P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Sun 24 Aug 01:44/31 1/8 LEBANON The driver of Social Affairs Minister Ayzoub Hmayyjd is reported to have been killed bz a car-bomb in central Beirut. It is understood that the victim was driving his own car rathjt than the minister's. RUSSIA Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin has jointly opened a new bordjt crossing with Finland with counterpart Paavo Lipponjn. TIBET Two people have been jailed for espionage after allegedly compiling lists of political prisoners for the use of followers of the Dalai Lama. Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Extra 140 Monitoring Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 1 142 Sun 24 Aug 01:44/39 2/8 LEBANON Three pro-Iranian Hezbollah guerrillas have been killed in fighting with Israeli forces in south Lebanon, pro-Israeli militia have reported. NORWAY The Oslo Appeals Court has confirmed a six-year sentence handed out to former professional footballer Paal Enger for the theft, in 1994, of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream. ALGERIA Film-maker Ali Tjnkhi has been shot dead outside his home in the capital, Algiers. Islamic extremists are thought to bj behind the killing. Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Extra 140 Monitoring Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 1 142 Sun 24 Aug 01:45/11 3/8 TWO SENTENCED FOR CAUSING RAIL CRASH A railway court in China has sentenced one man to life in jail and anothjt to 15 years for causing a train accident which left 126 dead in April. Hag Rjnzong and Wu Rongchong were found guilty of tampering with railway equipment near Rongjiwan station in central China. The crash occurred on the Guangzhou- Beijing line, the main north-south line The court also handed down suspended sentences to two rail workers. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitoring Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 1 142 Sun 24 Aug 01:45/12 4/8 IRISH PARLIAMENT SET FOR EARLY RECALL The Irish govjrnmjnt has confirmed plans for a recall of parliament to debate a report in which an ex-premier admitted receiving a £1m business gift. Charles Haughey received the money from formjt chain store boss Ben Dunne. Prime Minister Bertie Ahjtn said parliament could meet on September 10 and 11 — two weeks before scheduled. The McCrackjn report strongly condemned the four-times ex-premier, but stopped short of recommending action. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitoring Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 1 142 Sun 24 Aug 01:41/34 5/8 CLINTON CASE MAY NOT BE HEARD — LAWYER The lawyer defending President Clinton over allegations of sexual harassment has suggested the case may be settled out of court. Last night a court decided a lawsuit brought against Mr Clinton by formjt Arkansas employee Paula Jones should go ahead next May. She alleges Mr Clinton lurid her to a hotel room when he was state govjtnor. He would bj the first sitting President to face a civil action while in office. $ Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitoring Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 1 142 Sun 24 Aug 01:46/37 6/8 HUNDREDS MISSING FOLLOWING TIDAL WAVES Officials in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal say about 400 fishermen are still missing after the worst tidal waves for 15 years. More than 40 trawlers have been reported missing in the last two days. The massjvj waves have washed away nearly 20 coastal villages. Heavy rains have also flooded hundreds of villages inland and officials estimate that nearly half a million people are affected. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitoring Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 1 142 Sun 24 Aug 01:44/12 7/8 BURGER GIANT FIGHTS BACK AFTER BEEF BAN A giant hamburger chain has had to cut menus to chicken and fish across the US after 25m pounds of beef was recalled. Burgjt King — owned by Britain's Grand Metropolitan — asked for "patience and loyalty" from customers after hundreds of its restaurants were hit. Its president vowed "we should bj at 100% selling burgers" by noon today. The US govjrnmjnt ordered the recall after contaminated meat was found at a supplier's plant in Nebraska. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weathjt 400 Monitoring Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CJJFAX 1 142 Sun 24 Aug 01:44/12 U I 8/8 WINNIE MANDELA SUMMONED TO TESTIFY The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa has summoned President Mandela's formjt wife Winnie to appear at a hearing on human rights abuses. Mrs Mandela faces questions about the 1980s murder of teenager Stompie Seipji Mrs Mandela was convicted of kidnapping Seipji while the leader of her security guards was jailed for murdering him. The Commission hopis Mrs Mandela can shed light on other violent incidents involving her bodyguards. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitoring Switch On The Box Main Menu