Fire Rat: Metal Season: 1e

29 Sep ~~ 2 Oct

Consensus. The meetings have been held and a decision has been reached and now that verdict is put into effect, whether for good or ill. The decision taken may be harsh, but it will have the weight of public opinion behind it and it shall carry the day.
The Fulfilment:
Israel: Authorities reopened the tourist tunnel today that has caused all the fuss and there were no immediate incidents. "Consensus: that verdict is put into effect, whether for good or ill."
Kuwait: Several hundred women gather in protest to demand voting rights in upcoming elections. "Consensus: that verdict is put into effect, whether for good or ill."
Australia: Man on trial for mass murder of 35 people on Tasmania this past April pleads Not Guilty on all counts. "Consensus: that verdict is put into effect, whether for good or ill."
Bosnia: Int'l observers today certified the results of the Bosnian elections after due consideration of all the complaints. "Consensus: the meetings have been held and a decision has been reached and now that verdict is put into effect, whether for good or ill."
USA: Summit details unveiled: Netanyahu, Arafat and King Hussein will meet with Clinton at the Whitehouse and try to work something out. "Consensus: the meetings have been held and a decision has been reached and now that verdict is put into effect, whether for good or ill."
Bosnia: New collective presidency meets for the first time in Sarajevo. They agree to free all PoWs not implicated in war crimes on 5 Oct and to restore telephone services. "Consensus. The meetings have been held and a decision has been reached and now that verdict is put into effect, whether for good or ill."
France: Thousands of teachers stage a one-day strike to protest govt plans to cut jobs. "Consensus. The decision taken may be harsh, but it will have the weight of public opinion behind it and it shall carry the day."
Colombia: Small army of leftist guerrillas surrenders to govt troops and lays down arms. "Consensus. The meetings have been held and a decision has been reached and now that verdict is put into effect, whether for good or ill."
Korea: Yet another infiltrator shot dead.
Burma: Govt now trying to neutralise Aung San Suu Kyi by depriving her of an audience -- phone lines cut and roads closed. "The meetings have been held and a decision has been reached and now that verdict is put into effect, whether for good or ill."
Afghanistan: More towns and villages and one whole province fall to the Taliban as they press on to unite the country.
UN: Security Council formally ends its sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro, but financial assets are still frozen and UN membership is still withheld. "Consensus. The meetings have been held and a decision has been reached and now that verdict is put into effect, whether for good or ill."
UK: Woman trying to carry octuplets to term loses all her babies today, at 19 weeks.
Germany: About 140 000 unionised metalworkers strike today to protest govt cuts to social benefits. "Consensus. The decision taken may be harsh, but it will have the weight of public opinion behind it and it shall carry the day."
UK: Ulster: Many Loyalist factions losing faith in the peace process and are meeting to discuss their willingness to support it. Most of them are in jail, so that is where they're meeting. "Consensus."??
Germany: Deadline passes for some groups of Bosnian refugees living here --- govt wants most to consider going home. "Consensus. The decision taken may be harsh, but it will have the weight of public opinion behind it and it shall carry the day."
Canada: West: Heavy snowfall flattens the wheat crop in the fields --- 16cm falls from Calgary to Regina. Water signs bring winter weather in their wake.
USA: Summit held at the Whitehouse between Clinton, Netanyahu, Arafat and King Hussein. They talk for hours, but what is decided is intangible. "Consensus" on the issue of meeting. "The decision taken may be harsh, but it will have the weight of public opinion behind it and it shall carry the day." They didn't *want* to meet.
Bulgaria: exPM Andrei Lukanov is assassinated outside his own front door. Motive unknown. He succeeded Todo Zhivkov in the wake of Communism's collapse in 1989.
Canada: Quebec: exPremier Robert Bourassa died today, at age 63, of the malignant melanoma skin cancer he has been battling for years. State funeral planned.
USA: Summit with Netanyahu and Arafat ends inconclusively. They agree to commit to meet to talk about peace, but that is all.
Israel: New violence possible after troops shoot and kill and 12-yr old boy participating in a riot in Hebron. Peru: Airliner left flying blind by computer failure ditches into the Pacific --- all 70 aboard are killed.
Hong Kong: Governor Chris Patton delivers his last Speech from the Throne as governor before the handover to China.
Japan: New outbreak of e-coli bacterial infections among schoolchildren, but this time it is in the far north of the islands -- 200 infected.
Burma: Aung san Suu Kyi says the govt has arrested 800 people who were trying to hear her speeches.

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