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WHAT HAPPENED ON 27th January 2001?
26th January 2001
NORTH KOREAN NUMBERS STATION OFF AIR
North Korea has suspended short-wave broadcasts of "numbers stations" where female announcers read sequences of numbers to be decoded by spies abroad. The broadcasts were aimed at the South and were known to be for Communist spies there Seoul KBS radio said. Short-wave listening groups in South Korea & Japan said broadcasts of the number code groups had not been observed since the end of last year. Many countries including Britain use the method to contact agents overseas.
27th January 2001
FIRST MEMORIAL DAY TO MARK HOLOCAUST
Political & religious leaders are to attend a service to mark Britain's first Holocaust Memorial Day. It is being held exactly 56 years after Allied troops liberated the Auschwitz Nazi death camp at the end of WWII. Memorial days are also being marked in Germany Italy & Sweden. Tonight's service of remembrance is taking place at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster. It will be attended by survivors of the Holocaust.
27th January 2001
AUSCHWITZ EVENT REMEMBERS THE HOLOCAUST
About 1 000 Auschwitz survivors & relatives of victims have gathered at the former death camp in Poland to mark the 56th anniversary of its liberation. The participants included young Poles and Germans who laid flowers & said prayers at a memorial to the 1.5m people who died in the camp. There were no Jewish people present as it is the Sabbath. The event commemorated Holocaust Day which is also being marked in Britain.
26th January 2001
SOLDIER DIES AFTER SHOOTING AT BARRACKS
A soldier who was shot at his barracks earlier this week has died in hospital. Corporal Anthony Green 25 from Carlisle Cumbria was a chef with the Royal Logistics Corps attached to the 1st Battalion The Royal Scots. He was shot as he walked through Shackleton Barracks Ballykelly County Londonderry. The Army has confirmed the shot was fired from inside the camp. Police are investigating his death & have already questioned one man.
27th January 2001
FIRST MEMORIAL DAY TO MARK HOLOCAUST
Political & religious leaders are to attend a service to mark Britain's first Holocaust Memorial Day. It is being held exactly 56 years after Allied troops liberated the Auschwitz Nazi death camp at the end of WWII. Memorial days are also being marked in Germany Italy & Sweden. Tonight's service of remembrance is taking place at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster. It will be attended by survivors of the Holocaust.
27th January 2001
AUSCHWITZ EVENT REMEMBERS THE HOLOCAUST
About 1 000 Auschwitz survivors & relatives of victims have gathered at the former death camp in Poland to mark the 56th anniversary of its liberation. The participants included young Poles and Germans who laid flowers & said prayers at a memorial to the 1.5m people who died in the camp. There were no Jewish people present as it is the Sabbath. The event commemorated Holocaust Day which is also being marked in Britain.
26th January 2001
GERMANY QUESTIONS US "STAR WARS" PLANS
US plans for a National Missile Defence system which have drawn protests from Russia & China have now been publicly questioned by Germany. Defence Minister Rudolf Scharping told a German newspaper that it was "completely unclear" how much NMD would cost or how effective it would be. Mr Scharping said the US should consult the EU more on defence & take account of Russian anti-missile proposals. Russia opposes NMD as it goes against a 1972 treaty on limiting such systems.
27th January 2001
FIRST MEMORIAL DAY TO MARK HOLOCAUST
Political & religious leaders are to attend a service to mark Britain's first Holocaust Memorial Day. It is being held exactly 56 years after Allied troops liberated the Auschwitz Nazi death camp at the end of WWII. Memorial days are also being marked in Germany Italy & Sweden. Tonight's service of remembrance is taking place at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster. It will be attended by survivors of the Holocaust.
27th January 2001
GERMAN FARMERS IN BSE SLAUGHTER PROTEST
The German authorities are continuing the first large-scale slaughter of an entire herd of cattle in spite of protests from farmers. Farmers in Mucheln in eastern Germany scuffled with police & shouted "Murderers" as lorries continued the removal of more than 1 000 cattle. The move follows the confirmation of a case of BSE in the herd. Since the first case was found in Germany last November 24 cases of mad cow disease have been confirmed.
26th January 2001
UK TROOPS EXTEND SIERRA LEONE TRAINING
The Government has announced plans to extend British troops' training of the Sierra Leonean army by eight months until the end of September. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said the move would help make the West African state's army "self-sufficient". The British military presence will remain at around 600 at any time. British troops have made an "important contribution to stability in Sierra Leone" Mr Hoon added.
27th January 2001
FIRST MEMORIAL DAY TO MARK HOLOCAUST
Political & religious leaders are to attend a service to mark Britain's first Holocaust Memorial Day. It is being held exactly 56 years after Allied troops liberated the Auschwitz Nazi death camp at the end of WWII. Memorial days are also being marked in Germany Italy & Sweden. Tonight's service of remembrance is taking place at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster. It will be attended by survivors of the Holocaust.
27th January 2001
INDIA SEEKS CASH TO REBUILD AFTER QUAKE
India is appealing for international aid to help in reconstruction work after Friday's earthquake in the western state of Gujarat. Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha is to ask for £650m from the World Bank & #325m from the Asian Development Bank. He warns that the damage done by the quake will badly hit India's economy. Fears are rising for residents in remote areas; troops report total destruction in some rural communities.
26th January 2001
GOVERNMENT URGED TO RAISE CARE-LEVELS
The Government is being urged to give all elderly people across the UK the same level of care which has now been promised to pensioners in Scotland. The Labour-led Scottish Executive has said that nursing care for people at home or living in residential homes would be made available free of charge. Director-General of Age Concern Gordon Lichman welcomed the Scottish decision But he said Westminster would now have to seriously consider following suit.
27th January 2001
FIRST MEMORIAL DAY TO MARK HOLOCAUST
Political & religious leaders are to attend a service to mark Britain's first Holocaust Memorial Day. It is being held exactly 56 years after Allied troops liberated the Auschwitz Nazi death camp at the end of WWII. Memorial days are also being marked in Germany Italy & Sweden. Tonight's service of remembrance is taking place at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster. It will be attended by survivors of the Holocaust.
27th January 2001
AGENDA AT WESTMINSTER
The day in the Commons begins with Social Security questions. MPs will then debate the second reading of the Criminal Justice & Police Bill The adjournment debate will be introduced by Bill Etherington & will cover the University of York report on the fluoridation of water.
