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Even condoms now camouflaged
LONDON Jan 26 : A British company Km a special contract to supply allied troop* tn the Gulf wtth 500 000 cam outlawed condoms. reports Reuter
London International Group Pt £ said the sand coloured stop sand getting into rifle barrels not their usual purpose
The lone journalist
NEW YORK. Jan 26 : The lone American Islevlston cor respondent still tn Iraq said Friday he counted nearly two dozen homes destroyed following what he sms told sms aa air attack on a small town northwest of Baghdad reports AT
" There was no way this could have been a staged event ' the correspondent. Peter Arnett, said tn a live telephone interview from Baghdad . broadcast by Cable News Network
Tve seen bomb damage tn 17 wars tn the last 30 years, and this Was just typical It filled all the qualifications. all the appearances ‘
This wasn't set up.' Arnett said.
Arnett said that he had been taken to the small town Aldur about 100 miles (160 kilometres) northwest of the capital etty. by Information Ministry officials He said he was told the bombing took place about nddnight Jan 21.
Arnett said he was told 24 civilians were killed and 100 injured tn the attack
The correspondent said he spoke to al least two people who said their entire families had been killed in the raid
Eves scales the high
BEUING. Jan 26 : China, the world s most populous nation, faces apeak number of women al child bearing'age that may cause a new population explosion . the official Farmers' Daily newspaper said Friday, reports Reuter
" Our country's population situation is still grim and the task of birth contml is extremely arduous", the paper said
China s population topped 1 14 billion al the end of 1990 China’s chief birth control official Peng Petyun. Director of the Stale Family Planning Commission told the newspaper
She predicted It would grow by around 17 million people per year In the first half of this de< ade
The number of wsnen entering their fertile year* and the number of woman al the peak of their fertility would continue lo-increase each year until 1996 when figures would finally begins to decline Peng said
China began strict population control measures in the 1970’s. Including limiting most couples to only one child
Dangerously low
BEUING. Jan 26 : Workers faith In the Chinese leadership is at a dangerous k>w. the Workers Dally warned Friday calling for immediate steps to ward off social unrest,reports AFP
'Workers bitterly hate the negative corruption within the (communist) party and society " the official newspaper said, citing a survey of labours tn various Industries
"Workers worry that the struggle to oppose corruption and to build clean government Is like the wind. ” the paper said.
The Chinese authorities have acknowledged the problem of widespread corruption within their ranks, one of the main grievances of the pro-democracy protests of 1969 that drew tens of thousands of workers to the streets
Numerous campaigns have been launched but corruption particularly among lower and middle ranking officials — -continues to permeate the government, the party and the state enterprises they oversee.
Charles the painter
LONDON, Jan 26 : A book of watercolor paintings by Britain s prince Charles is to be published this fall and any profits will go to charity, the publishers said Thursday'.reports AP.
A spokesman for Little Brown and Co. UK Ltd. said the Prince of Wales will write the text to accompany reproductions of about 70 of his paintings. Diana Holmes said the book will be available tn both Britain and United States, where Boston-based Little Brown and Co. will publish the princes work.
Most of the watercolors are landscape painted in Britain or around a 14th century house tn Urbino. Italy, birthplace of the painter RaphaeLMs. Holmes said.
Some of the works in the book were exhibited by the 42-year-oid heir to the British throne last year to raise funds for the repair of the spire of Salisbury Cathedral. Other paintings In the book are to be shown in May In a one man show, the publishers said.
The profits will go to the Prince of Wales Charities' Trust Some previous fund recipients inr hide flood relief for Wales and the Prince's Trust. Which helps disadvantaged young people. Charles is Involved with more than 400 charitable organizations.