P142 CEEFAX 2 142 Fri 21 Jan 22:03/28 1/7 CUBA The grandmothers of Elian Gonzalez have arrived in New York to press for the six-year-old boy's return to Cuba. Elian was found at sea in November and his US relatives are trying to keep him IRAN German businessman Helmut Hofer, who was sentenced to death for having illicit sex with a Muslim woman, has been freed and returned to Germany. EGYPT A sculpted head of Egyptian queen Nefertari, wife of Rameses II, has been given back to the Egyptian government by the British Museum. It was illegally smuggled out of Egypt. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Fri 21 Jan 22:21/47 2/7 SWISS SNOWBOARDER DIES IN RACE ACCIDENT A Swiss snowboarder has died after crashing into a post at the finishing line in a world cup competition. Daniel Lotscher, 25, had been taking part in the parallel slalom final of an event organised by the International Snowboard Federation. After receiving medical attention for 45 minutes at the scene he was taken by helicopter to Aigles. The competition organisers cancelled the rest of the day's events. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Fri 21 Jan 22:11/52 3/7 INDIA URGED TO HALT SLAUGHTER OF TIGERS Animal activists are calling on India to toughen up anti-poaching laws after the seizure of 22 tiger skins in raids. In one site in Khaga, in northern India, the bones of 15 tigers were seized, with 18,000 leopard claws. "There have only been three (poaching) convictions in India since 1947," said Belinda Wright, founder of the Wildlife Protection Society of India. Tiger numbers in India have fallen from 40,000 in 1900 to around 2,500 today. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Fri 21 Jan 22:12/28 4/7 SWISS FREEZE £390m OF DICTATOR'S ASSETS The authorities in Switzerland have frozen £390m in accounts held by late Nigerian military ruler Sane Abacha. It is by far the largest sum ever frozen by the Swiss in cases involving former dictators accused of enriching themselves at their countries' expense. A Swiss police spokesman said it had agreed to help Nigeria recover the cash The Nigerians believe General Abacha, who died in 1998, illegally sent abroad £1.2bn in total. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Fri 21 Jan 22:12/41 5/7 REBEL FIGHTERS SEIZE 200 CHILD SOLDIERS A group of 200 child soldiers, rescued by a Roman Catholic aid organisation, has been kidnapped by rebels. The youngsters were seized by fighters from the Revolutionary United Front as they were being taken to the Sierra Leone capital Freetown. Five officials from the aid charity Children Associated with War and four peacekeepers were also taken prisoner. A peace deal to end Sierra Leone's nine year civil war was signed in June 1999. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Fri 21 Jan 22:18/17 6/7 HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR BEGINS LANDMARK CASE A survivor of the Holocaust has begun legal action against Switzerland. Joseph Spring, who is now 73, was 16 when he and his two cousins were handed over to the Nazis by Swiss border guards during the Second World War. The men were sent to the Auschwitz death camp and Mr Spring was the only one of the three to survive. In a landmark case in Lausanne, Mr Spring called for compensation for his wartime suffering. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 2 142 Fri 21 Jan 22:00/40 7/7 NUCLEAR CHECKS TEAM BOUND FOR IRAQ A team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency is going to Baghdad to monitor the condition of Iraq's uranium deposits. It will be the first time since Iraq cancelled its co-operation with UN weapons monitors in December, 1998. The five-man team expects to begin a week-long inspection on Saturday. The agency has stressed that it has no connection with the UN weapons team which remains barred from Iraq. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Monitor News Indx News Xtra Main Menu