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January 29
Corazon Aquino sent troops into the station to flush out the rebels
1987: Aquino surpresses rebel uprising
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President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino has forced a group of heavily
armed rebels occupying a television station to surrender.
Her troops fired tear gas into the Channel 7 building in Manila to try to
flush out the group who have occupied the centre for the last two days.
A few minutes later they all surrendered.
Around 1,000 heavily armed troops wearing gasmasks, surrounded the building
just before the attack.
The rebels were warned that they had 15 seconds to surrender over a loud
speaker but the army were forced to move in.
Following the stand off President Aquino said: "Here was a determined
attempt to disrupt the affairs of government and those of the people at
large.
"Here was a determined attempt to overthrow the first principle of
democracy, which is civilian supremacy by those specially charged with its
preservation."
Earlier, the rebel leader Colonel Oscar Canlas had hinted that they would
surrender and follow orders from the Armed Forces, Chief General Fidel Ramos,
who had repeatedly ordered the group to give themselves up.
But Colonel Canlas insisted that unspecified arrangements had to be made
first and the armed forces refused.
Although the rebels had control of the building, loyal officials cut off
their electricity supply to prevent them from broadcasting.
The take-over was part of a series of carefully orchestrated attacks on key
military bases and broadcasting stations.
The rebels also attacked the Villamor air force base near Manila airport in
the south of the city but armed forces prevented their assault after 10 minutes
of heavy fighting.
Two rebels were killed and another 50 captured in the conflict.
General Ramos later said that government troops are now in control of all
the areas targeted by the armed group.
Margaret Thatcher was educated at Oxford
1985: Thatcher snubbed by Oxford dons
Artificially 1969:
The Oxford University has delivered a stunning snub to the Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher by refusing her an honorary degree.
Academics have led a campaign against honouring Mrs Thatcher in protest
against the government"s cuts in funding for education.
The vote against the prime minister was much higher than expected 738 to
319 and was greeted with cheers by students who handed in a 5,000 signature
petition.
It means she becomes the first Oxford-educated prime minister since the war
to be denied the honour.
Over 1,000 academics and administrators packed into the ticket-only meeting
last night.
The call to bestow an honorary doctorate of civil law on Mrs Thatcher, who
obtained a second-class honours degree in chemistry at Somerville college,
Oxford, in 1947, provoked a two-hour debate behind closed doors.
Academics are particularly concerned about government support for
scientific research, which, they say, is now at crisis level.
The warden of All Souls, Sir Patrick Neill, was one of Mrs Thatcher"s
leading supporters. He was disappointed at the decision and said: "We have never
given honorary degrees in the past because we approved or disapproved of
someone"s policies.
The principal of Mrs Thatcher"s old college, also supported her nomination.
Daphne Park said: "You don"t stop someone becoming a fellow of an academic body
because you dislike them."
But Professor Peter Pulzer, of All Souls, who led the opposition, said:
"This is not a radical university, it is not an ideologically motivated
university.
"I think we have sent a message to show our very great concern, our very
great worry about the way in which educational policy and educational funding
are going in this country.
"I hope the prime minister and the government and the country at large will
take note."
Mrs Thatcher has not commented on the decision but a Downing Street
spokesman said: "If they do not wish to confer the honour, the prime minister is
the last person to wish to receive it."
Vocabulary:
snub : a refusal to recognize someone you know(责骂) |
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