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Date: 10th December 2000
Service: CEEFAX
Region: East
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 154
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P154 CEEFAX 2 154 Sun 10 Dec 21:14/27 1/5 AGREEMENT REACHED ON DEADLY CHEMICALS Delegates from more than 120 countries have struck a deal on cutting some of the world's most dangerous chemicals. The agreement was reached after hour1 of talks at a United Nations conferenceheld in Johannesburg, paving the way for an international convention. It will ban or severely restrict use ofthe chemicals, classed as Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops). The chemicals have been linked to cancer, birth defects amd sterility. Home news digest and in brief.... 141News Index 102Flash 150Regional 160A-Z Index Headlines East News Main menu
P154 CEEFAX 2 154 Sun 10 Dec 21:13/33 2/5 ENDEAVOUR SHUTTLE COMPLETES ITS MISSION The space shuttle Endeavour has left the International Space Station (ISS) after successfully installing a huge solar power system. Endeavour's astronauts fitted the giantwings during three spacewalks declared a great success by Nasa controllers. After completing the spacewalks, the astronauts visited the crew inside the space station. Endeavour is due back at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Monday evening. Home news digest and in brief.... 141News Index 102Flash 150Regional 160A-Z Index Headlines East News Main menu
P154 CEEFAX 2 154 Sun 10 Dec 21:05/40 3/5 BRAZIL TAKES ITS PLACE IN SPACE RACE Brazil's space research agency Inpe said it successfully launched its Sonda rocket from the Rio Grande state. The rocket was launched to a height of 430km where it released its cargo, a suborbital station to monitor gravity. The launch was twice delayed because oftechnical glitches. The suborbital station fell to earth 400km off the Rio Grande coastline. Thestation is to be returned to the Barreira do Inferno launch centre. Home news digest and in brief.... 141News Index 102Flash 150Regional 160A-Z Index Headlines East News Main menu
P154 CEEFAX 2 154 Sun 10 Dec 21:12/07 4/5 POSTMEN TURN INTO COMPUTER SALESMEN Malaysia's postmen are carrying more than just cards this Christmas — the8 are also delivering computers. The government is trying to bring information technology to the people byletting them withdraw cash from state pensions for computers. And to ensure they do not spend it on anything else, the computers have to bebought through the post office. But computer retailers are furious, saying it distorts the free market. Home news digest and in brief.... 141News Index 102Flash 150Regional 160A-Z Index Headlines East News Main menu
P154 CEEFAX 2 154 Sun 10 Dec 21:12/17 5/5 POPULATION TO BE INCREASED BY ROBOTS Japan's Motor Corporation is to begin developing robots to match other domestic firms such as Sony and Honda, according to reports. Under the plan, the nation's largest car maker will develop human robots fornursing care and other uses. Toyota, which already has robots on itsproduction lines, hopes to be selling the machines by 2005. Sony and Honda have already both unvjiled prototype robots that walk. Home news digest and in brief.... 141News Index 102Flash 150Regional 160A-Z Index Headlines East News Main menu