University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 23, 1990
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President opposes S. Africa proposal
Resolution would tighten sanctions on nation's debt
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration opposes placing more economic sanctions on South Africa because, "When someone is starting to do the right thing, you don't kick them," an official said yesterday.
The Associated Press
Herman Cohen, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, predicted that South Africa's white-ruled government might be able to satisfy conditions that could lead to the removal of U.S. economic sanctions in the next three months.
"In my opinion, the end of officially sanctioned racial oppression in South Africa is on the horizon," Cohen said during an appearance before two House subcommittees. "This is the beginning of an exciting new phase of efforts to determine shape of a non-racial, democratic South Africa."
But Cohen said the Bush administration objected to a House resolution that would tighten the sanctions by preventing U.S. banks from resched-
uling South African debt.
Cohen's comments came as a bipartisan congressional group pledged to keep sanctions in force until South Africa's President F.W. de Klerk meets all conditions for the lifting of sanctions.
Sen. Paul Simon, D-III., who co-sponsored a companion measure to the House resolution, said the bill's backers were mindful of the real progress being made in South Africa.
Congress imposed the sanctions in 1988 despite the veto of then-President Reagan.
Rep. Howard Wolpe, D-Mich., said,
"As we celebrate the release of Nelson Mandela, the personification of the struggle against white minority rule in South Africa, this resolution keeps us focused on the goal for which he has sacrificed so much: total dismantling of apartheid and the creation of a genuine non-racial democracy in South Africa."
De Klerk has released from prison Nelson Mandela, head of the African National Congress, and has lifted restrictions on other black political organizations.
Several Republicans endorsed the resolution, including Sens. Rudy Boschwitz, R-Minn., and Nancy Kassebaum.
Iranian newspaper urges hostage release
The Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus — An Iranian newspaper close to President Hashemi Rafsaanjani reported yesterday that all 18 Western hostages in Lebanon should be freed because they had become a propaganda tool.
Most of the hostages are thought held by kidnappers inval to Iran.
"Regardless of the West's propaganda plays, Muslim forces, out of Islamic and humanitarian considerations, should work to get the hostages free with no precondition," the English-language Teheran Times said in an editorial, parts of which were carried by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency.
many think is linked to a power struggle within the Iranian government.
It was the first known statement by an Iranian newspaper in support of freeing all the hostages, whose fate
Eight U.S. citizens, four Britons,
an Irishman, an Italian, two West
Germans and two Swiss citizens are
captives in Lebanon.
Terry A. Anderson, 42, has been held the longest. He is chief Middle East correspondent of The Associated Press and was abducted
March 16, 1985.
Anderson's sister, Peggy Say, was in Damascus, Syria, yesterday as part of an Associated Press delegation seeking the hostages' release.
Among leaders with whom Say has met are Javier Perez de Cuellar, the U.N. secretary-general; Pope John Paul II; and Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Nicaraguan behavior key to normalization
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State James A. Baker III yesterday told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the Sandistas will have to show a substantial period of good behavior before there can be normal relations with the United States, even if observers find Sunday's elections fair.
He said the Bush administration reserved the right to decide on its own if the election is fair.
Observer groups, including one led by former president Jimmy Carter and another sponsored by
the United Nations, would assess the election and arrive at reasoned judgments about its fairness, the secretary said.
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"The government of the United States must be satisfied that there will continue to be open political space in Nicaragua," Baker said. "Then we can consider beginning to look at how we might normalize."
The secretary accused President Daniel Ortega's government of intimidating opponents and poll watchers and denying visas to congressional observers.
U. S. SAILORS KILLED: A U.S.-flag Kuruati tanker loaded with naphtha and diesel fuel exploded yesterday in the Persian Gulf and killed two U.S. crewmen, according to early reports.
Twenty-two U.S. seamen and one other sailor abandoned the burning ship and were rescued by a U.S. Navy frigate.
Other U.S. military sources said the two missing crew members, thought to be dead, were the captain and first mate of the 81,233-ton Surf City but further identification would have to come from the owners, the Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. No one at the company was available for comment last night.
asked the government to require them for all passengers under 2 years of age.
AIRLINES OK SAFETY SEATS: The airline industry changed its position on infant safety seats yesterday and
The proposal, if adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration, could require thousands of parents each day to buy tickets for children who now fly free. Airlines would still have the option of offering free rides or reduced fares.
FLAG LAW OVERTURNED: A federal judge in Seattle overturned a law passed by Congress to prohibit desecration of the flag, ruling that Americans' right to burn their flag must be protected as energetically as their right to wave it.
Prosecutors said the challenge to the Flag Protection Act of 1989 may be appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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