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- From: evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com (Gwyn Evans @ IME)
- Subject: VNS: Wed 18-Nov-1992
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.122949.1621@rdg.dec.com>
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- Sender: news@rdg.dec.com (Mr News)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Service Industries Solutions Company Ltd
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 12:29:49 GMT
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- Edition : 2707 Wednesday 18-Nov-1992 Circulation : 7653
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- VNS MAIN NEWS ..................................... 40 Lines
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- VNS MAIN NEWS: [Tom Povey, VNS UK News Desk]
- ============== [Reading, England ]
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- Here is the News at 07:00 GMT on Wednesday 18-November-1992
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- UK News
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- FT-SE = 2679.2
- Exchange Rate for UK pound = $ 1.5185 = Dm 2.4351
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- The government will today publish the first comprehensive league tables
- of GCSE and A level results from all the state schools and 25% of
- independent schools around the country.
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- A Hampshire doctor, who was convicted of attempted murder after he gave a
- lethal injection to a dying patient, has been severely reprimanded by
- the General Medical Council but has been allowed to continue to work as
- a doctor.
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- European News
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- Two meetings take place today in Washington between EC and US officials
- to try and restart talks aimed at settling the trade dispute. In
- discussions yesterday, France remained in bitter dispute with the other
- EC countries over reductions in farm subsidies.
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- World News
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- Police and army are out in force on the streets in Pakistan to contain
- an anti-government protest march.
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- {News courtesy of the BBC}
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- Local Weather
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- A cold and very wet morning. Clearing this afternoon but staying cold.
- High 10C/50F.
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- | Gwyn Evans | evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com | Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK |
- | DESISCo - Digital Equipment Service Industries Solutions Company Ltd |
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