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University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 6, 1990
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China's leaders belittle holiday
no wreaths laid for dead
The Associated Press
BEJIING — Authorities yesterday staged all-day rallies in Tiananmen Square on China's annual day for mourning the dead, preventing unofficial visits to the symbolic center of last year's crushed democracy movement.
It was the second time in a week that city officials held official activities in the square as an excuse for closing it to the public.
The method appeared successful. There were no reports of attempts to lay wreaths near the square or otherwise honor the hundreds and possibly thousands killed June 3-4, when the army opened fire on pro-democracy protesters and retook the square where the demonstrators had camped.
Yesterday was China's annual Qingming, or Clear and Bright Festival, when families traditionally visit graves to mourn their dead. Chinese dissidents abroad, including the group urged Beijing residents to stroll through Tiananmen Square in memory of the slain protesters.
Early in the week, however,
Beijing authorities issued orders curbing even normal mourning activities, such as group visits to crematoriums.
The Beijing Daily newspaper published a letter Sunday from a city official warning residents to pass Qingming in a civilized and orderly and not take advantage of the opportunity to create disublites.
Schools and factories told people to not to wear traditional signs of mourning, such as black armbands or white flowers. Some colleges suddenly announced special, mandatory political lectures, apparently in an effort to keep students occupied.
Authorizes bused thousands of high school Communist Youth League members into Tiananmen Square in the morning. They paid homage to China's revolutionary martyrs and listened to a lecture on China's past struggles against foreign imperialists.
In the afternoon, primary school members of the Young Pioneers, wearing their insignia red handkerchiefs around their necks, marched onto the square in formation to hear more patriotic speeches.
Members of the People's Armed Police, a paramilitary unit, stood guard on the square's perimeter.
De Klerk, Mandela schedule new talks
The Associated Press
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela agreed yesterday on a new date for formal talks between the government and the African National Congress on giving Blacks a share of political power in South Africa
the president and ANC leader met for three hours. The date of the formal talks was not announced, and the two did not appear together after the meeting.
Before the talks began, de Klerk accused Mandela of dissuading Black homeland leaders from meeting with the government as scheduled yesterday.
'I had the impression that there is a general agreement that violence had to come to an end and that there was a need for creating an atmosphere in which normal political processes could take place.'
De Klerk told reporters that during his meeting with Mandela, "I made the point that no one should inhibit discussions which need to take place on the widest possible scale."
— F.W. de Klerk
F. W. de Klerk President, South Africa
He said they also discussed the widespread political violence in the country. "Frankly and clearly...I had the impression that there is a
general agreement that violence had to come to an end and that there was a need for creating an atmosphere in which normal political processes could take place."
In addition to Mandela, de Klerk had been scheduled to meet with six homeland leaders, but four did not show up. "That choice was not volum-
tary in any sense of the word," de Klerk said before his talks with Mandela.
The talks were intended to discuss Black factional violence that has left hundreds dead in recent weeks, and to help prepare for formal negotiations on a new constitution to give Blacks a share of power in South Africa.
"I don't have a problem finding anyone to sit down with me," de Klerk told an impromptu news conference. "I just have a problem with those who want to sit down and who don't want to allow others to sit down with them."
Study says early abortions don't distress most women
The Associated Press
Though some women may fee regret, sadness or guilt, evidence indicates that legal abortion of an unwanted pregnancy in the first trimester does not pose an immediate psychological hazard for most women, according to the study, which will be published today in Science magazine.
Olivia Gans, director of American Victims of Abortion, called the study
WASHINGTON — Legal, voluntary abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy does not threaten most women's mental health or cause them great emotional distress, according to a new study.
a manipulation of data from earlier studies.
Nation/World briefs
The new study was commissioned by the American Psychological Association, which asked six experts to examine all research and determine if a valid conclusion could be drawn
"When you look at these studies, you can twist them any way you need to to get whatever conclusion you want," she said.
Nancy E. Adler, a University of California-San Francisco professor of psychiatry and lead author of the report, said the panel surveyed more than 200 studies and found about 19 or 20 that met solid scientific standards.
PANAMA RELATIONS RESTORED:
President Bush yesterday lifted the state of emergency against Panama, a formal step toward returning to normal trade and economic relations.
The state of emergency was imposed April 8, 1988, during the regime of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega. He was deposed during the U.S. invasion in December, and a new government was installed.
Although no elections have been held since then, the Bush administration considers the U.S.-installed government to be democratically elected.
across the Himalayan kingdom, highly placed sources said.
NEPALESE LEADER REGSING: the prime minister of Nepal resigned yesterday following six weeks of pro-democracy demonstrations
The sources said a formal announcement of the resignation of Prime Minister Marich Man Singh Shrestha would be made soon by King Birendra. They said Shrestha, prime minister since 1986, submitted his resignation last night.
BEIRUT CEASE-FIRE: Fighting died down in the Christian enclave of Beirut yesterday after rival leaders accepted a cease-fire at the request of clergymen, who said the battles threatened to wipe out Lebanon's Christians.
Army Gen. Michel Aoun and milia chieftain Samir Geagae ordered their forces to put down their weapons late Wednesday.
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