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  1. Margaret Thatcher’s visit to Turkey (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Tim Kelsey reports from Turkey on the visit of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for discussions with Premier Turgut Ozal. On her interest in strengthening Anglo-Turkish relations on trade, but making no...

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  2. Cypriot Government spokesman on Kuwait Airways hijack (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Yesterday the hijackers of Kuwait Airways Flight 422 shot a Kuwaiti army officer before freeing a young Kuwaiti hostage in what they said was a goodwill gesture. Cypriot Government spokesman Akis Fantis...

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  3. Murder of London mini-cab driver (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Thirty year-old mini-cab driver Michael Griffin from North London died in hospital yesterday after being stabbed in the neck on Friday night when he refused a fare. His boss, Bill Tobin, employs about forty...

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  4. Brother praying as hostage released (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    The brother of Fadhil Leri(?), the 32 year-old Kuwaiti man released from the hijacked plane in Cyprus, says he was praying for his brother as the news of his release came through. Meanwhile, Kuwait’s offer...

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  5. French National Front in presidential election (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    There are two weeks to go before the first round of voting in the French presidential elections. Part of the right-wing vote is going to Front National (National Front) leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, who...

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  6. Major explosion in Pakistan (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Three days of official mourning have been declared in Pakistan after bombs and rockets from an exploding arsenal rained on the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. More than 70 people were killed and and...

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  7. Death of Alan Paton (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Obituary

    South African writer Alan Paton died this morning at the age of eighty-five of cancer at his home near Durban. He was best known as the author of Cry, the Beloved Country, first published forty years...

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  8. Kuwaiti Government refuses to give in to hijackers (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    The Kuwaiti Government is refusing to give in to hijackers who are still holding one of its jumbo jets at Larnaca Airport in Cyprus despite the murder of a second passenger after requests to have the...

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  9. Freed Kuwait Airways hostage speaks (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    The 12 hostages from the hijacked Kuwaiti jumbo jet who were freed in Cyprus were taken to hospital in Larnaca after they were released in exchange for fuel for the plane. One of those released, who...

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  10. Freed Kuwait Airways hostage speaks (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    The 12 hostages from the hijacked Kuwaiti jumbo jet who were freed in Cyprus were taken to hospital in Larnaca after they were released in exchange for fuel for the plane. Among those released was a...

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