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1) A protest 'gift' for Interior Ministry

BANGKOK (UPI) – A dead piglet was hung outside the Ministry of Interior yesterday morning in what was believed to be a protest gesture against an alleged broken promise to pig raisers made by the Deputy Interior Minister.

2) China not yet one billion?

WASHINGTON (Reuter) – A government population expert back from China said he was convinced that some American estimates of a billion Chinese were too high.

3) State, firms to pay $17 m. in damage to drug victims

TOKYO (Reuter) - A court yesterday ordered the Japanese Government and three drug companies to pay damages totaling 3,250 million yen ($17 million) to 119 victims of a nervous disease and 14 of their relatives.

4) Prisoner flees on govt's legs

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) – A double-amputee inmate walked away from the minimum security section of the Tennessee State Penitentiary – using artificial legs furnished by the state.

5) Newspaper by satellite?

PARIS (UPI) – The International Herald Tribune said yesterday it was studying the possibility of printing its daily newspaper in Hong Kong to speed up its distribution throughout Asia. The English-language daily, which is distributed in 143 countries, said the planned printing plant in Hong Kong would produce the newspaper from facsimile images transmitted directly via satellite from the paper's headquarters in Paris.

6) 600,000 GM cars defective?

WASHINGTON (AP) – The US National Highway Safety Administration reported yesterday it was investigating possible safety-related defects in about 600,000 Genera! Motors automobiles.

7) Poles Apart

The Conference in London on disarmament is at the end of its second month of meetings. So far no compromise is in view as the distance separating the two sides is still very great with no prospects of bridging the gap in the near future.

8) “Summit” Conference

The East-West Conference on the highest level took place in Helsinki in 1975. The “Spirit of Helsinki” has undergone since then a number of serious setbacks.

9) Cypriots Stone Troops

Greek-Cypriot women and children stoned UN troops who were ordering their men to remove slogans painted on the walls of the village.

10) Protecting X-Ray Workers

For the first time a comprehensive manual on the protection of staff engaged in radiological work is now available to all hospitals in this country.

11) BOAC Causes Anxiety

The British Overseas Airways Corporation has decided to order in the USA 30 jet driven air liners of a new model. The news has created considerable anxiety among the British manufacturers.

12) Summit Talks "Yes" By Russia

Russia would favour a summit conference on ceasing fire in Kosovo, a Russian Deputy Foreign Minister told a questioner at a New York Press Conference yesterday.

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