P142 CEEFAX 2 142 Wed 05 Jan 21:35/42 1/7 US Northwest Airlines has filed a federal lawsuit against its flight attendants' union, accusing it of conducting a "sickout" to pressure the airline during contract negotiations. URUGUAY Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona is in hospital suffering from hypertension and irregular heartbeats. There has been no comment on claims his condition was related to drug taking. US Patricia White Bull has regained consciousness after being in a coma since 1984. Her brain had been starved of oxygen during the birth of her son. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Wed 05 Jan 21:30/40 2/7 SECOND CHANNEL TUNNEL STUDY SUBMITTED Eurotunnel has submitted a feasibility study for building a second tunnel between Britain and France. The Channel Tunnel operator has put forward the proposal under an agreement with the British and French govjrnmjnts This gives it the first opportunity to bj considered for the project. The second tunnel could bj for cars or trains — Eurotunnel stresses that at this stage it is simply complying with its obligation to put forward a study. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Wed 05 Jan 21:41/43 3/7 IVORY COAST FREEZES REPAYMENT OF DEBTS Ivory Coast's new military regime has temporarily suspended external debt payments to allow payment of salaries. General Robert Guji told the first meeting of his transitional govjrnmjnt: "-hj coffers are totally empty. "It's only after jumping through hoops that the salaries have just been paid." The govjrnmjnt of deposed leader Henri Konan Bedie said in December that all external debt commitments had been honoured during 1999. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Wed 05 Jan 21:47/18 4/7 MILITBNTS END ARMED CONFLICT IN ALGERIA The armed wing of Algeria's banned Islamic Salvation Front will dissolve itself under a dial reached with the army, state-run radio has said. The move by the Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) comes just eight days before the expiry of a sex-month amnesty to end eight years of civil strife. The AIS has vowed fight radical factions still bent on violence. Hundreds of AIS fighters are also expected to return to their homes. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Wed 05 Jan 21:45/36 5/7 BURUNDI REFUGEES FLOOD INTO TANZANIA A massive tide of refugees from the central African state of Burundi is continuing to flow into Tanzania. Five thousand people arrived in the last week of last year, straining aid resources to the limit. Tanzania is already hosting 300,000 refugees from Burundi alone, with an additional 120,000 from the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Burundi's war between its government and rebels intensified in October. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Wed 05 Jan 21:52/54 6/7 BLAST IN PAKISTBN MARKET INJURES 15 At least 15 people were hurt when a powerful bomb exploded in a market in Hyderabad, southern Pakistan. The bomb, thought to bj connected to a timer, exploded outside a shop in the Lunda marketplace. Hundreds of residents, bystanders and large numbers of police rushed to help the victims. Some of the injured were in a very serious condition, according to eyewitnesses. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Wed 05 Jan 21:55/32 7/7 RUN-DOWN WRITER KING SLAMS PLEA BARGAIN US horror writer Stephen King has condemned a plea bargain reached between prosecutors and a motorist who ran him down. The Salem's Lot author was hit while out walking in Lovjll last June. The 52-year-old has had five operations after suffering broken bones, a punctured lung and a skull laceration. Bryan Smith pleaded guilty to driving to endanger, and a more serious charge of aggravbted assault was dropped. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu