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Nick Peters reports on US invasion of Panama (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports on the fighting in Panama, and General Manuel Noriega’s message to his people that they will keep fighting to the end.
Romanian revolution - Hungarian slaughter (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Two IRN bulletins (may or may not be of same date). Gareth Furby reports on the slaughter of protesters in Timisoara, Romania. Most of the victims are Hungarians.
British lorry driver escapes from Timisoara (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
2 clips, apparently related. British lorry driver Barry Wilcock talks to Gareth Furby on escaping from Timisoara, Romania.
Demonstrators attacked in Timisoara (1989)
- Genre
- News report
2 clips. Gareth Furby reports on an attack on demonstrators in Timisoara, Romania. First clip includes chanting, and sounds of the attack (gunfire and helicopter gunships); second clip focuses on the...
Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports on the debate around the forced repatriation of Hong Kong’s Vietnamese boat people. Rita Fan, Executive Council member, says the whole world is responsible, and Hong Kong has...
Prince Charles in defence of the English language (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has attacked the decline in literacy and the quality of English. Havovi Todd’s report considers his criticism of an alternative prayer book, and his regret that schools’...
Hunt under way for sender of US parcel bombs (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports on the hunt for the sender of a series of parcel bombs in the USA. William Sessions, head of the FBI, discusses the possibility of a racial motive; Laura Blackburn, National Association...
Gareth Furby reports on Romanian revolution (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Gareth Furby reports on the Romanian revolution: the troops retreating, the chanting for President Nicolae Ceausescu to resign, the curfew, and the fate of detained human rights organiser, Laszlo Tokes.
John McCarthy advertisements banned by IBA (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nigel Dearing reports on the Christmas-time advertisements made by the Friends of John McCarthy, a British journalist being held hostage in the Lebanon, and why they have been banned by the Independent...
Gareth Furby reports on Romanian revolution (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
As many as four thousand people may have been killed in Romania since the weekend, when demonstrations began against the twenty-four -year-old regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. Gareth Furby reports from the...