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Locals are astonished to see him on the hit-list.'It's just whatever particular irritant tickles the idiosyncrasies of these schizophrenics,' he said. The problem is made worse by the cost of relocating employees, which allows regional unemployment differences to persist. The Danes were told that the Maastricht treaty would not affect their sovereignty but, the moment they granted their approval, Brussels resumed talk of a federal Europe. He said copies of the dictionary would be removed from bookstores. It described Bangkok as a city known for its Buddhist temples and as 'a place where there are a lot of prostitutes'.The Thai Foreign Ministry has demanded that Longman delete the offending reference, and said yesterday the company had apologised for offending the country and its people.Della Summers from Longman said that her company 'understands the concern expressed by the Thai government in connection with the (Bangkok) entry'. They are now ready to make the leap into a democratic future and, more importantly, squash a right- wing uprising if it comes.Until a year ago, the chief of the SADF, General Kat Liebenberg, refused to countenance any idea of talking to MK.

Mr Christopher will be free to sample the capital's night life.The Secretary of State is in Russia to discuss the summit between President Bill Clinton and Mr Yeltsin, planned for December. How can I join in?' Only one person really hated the prospect 'It's so overtly sexual,' she said. THE Great Train Robber, Roy James, told a jury yesterday he took no pride in his part in the 1963 crime He said: 'It is something I have to live with I wish I could turn the clock back. Carl Hooper, an essential member of their team as much for his off-spin bowling and slip-catching as for his erratic batting, has back problems so severe that they will keep him out of the first one-day international on Wednesday and the first Test starting Saturday. 'Carl told me this morning his back is so sore and stiff that he can hardly tie his shoelaces,' David Holford, West Indies' chief selector, said. IF THE REPUTATION of education in Scotland was enhanced in its already splendid tradition in the 1950s and 1960s - which it certainly was - it was partly because key positions were occupied by a number of heavyweight, serious, effective men, their opinions about society forged by the circumstances of the Second World War. One such pivotal position was the post of principal of the Jordanhill College of Education in Glasgow. Electricals manufacturing is an international business involving powerful brands, but overcapacity exists in the UK, which is exploited by Dixons and Comet.Verdict says that such a duopoly is 'unhealthy' and it welcomes the growing competition from the regional electricity companies, such as Norweb and Scottish Power.The Office of Fair Trading has launched its investigation into warranties not because of allegations of overcharging, according to Verdict, but because retailers have been pushing their own guarantee schemes ahead of the suppliers' own services.Verdict says: 'We believe the investigation will highlight the ridiculous imbalance between gross margins on product (under 30 per cent) and warranties (over 40 per cent).'To provide comprehensive warranties retailers need to employ an in- house repair/service operation or a third-party contractor. The highly leveraged pounds 6m deal was structured to give Mr Riley and three other managers 55 per cent of the equity, while 3i held the rest.'It was one of those things which seemed like a tough deal at the time,' Mr Riley said yesterday.

One of its historical strongholds of policy - law and order - is seen to be unconvincing and the Home Secretary is in a jam 'Squatting can never be justified,' says Michael Howard. His opponent, the former prime minister Leonid Kuchma, advocates economic union with Russia.(Photograph omitted). Riveting in the way that only the most banal information can be, the style is in sharp contrast to elevated dissections of the critics. IT WAS OFTEN said that, when General de Gaulle returned to power in 1958, most people knew that he would bring an end to the war in Algeria and give some sort of independence to that country. Mr Ruutel needed to win at least half the votes to avoid throwing the presidential race back into parliament, which, it was predicted, would favour Mr Ruutel's main opponent, the flamboyant former foreign minister, Lennart Meri.