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WHAT HAPPENED ON 17th February 2001?
16th February 2001
CUBA SAYS US "FOSTERING TERRORISM"
The government of Fidel Castro has accused the United States of encouraging terror attacks by compensating families of0three pilots. $ A Cubin warplane shot down the Cuban- American pilots in 1996 when they were on their way to drop leaflets calling for democracy over the capital Havana. Cuba said they were in its airspace. The US & United Nations said they were over international waters. ! The families will be compensated from 90m dollars of frozen Cuban assets.
17th February 2001
RETALIATION TO FOLLOW AIR RAIDS ` IRAQ
Iraq has vowed revenge for Friday's air attacks near Baghdad which it said killed two civilians. "We will teach the new American administration & Zionist entity (Israel) lessons on Jihad (holy war) " said the official Qadissiya newspaper. Russia & China have led protests over the raids; France sought explanations.
17th February 2001
BLAIR VOWS "TO PREVENT SADDAM'S HAVOC"
Tony Blair has said he will continue all necessary steps to prevent Saddam Hussein wreaking "havoc suffering & death" across the Gulf region. The Prime Minister said last night's raids by British & US warplanes were necessary to protect allied jets. He pledged more raids if Iraqi surface- to-air missiles threatened jet patrols. "Operations such as the one last night would not be needed if Saddam stopped attacking us " he said in a statement.
16th February 2001
IRAQI CANCER GIRL FLIES HOME TO BAGHDAD
An Iraqi girl brought to Scotland for leukaemia treatment by Glasgow Kelvin MP George Galloway has begun her trip home to Baghdad. Six-year-old Mariam Hamza has received further care in America since August last year. Mr Galloway's wife Dr Amineh Abu-Zayyad said Mariam was happy well & learning to swim. Mr Galloway provoked a storm of controversy when he first brought Mariam to Glasgow in 1998.
17th February 2001
RETALIATION TO FOLLOW AIR RAIDS ` IRAQ
Iraq has vowed revenge for Friday's air attacks near Baghdad which it said killed two civilians. "We will teach the new American administration & Zionist entity (Israel) lessons on Jihad (holy war) " said the official Qadissiya newspaper. Russia & China have led protests over the raids; France sought explanations.
17th February 2001
DOWNING ST PROTEST AGAINST AIR STRIKES
About 50 people have protested in Downing Street against last night's Baghdad air strikes. Demonstrators gathered from Voices in the Wilderness a group which campaigns for the lifting of sanctions on Iraq. Campaigners are calling for the lifting of the ten-year sanctions which they say only hurt ordinary Iraqi people. Spokesman Malin Rai said the bombing by US & UK jets "has no foundation in international law".
16th February 2001
GIANT PANDA STILL THREATENED WARNS WWF
The giant panda remains under severe0 threat despite efforts to protect the species according to a report. The conservation group WWF says China's 33 panda reserves are being underfunded by the Beijing government. It has called for panda corridors to be set up to link the isolated mountain habitats where the animals still live. WWF rejects the idea that pandas suffer poor seproduction rates in$the wild & says zoo breeding is not the answer.
17th February 2001
RETALIATION TO FOLLOW AIR RAIDS ` IRAQ
Iraq has vowed revenge for Friday's air attacks near Baghdad which it said killed two civilians. "We will teach the new American administration & Zionist entity (Israel) lessons on Jihad (holy war) " said the official Qadissiya newspaper. Russia & China have led protests over the raids; France sought explanations.
17th February 2001
WESTERN ALLIES SPLIT OVER RAIDS ON IRAQ
Several key allies of the US & the UK have condemned air raids on Iraq with two Nato nations expressing misgivings. France said they would make the search for a peaceful solution more difficult. Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit urged Washington to reassess its policy and illegal and there was also criticism from China India Pakistan Egypt & New Zealand.
16th February 2001
FRANCE ANNOUNCES BEEF CRISIS MEASURES
Agriculture minister Jean Glavany has announced measures to combat the crisis in the beef industry but failed to promise direct aid to farmers. "We have to pull beef out of the market by means of storage by means of destruction " he told French TV. But farmers' union leader Jean-Michel Lemetayer expressed disappointment. "The important point is for the minister to compensate for the losses farmers have incurred since October each time they sell an animal " he said
17th February 2001
RETALIATION TO FOLLOW AIR RAIDS ` IRAQ
Iraq has vowed revenge for Friday's air attacks near Baghdad which it said killed two civilians. "We will teach the new American administration & Zionist entity (Israel) lessons on Jihad (holy war) " said the official Qadissiya newspaper. Russia & China have led protests over the raids; France sought explanations.
17th February 2001
SCENES OF SQUALOR ON IMMIGRANT SHIP
An official working to help hundreds of illegal immigrants on board a cargo ship which beached on France's south coast said conditions were terrible. Marc Petit from the Var region told French radio that there were about 300 children & 200 elderly people among the passengers at Saint-Raphael. "There are no injured & no dead but these people seem to be quite seriously malnourished & dehydrated " he said. The mainly Kurdish refugees have been evacuated to a French marine base.
16th February 2001
CATHOLIC AID AGENCIES WANT IRAQ RETHINK
Europe's Catholic aid agencies including Britain's Cafod are calling for economic sanctions against Iraq to be suspended. The sanctions are "humanly catastrophic and politically ineffective " said Cafod director Julian Filochowski. The call follows a visit to Iraq by a delegation from the European agencies. Iraqis are being "de-developed de- skilled & reduced to penury " says the agencies' report.
17th February 2001
RETALIATION TO FOLLOW AIR RAIDS ` IRAQ
Iraq has vowed revenge for Friday's air attacks near Baghdad which it said killed two civilians. "We will teach the new American administration & Zionist entity (Israel) lessons on Jihad (holy war) " said the official Qadissiya newspaper. Russia & China have led protests over the raids; France sought explanations.
17th February 2001
DOWNING ST PROTEST AGAINST AIR STRIKES
About 50 people have protested in Downing Street against last night's Baghdad air strikes. Demonstrators gathered from Voices in the Wilderness a group which campaigns for the lifting of sanctions on Iraq. Campaigners are calling for the lifting of the ten-year sanctions which they say only hurt ordinary Iraqi people. Spokesman Malin Rai said the bombing by US & UK jets "has no foundation in international law".
16th February 2001
THURSDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER
Labour MPs cheered as the Government announced 29 new hospitals costing #3.1bn & creating 3 000 new beds. But Shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox said it was a "sham announcement". Agriculture minister Nick Brown said ministers would do all they could to stop a repeat of the BSE scandal which has already killed 86 people. He said Lord Phillips' report revealed "serious shortcomings" in the(previous Tory government's handling of BSE.
17th February 2001
RETALIATION TO FOLLOW AIR RAIDS ` IRAQ
Iraq has vowed revenge for Friday's air attacks near Baghdad which it said killed two civilians. "We will teach the new American administration & Zionist entity (Israel) lessons on Jihad (holy war) " said the official Qadissiya newspaper. Russia & China have led protests over the raids; France sought explanations.
17th February 2001
KOSOVO SERBS MOURN VICTIMS OF BUS BOMB
Hundreds of Kosovan Serbs have gathered to mourn victims of a bus bombing which killed seven people & injured 43. Serbs from surrounding villages were converging on the cemetery in Gracanica near Pristina where some victims are believed to have come from. Kosovo Serbs are due to hold a protest rally in Mitrovica. Belgrade has declared Sunday a day of mourning. Ethnic Albanian leaders condemned the attack as a serious blow to peace.
