Cable news in brief

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33492, 25 March 1974, Page 11

Cable news in brief

Russians to die A Ukranian court has sentenced five Russians to death by firing squad for collaboration with occupying Nazi troops during World War 11. The five men are said to have joined Nazi punishment squads and tc have killed fellow Russians. More than 200 witnesses gave evidence at the trial which lasted more than a month.—Moscow, March 22. Gems snatched

Armed raiders have robbed a security man of di-

amonds valued at £350,000 in a London street. The gems were snatched from the guard as he walked from a bank to his van parked outside. No one was hurt.—London, March 22.

Dearer petrol The price of petrol rose by almost 27 per cent in Fiji today, from 56 cents to 71 cents a gallon. Kerosene rose by 16 cents a gallon (41 per cent) and diesel fuel by 14.35 cents a gallon (47.7 per cent). — Suva, March 22.

Life sentence An Israeli military court has sentenced an Arab teenager to imprisonment for life for murdering another Gaza Arab and engaging in anti-Israeli activities. Jihad Abu El-Amrain, aged 17, pleaded guilty to the charges. — Gaza, March 22. Mine rescue

Three of 12 African mineworkers, trapped by a rockfall 6,500 ft underground in the Kloop gold mine three days ago, have been found alive. They are not seriously hurt. — Johannesburg, March 22. Seven killed

Seven people were kilted and six injured in a bomb explosion near the northern Bangladesh town of Nator. The police said that the bomb had been left over" from the war of liberation in 1971.— Dacca, March 24.

Campaign cost

The campaign committees of the four main candidates in the 1972 American Presidential Election spent more than SUSIOOm, the General Accounting Office has announced. — Washington, March 24.

Price of terror International terrorism in the six years up to December last year cost 268 dead and 571 wounded; SUS32m in ransom pay-outs; and SUSI63m in measurable destruction; a new monthly magazine reports. The magazine, distributed to United Nations correspondents, says that the statistics for terrorism have been compiled by an American specialist.— United Nations. March 24.

Streaking pistols Policemen fired into the air yesterday to break up a group streak by 10 naked American students in Saint Peter’s Square, Rome. Three were arrested.—Rome, March 24. Corruption charges

The Secretary General of Italy’s Consumers’ Union (Mr V. Dona) has been arrested on charges of corruption and extortion. The police have released no details.—Rome, March 24.

Confidence Italy’s new Centre-Left Coalition Government has easily cleared its first test in Parliament, winning a vote of confidence on an anti-inflation programme bv 343 votes to 231.—Rome, March 24.