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THE WEEK, Page 15WORLDEt Cetera
NOT SO FAST
The British government's abrupt announcement that it would
close 31 of the country's 50 active coal mines seemed at first
only a political blunder. Industry and Trade Minister Michael
Heseltine's decision last October drew public and parliamentary
fury that forced him to announce that, on second thought, only
10 mines would be closed in the short term. In the judgment of
Britain's High Court, even that order was "unlawful and
irrational," since Heseltine failed to consult with miners and
unions as required by law. The government must start its closure
proceedings all over again.
LOST IN CHINA
After all the fuss over possible POWs in Russia and Vietnam,
a U.S. Senator just back from Pyongyang says hundreds of American
servicemen captured during the Korean War were sent to China and
never returned. Bob Smith, a New Hampshire Republican, vice
chairman of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs,
said, "Every single Korean official we talked to confirmed" that
U.S. prisoners of war had been sent to China. "They weren't
returned," he said. Beijing has repeatedly denied that China
kept any American POWs except for 21 who asked to stay.