Source: Vancouver Province (Canada) Contact: http://www.vancouverprovince.com/ Pubdate: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 WORLD CUP '98 NOTES - NO DRINKING (GASP) ZONE - IN FRANCE! A 65-kilometre corridor in France is being turned into an alcohol-free zone today in the hope of avoiding more violence by English and German football hooligans. Hundreds of riot police were drafted into Lens in advance of a match between England and Columbia which will determine whether England remains in the Cup. The alcohol ban applies to bars along a coastal swarthe, from Dunkirk and Calais, all the way to Lens. Establishments in Lens face being shut down for eight days if they serve alcohol between 8 a.m. today and 8 a.m. Friday. A French policeman remains critically ill on life support after German hooligans fought pitched battles in the town last weekend. Before then, English hooligans had caused mayhem in Marseille. The French authorities fear some Germans may be heading for Lens to fight English fans. - --- Checked-by: (Joel W. Johnson)