P143 CEEFAX 1 143 Sun 22 Jun 00:30/54 . :. The following pages feature . news stories from BBC . Monitoring, based in Cavjrsham near Reading. BBC Monitoring selects and translates reports from TV, radio, news agencies and Press from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. . . .: For more information on one :. . of the world's largest media monitoring bodies, visit our Web site: http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk 1/6 Extra: More world news coverage 142 Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Politics Sport TV/Radio Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 1 143 Sun 22 Jun 00:38/18 COMMUNISTS SLAM LENIN BURIAL PLAN The Russian Communist Party has slammed President Yeltsin's proposal for a referendum on the fate of Lenin's body. Yeltsin wants to remove the Bolshevik leader's embalmed body from the Red Square mausoleum where it has been for 70 years, and bury it in St Petersburg. The Communists said moving Lenin was "immoral and outrageous" and would stir up civil strife, Itar-Tass reported. "The Lenin Mausoleum is a monument of not only national but also world history," the party said. 2/6 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticket 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Politics Sport TV/Radio Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 1 143 Sun 22 Jun 00:36/23 GENERAL FACES SOMALIA ABUSE CHARGES An Italian genital leading troops in Albania has been recalled after it emjrgjd he led troops that allegedly tortured Somalis in 1993. Italian TV said Genital Luigi Cantonj has been sacked from his post in the elite paratrooper Folgore Brigade. Two generals who commanded the Italian force in Somalia resigned last week. President Oscar Scalfaro said Italy was "determined to rapidly shed light on all acts of violence which might have taken place". 3/6 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Politics Sport TV/Radio Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 1 143 Sun 22 Jun 00:34/26 RECORD FUNDS FOR IRANIAN WATER PROJECT The world's largest rural water project is being built in northern Iran's Gilan Province, Iranian radio reported. A budget of £41m is being allocated to the scheme, which will provide clean drinking water to about 1.2m people. The radio said that over a thousand villages will bj incorporated into the water scheme. Work on building reservoirs, wells and pipelines for transferring the water into remote regions has already begun, the radio said. 4/6 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Politics Sport TV/Radio Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 1 143 Sun 22 Jun 00:37/11 SORCERER KILLED WHEN MAGIC TOUCH FAILS A tea labourer has been arrested in the state of Bengal for beating his father to death after an attempt to cure a sick girl using black magic misfired. The man asked his fathjt, a tribal elder, to cure his sick daughter using sorcery, the Press Trust of India said. When the old man's magic failed and the child died, hj was set upon by his his son and angry neighbours. Witchcraft is prevalent in the region, where the majority of tea labourers are tribjspjople, the agency reported. 5/6 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Politics Sport TV/Radio Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 1 143 Sun 22 Jun 00:35/42 IRAN Security along the country's borders is being beefed up with landmines to block drug smugglers trying to enter the country. Iran borders Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey, as well as Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan to the north. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Several prople were injured when a salvo of mortar bombs exploded over the French embassy. Embassy staff in Bangui thought they were fired by army mutineers aiming at presidential forces in the city. 6/6 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Politics Sport TV/Radio Main Menu