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WHAT HAPPENED ON 18th January 2001?

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17th January 2001

IRISH REPUBLICA couple in their 70s

are recovering in hospital after suffering serious injuries in an attack at their home in East Wall Dublin. A woman 26 is being quizzed by police. KENYA Four people including a 13-year- old girl who was trying to save her younger brother have drowned in flash floods near Nairobi. The boy was saved. GERMANYA German court has granted tennis star Boris Becker a divorce from his estranged wife Barbara after the couple reached an out-of-court settlement reported to be about £10m.

18th January 2001

FOOD AGENCY SEIZES CONTAMINATED BEEF

Contaminated beef destined for butchers' shops has been confiscated by UK officials carrying out BSE controls. The Food Standards Agency has said its officers impounded 41 000 kilogrammes of German beef at an abattoir in Newry County Down. It acted after spinal cord was discovered in two consignments. The discovery is the first of its kind and the agency says it shows the importance of robust BSE controls.

18th January 2001

URANIUM SHELLS "CONTAINED PLUTONIUM"

An inquiry is under way over claims depleted uranium shells used by Nato in the Balkans may have been contaminated with highly radioactive plutonium. Germany is seeking an urgent response from the US over the German TV reports. In an interview a US military doctor said that Nato had known of the contamination for up to three years. It is feared plutonium could boost the cancer risk for troops & civilians living & working in the area.

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17th January 2001

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18th January 2001

FOOD AGENCY SEIZES CONTAMINATED BEEF

Contaminated beef destined for butchers' shops has been confiscated by UK officials carrying out BSE controls. The Food Standards Agency has said its officers impounded 41 000 kilogrammes of German beef at an abattoir in Newry County Down. It acted after spinal cord was discovered in two consignments. The discovery is the first of its kind and the agency says it shows the importance of robust BSE controls.

18th January 2001

12 AFGHANS FACE STANSTED HIJACK CHARGES

Twelve Afghan men have gone on trial accused of hijacking a plane & threatening to blow it up on UK soil. The hijackers were armed with guns & warned passengers they would kill them during a three-day stand-off at Stansted Airport Essex it was alleged The Old Bailey heard an internal Afghan flight had been hijacked by men eager to escape the ruling Taleban regime. Bruce Holder QC said they later gave up after last February's incident.

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