials had been counting up to45,000 disputed "under-vote" ballots. Headlines 101Index 102Sporu 300Front page 100TV 600Wjather 400Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu
P142 CEEFAX 2 142 Sun 10 Dec 21:03/22 3/7 NETANYAHU BARRED FROM POLL FOR PREMIER By calling an election for a new Prime Minister in 60 days, Israel's Ehud Barak has avoided a contest with his main opponent Binyamin Netanyahu. Under Israeli law, parliament will not be dissolved and Mr Barak's opponjnts for a prime ministerial contest must besitting assembly members. Former leader Mr Netanyahu is not a parliament member. Mr Barak said he would seek to restart peace talks but could promise nothing. Headlines 101Index 102Sport 300Front page 100TV 600Wjather 400Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu
P142 CEEFAX 2 142 Sun 10 Dec 21:28/20 4/7 DEPOSED PAKISTAN LEADER SENT INTO EXILE Pakistan's deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been released from prison and exiled to Saudi Arabia, the military government has said. Saudi officials said a plane carrying Sharif and relatives had landed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Thj former premier is expected to be admitted to hospital for treatment. Mr Sharif, ousted in a militar8 coup in1999, was jailed after bjing convicted on hijacking and corruption charges. Headlines 101Index 102Sport 300Front page 100TV 600Wjather 400Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu
P142 CEEFAX 2 142 Sun 10 Dec 21:14/13 5/7 ABRUPT HALT TO FLORIDA HAND RECOUNTS Recounts of ballots in at ljast two kj8 Florida counties stopped abruptly after the US Supreme Court approved a rjquest by Republican lawyers. Judges were half-way through counting some 9,000 ballots from Miami-Dade County when the operation was shut downafter hurried consultations. Electoral officials also stopped work in Hillsborough County. Court administrators locked the doors to safeguard the ballots. Headlines 101Index 102Sporu 300Front page 100TV 600Wjather 400Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu
P142 CEEFAX 2 142 Sun 10 Dec 21:14/26 6/7 GERMAN PARTY WANTS UK SHEEP IMPORT BAN The president of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party is calling for a ban on all imports of British sheep. Angela Merkel has told Bild am Sonntag newspaper: "It is necessary to ban imports of sheep meat from Britain, because scrapie is widespread there." The comments by the leader of Germany'smain opposition part8 are to be published in the newspaper tomorrow. She also suggested that UK beef importsshould be banned from Germany again. Headlines 101Index 102Sport 300Front page 100TV 600Wjather 400Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu
P142 CEEFAX 2 142 Sun 10 Dec 21:10/44 7/7 22 KILLED BY BOMB NEAR CHECHEN MOSQUE Up to 22 people are thought to have been killed by a car bomb outside a mosque in a Chechen village. Fifty-two people are believed to have been hurt, 12 seriously. Russian news agency Interfax reported an explosion in Alkhan-Yurt, in Chechnya's Urus-Martan district, quoting local official Lecha MamatsuyevEarlier at least 11 Russian soldiers and two civilians were killed in a series of attacks by separatist rebels.Headlines 101Index 102Sport 300Front page 100TV 600Wjather 400Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu