P151 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                                * 23 October - BBC News newsreader  Michael Buerk gives powerful  commentary of the famine in Ethiopia  which has already claimed thousands of  lives and reportedly has the potential  claim the lives of many as 7 million  more people. Numerous British  charities including Oxfam and Save the  Children begin collection work to aid  the famine victims, who are mostly  encamped near the town of Korem.  * 25 October - The European Economic  Community makes 1.8 million available  to help combat the famine in  Ethiopia.^     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End