Nation/World
University Daily Kansan / Monday, April 8, 1991
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World briefs
Johannesburg, S. Africa
Mandela: Trial shouldn't matter
Nelson Mandela said in an interview broadcast yesterday that his wife's trial on kidnapping and assault charges would not affect the political situation in South Africa.
The trial of Winnie Mandela is scheduled to resume today in Johannesburg, South Africa.
"This is not my first experience, nor that of my wife, to undergo harassment," Mandela said on CBS-TV's "Face the Nation." The leader of the African National Congress was videotaped Saturday speaking by telephone from his home in South Africa's Soweto township.
"I don't think personally it's going to have any effect on the political situation in the country," he said.
Winnie Mandela and two others face charges related to the abduction and beating of four young men in December 1988. She has pleaded pot guilty.
The trial has been in an Easter recess since March 28, when the prosecution rested its case.
Tirana, Albania
Democrats may win in election
Albanians voted yesterday in runoff elections that either will grant Communists unchecked power in parliament or give the opposition an important say in running this poor Balkan
The Party of Labor, the formal name of the Communist Party, won 162 of parliament's 250 seats in the initial stage. Its main rival, the Democratic Party, won 65 seats, although its candidates upset President Ramiz Alia and other senior Communist leaders.
A team of Communists, Democrats and a member of the small Republican Party who were in charge of the runoff election agreed that voting had progressed without irregularities.
From The Associated Press
Planes airdrop supplies to aid Kurdish refugees
NICOSIA, Cyprus — U.S. military yesterday begin aairbinding supplies to Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq, and Saddam Hussein's forces have unblocked an opened a new offensive against the Kurdish rebels.
The Associated Press
The refugees, facing starvation and exposure in the snow-covered mountains, where they fled to escape Saddam's army, were growing more desperate.
Turkey's government-sponsored Anatolia news agency reported that Turkish soldiers opened fire yesterday on a group of refugees who forced their way into the country in search of food. One of the refugees was wounded.
The United States warned Iraq not to interfere with the refugee-reliief effort.
At the same time, President Bush repeated the U.S. intention to stay out of Iraq's civil war.
Iraqi troops, who badly outgun the Kurdish rebels, pushed deeper into rebel-held territory and
attacked the northern city of Salahedin, rebel leaders said yesterday.
The guerrillas said that 60 government troops were killed and three tanks destroyed in the battles that continued after nightfall. The claim could not be confirmed independently.
But he did not mention the cease-fire terms, which will strip Iraq of much of its military might.
Saddam, in a speech a day after Iraq accepted stringent U.N. terms for a permanent cease-fire in the Persian Gulf War, praised his people's steadfastness in the war against the allies.
Insurgencies broke out in northern and southern Iraq after Saddam's armies were routed by the allies in late February. The flood of refugees was Saddam's troops movement to crush the rebellions.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled their homes and are seeking shelter in Iran and Turkey.
Moscow celebrates Easter
Thousands gather for services at Red Square cathedral
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — More than 3,000 people gathered yesterday at St. Basil's Cathedral for Orthodox Easter services, the first such services in decades on Red Square, Soviet media reported.
They were among millions of worshipers worldwide celebrate Orthodox Easter.
Although political discussions are strictly forbidden on Red Square, greetings of "Christ is risen!" quickly turned to political discussions, the Russian Information Agency said. Red Square is the site of military parades on Revolution Day. Several rows of police stood by.
onion domes is the symbol of the Soviet Union for much of the world. However, the cathedral is an architectural museum owned by the government, not a working church.
In another sign of expanding religious tolerance, the state television news program Vremya began yesterday with an Easter message from the patriarch.
The ornate cathedral with colorful, fanciful
"In these uneasy times, many of us lack a peaceful, creative spirit — the spirit of gentleness and love. Let Easter joy be the source of peace, mutual understanding, tolerance, brotherhood, creation and unity desired by everyone," the patriarch said.
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