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WHAT HAPPENED ON 17th January 2001?
16th January 2001
EX-INMATES SUE GOVT OVER PRISON ESCAPE
Two ex-republican inmates are suing the Government for damages over injuries they say were inflicted by prison officers during a failed 1994 jailbreak Danny McNamee & Liam McCotter ` both now free men ` were at the High Court hearing in London. They were recaptured after the breakout from Whitemoor jail Cambridgeshire. The pair together with a third inmate armed robber Andrew Russell want #50 000 each for "deliberate attacks".
17th January 2001
CONFUSION OVER FATE OF CONGO'S KABILA
Doubts remain over the fate of Congo's President Laurent Kabila who was shot in an apparent assassination attempt. A government spokesman quoted by the AFP news agency said he was wounded in yesterday's attack but is still alive. AFP added that his son General Joseph Kabila will take charge. Meanwhile Reuters quoted Zimbabwean government officials as saying Mr Kabila had died on a plane en route to Zimbabwe for medical treatment.
17th January 2001
WITNESSES TORN APART BY DEFENCE LAWYER
The lawyer representing the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing has attacked two main prosecution witnesses Bill Taylor QC said Abdul Marjeed Giaka was a "man who told lies for a living" and Edwin Bollier was "thoroughly unreliable" & "motivated by money". The testimony of Giaka is central to the theory that the accused started the case on its journey in Malta. Giaka said he saw the accused arrive with a brown suitcase & one of the accused kept explosives in a drawer.
16th January 2001
FRANCE MULLS ANTI-PIRACY COMPUTER TAX
Culture Minister Catherine Tasca is proposing a blanket tax on personal computer systems in a move against piracy using digital technology. The move is aimed at compensating musicians film producers & game designers. Artists welcome the move but computer manufacturers say it is unfair A new levy on blank CDs DVDs & mini- discs comes into effect next Monday. The government will now consider ways of extending the tax to any form of computer hardware that makes recordings
17th January 2001
CONFUSION OVER FATE OF CONGO'S KABILA
Doubts remain over the fate of Congo's President Laurent Kabila who was shot in an apparent assassination attempt. A government spokesman quoted by the AFP news agency said he was wounded in yesterday's attack but is still alive. AFP added that his son General Joseph Kabila will take charge. Meanwhile Reuters quoted Zimbabwean government officials as saying Mr Kabila had died on a plane en route to Zimbabwe for medical treatment.
17th January 2001
UNEMPLOYMENT AT LOWEST FOR 25 YEARS
The number of people unemployed & claiming benefit fell 2 600 in December to 1 041 700 figures from the Office for National Statistics show. The figure which represents a jobless rate of 3.6% is the lowest in 25 years But the Government-preferred ILO figure which includes those not claiming benefit rose 11 000 between September & November to 1 579 000. The increase in average earnings in the year to November was unchanged at 4.2%.
16th January 2001
What People were saying on
"A much better name than Consignia for the Post Office would have been Resignia."
"He is like a sponge. He knows more than practically anyone you can think of about practically everything."
"Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the National Debt."
17th January 2001
CONFUSION OVER FATE OF CONGO'S KABILA
Doubts remain over the fate of Congo's President Laurent Kabila who was shot in an apparent assassination attempt. A government spokesman quoted by the AFP news agency said he was wounded in yesterday's attack but is still alive. AFP added that his son General Joseph Kabila will take charge. Meanwhile Reuters quoted Zimbabwean government officials as saying Mr Kabila had died on a plane en route to Zimbabwe for medical treatment.
17th January 2001
BLAIR HEADS TO BELFAST FOR PEACE TALKS
Prime Minister Tony Blair is flying to Belfast later this afternoon to try to break the deadlock in the Northern Ireland peace process. A spokesman played down hopes of an imminent breakthrough but said talks might establish whether agreement on oustanding issues could be achieved. Mr Blair will try to speak to Ulster unionists & the SDLP before leaving. He is likely to speak to President Clinton by telephone this evening.
