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Disaster! Disaster!
- 21 June 1999
A cabinet minister described the low Euro-poll turnout, and the low Labour vote as "an absolutely bloody disaster"
Goodbye, Dolly
- 07 June 1999
Dolly the cloned sheep is prematurely ageing. The average age of theatregoers was said to be 58
Buddha's Tooth
- 31 May 1999
One of Buddha's teeth is drawing crowds in Hong Kong. There's a second in Sri Lanka, but the existence of one in Taiwan is hotly disputed
Nonsense
- 17 May 1999
Nato bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. It was a "tragic mistake" (with apologies to Lewis Carroll)
Because
- 10 May 1999
The body of George Mallory was found on Everest, still in its tweeds, after 75 years. Tory poll ratings hit a new low.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away . . .
- 03 May 1999
Queuing started six weeks early for the new "Star Wars" film. There was a second nail bomb in the East End, and a new school massacre in the USA










