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 SOUTH AFRICA FREED the ANC's Sisulu and seven other political prisoners.
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 Thousands of supporters, 
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many brandishing flags of the outlawed African National Congress, 
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gave the anti-apartheid activists a tumultuous reception upon their return to black townships across the country.
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 Most of those freed had spent at least 25 years in prison.
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 The 77-year-old Sisulu, 
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sentenced to life in 1964 along with black nationalist Nelson Mandela for plotting to overthrow the government,
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 said 
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equality for blacks in South Africa was in reach.
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 The releases, 
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announced last week by President de Klerk, 
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were viewed as Pretoria's tacit legalization of the ANC. 
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 Mandela, 
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considered the most prominent leader of the ANC, 
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remains in prison.
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 But his release within the next few months is widely expected.
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 The Soviet Union reported 
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that thousands of tons of goods 
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needed to ease widespread shortages across the nation 
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were piled up at ports and rail depots,
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 and food shipments were rotting 
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because of a lack of people and equipment 
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to move the cargo. 
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Strikes and mismanagement were cited, 
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and Premier Ryzhkov warned of tough measures.
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 Bush indicated 
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there might be room for flexibility in a bill 
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to allow federal funding of abortions for poor women 
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who are vicitims of rape and incest.
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 He reiterated his opposition to such funding,
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 but expressed hope of a compromise.
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 The president, at a news conference Friday, also renewed a call for the ouster of Panama's Noriega.
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 The White House said 
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minors haven't any right to abortion 
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without the consent of their parents. 
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The administration's policy was stated in a friend-of-the-court brief
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 urging the Supreme Court to give states more leeway 
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to restrict abortions.
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 Ten of the nation's governors, meanwhile, called on the justices to reject efforts 
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to limit abortions.
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 The Justice Department announced 
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that the FBI has been given the authority 
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to seize U.S. fugitives overseas 
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without the permission of foreign governments.
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 Secretary of State Baker emphasized Friday 
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that the new policy wouldn't be invoked by the Bush administration 
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without full consideration of foreign-policy implications.
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 NASA pronounced the space shuttle Atlantis ready for launch tomorrow 
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following a five-day postponement of the flight 
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because of a faulty engine computer.
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 The device was replaced.
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 The spacecraft's five astronauts are to dispatch the Galileo space probe on an exploration mission to Jupiter.
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 South Korea's President Roh traveled to the U.S. for a five-day visit 
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that is expected to focus on ties between Washington and Seoul.
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 Roh,
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 who is facing calls for the reduction of U.S. military forces in South Korea, 
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is to meet with Bush tomorrow 
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and is to address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
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 China's Communist leadership voted to purge the party of hostile and anti-party elements and wealthy private businessmen,
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 whom they called exploiters.
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 The decision, 
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reported by the official Xinhua News Agency, 
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indicated 
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that the crackdown 
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prompted by student-led pro-democracy protests in June 
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is intensifying.
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 Hundreds of East Germans flocked to Bonn's Embassy in Warsaw, 
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bringing to more than 1,200 the number of emigres 
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expected to flee to the West 
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beginning today.
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 More than 2,100 others escaped to West Germany through Hungary over the Weekend. 
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In Leipzig, activists vowed to continue street protests 
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to demand internal change.
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 Zaire's President Mobutu met in southern France with Angolan rebel leader Savimbi and a senior U.S. envoy in a bid 
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to revive an accord 
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to end Angola's civil war.
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 Details of the talks, described
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 by a Zairean official as very delicate, 
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weren't disclosed.
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 PLO leader Arafat insisted on guarantees 
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that any elections in the Israeli-occupied territories would be impartial.
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 He made his remarks to a PLO gathering in Baghdad.
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 In the occupied lands, underground leaders of the Arab uprising rejected a U.S. plan 
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to arrange Israeli-Palestinian talks 
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as Shamir opposed holding such discussions in Cairo.
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 Lebanese Christian lawmakers presented to Arab mediators at talks in Saudi Arabia proposals for a new timetable for the withdrawal of Syria's forces from Lebanon. 
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A plan currently under study gives Damascus two years to pull back to eastern Lebanon, 
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starting from the time 
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Beirut's legislature increases political power for Moslems.
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 Hurricane Jerry threatened to combine with the highest tides of the year 
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to swamp the Texas-Louisiana coast.
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 Thousands of residents of low-lying areas were ordered to evacuate 
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as the storm headed north in the Gulf of Mexico with 80 mph winds.
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