P186 186 YLE TEKSTI-TV 18.01. 2112:41 NEWS IN ENGLISH WEDNESDAY News in brief - II Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze has rejected a western call for the Soviet Union to take down the Berlin Wall to demonstrate its sincerity in the human rights issue. .-----------.----------.---.------..-- West Germany is raising the length of national service from 15 to 18 months and th service by conscientious objectors from 2O months to 2 years. ...................................... Finns travelling abroad used over 700O million marks in 1988 while visitors to Finland brought into the country just under 400O million marks. Currencies 187 Weather 188 INDEX 180