Cable Briefs

Press, 9 August 1980, Page 8

Cable Briefs

Biggs in peril? ; A*" controversial bill that ’ could mean the expulsion of ' thousands of foreigners, inJ eluding Ronald Biggs, who , took part in Britain’s Great { Train Robbery, has become paw in Brazil. The law relat- ■■ ing to conditions of residence empowers the Government to expel any foreigner in an irregular position in Brazil, even those married to

Brazilians or parents of Braj zilian children. Britain’s {request for me deportation of Biggs for his involveimeut in the 1963 train rob.bery has been turned down ;in the past because he is the {father of a Brazilian child. . — Brasilia.

Cyprus talks Intercommunal talks laigied at settling the longstanding Cyprus dispute will ! resume in Nicosia, under United Nations auspices, today after a lapse of more Than a year. The United : Nations has been trying for i years to reconcile differences between the Turkish and Greek communities bn ; the island. Since 1964, a ' United Nations peace-keep-ing force has been on duty in the country, having gone in after an outbreak of bloody civil strife. — Nicosia.

Another stoning Another Iranian has been stoned to death in the town of Kerman, where four people suffered the same fate a month ago, the newspaper, “Islamic Republic,” has reported. He had been found guilty of homosexuality and the murder of an eight-year-old child, the newspaper said. Executions for various offences are at present running at about 10 a day.— Teheran.

Film fire French film archivists are hopeful that a fire that early yesterday destroyed a warehouse with thousands of feels of film, mainly French and American dating from the twenties and thirties, was not such a disaster as first feared. Experts said that I most of the collection in a ; warehouse south-west of Paris were copies, not original negatives as at first feared. Even so the loss’in cash terms alone is estimated to be about $2,150,000. The collection stemmed from a gift by Henri Langlois, founder of the World Union of Cinema Museums, founded to stock and file old films for posterity.—Paris.

A teaman’s tvork . . .

Noisy ironing by housewives may be a.cry for help and attention, according to a nation-wide survey among married couples. The survey was carried opt by Tefal, who makes irons, to find out if the drudgery could be taken out of ironing. Almost every wife questioned said she found it boring and tiring. Wives said they tended to bang and crash their irons to aggravate their husbands and to let them know they were around. Husbands complained that their wives were never in the best of moods when they did tire ironing. — London.