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Former liaison for Noriega signs plea bargain after delay
A former Panamanian lieutenant colonel whom prosecutors say can tie Manuel Noriega directly to drug payoffs signed a long-delayed plea bargain yesterday, his attorney said.
The Department of Justice has now agreed to oppose deporting or extraditing the Dcl, said his counsel.
Luis del Cid agreed in March to plead guilty to some drug-related charges, but the deal bogged down over guarantees he would not be extradited. He resigned prosecution there after serving his U.S. term
Del Cid was a lieutenant colonel in the Panamanian military and a top aide to Noriega when the two were captured during the U.S. invasion.
Del Ciel acted as a liaison and money courier between drug traffickers and Manuel Antonio
Opposition parties announce choice for Bangladesh leader
Opposition parties, preparing for the imminent resignation of President Hussein Muhammad Ershad, yesterday nominated the chief justice of the Court to head the government in Bangladesh.
The news that Ershad would step down was greeted with noisy celebrations by thousands of people, many of whom ran from their homes in the streets and dance in the streets and set off firecrackers.
Ehrschad said yesterday that he would resign as soon as his replacement was chosen. The opposition says at least 100 people were killed by security forces since the emergency was declared Nov. 27. The government says only six people died.
Gunmen kill five, injure 54 after campaign rally in Haiti
Gummen killed at least five people and wounded 54 last night in Haiti after a campaign rally by a radical priest who is front-runner in the election, political elections, radio reports and witnesses said.
The violence by unknown assailants in Petitionville, seven miles outside the capital of Port-au-Prince, occurred during a 10-minute blackout at the French-Bertrand Artiste spoke to about 10,000 people.
Aristide, 37, was reported unharmed. He has survived at least three assassination attempts.
Witnesses said men in a jeep drove into the moments after the attack, that a big explosion by gunfire.
"It happened during the blackout," one witness said. "There was a big boom. We ran, and while we were running there was shooting."
From The Associated Press
U.S. and Philippines begin talks about future of bases
MANILA, Philippines — U.S. and Philippine panels began talks yesterday on the future of U.S. military bases in the Philippines, and a U.S. defense department expected to reach an agreement by next month.
The Associated Press
The United States maintains the giant Clark Air Base, Subic Bay Naval Base and four smaller facilities under a treaty that expires in September 1991.
Stanley Schrager, U.S. spokesperson, said after yesterday's meeting that both panels were optimistic they could reach an agreement by the end of January, their self-imposed deadline.
Philippine spokesperson Rafael Alunan said technical committees of the two negotiating teams had difficulties agreeing how much freedom would be allowed U.S. forces inside Clark after the Philippines assumed sovereign control over the air base.
Alanun said yesterday's talks provided a clearer understanding of each other's position but no agreements were reached. Talks will resume today.
Schrager said any disagreements would have to be resolved later by Philippine Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus and chief U.S. negotiator Richard Armitage.
"Our hope is by the time Mr. Armitage leaves on
Friday, we would come closer to resolving some of the stickier issues and mapping out an initial framework for a continued security relationship," Schrager said.
Manglapis has announced the Philippines would take over Clark and the four small bases after 1991 but allow U.S. forces access on a commercial basis until May 2015. The U.S. will stay at Subie for a five, to seven-year period.
The United States will have access to standing structures at Clark, but the Philippines will control those.
He said Philippe officials encountered stiff resistance from the government and he was pressed on applying Philippine laws to arrest Curtis.
An official close to the talks, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Philippines demanded total criminal jurisdiction over U.S. fishermen and seized an island in the use of the Philippines near its currency on the
"A lot of this is totally unacceptable (to the United States)," the official said.
In 1988, the Reagan administration agreed to seek $600 million in U.S. aid over two years for use of the program.
Last year, Congress cut the Bush administration's aid request for the Philippines, provoking charges that the United States reneged on its pledge.
State of emergency demanded
New bloc insists that Gorbachev do more to stop chaos
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — A newly formed bloc of conservative and liberal legislators demanded yesterday that Mikhail S. Gorbachev impose a state of political control on the Russian political parties and the parliaments of four republics.
The legislators, calling themselves the National Salvation Committee all but called for a military occupation.
“There are many fascist elements emerging in many parts of the country, and this process should be stopped before it is too late,” said Vladimir Krugluk. “It means a democratic Party, and a Salvation Committee spanned.”
But Soviet President Gorbachev's main rival, Boris Yeltsin, expressed fierce opposition yesterday to using the military to resolve the country's political and economic crisis.
Leaders demanded shifting power to the committee if Gorbachev did not act, the Tass news agency said.
"Gorbache must assume this responsibility, or we should find an alternative," said Vladimir Voronin, leader of the Sakharov Democratic Union and a committee member.
He said the committee wanted a strengthening of presidential power.
"Once the state of emergency is introduced.
everything will calm down at once." voronin said.
"I know those democrats. They will run away at once. It will be more difficult to pacify them when they accumulate too many weapons."
The group wants suspension of the parliaments of Lithuania, Moldavia, Georgia and Russia because they are seen as the strongest challenge to the central government. Zhirinovsky said.
The Lithuanian parliament declared independence March 11, and the newly elected non-Communist parliament of Georgia is moving in that direction. Moldavia is split among opposing ethnic groups. The Russian republic issued the strongest challenge by declaring itself sovereign.
Sentiment for a crackdown is widespread in the Communist Party. Many Communists want Gorbachev to call a state of emergency and enforce it with the armed forces and the KGB security police.
The National Salvation Committee seemed to have the same goals, although they were not spelled out clearly during the news conference called to announce the group's formation.
With all but one of the 15 Soviet republics seeking some form of independence or autonomy from central government, many officials fear the collapse of the union.
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