P142 CJEFAX 2 142 Fri 24 Jan 21:18/44 EGYPT Th govj nment has demolished about 250 houses built on top of pharaonic tombs near the southern town of Luxor so archaeologists will be able to examine the burial sites. CJNT5BL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Ljadjrs of an army mutiny have sjgnjd an accord formally ending their three-month uprising at the residence of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Bangui. RUSSIA Five rail workers were killed in a jxplosjon on a track just outside breakaway Chechnya, the Russian govjrnmjnt has said. Flash 150 Newsround 510 Travel 430 Sport 300 Wjathjt 400 News 101 Westminst Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CJEFAX 2 142 Fri 24 JanC21:16/03 CHARGES DR PPED AGAINST KOREA +NIONISTS South Korean police have released fore unionists afte charges for organising illegal strikes were dropped. Officials said 15 othjt arrest warrants fo lea e s o t Ko an Conf d atio of Trade +nions would also bj withdrawn The release of the four is in line with a peace offer b Pre jdjnt Kim Young- sam who said hj would order the suspension of the arrest warrants. The unionists had lid protests against a controvetsjal new labour law. Flash 150 Wjathjt 400 Travel 430 Sport 300 N ws 100 Extra 140 Westminst Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CJEFAX 2 142 Fri 24 Jan 21:07/32 3/4 DEFENCE WENDS UP IN OT SIMPSON CASE The defence has been winding up its case in the civil trial of former American footballer OJ Simpson. He is being sued for compensation by the relatives oj his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and hit friend, Ronald Goldman, for their wrongful deaths. In his closing statement, OJ Simpson's lawyer called into question evidence that would seem to incriminate him. @ He sbjh it should bj disregbrded bjcausj of alleged police manipulation. Flash 150 Weather 400 Travel 430 Sport 300 News 100 Extra 140 Wjstminst Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Fri 24 Jan 21:16/13 ] 4/4 BR TONS R MAND D OVER HUGE DRUGS BUST Seven Britons accused of a £100m international drugs plot have been remanded in custody bz a Dutch court. The trial follows the seizure of £75m worth of cocaine stashed inside alumjnium ingots and sent to Rotterdam from Veneuujla. A follow-up swoop in Amsterdam last October netted 1,500 kilos of heroin, 50 kilos of Ecstasy and guns, hand grenades and false passpo ts. The sjvjn will stand trial in April. Sport 300 News 100 CExtta 140 Westminst Switch On The Box Main Menu