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WHAT HAPPENED ON 4th October 1996?

Britain
Pakistan

3th October 1996

TEEN BRIDE'S HUSBAND IN TURKISH COURT

A man has appeared in court in Turkey charged in connection with his marriage to a 13-year-old British girl. Former waiter Musa Komeagac accused of statutory rape married Sarah Cook from Essex following a holiday romance. Sarah went to live in Turkey but returned to Britain where she was placed under court protection. She gave birth to a boy on Tuesday. Her husband has been refused a visa to visit Britain. The case was adjourned.

4th October 1996

DESPATCH

A man has been sentenced to life for killing his sister-in-law after she left her arranged marriage. Mike McKay: As a teenager Tasleem Begum was sent out to Pakistan to enter into an arranged marriage. She was unhappy & fled back to Britain to rejoin her own family. But their shame turned to anger when Tasleem took up with another married man while working in a warehouse.

4th October 1996

CASH DISPENSER FRAUD MASTERMIND JAILED

A security consultant who masterminded a cash dispenser swindle has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Andrew Stone 32 plundered £130 000 from building society accounts across Britain Southwark Crown Court heard. He carried out his fraud with the unwitting help of Which? magazine as part of a monitoring exercise. Stone's "able & willing lieutenant" Russell Poynter 47 was jailed for a total of four-and-a-half years.

3th October 1996

REEBOK NIKE TEAM UP

TO END CHILD LABOUR International sports goods firm Reebok has invited arch rival Nike to team up to try to stamp out child labour at their factories around the world. Reebok chairman Paul Fireman said he had written to his Nike counterpart to suggest that a common approach to the problem could have "awesome results". Both firms came under fire for using child labour in developing countries including Indonesia India & Pakistan Pakistani sub-contractors were using children to stitch footballs.

4th October 1996

DESPATCH

4th October 1996

POLICE OFFICERS HELD OVER BHUTTO DEATH

Eleven policemen have been arrested in Pakistan in connection with the killing of the estranged brother of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Murtaza Bhutto & seven others died in the shooting last month. The arrests followed a complaint by a member of his domestic staff who survived the shooting & is in custody A judge is currently investigating whether the deaths were part of a conspiracy against Mr Bhutto.

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Peace talks are resuming in the Middle

Eurotunnel has released details of the

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The Irish Prime Minister has accused

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Sir James Goldsmith has been making a

James Robbins reports as Belgians take

Refugees are fleeing fighting in east Zaire

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A report by the NSPCC claims one

Research indicates BSE can be passed on

Supermarket giant Sainsbury plans to

The head of Scotland's Catholic church

Thousands of refugees are fleeing

Zairean Premier Kengo wa Dondo has said

Comments on caning have earned Gillian

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The US Secretary of State is trying to

Unionists are insisting the Union Flag

The French Prime Minister is looking at

Chris Nuttall on new fighting between

The TUC is angered by Government plans

The missiles

A TUC debate on workers' rights has

Britain and several other countries may

Jeremy Bowen on Iraq's vow to retaliate

Muslim claims of irregularities in the

Senior members of the Royal family are

EU farm ministers have refused to

British 000 jobs

A judge has decided to abandon further

Eu reaction to

EU leaders have complained that British

The bishop who ran away with a divorcee

Scotland Yard says raids in London and

The five declared nuclear powers have

Tim Franks on the Conservative row over

A state of emergency has been declared

The clashes

The situation

President Clinton is to host a summit

The Taleban have strengthened their