Press Summary
Prepared for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office by Lincoln Hannah Limited
THURSDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 1993
ARMS CONTROL/DEFENCE
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America and Russia yesterday signed an agreement to increase military co-operation to a level unthinkable just a few years ago. (T) Nato's army commanders witnessed the firepower of their new multi-national air-mobile division on Salisbury Plain yesterday as they studied plans to deploy more than 40,000 troops to Bosnia. (DT)
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY/ECONOMICS
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The French government last night upped the stakes in the Gatt trade talks when the prime minister, Edouard Balladur, insisted the key agreement on farm subsidies between the EC and the US was unacceptable to Paris. (FT T G IND)
WEST EUROPE
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Financial market expectations of a cut in official German rate cuts today gathered some force yesterday, but, with the recent history of the Bundesbank pulling surprises on traders and investors, the outlook remained in doubt/Germany's poor "paying for unity" (FT T IND)
THE AMERICAS
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The Argentine Economy Minister began ar. oficial visit to Britain yesterday, a further sign of improved relations since the 1982 Falklands conflict/Menems drive for new term falters in Senate. (FT DT)
Guatemalan court reinstates Lobo/ Army hovers as Guatemala stalls. (FT G)
Maoist rebels in Peru kill 28 peasants. (DT G IND) Canadians set for October election. (FT DT T IND)
EASTERN DEPT/CENTRAL EUROPE
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The Turkish Foreign Minister, Hikmet Cetin, said that Iranians had had penetrated abut a mile into Azerbaijan but that Turkey was not concerned/Turks warn Armenia on enclave/Ciller makes debut trip to Moscow. (FT DT T G IND)
Muslim camps meet Geneva standards say Boshian Croats/UN accuses all three sides of running Bosnian jail camps/Aid agencies seek access to Croat prison camps. (DT T G IND)
Bosnia's Moslems ask for US backing. (FT DT T G IND)
Letter Call for intervention in Bosnia.
From : Michael Meacher, MP. (IND)
AFRICA
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End of South Africa sanctions era in sight/Right scorns "historic" deal for South Africa/Gunmen kill 19 commuters. (FT DT T G IND) Aid staff to quit Mogadishu. (T G)