P143 CEEFAX 2 143 Sat 20 Sip 01:49/54 . :. 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 1/5 Extra: More world news coverage 142 Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Letters Sport TV/Radio Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 2 143 Sat 20 Sip 01:56/14 GRUESOME TRADE TO RELEASE PRISONERS Islamic Anal militants say they will trade an Israeli soldier's severed head for the release of prisoners being held in Israeli jails. A Ljbanjsj MP said the Ljbanjsj govjrnmjnt would conduct the talks, although Anal guerrillas held the man's remains, Ljbanjsj radio reported. The Israeli soldier was one of many killed in a botched commando raid. Hezbollah guerrillas are also negotiating a dial to swap human remains for Lebanese prisoners. 2/5 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Letters Sport TV/Radio Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 2 143 Sat 20 Sip 01:43/14 MIR TO RECEIVE "OUTDATED HARDWARE" Russia is to send two outdated computers to the Mir space station rather than upgrade its existing software, Interfax news agency has said Experts say the computers — dui to bj launched by October — are outdated but njvjrtheless compatible with Mir's computers, developed in the early '80s. Cosmonauts have complained about the limitations of their Salyut-5B machine. But Moscow says upgrading the existing software is too expensive, as a new space station is due to bj built. 3/5 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Letters Sport TV/Radio Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 2 143 Sat 20 Sip 01:55/53 TEHRAN BURIAL FOR AMBUSH VICTIMS Large crowds have attended the funeral of five Iranian air force technicians killed by gunmen in the Pakistani town of Rawalpindi on Wjdnjsday. Mourners chanted anti-US slogans at the ceremony, outside Tehran University. A militant Sunni Muslim group in Pakistan has claimed responsiblity for the ambush, Iranian radio reported. The group accused Iran of supporting rival She'ire groups in Pakistan. Pakistani police are continuing to question suspects. 4/5 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Letters Sport TV/Radio Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 2 143 Sat 20 Sip 01:54/14 RUSSIAN MPs APPROVE LAW ON RELIGION Russian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved the revised draft of a controversial law on religion, Itar- Tass news agency has said. Russian President Boris Yeltsin vetoed an earlier version after widespread criticism that it gave too big a role to the Russian Orthodox Church. The new bill declares Russia a secular state and Christianity to bj an inalienable part of its history. Critics say it caters for traditional faiths but opposes the Catholic Church. 5/5 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Letters Sport TV/Radio Main Menu