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Press, 19 December 1986, Page 6

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White Christinas With snow looking a distinct possibility this weekend, the London bookmakers, William Hill, report a flurry of bets for the first white Christmas in London since 1970, and have reduced the odds from 7-1 to 6-1. — London. Fijian elections The Fijian Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, dissolved Parliament • yesterday, paving the way for a late-summer election, probably in the last week in February. A week is required to collect anri count all the votes from Fiji’s 100 inhabited islands. — Suva. Pupils protest High school pupils have, demonstrated in many Spanish cities for low’er fees and easier access to University education, with organisers estimating the number of marchers in the hundreds of thousands. Pupil representatives will meet Ministry of Education officials next month to discuss their demands. — Madrid.

Eureka boost Ministers from 19 countries have held talks to ; give a new boost to their Eureka research drive, billed as Western Europe’s IS answer to United States and Japanese domination of high technology. The Swedish Prime Minister, Ingvar Carisson, told Ministers that Eureka was | making healthy progress, but was entering a new stage when its wwbole existence would be put to the test He said success now depended on the companies taking part — Stockholm. Pilot blamed East Germany has blamed pilot error for Fri- . day’s Soviet airliner crash which killed 70 people, * including 19 school-chil-dren. “The cause of the airliner crash can be found in the pilot’s violation of rules governing landing approaches,” said the official A.D.N. news agency, quoting a Government commission report The airliner ploughed into woodland near the p/cf German border with West Berlin and burst into flames.—East Berlin