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WHAT HAPPENED ON 24th January 2001?
23th January 2001
GOVT URGED TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON PEACE
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has urged the Government not to allow Peter Mandelson's resignation to distract it from the search for peace in N Ireland. Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble praised Mr Mandelson in the Commons. He said his work in Northern Ireland had been appreciated by many people. The Democratic Unionist Party said few tears would be shed for Mr Mandelson who "refused to recognise" it spoke for the majority of the unionist community.
24th January 2001
KABILA TO TAKE DR CONGO OATH OF OFFICE
Joseph Kabila is to take the oath of office to become the new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He succeeds his father Laurent Kabila who was assassinated last week. The swearing-in follows the state funeral of his father yesterday witnessed by thousands of Congolese in the capital Kinshasa. General Kabila inherits a regional war that has split the country in two & sucked in neighbouring nations.
24th January 2001
DUP MAY STEP ASIDE IN CRUCIAL SEATS
The Democratic Unionist Party says it may not contest several constituencies held by opponents of the Good Friday peace agreement at the General Election Deputy leader Peter Robinson said to oppose the MPs in West Tyrone Belfast South & North Down may split the vote and elect pro-agreement candidates. The seats are held by William Thompson Martyn Smyth & Robert McCartney. A deal may be made in Fermanagh & South Tyrone where Ken Maginnis is retiring.
23th January 2001
GOVT URGED TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON PEACE
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has urged the Government not to allow Peter Mandelson's resignation to distract it from the search for peace in N Ireland. Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble praised Mr Mandelson in the Commons. He said his work in Northern Ireland had been appreciated by many people. The Democratic Unionist Party said few tears would be shed for Mr Mandelson who "refused to recognise" it spoke for the majority of the unionist community.
24th January 2001
KABILA TO TAKE DR CONGO OATH OF OFFICE
Joseph Kabila is to take the oath of office to become the new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He succeeds his father Laurent Kabila who was assassinated last week. The swearing-in follows the state funeral of his father yesterday witnessed by thousands of Congolese in the capital Kinshasa. General Kabila inherits a regional war that has split the country in two & sucked in neighbouring nations.
24th January 2001
DEAD LETTER DAY HITS DUBYA'S NEW STAFF
President George W Bush's White House staff have had the W keys of their computers removed by some outgoing members of the Clinton administration. The joke is at the expense of Mr Bush whose fondness for his middle initial has earned him the nickname "Dubya". W keys were stuck to ceilings & walls for incoming staff to find. A White House spokesman said his first reaction was "wow" but for colleagues with vandalised machines it was "oh".
