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39,247 results found for all records.
US diplomats killed near Sarajevo (1995)
- Genre
- News report
Kurt Schork reports from Sarajevo describing how three American envoys were killed by landmine in the former Yugoslavia on the way to peace talks and how severely dangerous that road is.
Exiled Iraqi claims Saddam is weak (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Mohammad Abdul Jabar is one of the exiled leaders of the Iraqi opposition, who now lives in London. He says Saddam has never looked shakier following the defection of two of his son-in-laws to Jordan, he is...
Sanctions against Iraq will cause uprising (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
If economic sanctions against Iraq aren’t lifted by the Security Council next month, says exiled opposition leader Mohammad Abdul Jabar, the Iraqi people will be the ones to suffer, and resistance to...
Tube drivers unions agree strike (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Tube train drivers from unions ASLEF and RMT have agreed to strike next Friday over a reduction in working hours. Tony West, Assistant General Secretary of ASLEF says they haven’t taken the decision...
British soldiers die in Croatian helicopter crash (1995)
- Genre
- Speech
A British helicopter, part of the new UN Rapid Reaction Force, crashed with five people aboard off Croatia’s southern Adriatic coast. One crewman was rescued and the others were found dead. The cause of...
Beef fraud (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with shadow Agriculture Minister Dr Gavin Strang on so-called beef fraud - a result of European agriculture intervention intended to keep EEC farmers’ incomes artificially high. He criticises...
Japanese war criminals allowed to escape (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Public records have been uncovered showing that in the fifties, the British Government allowed suspected Japanese WWII war criminals to be released, under pressure from the United States who wanted to...
Japanese war criminals allowed to escape (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Martyn Day is a solicitor trying to force the Japanese Government to give compensation to survivors and families of victims of Japanese atrocities during the Second World War. He is amazed that the British...
Japanese war criminals allowed to escape (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Martyn Day, a solicitor trying to get compensation for Allied POWs, believes it is not too late for the British Government to make amends for allowing suspected Japanese WWII war criminals to be released in...
Japan should face up to past (1995)
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- Interview
Historian Dr John Charmley says just because Japan is now an important trading partner gives us no excuse for letting them avoid facing up to their past. Follows revelations in public records that the...