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WHAT HAPPENED ON 23th January 2001?
22nd January 2001
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23th January 2001
BARAK WANTS OLD CITY "JOINTLY MANAGED"
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak has said he wants to give Palestinians joint management of the daily running of the Old City of east Jerusalem. But he added that Israel would retain sovereignty over the occupied area. Mr Barak on an election visit to Tel Aviv said the Wailing Wall Mount of Olives & City of David would also remain under Israeli control. His comments came as negotiators held a third day of peace talks in Egypt.
23th January 2001
JOB FEARS AS COMPANY CALLS IN RECEIVERS
There is concern over the future for 129 workers at a Glasgow buiscuit maker after the firm said it had called in receivers. Gray Dunn said difficult trading conditions & the loss of a major European customer has forced the move. The firm which has been making biscuits in the city for more than 145 years has had to shed 86 jobs. It is hoped that a buyer can found for the business which includes well known brands like Blue Riband.
22nd January 2001
What People were saying on
"I find I am expected just to do what I am told especially by women who we all know are so much more mature than we men. And I say that not only because my wife is in earshot."
"No pacts no deals no nonsense from the Liberal Democrats."
"Politics was once a vocation. It became a career & is now a rip-off."
23th January 2001
BARAK WANTS OLD CITY "JOINTLY MANAGED"
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak has said he wants to give Palestinians joint management of the daily running of the Old City of east Jerusalem. But he added that Israel would retain sovereignty over the occupied area. Mr Barak on an election visit to Tel Aviv said the Wailing Wall Mount of Olives & City of David would also remain under Israeli control. His comments came as negotiators held a third day of peace talks in Egypt.
23th January 2001
REID HAS TALKS WITH N IRELAND MINISTERS
New Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid has had his first formal meeting with First Minister David Trimble & Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon. After the hour-long talks at Stormont Mr Trimble said there was "a window of opportunity" to resolve decommissioning and policing issues before an election. It would not take "much more progress" to "bed down" the peace deal he added. But Mr Mallon was less upbeat saying that "very substantial" work was needed
22nd January 2001
MIDDLE EAST PEACE NEGOTIATIONS RESUME
Israelis & Palestinians have resumed peace talks after they were cancelled following the killing of a Jewish settler in Gaza. Israel closed off the Gaza Strip & shut the Palestinian airport reversing steps taken after recent negotiations. The first agenda item is expected to be the reopening of Gaza in exchange for a Palestinian promise to calm violence. The peace deal proposed by President Clinton is also on the table.
23th January 2001
BARAK WANTS OLD CITY "JOINTLY MANAGED"
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak has said he wants to give Palestinians joint management of the daily running of the Old City of east Jerusalem. But he added that Israel would retain sovereignty over the occupied area. Mr Barak on an election visit to Tel Aviv said the Wailing Wall Mount of Olives & City of David would also remain under Israeli control. His comments came as negotiators held a third day of peace talks in Egypt.
23th January 2001
ISRAEL TO RETURN TO MIDDLE EAST TALKS
Israel is expected to resume Middle East peace talks with the Palestinians in the Egyptian resort of Taba. The latest round of talks comes two days after Israel halted negotiations following the killings of two civilians near the Palestinian town of Tulkarm. Ehud Barak decided to resume talks after meeting senior officials. The two sides are hoping to reach a framework peace deal before the Israeli prime ministerial poll on February 6.
22nd January 2001
HAMAS ADMITS IT ATTACKED ISRAELI TANK
The Islamic militant group Hamas has said it carried out a bomb attack on an Israeli tank in the Gaza Strip in which an Israeli soldier was seriously hurt. Hamas said the attack was in response to the Israeli arrest of a Palestinian woman suspected of luring an Israeli teenager to his death via the internet. It came as Palestinian & Israeli delegations resumed peace negotiations. The talks in the Egyptian resort of Taba could last as long as 10 days.
23th January 2001
BARAK WANTS OLD CITY "JOINTLY MANAGED"
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak has said he wants to give Palestinians joint management of the daily running of the Old City of east Jerusalem. But he added that Israel would retain sovereignty over the occupied area. Mr Barak on an election visit to Tel Aviv said the Wailing Wall Mount of Olives & City of David would also remain under Israeli control. His comments came as negotiators held a third day of peace talks in Egypt.
23th January 2001
ISRAEL TO RETURN TO MIDDLE EAST TALKS
Israel is expected to resume Middle East peace talks with the Palestinians in the Egyptian resort of Taba. The latest round of talks comes two days after Israel halted negotiations following the killings of two civilians near the Palestinian town of Tulkarm. Ehud Barak decided to resume talks after meeting senior officials. The two sides are hoping to reach a framework peace deal before the Israeli prime ministerial poll on February 6.
22nd January 2001
HAMAS ADMITS IT ATTACKED ISRAELI TANK
The Islamic militant group Hamas has said it carried out a bomb attack on an Israeli tank in the Gaza Strip in which an Israeli soldier was seriously hurt. Hamas said the attack was in response to the Israeli arrest of a Palestinian woman suspected of luring an Israeli teenager to his death via the internet. It came as Palestinian & Israeli delegations resumed peace negotiations. The talks in the Egyptian resort of Taba could last as long as 10 days.
23th January 2001
BARAK WANTS OLD CITY "JOINTLY MANAGED"
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak has said he wants to give Palestinians joint management of the daily running of the Old City of east Jerusalem. But he added that Israel would retain sovereignty over the occupied area. Mr Barak on an election visit to Tel Aviv said the Wailing Wall Mount of Olives & City of David would also remain under Israeli control. His comments came as negotiators held a third day of peace talks in Egypt.
23th January 2001
ISRAEL TO RETURN TO MIDDLE EAST TALKS
Israel is expected to resume Middle East peace talks with the Palestinians in the Egyptian resort of Taba. The latest round of talks comes two days after Israel halted negotiations following the killings of two civilians near the Palestinian town of Tulkarm. Ehud Barak decided to resume talks after meeting senior officials. The two sides are hoping to reach a framework peace deal before the Israeli prime ministerial poll on February 6.
22nd January 2001
HAMAS ADMITS IT ATTACKED ISRAELI TANK
The Islamic militant group Hamas has said it carried out a bomb attack on an Israeli tank in the Gaza Strip in which an Israeli soldier was seriously hurt. Hamas said the attack was in response to the Israeli arrest of a Palestinian woman suspected of luring an Israeli teenager to his death via the internet. It came as Palestinian & Israeli delegations resumed peace negotiations. The talks in the Egyptian resort of Taba could last as long as 10 days.
23th January 2001
BARAK WANTS OLD CITY "JOINTLY MANAGED"
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak has said he wants to give Palestinians joint management of the daily running of the Old City of east Jerusalem. But he added that Israel would retain sovereignty over the occupied area. Mr Barak on an election visit to Tel Aviv said the Wailing Wall Mount of Olives & City of David would also remain under Israeli control. His comments came as negotiators held a third day of peace talks in Egypt.
23th January 2001
DOUBT OVER SPIRITUAL MOVEMENT "SUICIDE"
Five members of the Falungong spiritual movement have set themselves alight in Tiananmen Square Beijing according to the official Chinese news agency. It said one had died & others had been taken to hospital. But a Hong Kong-based Falungong spokesman said the report was doubtful and suggested it was a government attempt to discredit the movement. Its protests have been peaceful until now the BBC Beijing correspondent said
22nd January 2001
MANDELSON ADMITS PASSPORT CONVERSATION
Peter Mandelson spoke to a minister about the Hinduja brothers' bid for a UK passport the Prime Minister's official spokesman has admitted. Yesterday Downing Street said the Northern Ireland Secretary had not got involved in the tycoons' application. But Mr Mandelson has now recalled a brief conversation with Home Office minister Mike O'Brien on their behalf. He has been accused of helping them in exchange for a £1m Millennium Dome loan
23th January 2001
BARAK WANTS OLD CITY "JOINTLY MANAGED"
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak has said he wants to give Palestinians joint management of the daily running of the Old City of east Jerusalem. But he added that Israel would retain sovereignty over the occupied area. Mr Barak on an election visit to Tel Aviv said the Wailing Wall Mount of Olives & City of David would also remain under Israeli control. His comments came as negotiators held a third day of peace talks in Egypt.
23th January 2001
Qs UPROAR OVER THE MANDELSON AFFAIR
Tony Blair has said Peter Mandelson is "a bigger man than many of his critics" during furious Commons exchanges with Opposition leader William Hague. During Prime Minister's Question Time he said Mr Hague had "lived down to my expectations" in his comments. Mr Hague said the PM made a "monumental error of judgment" restoring Mr Mandelson to Government after 10 months He then had to sack the same minister twice for the same offence he said.
