SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

　　News Item 1(For Question 11)
　　Russian authorities are questioning five men suspected of taking about a dozen school children hostage and commandeering a helicopter for a ten million dollar ransom. The alleged gunmen were captured early Monday in southern Russia ending a four-day drama. The kidnappers initially demanded to be flown to Iran. A police now believes their only aim was ten million dollars paid by the government most of which has now been recovered.

　　News Item 2 ( For Question 12 )
　　The United States has announced that it’s to send one thousand more troops to Panama to increase security at Cuban refugee camps where riots broke out last week. Officials in Washington said that the troops will be added to the two thousand who are already in Panama. More than 200 American soldiers were injured when the Cubans, angry at delays in moving them out of Panama, attacked their guards and broke out of the camps. The refugees have been in Panama since September.

　　News Item 3 ( For Question 13 )
　　U.S. lawmakers have criticized- the recent US-North Korean deal calling for freeing Pyongyang’s nuclear program in return for US diplomatic and economic concessions. They express concern that the North may take the concessions and break the accord. Other lawmakers noted that inspection of Pyongyang’s nuclear site is not required for at least five years. The U. S. chief negotiator defended the accord, saying he had made no compromises that would damage U. S. national security.

　　News Item 4 ( For Questions 14-15 )
　　Italy, a major producer of landmines, has joined the campaign to ban the weapons which kill and maim many thousands of people every year. The Chamber of Deputies, the Lower House of Parliament voted 402 to 2 with four abstentions to ratify a 1980 convention that will commit Italy to drastically limit the use of landmines and help to clear mined areas. Parliament also pledged Italy’s support for efforts led by the Secretary General of the United Nations, the International Red Cross and the Swedish Government to promote a total international ban on the production and export of the mines. The Italian Parliament acted at the request of Defense Minister.