P118 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                               * 12 April - Palestinian gunmen take  Israeli Bus Number 300 hostage.  Israeli special forces storm the bus,  freeing the hostages  * 12 April - Arthur Scargill, the  leader of the National Union of  Mineworkers, rules out a national  ballot of miners on whether to  continue their strike, which has  already lasted five weeks.  * 13 April - India launches Operation  Meghdoot, bringing most of the  disputed Siachen Glacier region of  Kashmir under Indian control and  triggering the Siachen conflict with  Pakistan.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End