P318 Teletext 318 Mar08 15:54:10 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 USA Britain will stand firm against threats to ban UK flights to the States in the battle over "open skies", Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has vowed. KOREA Talks have opened with the US to plan a meeting seen as a milestone in the path of normalising relations. CHINA A deputy provincial governor has been executed, one of the highest-level officials caught in a year-long campaign to root out corruption. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— TELETEXT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL NEWS PAGES ALL AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE Newsround In Focus Index 24 HoursP318 Teletext 318 Mar08 15:52:32 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 SYRIA President Hafiz Assad has named a senior official of his ruling Baath Party as the new prime minister after the govjrnmjnt resigned. CHILE Legal problems for General Augusto Pinochet have begun to mount at home amid a flurry of new lawsuits over alleged human rights abuses. THAILAND A boy, eight, was killed when hj was electrocuted bz a water cooler at his school, police have said. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— TELETEXT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL NEWS PAGES ALL AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE Newsround In Focus Index 24 HoursP318 Teletext 318 Mar08 15:52:55 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 INDIA Three bus accidents in northern states of the country have left a total of 58 people dead and 99 injured, police said. USA Former Motley Cure drummer Tommy Lee has been placed on probation after pleading no contest to assault following a N Carolina concert clash. JAPAN Three passengers were killed and about 40 injured when a Tokyo rush-hour subway train hit an oncoming train. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— TELETEXT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL NEWS PAGES ALL AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE Newsround In Focus Index 24 HoursP318 Teletext 318 Mar08 15:54:16 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 MIDDLE EAST Israel and the Palestinians have agreed at a meeting to resume peace talks in Washington later this month, ending weeks of deadlock. PAKISTAN Deposed premier Nawaz Sharif has told a court Army Chief General Pervjz Musharraf manufactured charges against him because of a grudge. FRANCE Three railway workers were killed when they were hit by a train near the eastern city of Dijon. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— TELETEXT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL NEWS PAGES ALL AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE Newsround In Focus Index 24 HoursP318 Teletext 318 Mar08 15:51:28 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 USA A syndicate of 26 American Airlines mechanics from Oklahoma has won £31m in the US Powerball lottery. ROMANIA Four miners have been killed bz poisonous fumes caused by a fire in an iron mine in the north west of the country. IRAQ President Saddam Hussein's eldest son Odai is to stand in this month's parliamentary elections, state-run njwspapjrs have reported. ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p163 Newstound In Focus Index 24 HoursP318 Teletext 318 Mar08 15:54:48 World news in brief ——————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 EUROPE Austrian President Thomas Klestil has pleaded with the EC to help end his country's stand off with its 14 EU partners. UGANDA More than 45 people have drowned in Lake Victoria when their ovjrloadjd ferry capsized. ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p163 Newsround In Focus Index 24 Hours