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Euro Edition: Morning Papers
Aired December 22, 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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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: So let's see what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Liz George back with us in London.
Liz, what's on the front pages this morning?
LIZ GEORGE, LONDON: It's a real mixed old bag today, Catherine, thanks very much. Our papers really sort of split amongst their headlines of what they are going to cover. And of course it's that time of year, as well, isn't it, so we've got an awful lot of these cutesy, nice nativity pictures adorning the front of our papers.
One of the headlines, though, that really has attracted some sort of serious comment is the decision by Libya to effectively stop its weapons of mass destruction proliferation program going on there and allow for inspections to come in and check what's happening on that front. And the papers really sort of looking at the fallout from that and what that might well mean to Tony Blair.
Now, of course, Tony Blair deeply unpopular in the aftermath of the war with Iraq, and ministers are betting, or hoping really, that this might well help to boost his offensive really for the new year. And also sort of hoping that that might well also lead the way for other countries as well to join in and open up their doors to have inspections in terms of weapons of mass destruction programs.
Iran and Syria, the next to feel the heat is the headline in "The Daily Telegraph." Similar headlines across a lot of our serious papers on that particular story. And that's what they are looking at and betting.
One of the other stories that has attracted attention as well is that case of the pilot, that Virgin Atlantic pilot who was grounded after being found to have alcohol on his breath. And that has led to the story here, which we are seeing in "The Independent," about the pilots union here in the U.K. Saying that it doesn't want to have alcohol or drugs random testing going on amongst pilots, despite the fact that there was this case just recently.
And they are saying that really what they want instead of actually having some sort of breathalyzer or some sort of random testing going on, they want pilots and co-pilots to tell upon each other, do a sort of whistle-blowing system so that that keeps the checks on these pilots. So that's another one of the headlines that's catching attention. One of the more serious headlines that's catching attention here in the U.K. And then, of course, as I was saying, it is that holiday time of year, isn't it? That silly season, if you like, where we've got not only the cutesy pictures, got a lovely cutesy picture here of a car being pulled across a field. But you also get those polls, don't you, on who is the most generous. And a poll in "The Times" today saying that women, in fact, are far more generous than men in terms of giving Christmas presents. And surprise, surprise, we're more organized as well -- Catherine.
CALLAWAY: Really. They don't know me very well. I was not included in that poll for sure.
I'm amazed at this pilot story, the pilots union. So they are supposed to police themselves or like they are going to rat on each other.
GEORGE: Yes. Absolutely, yes. It's moving well away from actually having sort of official tests and random alcohol tests, random drug testing as well. And saying that what it wants to do is make sure that pilots and co-pilots sitting next to each other that they actually police themselves so that they are actually making sure that they don't go to the bar in the evening.
CALLAWAY: Yes.
GEORGE: And you know if they do, they make sure that they drink orange juice, only buying orange juices for each other, I think.
CALLAWAY: I want to see that happen.
All right, Liz, thank you very much. We'll see you a little bit later then. Bye-bye.
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Aired December 22, 2003 - 05:45 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: So let's see what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Liz George back with us in London.
Liz, what's on the front pages this morning?
LIZ GEORGE, LONDON: It's a real mixed old bag today, Catherine, thanks very much. Our papers really sort of split amongst their headlines of what they are going to cover. And of course it's that time of year, as well, isn't it, so we've got an awful lot of these cutesy, nice nativity pictures adorning the front of our papers.
One of the headlines, though, that really has attracted some sort of serious comment is the decision by Libya to effectively stop its weapons of mass destruction proliferation program going on there and allow for inspections to come in and check what's happening on that front. And the papers really sort of looking at the fallout from that and what that might well mean to Tony Blair.
Now, of course, Tony Blair deeply unpopular in the aftermath of the war with Iraq, and ministers are betting, or hoping really, that this might well help to boost his offensive really for the new year. And also sort of hoping that that might well also lead the way for other countries as well to join in and open up their doors to have inspections in terms of weapons of mass destruction programs.
Iran and Syria, the next to feel the heat is the headline in "The Daily Telegraph." Similar headlines across a lot of our serious papers on that particular story. And that's what they are looking at and betting.
One of the other stories that has attracted attention as well is that case of the pilot, that Virgin Atlantic pilot who was grounded after being found to have alcohol on his breath. And that has led to the story here, which we are seeing in "The Independent," about the pilots union here in the U.K. Saying that it doesn't want to have alcohol or drugs random testing going on amongst pilots, despite the fact that there was this case just recently.
And they are saying that really what they want instead of actually having some sort of breathalyzer or some sort of random testing going on, they want pilots and co-pilots to tell upon each other, do a sort of whistle-blowing system so that that keeps the checks on these pilots. So that's another one of the headlines that's catching attention. One of the more serious headlines that's catching attention here in the U.K. And then, of course, as I was saying, it is that holiday time of year, isn't it? That silly season, if you like, where we've got not only the cutesy pictures, got a lovely cutesy picture here of a car being pulled across a field. But you also get those polls, don't you, on who is the most generous. And a poll in "The Times" today saying that women, in fact, are far more generous than men in terms of giving Christmas presents. And surprise, surprise, we're more organized as well -- Catherine.
CALLAWAY: Really. They don't know me very well. I was not included in that poll for sure.
I'm amazed at this pilot story, the pilots union. So they are supposed to police themselves or like they are going to rat on each other.
GEORGE: Yes. Absolutely, yes. It's moving well away from actually having sort of official tests and random alcohol tests, random drug testing as well. And saying that what it wants to do is make sure that pilots and co-pilots sitting next to each other that they actually police themselves so that they are actually making sure that they don't go to the bar in the evening.
CALLAWAY: Yes.
GEORGE: And you know if they do, they make sure that they drink orange juice, only buying orange juices for each other, I think.
CALLAWAY: I want to see that happen.
All right, Liz, thank you very much. We'll see you a little bit later then. Bye-bye.
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