University Daily Kansan / Friday, October 14, 1988 7 British high court rules in favor of press rights Nation/World The Associated Press LONDON The British government has long and costly battle block publications pers from publishing excerpts of 'Syphacteria' the memoirs of forerunners of the War. Newspapers saw the ruling by the Law Lords, Britain's highest court, as a trumpet for press freedom. The Court also accused Mr. Woolsey because the five judges unanimously accused Wright of violating the oath he took as an intelligence officer. But the judges said any possible damage to Britain's national security had been caused already by the book's publication elsewhere, and there were criticisms against the Guardian, the Observer and the Sunday Times of London. "Spycatcher" has sold 1.4 million copies overseas after being published in 40 countries. The spokesman for William Heineme- mann Publishers said the company would give the government two weeks to finalize its plans. 200,000 paperback copies in Britain. Trade deficit rises by $2.7 billion WASHINGTON — the nation's merchandise trade deficit surged to $12.18 billion in August, the government reported yesterday. The Associated Press The Commerce Department said the August imbalance was $2.7 billion higher than the July figure, which is the lowest monthly deficit in 3/4 years. Although the August figure was slightly worse than expected, financial markets took the news in stride. The market reaction was in sharp contrast to a year ago, when the August trade report sent the Dow plunging by 95 points, setting the stage for the record 508-point drop on Oct.19. The Reagan administration, which has been fending off attacks on its trade embargoes, is seeking an identical candidate Michael Dukakis and running mate Loyd Bentens, moved quickly to play down the widening in the August deficit. However, Bentsen said the steep rise in the August deficit was another example of failed Republican economic policies. Commerce Secretary C. William Verity noted that the trade deficit for the first eight months of the year was running at an annual rate of $18.53 and a record improvement from the record deficit of $179.3 billion run up in 1967. "While imports food America, George Bush and Dana Quilet sit back and let the damage accumulate, Americans, 'Don't worry be harmed.' Senate Majority Leader Robert Dyr, W-D.V., said the August deficit was new evidence that there were problems far from being solved. "The long-awaited light at the end of the tunnel has turned out to be an onrushing freight train loaded with imported goods." Byrd said. "This Congress passed a comprehensive trade bill. What we need is an administration that will enforce it." In August, both exports and imports climbed to record levels. Exports were up $1.03 billion to $2.75 million as the United States sold more cars, business capital goods and farm products to foreigners. Private economy views the big jump in imports with concern. They said it was unrealistic to expect further bigger increases in export levels, which were up 29 percent so far this year from a year ago. Egyptian wins Nobel Prize The Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Nagub Mahfouz of Egypt, an Arab storyteller who chronicles the search for human values from the Nile River of the Pharaoh to the back cover of *The Nobel Prize in Literature*. Nobel Prize for literature yesterday. Mahout, the first Arab writer to win the award in its 87 year history, has been compared to Charles Dickens for his vivid portrayal of poverty. Mahfouz, 76, who was awakened from an afternoon nap at his Cairo home and told the new," said he was "very happy and thankful for the Arab world" and said, "I congratulate the Egyptian people that one of its small people won a big award, and I am pleased this will be the first step for our literary generations. We have taken a lot and must now give." One of his books was banned in Egypt. Another book attacked former President Gamal Abdel Nasr domestic and pan-Arabist policies. News Roundup SHROUF OF TURIN NOT AUTHENTIC. The Shroud of Turin is only about 700 years old and cannot be the authentic burial cloth of Jesus Christ as believed by millions over the centuries, the archchapist of Turin said yesterday. Cardinal Anastasio Balestrello's said that he accepted the results of dating tests conducted by scientists and found no insolved: how the shroud came to bear the image of what scientists have called a real human form of a whipped and crucified man. MTY OFFICES拥入 The offices of MTV and its video Hits it division were seriously damaged by the raiders. windows in the building which houses numerous show business enterprises. Barry Kluger, company vice president, said that the cable broadband service was not interrupted and that programming was not interrupted. POLICE ARREST HUNDREDS: Police and federal agents swept through communities in 20 states to round up more than 400 suspected members of drug-dealing Jamaican gangs allegedly responsible for more than 1,400 murders in the past year. The sweep included Karaas City, Mo. EL SALVADOR MILITARI QUESTIONED: The attorney general's office of El Salvador addresses the request. army troops were responsible for the slayings of 10 seawants last month. WELFARE OVERHAUL APPROVED: President Reagan approved yesterday the first major overhaul of the nation's welfare system since it began in 1975. It was an agreement, the government has pledged to provide training and support systems to destitute parents if they take steps to become independent. SUDAN AIRLIFT BEGINS: An airlift financed by the United States began carrying food and medical supplies yesterday to thousands of refugees in Sudan. Sudanes and United Nations officials s The Following Groups want to Remind you to: REGISTER TO VOTE 9:00 - 5:00 OCTOBER 17 & 18 KU Democrats KU Democrats Black Student Union Panhellenic Association Interfraternity Council Committee to the City Associated Students of Kansas KU Students Against Hunger KU Honors Student Association College Republicans Hillel International Club Rock Chalk Review Commission on the Status of Women Hispanic American Leadership Organizaztion BURGE UNION (2nd Floor near the Bookstore) A Service of Associated Students of Kansas. Help ONE LIFE TO LIVE find a college campus to shoot several exciting episodes of its soap-within-a-soap "Fraternity Row." 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