Re: S. Africa, Britain, radwaste, naval war?

[Richard Smart <R.Smart@unsw.edu.au>]

At 05:37 AM 4.2.97 -0600, you wrote:

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>>This is from Reuters News service. 
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>> CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - A British ship carrying  
>>reprocessed nuclear waste to Japan from France reneged on a 
>>promise that it would not enter South Africa's 200-mile 
>>exclusive economic zone, government officials said Monday. 
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>
>I wonder whether this message was only on Reuters News Service or was
>distributed also via mass media - which would make a big difference. 
>

There hasbeen extensive media coverage in Australia including video shots
from a Greenpeace plane following the ship.  The ship will be passing
between Australia and New Zealand on its way to Japan.

Regards

Richard Smart PhD
Department of Nuclear Medicine
St. George Hospital
Kogarah, NSW 2217
Australia
Tel:61 2 9350 3112
Fax:61 2 9350 3991
Email:R.Smart@unsw.edu.au