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  • Mandela visits Glasgow and receives freedom of cities (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Nelson Mandela is in Glasgow to receive the freedom of nine towns and cities some given years ago while he was still a political prisoner and unable to formally accept, and call for further support as South...

  • Lord Woolf goes soft on crime (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Interview

    Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on a speech by Lord Woolf, Harry Woolf, at Church House in Westminster last night and reaction to it. Lord Woolf advocates fewer people in jail and tackling...

  • Haitian sanctions and US foreign policy (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    An American ship carrying UN forces was not allowed to land at Port-au-Prince on Monday as the UN considers extending economic sanctions against Haiti for not abiding by an agreement to hand back power to...

  • F W de Klerk receives Nobel Peace Prize (1993)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by South African President F W de Klerk on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela for work moving South Africa towards democracy and dismantling...

  • Nelson Mandela on recieving Nobel Peace Prize (1993)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela on recieving the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with South African President F W de Klerk for moving the country towards democracy and dismantling...

  • Bill Clinton on Haiti and Somalia (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on US President Bill Clinton’s speech (with excerpts) on the crisis in Haiti where he has ordered American warships to block any shipments of oil or weapons to the country with the Guantanamo Bay...

  • Austin Donnellan aquitted of rape (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the acquittal of 21-year-old Austin Donnellan, an undergraduate at Kings College London accused of the rape of a fellow student as she lay intoxicated after a drunken Christmas party on university...

  • IRA terrorist Patrick Kelly sentenced (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Simon Hobbs reports on the conviction and 25-year sentence for IRA terrorist Patrick Kelly who plotted to detonate a lorry packed with explosives in London. Speakers are Deputy Assistant Police Commissioner...

  • Pre-budget Cabinet meeting (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on Chancellor Kenneth Clarke’s Budget and threatened rebellion by backbench MPs with opposition in a pre-Budget Cabinet meeting if he increases income tax. Speakers are Kenneth Clarke; Director of...

  • Police paperwork to be reduced (1993)

    Genre
    Speech

    Statement by Home Secretary Michael Howard about a government led crackdown on police administration in order to get officers back on the streets as opposed to spending 12 percent of their time completing...