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Nation/World briefs
Miami
University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 15, 1991
Old allies turn against Noriega
Manuel Noriega ordered the killings of two drug traffickers he thought had cheated him and supervised a gun-for-drugs trade with the Medellin cocaine cartel, a federal prosecutor said yesterday.
The allegations came at a hearing for Amet Paredes, the last major Noriega co-defendant in custody who has agreed to testify against the deposed Panamanian leader.
Paredes pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler to one drug conspiracy count related to the voyage of the drug ship Krill in March 1986.
Paredes is the son of Gen. Ruben Dario Paredes, who shared power with Noriage briefly, but was later forced out of the government and became his political enemy.
The Paredes family was involved with Noriega's personal pilot Cesar Rodriguez in the purchase of the Krill in March 1986, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan.
Lima, Peru
Hurtado Miller resigns at lunch
Prime Minister Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller announced his resignation yesterday. The announcement, made at a business lunch and in the press conference, ended weeks of speculation in the national press.
Hurtado Miller, who performed the functions of both premier and economy minister, was sworn in with President Alberto Fujimori and his Cabinet on July 28.
Hurtado Miller did not say why he resigned, but local reports said there was a conflict between Hurtado Miller and the Industry Ministry about their competing economic programs.
Peru is in dire economic straits, buffeted by high monthly inflation, a guerrilla war waged by leftist rebels and an outbreak of cholera that has left at least 96 people dead.
Hurtado Miller said his successor had not yet been named.
Johannesburg, S. Africa
Prosecution delays Mandela trial
The kidnap and assault trial of Winnie Mandela was postponed yesterday until March 6 so prosecutors could search for a witness whose disappearance put their case in jeopardy.
Prosecutor Jan Swanepole received the postponement by arguing that it would be impossible to proceed after one key witness vanished and others subsequently were too scared to testify.
Mandela, wife of African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, and three co-defendants are being tried on charges they kidnapped and assaulted four young men in Soweto in December and were sent to Monday to four counts each of kidnap and assault.
■ From The Associated Press
Soviets rebuke Iceland's recognition of Lithuania
MOSCOW — The Foreign Ministry here said yesterday that it had recalled the Soviet ambassador to Iceland and demanded that the Reykjavik government explain its decision to establish diplomatic ties with the secessionist republic of Lithuania.
The Associated Press
"Lithuania remains one of the union republics of the Soviet Union. Ignoring this fundamental fact is an attempt to interfere in the Soviet Union's affairs," Kremlin representative Vitaly Churkin said.
"The Soviet Union warns against any possible abuse of diplomatic channels and other international contacts. Such abuses on the part of Iceland may entail very grave circumstances. The Foreign Ministry expresses regret and expects to receive clarification." he said.
Olafur Egilsson. He said the Soviet ambassador would be kept in Moscow until officials received a satisfactory explanation.
Churkin read from a letter that was handed Wednesday to Iceland's ambassador to Moscow.
There was no immediate reaction from Iceland. Monday, Iceland became the first country to formally recognize Lithuania's declaration of independence. All three Baltic republics with Lithuania had been absorbed into Soviet Union in 1940 under a pacet pact between Adolph Hinder and Josef Stalin.
Iceland's parliament Monday endorsed its government's recognition of Lithuanian independence and authorized it to establish formal relations with Vilnius.
Most Western countries have never recognized the incorporation.
The move came a day after Lithuanians overwhelmingly endorsed their government's independence drive in a direct vote that President Mikhail Gorbachev said he would not accept.
Unification hangover hits
Eastern Germans experience severe economic hardship
The Associated Press
BERLIN — More than 15,000 teachers and school workers staged a warning strike in eastern Germany yesterday in the latest sign of the region's growing economic troubles.
In Bonn, the economics ministry said eastern German industrial output plunged 10.5 percent in
Across the former Communist nation of 16 million residents, local leaders are clamoring for more money from the federal government, unempowered by voters. Their results are rising beyond the reach of many people.
For many, the euphoria over October's unification of the two Germanys has been replaced by a more nationalistic mood.
Teachers walked off their jobs in the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz, forcing threequarters of the local schools and kindergartens to close for the day.
The strikers were demanding higher wages and job protection, despite efforts to trim down the wage gap.
Economics Minister Juergen Moellem said earlier this week that rebuilding the industry in eastern Germany would take longer and be more difficult than originally thought.
At the same time, the federal government said it was sending $6 billion to eastern Germany this week. The federal government said it would
Yesterday, Moellemann said the 10.5 percent drop in eastern German industrial production underscores the "seriousness of the economic situation there."
Western Germans, whose industry remains
eastern German industry from to.
-Kurt Biedenkopf governor of Saxony
plants and factories are in worse shape than originally estimated, and they are turning out almost no products that are competitive on world markets.
'There cannot be two different standards for what is reasonable in east and west.'
Eastern Germany's state governors are in Dresden to plan their latest strategy for getting the government to act.
"Without further help, the states' deficit will climb to between 30 billion marks ($21 billion) and 50 billion marks ($34 billion) this year." Biedenkop told a news conference.
Kurt Biedenkopf, the maverick governor of
sanction, received his threat of a Supreme Court suit
to acquit him.
Bielekop, originally a western German who has become the unofficial representative for eastern German interests, said justice dictates treatment for the former Communist nation.
"There cannot be two different standards for what is reasonable in east and west." Biedenkopf
While federal Finance Minister Theo Waagel has
pulled the country over the government still has not
funded such increases.
In addition, the Bonn government insists higher taxes will be needed to finance the gulf war and other items, rather than the merger of the two German states.
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