Europe Intelligence Wire articles from October 2002, page 6

Europe Intelligence Wire archives from October 2002

Football: Britton warning.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) Byline: NICK PULLEN KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Ian Britton intends to keep his player's feet firmly on the ground following this week's fabulous four goal drubbing of Swansea City. The result has taken Harriers...

Football: Move for Craig.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) COVENTRY City have been linked with a loan move for Blackburn outcast Craig Hignett. The Rovers midfielder is up for grabs after discussing a pay-off with Blackburn which would enable him to leave on a free...

SQUASH: England clash.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) England are sure of at least one semi-finalist with Linda Charman and Tania Bailey now set to meet each other in the World Open in Doha. Charman, the England No1 from Sussex, looked in top form as she beat the...

Football: Hoult ignores call-up hype HOULT: IT'S JUST HYPE.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) Byline: CHRIS LEPKOWSKI ALBION goalkeeper Russell Hoult has revealed he is totally oblivious to the hype linking him with an England call-up. Following David Seaman's recent poor form, there have been calls...

Football: Burley not for Stoke.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) STOKE City today suffered a major setback in their quest for a new manager when George Burley performed a U-turn and turned down the chance to take over the First Division strugglers. The former Ipswich boss was...

Football: Clubs start jostling for the January sales.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) Byline: Hugh Jamieson THE countdown to the opening of the transfer window in January cannot come soon enough for some clubs. It makes no difference whether you're chasing Champions League qualification or...

Football: Party time.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) A 50th ANNIVERSARY tribute is being held for Jack Wiseman, Blues former chairman and current vice-chairman, at the Gold Suite, St Andrew's, tonight (7pm). Dozens of former players will be attending to celebrate Jack's...

MEXICO-BRAZIL Mexico's left uses Lula's image during election event.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Mexico, Oct 31 (EFE).- The leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) used the image of Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, when it presented its mayoral candidates for Mexico state. ...

Football: Auction for footballer.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) AN auction of sports memorabilia takes place tonight to raise money for a Black Country amateur footballer struck down by multiple sclerosis. Lots include a Villa ball signed by the 1982 European Cup winning...

Football: Burley set for Stoke.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) FORMER Ipswich manager George Burley looks to be on the verge of being named as the new boss of Stoke. The Scot was in the stands at the Britannia Stadium last night as Stoke slumped to a fourth-successive defeat...

Football: DEVLIN FANS BLUES HOPES.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) Byline: NEIL MOXLEY PAUL Devlin has urged Blues fans to keep the faith and revealed the players are approaching Saturday's match against Bolton 'like a cup final.' The newly-capped Scottish international has...

Football: Taylor won't rush Stefan.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) Byline: BILL HOWELL GRAHAM Taylor has admitted he will continue to keep teenage striker Stefan Moore wrapped in cotton wool. Moore made a bright first Premiership start at Manchester United after a prolific...

Football: Bruce help plea to Fergie.
October 31, 2002... (From Evening Mail) Byline: NEIL MOXLEY STEVE Bruce is calling on Sir Alex Ferguson to help him in his battle with the Welsh FA over Robbie Savage. The Blues boss is contacting his former manager in a bid to beat the four-day...

SPAIN-US Spanish lawmakers approve defense agreement with United States.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Madrid, Oct 31 (EFE).- The lower house of the Spanish legislature approved a new bilateral defense agreement with the United States Thursday. The eight-year pact, renewable for another eight, was signed in...

Over 20,000 eligible to vote in Gibraltar referendum.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) More than 20,000 residents of Gibraltar are eligible to vote next week in a referendum on the future of the tiny Mediterranean territory. Despite firm British and Spanish opposition, the electorate will be...

Fulham's convincing win over Dynamo Zagreb.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) English Premiership side Fulham beat Dynamo Zagreb 3-0 in the UEFA Cup here to put one foot in the third round of Europe's second-tier club competition. At the beginning of this second round, first leg...

Hewitt, Agassi make quarters as Costa, Federer, Ferrero head for China.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Top seed Lleyton Hewitt and second seed Andre Agassi stepped up their duel for the year-end number one ranking and also reached the Paris Masters Series quarter-finals. Hewitt motored past Russia's Yevgeny...

Pope John Paul II becomes honorary Roman citizen.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Pope John Paul II became an honorary citizen of Rome, 56 years after he first set foot in the Eternal City as a student from Poland. "It will have taken 24 years for me to become a citizen of Rome. It took...

Murder of Jam Master Jay stuns music world.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Jam Master Jay, one of the founders of rap music pioneers Run-DMC, was shot dead by two gunmen inside his New York City studio, police said. The 37-year-old, whose group rocketed to fame with an innovative...

BRAZIL-LULA (Scheduled) Post-victory, Lula's radical allies flex their muscle.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Byline: Carlos A. Moreno. Rio de Janeiro, Oct 31 (EFE).- The far-leftist allies of Brazil's socialist president-elect, who made little noise during the campaign so as not to hurt his chances, are in the flush...

CHILE-PIRATED BOOKS (Scheduled) Chile is LatAm's worst offender in book piracy.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Byline: Matilde Wolter. Santiago, Oct 31 (EFE).- Chile is Latin America's worst offender in the "pirating," or unauthorized publication, of books, running off some 4 million copies a year that cost publishing...

GUATEMALA-RAPIST Guatemalan police arrest man suspected of raping 49 women.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Guatemala City, Oct 31 (EFE).- Guatemalan police said Thursday they arrested a 30-year-old man suspected of raping 49 women as he attempted to do the same to a teenage girl in southern Guatemala. Police...

Ivory Coast govt, rebels pledge to end 'aggressive acts'.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) The government and rebels in Ivory Coast agreed to end "aggressive acts," but two days into peace talks, they have yet to address the most delicate issues surrounding a bloody six-week uprising. The two...

VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ Chavez: Rebellious officers won't be prosecuted.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Caracas, Oct 31 (EFE).- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday extended an olive branch to rebel military officers occupying a Caracas square, saying they will not be prosecuted if they desist in their...

US complains to Egypt over television series based on anti-Semitic creed.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) The United States has complained to Egypt about plans for the country's state-run television network to broadcast a documentary series that incorporates elements of a 19th-century anti-Semitic creed. ...

COLOMBIA-US More than half U.S.-visa requests in Bogota based on false papers.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Bogota, Oct 31 (EFE).- More than half of the 300,000 Colombians who request visas to visit the United States every year present forged documents, U.S. Consul General Patricia Butenis said here Thursday. The...

GUATEMALA-US/BUSINESS Guatemalan restaurant chain seeks to conquer new markets.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Guatemala City, Oct 31 (EFE).- Guatemala's Pollo Campero restaurant chain, enormously successful in Central America, plans to construct 200 restaurants in the United States and another 150 in Europe and Asia over...

Painful times for Henman as Shanghai hopes recede.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Tim Henman conceded he might have to face up to the possibility of missing the start of next season in Australia after playing through the pain barrier in recent weeks with a shoulder injury in what looks to...

Researchers link gene to depressive disorders in women.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) US researchers have identified a gene that can be linked to clinical depression in women. This report is according to an article in Thursday's issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics. ...

FTAA-TALKS Opposition to U.S. farm subsidies fires FTAA talks.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Quito, Oct 31 (EFE).- Calls for the elimination of U.S. farm subsidies have fired the talks of representatives from 34 nations in the Western Hemisphere gathered here for a ministerial meeting on the proposed Free...

British FM backs sale of Hawk jets to India.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw openly backed the sale of British Hawk jets to India at a joint press conference with his Indian counterpart Yashwant Sinha. "It is a very good time to be selling...

Powell, Kawaguchi confer on Japan's failed talks with North Korea.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi called US Secretary of State Colin Powell to brief him on Japan's failed talks this week with North Korea. "She gave him the rundown on the talks the Japanese...

US movie Mogul Spielberg accepts invitation to Cuba.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) US movie mogul Steven Spielberg will next week visit one of Washington's arch enemies, communist Cuba, to attend a special tribute to his films there, his office said. The man behind such hits as "Jaws,"...

US considers blacklisting Chechen groups as terrorist but urges talks.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) The United States said it was considering Russian requests to place several Chechen groups on its terrorism blacklist but reiterated its call for the Chechnya conflict to be resolved through negotiations. ...

ECUADOR-FTAA (Scheduled) Big demonstration in Quito blasts U.S.-pushed trade pact.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Byline: Susana Madera. Quito, Oct 31 (EFE).- As trade ministers from throughout the hemisphere gathered here Thursday, leftist and grassroots organizations also flooded the capital for a big demonstration to...

VENEZUELA-OAS Gaviria optimistic that talks will begin soon in Venezuela.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Caracas, Oct 31 (EFE).- OAS Secretary General Cesar Gaviria was leaving Venezuela Thursday convinced that President Hugo Chavez and his opponents will soon sit down to talks on an electoral solution to the...

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker gives birth to baby boy.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Sarah Jessica Parker, star of the hit television show "Sex and the City," has given birth to to a baby boy, her agent said. David Perkins Broderick was born Monday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. ...

Painful times for Henman as Shanghai dream dies.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Britain's Tim Henman conceded he might have to face up to the possibility of missing the start of next season in Australia after playing through the pain barrier in recent weeks with a shoulder injury in what...

Canada confirms teen is held by US in Cuba; officials have no access yet.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) A Canadian teen arrested by US troops in Afghanistan is being held at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Foreign Minister Bill Graham confirmed. Omar Khadr, a 16-year-old who had been arrested on...

At least eight dead as school collapses in Italian quake.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Eight people, six of them children, were killed after a powerful earthquake hit southern Italy, police said, and the death toll was expected to rise as around 40 people are feared trapped under the rubble of...

South Korea clinch Asian crown.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) A stunning Jung Jo-Gook golden-goal winner seven minutes into extra-time saw South Korea crowned Asian Under-20 champions after defeating Japan 1-0 in the final here. The solitary goal was enough for the...

CALIFORNIA-ELECTIONS (Hispanics) Camejo: "Corporation control Democrats and Republicans".
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Byline: Natalia Martin Cantero. San Francisco, Oct 31 (EFE).- Peter Camejo, the Green Party standard-bearer who is the only Hispanic candidate for governor of California, says he is the best man to represent...

Rescuers search for stuntman lost while making Bruce Willis flick.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Dozens of rescuers were combing the California coast in search of the body of a stuntman who was lost while filming a scene for a Bruce Willis movie this week, officials said. Michael Barber was among nine...

English football chief Crozier quits.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Adam Crozier, the chief executive of the English Football Association quit his job following the fall-out from a dispute with the Premier League. The issue came to a head following calls from the Premier...

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-PROSTITUTION At least 50,000 Dominican women work as prostitutes abroad.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Santo Domingo, Oct 31 (EFE).- At least 50,000 Dominican women work as prostitutes abroad, mainly in Europe, according to a report presented Thursday at a meeting of the Inter-American Women's Commission. The...

BRASIL-LULA/RONALDO Ronaldo congratulates Brazilian president-elect, offers help.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Sao Paulo, Oct 31 (EFE).- International soccer star Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima on Thursday congratulated Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and offered his help to aid the new leader in his vow...

US renews travel warning for Iraq as UN resolution appears near.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) The United States renewed its warning to US citizens against any travel to Iraq as a UN agreement appeared near on a new Secrity Council resolution demanding Baghdad disarm or face serious consequences. ...

US renews travel warning for Iraq as UN resolution appears near.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) The United States renewed its warning to US citizens against any travel to Iraq as a UN agreement appeared near on a new Secrity Council resolution demanding Baghdad disarm or face serious consequences. ...

Brazil's Lula, who never finished high school, gets honorary doctorates.
October 31, 2002... (From Agence France Presse) Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 57, who worked in a factory as a child and never finished high school, will soon be getting a couple of honorary doctorates. His Workers Party announced...

GUATEMALA-POLICE Guatemalan National Police director resigns.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Guatemala City, Oct 31 (EFE).- The director of Guatemala's National Police, Luis Arturo Paniagua, on Thursday announced his resignation after less than a year on the job, citing "personal reasons." Paniagua's...

COLOMBIA-SECURITY Colombia's Uribe says he won't adopt authoritarian measures.
October 31, 2002... (From EFE News Service) Bogota, Oct 31 (EFE).- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe pledged Thursday that his government would never adopt authoritarian measures, holding that, on the contrary, "all views are welcome in a democracy." ...

DAYS LIKE THESE 31 october 1702.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Ian Irvine John Evelyn, gardener and naturalist, writes in his diary: "Arriv'd now to the 82nd year of my age, having read over all that pass'd since this day twelvemonth in these notes, I render...

TALES OF THE UNCONNECTED.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Miles Kington " Remember," said Tristram to us, "that there are two kinds of people who write autobiographies. Apart from ghostwriters, of course. There are very famous people, and people one has never...

`Hope is something that is there to be worked for'.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Shaun Johnson The great poet sits squinting and sweating in Cape Town's early- spring sunshine, his pale Irish skin growing pinker against wild white hair. He looks like a proper poet, the fine silver...

Time to turn over a new leaf.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Charlotte Cripps Forget skinny latte and hazelnut mocha, the drink that's hot this season is Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe. Tea, so long the embodiment of old England and Empire, is not only...

TALES OF THE COUNTRY.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: BRIAN VINER Once, at a theme park in the American Deep South, I was persuaded to venture on to a roller-coaster called something like Death Ride To Armageddon, and as I sat in my seat anxiously waiting...

They should never have privatised the weather...
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: BRIAN VINER The blame culture is often blamed, paradoxically enough, as one of the reasons for Britain's ethical decline. If you trip on a paving- stone, you no longer look around hoping that nobody has...

The pleasures of London life.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: BRIAN VINER We have just has a new kitchen floor laid by brothers-in-law Jerry and Stephen of County Tiles in Ludlow. Charming, capable and willing to laugh at my anecdotes, Jerry and Stephen were a...

YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS: Jeremy Paxman.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Jeremy Paxman, 52, was born in Leeds and educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He began his journalistic career reporting on the conflict in Northern Ireland. He has been Newsnight's anchorman for 12...

Fashion & style: The gentle touch.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) RIGHT: Rust long-sleeved T-shirt, pounds 9.99, New Look, stores nationwide, enquiries: 0500 454094; turquoise sweater, pounds 85, Whistles, 12 St Christopher's Place, London W1, enquiries: 020-7487 4484;...

Fashion & style: DYLAN JONES.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: DYLAN JONES It's good to learn that someone reads this column. At the Donatella Versace party at the V&A in London last week, I was tapped on the shoulder by Neil Tennant, 18 years a Pet Shop Boy....

Fashion & style: SUSANNAH FRANKEL.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: SUSANNAH FRANKEL Back in the early nineties, my good friend and colleague Colin McDowell opined: "There are two words that, when used together, strike fear into each and every fashion journalist's...

The no-brand man.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Jay Merrick British architecture's Oscar night took place recently at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art at Gateshead quayside. One name and one project was missing from the shortlist for the...

DANCE: BALLET GRIGOROVICH Mayflower Theatre Southampton.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: John Percival Forget Moscow and its Bolshoi Ballet, where Yuri Grigorovich was the imperious director for 30 years until fired in 1995. The Ballet Grigorovich now making its first tour of Britain is a...

CLASSICAL: MAGGINI QUARTET Wigmore Hall London.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Nicholas Williams Nurtured in classical soil, yet also needing to be heard in post- tonal ways, the harmony of modern music depends on contradiction. Perhaps this helps to explain the dearth of...

Theatre: The highs and lows of falling in love.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: PAUL TAYLOR Julia Ford and Mark Monero make a wonderfully winning double act in Adrenalin... Heart, Georgia Fitch's assured new two-hander about a couple whose misalliance drags them down into the...

FILM: THE BEST FILMS.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: PAUL TAYLOR Donnie Darko (15, Richard Kelly, 122mins, below) Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), a teen given to sleep-walking, is haunted by visions of his own death and of a large demon rabbit, in...

THEATRE: THE BEST PLAYS.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Paul Taylor & Stuart Price Afterplay (Gielgud Theatre, London) The Dublin Gate's celebrated production of Brian Friel's new play (above), with John Hurt and Penelope Wilton as the two Chekhov...

THEATRE: DON'T MISS.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Ellie Robins Hubble Bubble (Union Chapel, London) Flamboyant belly-dancing and trapeze artistry provide the backdrop for an eclectic array of global music and electronica at this one-day multi-...

THE BEST OF EUROPE.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Abigail Sanderson MELUN The Genius of the French The story of Nicolas Fouquet, for eight years the finance minister under Louis XIV, is so packed with drama and double-dealing, it could almost...

POKER.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Nic Szeremeta Winning at poker, particularly in high stakes tournaments, has become a lot tougher over the past few years. Back in the mid Nineties it was possible to be a winner purely by avoiding...

CHESS.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Jon Speelman The English remained in the doldrums at the 35th Olympiad in Bled on Monday, after a 2-2 draw against the Philippines, to add to the same score the day before against Lithuania. While...

THE BEST OF SATELLITE, CABLE & DIGITAL.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: James Rampton The Making of the League of Gentlemen (10.30pm BBC Choice, right) On this Hallowe'en night, BBC Choice has plumped for black humour over chills, with this behind-the-scenes look...

LAST NIGHT'S TELEVISION.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: THOMAS SUTCLIFFE Welcome, class, to Forensic Psychology 101. Our subject this week is a Caucasian female in her mid- to late-forties, who has earned an international reputation for murder mysteries...

PICK OF THE DAY.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Ellie Robins It's Been a Bad Week (10pm R2) There's nothing quite as amusing as the misfortune of others, hence the success of this programme helmed by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis (right), who return...

TELEVISION: TV HEROES.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: GERARD GILBERT #74: Tommy Cooper Stooped and shambolic, his Mr Punch face topped by a fez, delivering a performance peppered with bad magic tricks and lame jokes ("I slept like a log last night - I...

TELEVISION: PICK OF THE DAY.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: GERARD GILBERT SKETCH SHOW Z Comedy Lab (11.40pm C4) The Shoreditch Tw*t is a clubby fanzine with a neat line in self- loathing parody, produced in that former epicentre of London cool,...

Conceptual bull: Culture minister and his critique of the best of British art.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Nigel Morris Political Correspondent THE CULTURE minister Kim Howells launched an intemperate attack on the art world's most controversial contest yesterday, accusing this year's Turner prize contenders...

Peace process crisis as IRA breaks links with arms body.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: David McKittrick Ireland Correspondent THE IRA sent a tremor coursing through the Irish peace process last night by announcing it was suspending contact with the international body which deals with...

Union chiefs are handed huge pay-offs.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Barrie Clement and Andrew Grice SIR KEN JACKSON and a senior aide at the centre of ballot rigging allegations are expected to receive more than pounds 300,000 each as part of golden handshakes from...

Albanian and Russian observers sent to monitor American elections.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Andrew Gumbel THE JOKE, during the endless presidential election recounts in Florida two years ago, was that Russia and Albania would send poll monitors to help the United States with its unexpected...

How Blair's tough new line hardened Republican anger.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: David McKittrick Ireland Correspondent THE IRA'S move in suspending contacts with the decommissioning body is a sign of deteriorating relations between republicans and the Government in the wake of two...

DECOMMISSIONING'S TROUBLED HISTORY.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) November 1999 IRA says it will appoint a representative to talk to General John de Chastelain's International Commission on Decommissioning. January 2000 IRA opens talks with the commission, but General de...

General handled a tricky task with patience and calmness.
October 31, 2002... (From The Independent) Byline: Kim Sengupta JOHN DE Chastelain is an unlikely figure to play such a central role in decommissioning, one of the most controversial aspects of Northern Ireland's brittle peace process. But with the...