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Headlines 13 Oktober 1997

WASHINGTON
Oct 12 1997 (AFP)  The lawsuit to halt the
Cassini probe is thrown out by a federal judge in Hawaii.


TEL AVIV
Oct. 12 1997 (UPI)  Haim Itah
a maintenance
man in the Dimona reactor has been exposed to three local
radiation accidents and died of cancer at the age of 43. Many
more nuclear reactor employees of Dimona and Yavne have sued
the Israeli state for insufficient protection and a court has
awarted the family of Itah with $714
000.


TOKYO
Oct 13 1997 (Reuters) During the summit of the
Japan-South Pacific Forum Japan was urged by the South Pacific
nations to take a strong leadership role in the December
climate conference. They spoke out their concern about the
plutonium shipments through the region and also about the
global warming-up because of the rising of the sea level.


UNITED NATIONS October 13 1997 (Reuters)  The IAEA has
not found any evidence of materials for constructing nuclear
bombs so far but the IAEA keeps suspicion because it has
evidence there is an ongoing nuclear programme in Iraq
the
IAEA continues monitoring.


CAPE CANAVERAL
Fla. Monday October 13 1997 (Reuters) The
Cassini launch has been rescheduled for Wednesday at 4:43 a.m.
EDT. because of technical problems. The Titan rocket did not
function properly caused by the equipment that test the
batteries. A second problem was caused by the computer on
board the Cassini Space Probe. The third factor was the high
wind speed at 40.000 feet.


PARSIPPANY
N.J.
Oct. 12 1997 /PRNewswire/ Power Net
the
Australian electrical transmission company
is planned to be
sold to GPU Electric for 1
88 billion US dollars.




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