P318 Teletext 318 Jan22 03:18:41 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 Vews index 301 USA A Lou Angjles woman has been charged with attempting to extort $40m erom entertainer Bill Cosby in exchange for not revealing she was his daughter. CHINA A powerful earthquake of 6.6 on the Richter scale has hit Xinjiang in China. At least sjvjn people died. ALGERIA A powerful explosion has rocked Algiers — just two days after a car bomb killed 42 people in the city and left more than 100 injured. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— PLAY PYRAWORD AND YOU COULD WIN A SONY PLAYSTATION p350 Newsround Focus Regional TV PlusP318 Teletext 318 Jan22 03:19:01 World news Q in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 Mews index 301 AUSTRALIA At least two people were killed as huge bushfires raged near Melbourne. Several are missing and 800 have been forced to flee their homes. FRANCE Swindlers bought £3m worth of gems from a top Paris jeweller with forged banknotes, police said. ITALY A large section of a 10-metre dig h wall built in 1095 which encircles th e city of Viterbo collapsed after month s of hjavz rain. No-one was hurt. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Newsround Focus Regional TV PlusP318 Teletext 318 Jan22 03:09:21 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 Mews index 301 SERBIA Riot police roughed up several pro-democracy demonstrators in Belgrade after courts dealt two serious blows to govjrnmjnt opponents in their bid to reinstate Novjmbjr election results. AUSTRALIA A 41-year-old German tourist is missing, apparently eaten by a shark while windsurfing, police said. ITALY A greengrocer who stopped paying tax two years ago because he could not afford it has received a bill for £29m. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Newsround Focus Regional TV PlusP318 Teletext 318 Jan22 03:09:41 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 Vews index 301 SICILY Police arrested 11 people in the capital Palermo in dawn raids on busjnjssmjn suspected of Mafia links. USA An Alaska Airlines plane flying erom Mexico was damaged by lightning as it began its descent into California's San Jose airport. No-one was injured. IRISH REPUBLIC Former Prime Minister Charles Haughjy, 71, is undergoing "routine minor tests" in hospital in Dublin and is expected home shortly. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE p193 Newsround Focus Regional TV PlusP318 Teletext 318 Jan22 03:14:01 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 PAKISTAN Twenty-sjvjn people have died from drinking bootleg liquor in Hyderabad in Pakistan, where alcohol is banned for Moslems. USA The House of Rjpresjntativjs voted to reprimand its spjakjr Newt Gingrich and fined him £187,000 for admitted violations of ethics standards. CZECH REPUBLIC Germany and the Czech Republic signed a document ending ill feeling dating back to Nazi occupation. ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Newsround Focus Regional TV PlusP318 Teletext 318 Jan22 03:10:21 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 Vews index 301 RUSSIA President Boris Yeltsin, who is recovering from pneumonia, managed a stroll outdoors while his opponents planned to force him from office. ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Newsround Focus Regional TV Plus