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Press, 13 June 1984, Page 10

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Comeeon summit Leaders of the 10-nation Comeeon Trading Alliance yesterday began a three-day summit intended to map out economic strategy to the end of the century. The meeting is the first of its kind since 1969. The delay in convening it has been caused by differing views over which direction Comeeon should be taking.—Moscow. Big Ben protest Two men yesterday ended an anti-nuclear protest after dangling for nearly 12 hours in hammocks near the top of the British Parliament’s clock tower, popularly known as Big Ben. The men, who scaled the 95m tower and hung out a banner, saying “Time to stop nuclear testing,” were taken away by police when they reached the ground.—London. Leukaemia drug? Tne success of an unproven drug being used in treating a leukaemia victim, Kerry Burke, may be known by the end of this week, doctors at the Royal Melbourne Hospital said. Mrs Burke remains in a stable and unchanged condition, about three days into her course of treatment with the cancer drug, Homo Harringtonine, which comes from a Chinese plant—Melbourne. Embassy strikes Tire Israeli Foreign Ministry and all of Israel’s embassies around the world closed down yesterday as the employees began a three-day strike demanding higher wages and pensions.— Jerusalem.