The Straits Times, 26 May 1989 (2024)

479 1989-05-26 3 Arab leaders in heated debate on Lebanon Jordan puts forward peace force proposal CASABLANCA (Morocco) Arab leaders were locked in heated debate on I>ebanon yesterday as they explored a (ace-saving Jordanian formula to end Syr la's 13-year military Intervention. Speaking to a closed session of an emergency Arab League summit

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317 1989-05-26 3 TAIPEI Taiwan's Cabinet resigned en masse yesterday to allow Premier-designate Lee Huan to re-name top officials, a government spokesman said. The resignation, cosigned by 18 officials including Vice-Premier Shih Chi-yang, was submitted to Premier Yu Kuo-hwa, who had himself quit on May 8 "for

AFP; Reuter- 317 words

219 1989-05-26 3 COLOMBO India has sent more troops to an ar ea of eastern Sri Lanka after ethnic rioting there left 12 people dead and more than 7,000 homeless, Foreign Minister Ranjan WiJeratne told parliament yesterday. India boosted its troops strength from

AFP- 219 words

343 1989-05-26 3 US pledges its full support for Israeli polls proposal WASHINGTON The United States, under fire from Israel and some American Jews for a speech by Secretary of State James Baker, has declared its wholehearted support for an Israeli peace initiative. Reacting to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's dismissal of Mr Baker's

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165 1989-05-26 3 JERUSALEM A new computer game called Intifada (uprising) gives Israelis the chance to quash the 17-month Palestinian uprising and bring to power militant Rabbi Meir Kahane, who advocates expelling all Arabs. Computer wizard Mike Medved told the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday he created the

Reuter- 165 words

145 1989-05-26 3 NEW DELHI An Indian state plans to outlaw cheating in examinations in schools and c olleges, a widespread practice throughout the country, the Press Trust of India reported yesterday Goa Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane said on Wednesday that his gov

AFP- 145 words

33 1989-05-26 3 U)NrX)N Freak torrential rainstorms In north-west England have caused three (ieaths. police said. The storms occurred while most of the rest of Britain continued to swelter under unusually hot weather AFP

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659 1989-05-26 4 Lively proceedings make it unlike its rubber-stamp forebears MOSCOW The Soviet Unions first reft] parliament in more than 70 years tiegan its inaugural session in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses yesterday and immediately distanced itself from its passive, rubber -stamp forebtan "This is absolutely

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270 1989-05-26 4 MOSCOW Ethnic tensions within the Soviet Army have emerged with an appeal to Soviet Defence Minister Dmitri Yazov to see that Lithuanians do not serve alongside Muslims, a local newspaper said. Th» i Lithuanian leadership has set up a commission to investigate

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237 1989-05-26 4 Cold fusion 'unlikely to be source of cheap energy' SANTA VK (New Mexico) The Loi Alamos Nat inn .il laboratory has barked controversial claims that run lear fusion can occur at room temperature, but sani the process would probably never supply > heap energy I. os Alamos physicist Howard Menlove

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53 1989-05-26 4 RIO DE JANEIRO A sur m\ of household budgets h.is shown thai a Brazilian f.imily with a total income of USfMQ (SJI.OH6) a month s|H«nds morr on cigarettes than on bi«'.id The survey also showt-d the family spent more on bMI than on black beaas .1

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648 1989-05-26 5 Peter Hazelhurst; Koichi Ishiyama- Peter Hazelhurst Koichi Ishiyama Recruit share scandal By rtiUl 4 As I have served 40 years as a member of parliament, I feel it it my responsibility to pursue political reform to prevent the recurrence of a timilar cate. Therefore, I will remain at a

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341 1989-05-26 5 Wright offers to quit as Speaker if charges linking wife are dropped WASHINGTON House of Representath i i Speaker Jim Wright is offering to relinquish his powerful leadership post i" n change foe dismissal <>f F-'thi. s bmmlttee charges thai Involve his wile ional sources said Democrats have begun speaking

AP- 341 words

133 1989-05-26 5 89-year-old woman ticks off burglars :.< imxin a woman, ts, ■COlded thieves when they brake into hor daughter's mansion in England Mrs Madge Caftej con fronted the three masked nN and s.ikl v<iu can't Itr duui^ this ni^hl after ni^'hl you know it's not i propei job Surely you won't

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293 1989-05-26 5 A Jury awarded the of B masa kil!<-i Petei kitrliffe, 01 kshii <• l<ii>(>' Ssl H mil him 1 in libel 111 n /in* 1 V' n Wedncs (laj li 11 old Mis •is lr i;all> separated (mrii tin he hit,'ti»-st ,1 |ui

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197 1989-05-26 5 p) The Europe hi Parllamenl has uloptpt) proposals for ,1 taw whk ti amul'l 'nt the numbci •mW. 11 111 I', HI < »(M Th'- ibolisti bai 1 til ic.n fi <•r r 1 riK'tii I 1 from l'h<--1 Minis topped shori

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306 1989-05-26 7 Move will benefit 35 of the world's poorest countries DAKAR President Francois Mitterrand of France has announced a major initiative to reduce Third World debt by proposing to write off debt totalling 16 billion francs (554.5 billion) owed by 35 of

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367 1989-05-26 7 PARIS One of France's most notorious collaborators with the Nazi occupation in World War II has been arrested after 45 years on the run. Paul Touvier, 74, faces trial on charges of committing crimes against humanity while heading a pro-Nazi French militia in

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36 1989-05-26 7 PARIS A French-Japa nese dictionary boasting 2,597 pages, 120,000 entries and 600 illustrations and said to be the most comprehensive one ever published will go on sale at an international book fair this week. AFP

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126 1989-05-26 7 Two pilots suspended for close call on road SYDNEY Two pilots reported to have come close to landing on a road Instead of an airport runway have been suspended, Australian Airlines said yesterday. Newspaper reports said a Boeing 737 flying to Mackay in Queensland on May 14 was warned by

Reuter; AFP- 126 words

243 1989-05-26 7 NKW YORK Cornell University has su.s|x»n<l<»<l a 23-year-old graduate Ma dent identified by school officials as the author of a software programme thai jammed a nationwide com putor network in Novem ber The university's A< a demic Integrity HearinK Board has recommencietl that

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271 1989-05-26 7 Fire on US ship threatened its N-missiles WASHINGTON A fire aboard a US guided missile cruiser 14 years ago threatened to engulf the ships nuclear missiles, according to a government document made public on Wednesday. Although the fire itself was widely reported at the time, Wednesday's development marked the first

NYT; Reuter; UPI- 271 words

790 1989-05-26 8 Big power game where friends and favours count UNREST IN CHINA THE sudden return to China of Mr Wan Li, the 73-year old chair man of China's National People's Congress, after cutting short his visit to the United States is more than enough to set hearts pound ing for old

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639 1989-05-26 8 BKIJINC As China, in the midst of an historic people's power revolution, struggles to give birth to democracy, the man responsible for both raising the bamboo curtain and ordering in the troops, par amount leader Deaf Xiao ping, mysteriously absented

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658 1989-05-26 8 AMKKK'AN analysts of China knowledged on Wednesday that they had little reliable inform. i tion about the powei struggle mi folding in lieijing. Hut they said that everything they (jid know suggests it will be a bitter and protracted fight in

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444 1989-05-26 8 BEIJING BeiJlag'i protest wave is being fanned by an efficient student propaganda ma chine churning out leaflets and broadcasts attacking government leaders. Nearly two weeks after set ting up camp ai Tiananmen Square to press for democratic change in China, the students' morale and

Reuter- 444 words

361 1989-05-26 8 CATHERINE C ONG- CATHERINE C ONG Hy Hongkong Correspondent hon( ;k< )\< Am ovei whelming numbei of iion^ kon^ residents are pre for better '-af« guards for <l< morrncy after 11W In the wake rhlna politfc il tin moil The latest Islandwide opinion i»"ii ghowed that 98 |mm

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866 1989-05-26 8 Officials' children were the early leaders of unrest If the troops fire on the students, I just want you to know they'll be firing 7 on me. The students to their relatives of high standing M/\NY of the early leaders ■>f the student demonstrations in Heijing were sons or daughters

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336 1989-05-26 8 KHAW WEI KANG-'Zhao's fate sealed' with military's support of conservatives KHAW WEI KANG By THE decision of the Chinese military to support the conservatives has sealed the fate of Mr Zhao Ziyang, the beleaguered leader of the Chinese Communist Party, a China specialist based in Hongkong said yesterday. In a telephone interview

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