Troubles deepen for EuroDisneyland

UK government forced to scrap Post Office sale

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Протопопова Анна Евгеньевна

Лиденкова Ольга Александровна

Пархомович Татьяна Николаевна

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The privatisation programme of Britain's government was thrown into chaos yesterday with the cancellation of plans to float off parts of the state-owned Post Office. The policy retreat came because a few members of parliament belonging to the ruling Conservative party made plain they would not support the sell-off. With only a small majority in the House of Commons, the cabinet had no choice but to back down. Page 16

Bosnian Serbs lose key town: Bosnian Serbs said they had lost control of the central Bosnian town of Kupres. The UN reported that Bosnian Serbs faced attacks across the republic as Croat militia joined a Bosnian government offensive. Page 2

Dwindling visitor num­bers and continuing losses spelled more prob­lems for Mickey Mouse at EuroDisneyland yes­terday. The Paris-based theme park reported a loss of FFrl.8bn ($348.4m; to the end of this September compared with a FFr3.33bn loss the previ­ous year, while atten­dance figures fell more

than 10 per cent. But the losses were in line with analysts' expectations and Euro Disney's shares gained FFr125 in Paris to close at FFr815. Page 19; Lex, Page 18

US aims for early Gatt exit: The US plans to leave the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade early next year provided Congress ratifies the deals setting up Gatt's successor, the World Trade Organ­isation. Page 6

Bell Atlantic of the US and France Telecom are to bid jointly for part of the Czech Republic's state telecommunications company. Initial bids for 27 per cent of SPT Telecom are due in December. Page 19

Norwegian airliner hijacked: A man thought to be a Bosnian hijacked a Norwegian domestic flight to Oslo and demanded humanitarian aid for the war-racked former Yugoslav republic. Negotia­tions with police continued last night.

Shipbuilders' swansong: Workers at the Swan Hunter shipyard in north-east England watched the launch of their last ship. Unless a buyer is found for the yard, yesterday's launch will be Swan Hunter's last. Page 7

Hollywood to the rescue: Hollywood's big film studios have agreed to help boost Europe's film industry with cash for training and by co-operating on dubbing and distribution projects.

Swedish packaging deal: AssiDoman is to buy MoDo Packaging from fellow Swedish pulp and paper group MoDo in a deal worth S.2bn ($167.2m). Page 19

Dutch soccer hooligans held: German police detained about 250 drunken Dutch soccer hooligans who ran riot on a German train on their way to a match in Bremen.

Aid agencies may quit: Relief agencies threatened to pull out of camps in Zaire for Rwan­dan refugees unless there was international action to break the rule of terror there by Hutu leaders and their militias.

UK tightens controls: Britain announced stricter controls for foreign fish factory ships as pol­lution experts tried to remove oil from a Russian factory vessel that ran aground off Scotland.

Helicopter vanishes: A helicopter carrying eight people, several guns and 1301b of gold disap­peared in Russia's far east. Snowstorms were ham­pering the search for the aircraft.

Breastfeeding 'saves lives': A million lives a year could be saved if more mothers breastfed their babies, but governments were not doing enough to encourage them, the Lancet medical journal said, It urged policymakers and agencies to teach mothers the benefits of breastfeeding.

McDog has Its day: Fast food chain McDonald's lost its legal bid to get a Munich court to ban a Ger­man pet food manufacturer from calling its prod­ucts McDog and McCat.

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