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WHAT HAPPENED ON 27th January 2001?
26th 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.
27th January 2001
HOLOCAUST CEREMONIES CENTRE ON CAPITAL
The capital was chosen as the focus for the nation's commemoration of Britain's first Holocaust Day. A small crowd watched the release of 600 blue balloons at the west end of Princes Street Gardens. Each bore a message from some of the schoolchildren who have been visiting the Anne Frank Exhibition in Edinburgh. Later First Minister Henry McLeish & Scottish Secretary Helen Liddle were taking part in a special ceremony at the Usher Hall.
26th 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.
27th January 2001
THREE IRANIAN AGENTS FACE DEATH PENALTY
Three Iranian intelligence agents have been sentenced to death & five given life terms for murdering dissidents in 1998 news agency IRNA has reported. A closed military court acquitted three of the 18 defendents & gave the rest jail terms of up to 10 years. The murder victims were a secular nationalist leader his wife & two liberal writers. The intelligence ministry denied top officials had authorised the killings.
26th January 2001
BRITISH TEAM TO HELP IN QUAKE AFTERMATH
A 69-strong British rescue team has taken off for India to help in the aftermath of the earthquake. The team had been on standby at Brize Norton RAF base in Oxfordshire. It is due to land in Ahmedabad in the worst-hit region of Gujarat after an 11-hour flight. The rescuers include fire service and civil defence personnel & are taking heat-seeking equipment to detect people trapped in rubble.
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.
27th January 2001
AVOID TRAVEL TO ZANZIBAR ` BRITISH GOVT
The Foreign Office is advising Britons to avoid non-essential travel to Zanzibar after violent clashes between police & protesters on the islands. Britons already visiting the popular tourist destination should stay indoors as the situation is "unstable & unpredictable" the Foreign Office said Up to 15 people are reported to have died in clashes over disputed elections Violence has been worst on Pemba the smaller of Zanzibar's two main islands.
26th January 2001
TOURISTS DIE IN VENEZUELA AIR ACCIDENT
A plane with 24 people including 20 European & US tourists has crashed in Venezuela killing all on board. A DC-3 operated by the Rutaca airline crashed at 10.15 GMT last night near the southern city of Ciudad Bolivar. Local television reports say the victims came from the Netherlands Italy Hungary the US Austria & six from Venezuela including three crew. Rutuca pilot Victor Arauja said it was not known why flight-224 came down.
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.
27th January 2001
THREE IRANIAN AGENTS FACE DEATH PENALTY
Three Iranian intelligence agents have been sentenced to death & five given life terms for murdering dissidents in 1998 news agency IRNA has reported. A closed military court acquitted three of the 18 defendents & gave the rest jail terms of up to 10 years. The murder victims were a secular nationalist leader his wife & two liberal writers. The intelligence ministry denied top officials had authorised the killings.
