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WHAT HAPPENED ON 19th January 2001?
- Britain
- Clinton
- Foreign Secretary
- George W Bush
- Northern Ireland
- peace
- President
- Prime Minister
- Robin Cook
- Tony Blair
18th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
TRANSPORT SYSTEM UNDERMINES OLYMPIC BID
Britain is unable to put in a bid for the Olympic Games because its transport system is too run-down Culture Media and Sport Secretary Chris Smith says. London was the only possible venue but he was "filled with alarm" at the idea of using its current transport system. And getting transport & facilities up to scratch would cost billions he said His comments in the Independent on Sunday will embarrass colleagues keen to play down transport problems.
18th January 2001
JACKSON STEPPING AWAY FROM PUBLIC LIFE
US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson is temporarily removing himself from public life after admitting fathering a child during an extra-marital affair. In a statement he said it was no time for denials & that he was sorry for his actions. His daughter ` now 20 months old ` was conceived with a former aide. It happened during the period when Mr Jackson was counselling President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair
19th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
CLINTON IN DEAL TO AVOID PROSECUTION
On his last day in office President Clinton escaped a criminal indictment in the Lewinsky scandal by agreeing to admit giving misleading testimony. He admitted he "did not fully" tell the truth in talking about Lewinsky in the Paula Jones sex harassment case in 1998 He also accepted suspension of his licence to practise law in Arkansas & was fined £15 000. In return independent counsel Robert Ray concluded the Lewinsky case
18th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
NO CASH IF CLARKE IS LEADER WHEELER
Betting firm tycoon Stuart Wheeler has said he will withdraw his £5m pledge to the Tories if ex-chancellor Kenneth Clarke becomes party leader. He had said he might double his gift to the Tories in the election run-up. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook challenged William Hague to show he was not influenced by the donation by bringing Kenneth Clarke into the Shadow Cabinet. Mr Wheeler said he had no objection to Mr Clarke being in the Shadow Cabinet.
18th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
BUSH STARTS WORK AS CELEBRATIONS END
Celebrations late into the night marked the final transition of power in the US as George W Bush took over the White House from Bill Clinton. For the first time in eight years the Republicans are in charge. Just after Mr Bush been sworn in his chief of staff moved to block last minute executive orders from Mr Clinton His advisers also disclosed his first piece of legislation on education would be sent to Congress next week.
18th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
BRITISH-IRISH COUNCIL MEETING POSTPONED
Tuesday's British-Irish Council meeting in Dublin has been postponed Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble has said. He told the Northern Ireland Assembly the British & Irish governments had made the decision. It was felt the meeting would be a "distraction" to talks on resolving the deadlock over decommissioning he added Mr Trimble rejected claims that the Good Friday Agreement was in crisis.
18th January 2001
PEACE "NEARER THAN EVER" SAY ISRAELIS
Israeli foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami has said peace in the Middle East is closer now than it has "ever been". He met Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in Cairo yesterday & the Israeli government is now discussing Mr Arafat's proposals for detailed talks. Mr Ben-Ami said the peace process was at a "very critical" point. At least 304 Palestinians 34 Israelis and 13 Israeli Arabs have died in 16 weeks of clashes.
19th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
INTENSIVE PEACE TALKS IN MIDDLE EAST
Intensive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are due to begin in Egypt. The talks in the resort of Taba come less than three weeks before Israel's prime ministerial elections & are expected to last for up to 10 days. Meanwhile Palestinian police say Israeli troops have shot dead a 15- year-old Palestinian in the Gaza Strip. This raises the death toll to 368 ` 310 of whom have been Palestinians ` since the uprising began in September.
18th January 2001
KIEV TO RETURN BACH ARCHIVE TO GERMANY
The Ukrainian government says it will return a collection of manuscripts by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach & his sons to Germany. The archive which was taken by the Soviet Union's Red Army after the war was feared lost for over 50 years. It was found in Ukraine's state museum two years ago & musical scholars say it is priceless & irreplaceable. The decision to return it was announced to coincide with President Leonid Kuchma's current visit to Germany.
19th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
CLINTON IN DEAL TO AVOID PROSECUTION
On his last day in office President Clinton escaped a criminal indictment in the Lewinsky scandal by agreeing to admit giving misleading testimony. He admitted he "did not fully" tell the truth in talking about Lewinsky in the Paula Jones sex harassment case in 1998 He also accepted suspension of his licence to practise law in Arkansas & was fined £15 000. In return independent counsel Robert Ray concluded the Lewinsky case
18th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
INTENSIVE PEACE TALKS IN MIDDLE EAST
Intensive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are due to begin in Egypt. The talks in the resort of Taba come less than three weeks before Israel's prime ministerial elections & are expected to last for up to 10 days. Meanwhile Palestinian police say Israeli troops have shot dead a 15- year-old Palestinian in the Gaza Strip. This raises the death toll to 368 ` 310 of whom have been Palestinians ` since the uprising began in September.
18th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
NO CASH IF CLARKE IS LEADER WHEELER
Betting firm tycoon Stuart Wheeler has said he will withdraw his £5m pledge to the Tories if ex-chancellor Kenneth Clarke becomes party leader. He had said he might double his gift to the Tories in the election run-up. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook challenged William Hague to show he was not influenced by the donation by bringing Kenneth Clarke into the Shadow Cabinet. Mr Wheeler said he had no objection to Mr Clarke being in the Shadow Cabinet.
18th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
BLAIR PRAISES CLINTON PEACE COMMITMENT
Tony Blair has praised Bill Clinton's "unwavering commitment" to bringing peace to Northern Ireland as the US president prepares to leave office. Mr Clinton was a "very fine president" and "a very true friend to Britain" a spokesman for the Prime Minister said. George W Bush is being inaugurated as the new US president tomorrow. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is set to visit Washington next month to meet new US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
19th January 2001
PARTY TAX BATTLE REACHES DISNEY HEIGHTS
The Conservative Party's plans for an #8bn tax cut are "an insult to Mickey Mouse" Tony Blair's office has said. An official said they had a "back of the envelope feel to them" & described them as a "joke". But shadow chancellor Michael Portillo insisted the Tories could still reach spending targets on health transport defence & the police. He promised to match Labour's pledges in all these areas.
