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Euro Edition: Morning Papers

Aired October 20, 2003 - 05:45   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It's time to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition,' so let's head live back to London and Becky Anderson. She's looking at the front pages.
And I bet Tony Blair is on the front pages today.

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You got it right, absolutely, Carol. This is the picture on "The Times," of course, and this very much the picture around these newspapers today and around Europe how long will Blair carry on? Much speculation now as to just how long the prime minister, the British Prime Minister will continue. He is taking 24 hours off after this racing heart that he was admitted to the Hammersmith Hospital with over the weekend.

Suggestions appear to be it will just be 24 hours and that will be it and he will be back to regular work. And many people suggesting that he does still want to go on into the middle of, effectively, the next term in parliament. But speculation very much racing around political circles today as to just how long Tony Blair will carry on.

How did Di die? A lot of speculation and conspiracy theories reawakened once again into just how Lady Diana died. And her butler, Paul Burrell, I'm sure you remember him, he appears to have some letters, handwritten letters that were sent to him by Lady Diana. And they suggest that she had written that she knew that she was going to die some time before her actual death, so once again, much speculation around that story.

COSTELLO: What was that, she knew somehow she was going to die in a car accident?

ANDERSON: Yes. It's -- yes, that's what was written and that's what Paul Burrell says is in the letters that were written, handwritten letters that Diana had sent to him. Now many people have been talking about this this morning, many people suggesting that you know many of us at times have thought, my goodness, you know I feel as if I know about XY or Zed in my life. But Paul Burrell suggesting that he has this evidence on handwritten letters from Lady Diana.

COSTELLO: Yes.

ANDERSON: Very speculative at present. We'll see the ending, we hope.

COSTELLO: Yes, well he wants to sell his book, too, doesn't he?

ANDERSON: There you go.

COSTELLO: I'm just being a little cynical.

ANDERSON: Cynical.

COSTELLO: Hey, let's talk about David Blaine.

ANDERSON: The only magic is in the audience, says the tearful Blaine comes down, and an interesting story. We've been doing this now, of course, for 44 days, and David Blaine coming down, a bit wobbly, but not as wobbly as some people thought he might or should be after 44 days on only water in a persects (ph) box being suspended, of course, from Tower Bridge. Very emotional as he came out now gone into hospital.

A lot of sort of cheering and sort of hooting by the audience, I know the British can be terribly cynical, but there's been lots of egg throwing and tomato throwing. And there wasn't a lot of sympathy, I've got to say, when David Blaine came out. He made a bit of a tearful, sort of rambling speech to the audience and then was whisked off to hospital. He is all over the papers today.

And the last story coming out of France for you today in "Le Liberatsi (ph)" on the French government is preparing to impose a 20 percent increase on the price of cigarettes. The ban doomed to failure, "Le Liberatsi" says. It says all smokers must remain free to poison themselves provided their freedom does not encroach on that of nonsmokers to breathe.

There's your paper this morning.

COSTELLO: Thank you for that. Becky Anderson live from London this morning, we appreciate it.

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Aired October 20, 2003 - 05:45   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It's time to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition,' so let's head live back to London and Becky Anderson. She's looking at the front pages.
And I bet Tony Blair is on the front pages today.

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You got it right, absolutely, Carol. This is the picture on "The Times," of course, and this very much the picture around these newspapers today and around Europe how long will Blair carry on? Much speculation now as to just how long the prime minister, the British Prime Minister will continue. He is taking 24 hours off after this racing heart that he was admitted to the Hammersmith Hospital with over the weekend.

Suggestions appear to be it will just be 24 hours and that will be it and he will be back to regular work. And many people suggesting that he does still want to go on into the middle of, effectively, the next term in parliament. But speculation very much racing around political circles today as to just how long Tony Blair will carry on.

How did Di die? A lot of speculation and conspiracy theories reawakened once again into just how Lady Diana died. And her butler, Paul Burrell, I'm sure you remember him, he appears to have some letters, handwritten letters that were sent to him by Lady Diana. And they suggest that she had written that she knew that she was going to die some time before her actual death, so once again, much speculation around that story.

COSTELLO: What was that, she knew somehow she was going to die in a car accident?

ANDERSON: Yes. It's -- yes, that's what was written and that's what Paul Burrell says is in the letters that were written, handwritten letters that Diana had sent to him. Now many people have been talking about this this morning, many people suggesting that you know many of us at times have thought, my goodness, you know I feel as if I know about XY or Zed in my life. But Paul Burrell suggesting that he has this evidence on handwritten letters from Lady Diana.

COSTELLO: Yes.

ANDERSON: Very speculative at present. We'll see the ending, we hope.

COSTELLO: Yes, well he wants to sell his book, too, doesn't he?

ANDERSON: There you go.

COSTELLO: I'm just being a little cynical.

ANDERSON: Cynical.

COSTELLO: Hey, let's talk about David Blaine.

ANDERSON: The only magic is in the audience, says the tearful Blaine comes down, and an interesting story. We've been doing this now, of course, for 44 days, and David Blaine coming down, a bit wobbly, but not as wobbly as some people thought he might or should be after 44 days on only water in a persects (ph) box being suspended, of course, from Tower Bridge. Very emotional as he came out now gone into hospital.

A lot of sort of cheering and sort of hooting by the audience, I know the British can be terribly cynical, but there's been lots of egg throwing and tomato throwing. And there wasn't a lot of sympathy, I've got to say, when David Blaine came out. He made a bit of a tearful, sort of rambling speech to the audience and then was whisked off to hospital. He is all over the papers today.

And the last story coming out of France for you today in "Le Liberatsi (ph)" on the French government is preparing to impose a 20 percent increase on the price of cigarettes. The ban doomed to failure, "Le Liberatsi" says. It says all smokers must remain free to poison themselves provided their freedom does not encroach on that of nonsmokers to breathe.

There's your paper this morning.

COSTELLO: Thank you for that. Becky Anderson live from London this morning, we appreciate it.

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