P143 CEEFAX 2 143 Fri 21 Jan 22:13/16 . :. 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 Politics News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 2 143 Fri 21 Jan 22:01/24 MILLIONS GONE FROM GERMAN CDT ACCOUNTS The head of the conservative Christian Democrats in the German state of Hesse has said that more than £1.3m have gone missing from party bank accounts abroad Roland Koch said that the local CDT had transferred DM7.8m to a secret network of accounts between 1993 and 1997 but only 3.5m had been repatriated. He did not rule out that the remainder had been stolen, German media reported. Revelations about the existence of secret party accounts have badly tarnished the reputation of the CDT. 2/5 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Politics News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 2 143 Fri 21 Jan 22:12/52 CHINA TO CRACKDOWN ON MEDITATION GROUPS The authorities in Beijing are planning to take tough new measures against traditional Chinese meditation groups, a provincial newspaper has said. The Civil Affairs Ministry is reportedly planning to close down existing groups and force new ones to seek approval from the authorities. An official accused the groups of superstition, feudalism and using illegal publications for "swindling". China is already taking harsh measures against the Falungong spiritual group. 3/5 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Politics News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 2 143 Fri 21 Jan 22:10/22 "I'VE TRIED OPIUM" - FRENCH EX-PREMIER Raymond Barre, French prime minister from 1976 to 1981, has admitted to trying opium when he was younger. Mr Barre, who is now mayor of Lyons, told a local radio he had never smoked cannabis but had tried opium, although "it didn't do very much" for him. He had been asked by a listener about the legalization of cannabis. Mr Barre replied that he was against the decriminalization of drugs, saying a policy of liberalization would be "very dangerous", AFP reported. 4/5 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Politics News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP143 CEEFAX 2 143 Fri 21 Jan 22:17/50 FRANCE Three teenagers are under investigation for murder after an 11- year-old fellow pupil was pushed off a guard rail at a school north of Paris. French TV said the boy, who suffered a broken arm in his 3-metre fall, was apparently attacked after refusing to do the older boys' Spanish homework. JAPAN The Prime Minister's Office has told bureaucrats to stop using words that are difficult to understand. The order follows complaints by MPs about "ambiguous and incomprehensible expressions" in official documents. 5/5 Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 Politics News Indx News Xtra Main Menu