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...tune, the British Broadcasting Corporation began some radio transmissions early last Wednesday morning with an apology. For many viewers and listeners, it was about the only news they got that day. For the first time in 63 years, news programming on the BBC was silenced. The cause: a 24-hour strike. Workers at most of Britain's independent TV and radio stations walked out in support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Off the Air | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...striking up a rousing Happy Birthday. The next day, the traditional 62-gun birthday salute was fired at Hyde Park and the Tower of London. But the best present came when the Queen Mum got her long-standing wish to fly aboard the Concorde. During her nearly two-hour specially chartered flight over Britain, she dined on Scottish lobster and Angus beef and sipped her favorite champagne. Then she was strapped into a seat behind the pilot as he accelerated beyond the sound barrier to 1,340 m.p.h. Mum's word: "Incredible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 19, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...week's end as they returned to doing what they longed to do, chasing fly balls and elusive records in ball parks filled with fans. This is the real world of baseball, which is itself a beautifully unreal world. Magically last Thursday night, the man of the hour ceased to be Peter Ueberroth and again became Pete Rose. --By Evan Thomas. Reported by Thomas McCarroll/New York, with other bureaus

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: A Win for the Fans | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Also in Amman, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak showed up for a private five-hour meeting with Hussein. The two moderate Arab leaders had a couple of important items on their agenda: how to reinvigorate the peace process and what to do about the role of Arafat and the P.L.O. in the wake of the Achille Lauro debacle. Later, Mubarak indicated his hope that the P.L.O. leader could be persuaded to stay in line with the objectives of the peace process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Picking Up the Pace | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Cabinet before the Prime Minister left for Vienna, Washington and New York City on Oct. 15. Deputy Prime Minister David Levy accused Peres of "dangerous deviations from the agreed policy of this government." Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, leader of the Likud bloc, was more circumspect. At a two-hour luncheon meeting with European Community foreign ministers in Luxembourg, he said only that an "international forum" would allow the P.L.O. to "hide behind" one or more participating delegations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Picking Up the Pace | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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