P160 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                               * 2 December - Bob Hawke's government  is re-elected in Australia with a  reduced majority.  * 3 December - British Telecom is  privatised.  * 3 December - Bhopal disaster: A  methyl isocyanate leak from a Union  Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal,  Madhya Pradesh, India, kills more than  8,000 people outright and injures over  half a million (with more later dying  from their injuries the death toll  reaches 23,000+) in the worst  industrial disaster in history.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End