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Press, 13 October 1982, Page 8

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The Princess of Wales has been named Britain's bestdressed woman by a woman's magazine after she polled almost four times as many votes as her nearest rival in a ballot of readers. The Princess, the former Lady Diana Spencer, received 58 per cent of votes cast in a poll of 2500 readers of “Woman Magazine,” followed by 15 per cent for another member of the Royal Family, Princess Michael of Kent. The Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher came seventh with just over 2 per cent of the votes, w’hile the Queen was tenth with 1.8 per cent. — London. Nobel awards

Two Swedes and a Briton shared the 1982 Nobel Medicine Prize for biological discoveries about how the human body responds to illness and stress, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm has announced. Dr Sune Bergstroem and Dr Bengt Samuelsson, both closely connected with the awarding institute, and Dr John Vane from the Wellcome Research Foundation in Kent. England, shared the 1.15 million crown ($NZ264,000) international prize. The institute citation said they were selected for their “discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.” — Stockholm.

Israeli death toll The Israeli army has said that 368 of its soldiers had been killed in the June 6 invasion of Lebanon and 2383 wounded. Ninety-seven of those killed were officers, the announcement said. Five soldiers were reported missing, while three Israelis were being held prisoner by Syria and eight were captured by Palestinian guerrillas in the Syrian-occupied territory of Lebanon, the spokesman said. — Tel Aviv. Paintings stolen Paintings worth about SNZS.4 million, among them two works by Picasso, have been stolen from the Norwegian National Gallery in Oslo, according to its director. Kunt Berg. The missing works included two Cubist compositions by Picasso — Guitar and Glass (1911) and Guitar (1912), together worth - about SNZ2 million. Other valuable paintings stolen were by Van Gogh, Goya, Rembrandt and Gaugin. — Oslo. Support for Mandela A campaign has been launched in London for the release.of the African nationalist leader, Nelson Mandela, and other political prisoners held in South Africa. The British campaign, organised by the anti-apartheid movement, will include a series of meetings, a nation-wide petition and a torchlight vigil outside the South African Embassy. It is part of an international initiative aimed at putting pressure on the South African Government. — London.