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Press, 16 January 1986, Page 8

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Minister visits Eduard Shevardnadze, the first Soviet Foreign Minister to visit Japan for nearly 10 years, arrived for talks with Japanese leaders in an effort to improve cool relations. — Tokyo. Run, police told The head of the largest Dutch police union has advised his members “to pack up and run” in case of a terrorist attack, claiming that they are insufficiently trained and equipped to fight terrorism. In the of a terrorist alert, tfeen

van der Linden said that Dutch police “have no training and not enough weapons” to fight terrorists. — Amsterdam. City ‘dead’ The French Interior Minister, Pierre Joxe met leaders of New Caledonia’s independence movement as the French territory’s Right-wing parties declared the capital a “dead city” in protest against his visit. Shops in the town centre closed their doors in response to a call by the Right-wing RPCP (Gaullist) Party which is opposed to a

French Socialist Government plan to grant a form of independence. — Noumea. Women arrested Two women believed to be members of the outlawed Red Army Faction have been captured in West Germany, less than 24 hours after the arrest of a wanted faction suspect, Annelie Becker. A spokesman said the women, who were not named, have been arrested in Frankfurt and both were thoughtbe sympathisers of the Section. Becker was

arrested in Hanover. — Karlsruhe. Siege ends The five-day siege of 245 narcotics police by farmers irate over Government efforts to cut coca leaf production has virtually ended. The police were sent into the village of Ivargazama last month after thousands of farmers rejected a Government proposal to voluntarily reduce coca leaf crops. Thousands of farmers surrounded the police camp in protest against the ptan. - La Paz.