European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes wednesday september 24,1986 turkish court acquits sex Premier Ece Vit Ankara. Turkey a a criminal court on tuesday acquitted former Premier bul Cal a civil on charges of violating a a barring him from political activity. In the second hearing of a trial thai began in july the prosecutor asked for the acquittal say ing support of a parly does not constitute Viola Tion of the political activity ban. The judge concurred and ruled for acquittal. The prosecutor earlier had charged that a civil participated in Active politics when he attended and addressed a convention of the democratic left party on May 18. The party is headed by h is Wile Rassart. A civil and 100 other former politicians including no incr sex Premier Sulyman Demirci cannot join Lead or be affiliated with political panics or run for elective office until 1992 under a clause of the 19112 Constitution promulgated by inc then ruling military government. Retail prices jumped Only 0.2% in August Washington up1 retail prices Ros a modest 0.2 percent last month to just 0.1 per cent above their level at the beginning of this year he slowest annual Pace of inflation since 1955, the labor department said tuesday the August upturn in the consumer Price Index reflected a 0.9 percent Rise in food prices led by meal poultry and eggs which was nearly offset by a 1.9 percent decline in Energy  a separate report released by the com Merce department new orders for durable goods fell by 2.6 percent last month offsetting much of a revised 3.4 percent gain the previous month. Excluding the volatile defense capital goods sector new orders for durable manufactured products Rose just 0.6 percent in july and declined 0.3 percent last month. Egypt s envoy to Israel presents his credentials Jerusalem up Egypt s new ambassador to Israel look office tuesday presenting his credentials to president Chaim Herzog in a Cere Mony both hoped Marks the end of four years of cold  Mohammed Bassiouni Egypt s charge d affaires in Tel Aviv since Cairo withdrew its ambassador in 1932, met with the israeli president in a red carpet ceremony that included a Salute by 72 israeli soldiers and a police orchestra play ing the egyptian National Anthem speaking both arabic and English Bassiouni and Herzog exchanged pleasantries and held a half hour of talks on relations and the Middle East presidential spokesman Ami Gluska said. Both said they Hope Bassiouni s appointment will Lead to a lasting peace in the Region. The 45-minute ceremony came two weeks after egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announced Bassiouni s new rank following talks Wilh prime minister Shimon Peres in Alexan Dria Egypt Botha expects Reagan to veto sanctions Bill Pretoria South Africa a foreign minister . Botha said tuesday he expects president Reagan to veto legislation to extend sanctions against South Africa but was not sure the . President could sustain a veto in con Gress Botha told reporters the . Sanctions Bill Wai totally unwarranted and would have a damaging effect on perhaps a Large number of Black South  but it will not kill us it will harm us Botha said. We Are prepared to accept it if need be Reagan has until Midnight Friday to Velo or sign into Law a sanctions Bill passed by Congress thai would among other things withdraw land ing rights for South african Aicra. Bar new investment in South Africa by . Companies and Banks and ban imports of South african textiles steel Iron uranium Ore Coal farm products and weapons. Demos Boycott of panel delays approval of envoys Washington a a democratic Boycott tuesday blocked the Senate foreign relations com Mittee from approving president Reagan s Nomi nations of 11 . Ambassadors to african asian and latin american countries. Sen. Claibore Pell the ranking Democrat on the committee was the Only member of the minority to attend the meeting and he explained he would leave when the panel started to reconsider a nomination rejected earlier this year. Republican sen. Richard Lugar committee chair Man said that meant he would have to postpone the vote on 10 other ambassadorial nominees and the new head of the . Counter terrorism office As Well As pending treaties and other business. The delay raised doubts that the full Senate would be Able to act on the pending matters before its scheduled adjournment in two weeks. The dispute entered on James l. Malone. Nominated by Reagan to be ambassador to Belize. The com Mittee voted 9-7 last april to reject the nomination and 9-8 against sending the nomination to the full Senate with an unfavourable recommendation. Democrats who raised questions about Malone s work As a . Representative to the United nations Law of the sea conference and about his administration of his office in the slate department won enough Republican votes to defeat the nomination. If one vote changed it would be sufficient to Send the Malone nomination to the floor with an unfavourable recommendation. This reconsideration is a bad precedent said Pell who also had written to Lugar to warn him of the Boycott and recalled that Reagan had withdrawn a Lonc from consideration As ambassador to the Law of the sea negotiations because of committee opposition. We believe As a matter of principle that when the committee has acted Wilh respect loan individual on several occasions As definitively As in the Case of  the Mailer should be considered resolved. Pell  sen. Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas chairman of the Africa subcommittee appealed Tor prompt action on the other committee business. Six nominations this morning Are to african coun tries Kassebaum said. It s crucial that we get our ambassadors to these  the next meeting on the nominations must have five working Days of notice before it can be held. Included among the delayed nominations were u Paul Bremmer to be ambassador at Large for counter terrorist a James r. Lilley to be ambassador to Korea Charles j. Pilliod to Mexico Elinor Greer Constable o Kenya James w. Rawlings to Zimbabwe David a Fields to the Central african Republic David Kora to Togo Ronald d. Palmer to Mauritius James d. Phil lips to Burundi Alexander f. Watson to Peru and Etc real b. Bierman to the Solomon islands. Other postponed business included bilateral invest ment treaties with Zaire Morocco Turkey Cameroon Bangladesh Egypt Grenada Haiti Senegal and Panama. U.s., England sign securities fraud pack Washington up the United states and England announced tuesday they have signed an agreement to help each other in the War against insider trading and other forms of securities fraud. At a news conference . Securities and Exchange commission chairman John Shad hailed the Accord Asa major step in efforts to win International cooperation to protect investors against fraud in the International securities  the purpose. Shad said is to catch those investors who lie cheat and steal by hiding illegal profits in foreign exchanges. Shad said the Accord is beneficial to All investors Ina world in which financial markets now Trade 24 hours a Day. In 1985, British investors poured s37 billion into . Financial markets and americans invested $13 billion in British markets. Shad said. A memorandum of understanding the first such agreement Between Washington and London was signed in the United states by Shad and Susan Phil lips chairwoman of the commodity futures trading commission and in England by Paul Channon Secre tary of state for the Trade and Industry department the agreement Calls on both sides to share information that deals with alleged insider trading the use of confidential information from company sources for profit As Well As data on businesses and individuals who Trade in . And British financial markets. The Accord also Calls on the United slates and eng land to begin negotiations within one year on a comprehensive treaty covering securities and commodities matters. Previously the United states has signed information sharing agreements with Switzerland the Ontario securities Exchange the Dyman islands and Japan. Shad said talks Are under Way with other countries to eliminate havens in which unscrupulous investors can hide illegal profits. Fighting flares around afghan capital Islamabad Pakistan a new fighting has broken out around the afghan capital of Kabul and up to 15 afghan soldiers Are being killed each Day. West pm diplomatic sources said tuesday. Heavy fighting started Laic last month Wilh what moslem guerrilla leaders called their biggest offensive in three years against Kabul but there had been a Lull in the past week. The Western sources who spoke on condition thai they not be identified said guerrillas were attacking government defense posts in the Raghman District North of Kabul and launching Rockel attacks on the City. At least four loud explosions were caused by rockets on thursday and one missile exploded near the air port the sources said. The sources said they had no word on guerrilla casualties. Shevardnadze from Page 1 Rostrum of the . General Assembly was used in such a Way to respond Point by Point to that speech presents no problem. However to enter Inlo polemics would Beto show a Lack of respect for our audience. The subject under discussion is Loo serious to turn it Inlo a Grindstone for sharpening political wit. Time is too precious to spend it on refuting misconceptions and prejudices that distort reality and the  but Shevardnadze who spent two Days last week meeting with Reagan and Sulu in Washington said he was compelled to address an attempt by Reagan to provide a philosophic rationale for the assertion that new sophisticated technology of War if capable of reliably ensuring  the soviet Union he said in a reference to Star wan will continue to work Tor protecting outer space from attempts to turn it into a military Domain of one or iwo Powers today those designs Are being camouflaged with High sounding pronouncements about a defensive pro Gram which supposedly would once and for air do away with the threat of attack he said. One hears stirring and heart moving stories about a vision which when implemented would free Man kind from the fear of nuclear death. Evil designs Are being passed for Good intentions and a sword for ashield.1 Shevardnadze said the soviet Union is prepared to sign at any time and in any place a treaty on total prohibition of nuclear  Are prepared to do so Here at the United nations he said. We urge those who make verbal pronouncements in favor of eliminating nuclear weapons to follow up with practical  Reagan in his address called for agreement on meant to verify the magnitude of nuclear tests and Tor ultimately Banning them out the administration has rejected pre Vious soviet Calls for an immediate test ban