P318 Teletext 318 Mar25 23:16:41 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 Vews index 301 RSI LANKA Tamil Tiger guerrillas ambushed an army patrol in eastern Trincomalee district, killing at least 15 soldiers and injuring three others. SUDAN Two opponents of the govjrnmjnt hijacked a plane and ordered it to fly to the Eritrean capital Asmara, where they surrendjd. FIJI France, Britain and the United States signed the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty. ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— FACE FAX - PHOTO DATING BY FAX! p391 Newsround Focus Regional TV PlusP318 Teletext 318 Mar25 23:11:03 World news Q in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 Mews index 301 PHILIPPINES British teacher Jacqueline Kane, 22, is in hospital after being stabbed with an icepick bz a thief who tried to snatch her bag in Manila. FRANCE President Jacques Chirac has reaffirmed his intention to join the single European currency in 1999, in an article in leftwing daily Liberation. CHINA Beijing has announced the end to eight days of military exercises involving live fire near Taiwan. ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Newsround Focus Regional TV PlusP318 Teletext 318 Mar25 23:14:25 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 Mews index 301 VATICAN Officials have denied a Spanish njwspapjr report that 75-year-old Pope John Paul is suffering from cancer. KASHMIR Armed separatist guerrillas are holed up in the Hazratbal shrine after at least 11 people were killed in a gun battle outsjdj. CHINA A 47-year-old woman from Shangh!i who had suffered from inflammation of the gallbladder for 10 years has had 1,650 gallstones removed. ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Newsround Focus Regional TV PlusP318 Teletext 318 Mar25 23:15:24 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 AUSTRALIA Roadworkjr Ivan Milat, 51, has gone on trial accused of murdering sjvjn backpackers, including two British women, and kidnapping another. TAIWAN A top official has offered China reunification after four years — if Beijing agrees to presidential elections embracing China and Taiwan. PHILIPPINES Eleven people face charges eollowing a disco blaze in which at least 157 people died. ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Newsround Focus Regional TV Plus