ed981022.qxd 25/11/98 21:41 Page 1 (1,1) Issue 945 - Weekly Thursday October 22 1998 250,000 French Row over Students take to Pinochet the streets continues ensions are running Such forthright words for a high on all sides Cabinet Minister were not or the second time in less than a week, French 350 Cities throughout France participated in the involved in the echoed by the Home students took to the streets, Tuesday, in protest demonstrations, with several of the bigger cities such T Pinochet affair, with everyone Secretary. Despite being at conditions in schools and colleges. as Bordeaux and Lyon, suffering roadblocks and loot- F sounding confident. known for his fierce opposi- According to police reports, only 15,000 people out of ing. Student banners voiced the common feeling that tion, while a student to the expected 45,000 protested in Paris however the the time for promises is at an end. Side by side with Ex Chilean dictator General Pinochet’s regime, Jack Straw real figure is suspected of being nearer 25,000. their teachers and chanting the previously sporting Augusto Pinochet was arrest- promised to act impartially. “I Students clashed with the 4,500 specially mobilised lyrics of “Tous Ensemble” (All together) students ed earlier this week while will act on this as on any police, throwing stones and bottles and overturning demanded immediate action. “No teachers, no receiving treatment in a pri- other matter... I will act on the cars. The police made several charges, using gas to future!” one banner read. The day of action was vate London hospital. facts of the case.” He said it disperse the riotous minority and made several arrests. called by the independent FIDL students’ association Spanish authorities want to was whether someone was The students are demanding more teachers, better and the demands have received wide support. question the 82 year old about acting as a diplomat, rather equipment and buildings and a lighter course load. allegations of mass murder than if they had a diplomatic byTom Sherwen and torture carried out under passport that counted for his regime. They are lobbying immunity. for his extradition on charges of genocide and terrorism. The Teachers Unions are backing the demands by James Buller for smaller classes as are the Left wing gov- The General’s supporters ernment of Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. however have hit back strong- Chile has formally protested French unemployment currently stands at 11% ly. They say it is outrageous about the affair and dis- and students are increasingly worried about that he has been detained at patched a senior diplomat to finding jobs even without the disadvantages of all. They cite the fact that London. Santiago Benadava large classes and outdated facilities. Pinochet has been to Britain will try to convince the police several times before, that the to release their former leader. The Student movement started to gather British government knew of, The issue of Pinochet’s extra- momentum three weeks ago and culminated in and accepted his coming to dition will be heard by magis- the two marches over the past week. It is wide- the UK in advance, and that trates at Bow Street. If they ly expected that this will be the last of the he was travelling under a uphold the Spanish claim the strikes in what has become an almost annual diplomatic passport. This General can appeal. Firstly to protest. Education Minister Claude Allegre is normally makes one immune the Lords judicial committee set to deliver on the governments promises of from arrest and prosecution in and ultimately to the Home new school spending plans following his a foreign country. Pinochet’s Secretary himself. report to the parliament calling for a complete lawyers firm Kingsley Napley overhaul of the national curriculum as well as was upbeat. “Any attempt to Tory MP Alan Clark said a modernisation plan and provisions for more extradite him from the UK Pinochet’s arrest was “mon- teachers. will be resolutely opposed. strous”. He claimed it has Both he and his family are been done purely as a public The French Student movement is traditionally confident of success.” relations exercise for the powerful, most famously in 1968, and Government. Labour has although the weeks demonstrations did not Meanwhile Peter Mandleson come under fire lately for not attract quite the numbers hoped for the gov- described the dictator as “bru- implementing their much ernment has decided to act rather than risk an tal” and the suggestion that he touted humanitarian foreign acceleration of the protest. should not be held account- policy. Clark also feared able as “gut wrenching.” soured relations with Chile. News 1/2 n Union 3 n Advice & Health 4 n Music 5/6 n Entertainments Guide 7 . Reviews 8 n Notices & Personals & Crossword 9 n Features 10 n Surrey Pride 11/12 ed981022.qxd 25/11/98 21:41 Page 2 (1,1) 2 News Thursday 22nd October 1998 n News in Brief Why is there fighting in Kosovo? ollowing last weeks lead article and from Serbia, organised in the Kosovan Dying Brothers Reunion Proves Titanic Sales Figures For this weeks events in Kosovo it was Liberation Army, began attacking Serbian Fruitless Blockbuster’s Video Fdecided to take a look at the back- police units. The fighting escalated and ground to the fighting. Milosevic sent 26,000 special troops and A Leicestershire man, dying from Leukemia James Cameron’s movie Titanic is already Kosovo is a province of Serbia, but less than police battalions into Kosovo this summer made a world-wide appeal to find his long the biggest film ever. Now it is set to smash 10 percent of it’s population of two million to crush the uprising. They have slashed and lost younger brother this week. John new records as the video goes on sale. 495 are Serbs. About 90 percent are Albanians burned over 400 villages and driven over a Gravell, 51 from Carlton has only one shops around Britain opened at midnight on who speak a different language and in many quarter of million Kosovan Albanians from chance for life. He needs a bone marrow Monday to meet the demands of a clamour- cases practice a different religion. Kosovo their homes. transplant. It was hoped that his brother ing public. 70 queued at HMV in Leicester has been the poorest area of Serbia for Barry could provide it. However Barry had Square. First to buy was 17 year old school decades and the Albanian majority there has Bombing Serbia will lead to more blood- last been seen 15 years ago after a family girl Jenny Wall from Islington. suffered discrimination at the hands of the shed and could spark off a wider war across argument. The high profile appeal was suc- 20th Century Fox expect the 11 Oscar win- Serbian government. the Balkans and the Middle East. Bombing cessful and Barry and John were happily ning picture to sell five million copies of the Serbia would just harm innocent civilians, reunited. Unfortunately tests at the Leicester £16.99 video by Christmas. Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic whilst allowing Milosevic to be seen as pro- Royal Infirmary revealed that it was to no stripped Kosovo of its limited rights within tecting Serb people against big power avail. Barry’s bone marrow was not suitable Chris Evans Slams Cliff Richard Serbia in 1989. He intensified discrimina- aggression. That could give him public for transplanting and all hope seemed lost. tion against the Kosovan Albanians as part favour or promote more extreme national- The latest is that another donor may have Maverick DJ and Virgin Radio boss Chris of a campaign to head off workers’ resis- ism from people like Vojislav Seselj, the been found. Even if the marrow is matched Evans smashed the stations entire Cliff tance in Yugoslavia through whipping up leader of the ultra-nationalist Serbian however, the operation only has a 40% Richard record collection live on air. Evans Serbian nationalism. The Albanian lan- Radical Party. The West imposed the chance of success. Doctors say it could be said that the golden boy of pop was rude to guage was banned in schools and govern- Dayton peace agreement over the whole the last chance of survival for John Gravell. him when he appeared on TFI Friday last ment agencies. Serbian forces inflicted Balkan area in 1995. It brought a temporary week. A horde of Cliff Richard fans has now some of the worst human rights abuses in halt to the fighting which had claimed Kent Mother and Child Murder laid siege to Chris Evans’ house, in a bid to Europe on the Kosovan Albanian majority. 150,00 lives but it had not brought peace. Trial Sums Up change the outspoken celebrity’s attitude. The West ignored the plight of the Kosovan Bare Facts will keep students up to date on Albanians for nine years. At the end of last the fragile area, in upcoming issues. The murder trial of Michael Stone has Wonderbra Girl Lends Support year Albanian fighters for independence entered it’s final days. Stone, 38 is charged with killing Lin Russell and her 6 year old Adriana Sklenarikova the Czech model and Letter & Comment daughter Megan. with a hammer 2 years ago Wonderbra babe has joined the fight against on a Kent footpath. breast cancer. She helped with the auction of To: the Editor of Barefacts Crimes Tribunal in the Hague could bedone While the defence choose not to present any nearly a hundred celebrity Wonderbras. The quickly, since there is already a wealth of evidence to the court.