- Poland: SNCF -SOCIETE NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER FRANCAIS- wishes to participate in the privatisation of Poland's national railway PKP and is not ruling out alliances with other companies for such an operation, particularly with Germany's DB, the Italian railway FERROVIE DELLO STATO or the American WISCONSIN. - Australia: Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has announced the full privatisation of the telecommunications company TESTRA with the sale of the 51% still state-owned. See EI...