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USA grants 6-month waiver to Soviet Union (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
The USA has given a 6-month waiver of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to the Soviet Union. US President, George Bush and Defence Secretary, James Baker on what the change means. Bush says the US has a stake in...
US and UK withdraw diplomatic staff from Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Bomb shelter signs and gas masks have been issued to Iraqis in anticipation of war in the Gulf. In Kuwait, the US has withdrawn its staff from its embassy. US Ambassador Nathaniel Howell and four diplomats...
Britons arrive in UK from Iraqi-occupied Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Over 300 Britons have arrived back in the UK from Baghdad following the evacuation of Kuwait in anticipation of war in the Gulf. Architect John Sellers(?) says Iraqi soldiers were terrifyingly brutal....
Russell Bishop convicted of abduction, rape and attempted murder (1990)
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- News report; Interview
Report on the conviction of 24 year-old Russell Bishop, who was charged with the abduction, rape and attempted murder of a 7 year-old girl. Bishop’s defence counsel says Bishop had been victimised and...
ANC leader back in South Africa after 30-year exile (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Music
African National Congress leader Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa after thirty-one years in exile in the UK. ANC deputy leader Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie were allowed onto the tarmac to greet Tambo....
John Major at European summit in Rome (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
UK Prime Minister, John Major is at the European summit in Rome to discuss with other European leaders the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and relationships with the Soviet Union, the Economic...
Douglas Hurd on what to expect from European summit in Rome (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd speaking about what to expect from the European summit in Rome. He says the Middle East will be discussed, as well as the breakdown of the General Agreement on Tariffs and...
Assisted suicide case dismissed in USA (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Judge Gerald McNally has dismissed a case of first degree murder brought against Dr Jack Kevorkian in Michegan, USA. Kevorkian devised a suicide machine with which Janet Atkins, who suffered from...
Rikki Shields, campaigner for return of ancestral remains (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Rikki Shields, an aboriginal man from north Australia, is spearheading a campaign for the return of his people’s ancestral remains from western museums back to Australia. He explains. Tessa Clarke(?)...
UK ambassador leaves Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
UK ambassador Michael Weston and colleague Larry Banks leave Kuwait following a 4 month siege within the British embassy and prior to the UN deadline of 15th January for Saddam Hussein to withdraw or face...