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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...
Iqbal Sacranie on The Satanic Verses (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Leader of the UK Action Committee on Islamic Affairs, Iqbal Sacranie speaks of Salman Rushdie and his novel The Satanic Verses and says that until the book is removed from circulation there will be no...
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(?)...
Britons to set up peace camp on Saudi border (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Jean Dreze(?), member of a group of Britons preparing to set up a peace camp between Iraqi and Western troops close to the Saudi Arabia border to prevent a war explains why and what they hope to achieve. He...
Douglas Hurd fields questions over Delors (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
UK Foreign Minister Douglas Hurd deflects press questions about President of the European Commission Jacques Delors’ comments over the UK and European union. Delors has said he’s prepared to provoke a...
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...
Junior doctors have working week capped at 72 hours (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Health Minister Virginia Bottomley has signed an agreement to reduce the long work hours of junior doctors capping it to 72 hours. Bottomley is interviewed on the agreement, why it will take 5 years to phase...
Optimism for release of Birmingham Six (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Breda Power, daughter of William (Billy) Power, one of the so called Birmingham Six jailed for the pub bombings in 1975 is interviewed as preliminary appeal court hearings start. She says everyone is...
Gulf troops told war is close (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Defence correspondent Paul Maurice reports from Saudi Arabia where Armed Forces Minister Archie Hamilton and other senior officials have been visiting troops. Includes press conference with Hamilton on delay...
Douglas Hurd on Gulf crisis (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
John Fraser interviews Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd in Brussels about the Gulf crisis. He says the USA is keen for talks with Iraq, its Iraq thats dragging its heels. And on Foreign Office advice to...