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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday november 27.1988mexico s new government illegitimate loser claims Mexico City a Cuauhtemoc Cardenas runner up in Mexico s disputed presidential race said Friday thai any foreign president who attends his opponent s inauguration would be supporting an illegitimate  Cardenas spoke us a news conference to introduce Book a Ray of a fraud which lists him As co a Hor. This Book investigates How and Why the official results of the july 6 election differed from the True vote to said. The Hook says a close analysis of election return revealed numerical logical and statistical inconsistencies that prove vote totals were altered fraudulently. President elect Carlos Salinas do Gortari of the governing institutional revolutionary party or Pri lakes office thursday. He offered last thursday to begin dialogue with the opposition National democratic front a coalition of leftist and centrist panics headed by Cardenas. There can be a thousand kinds of dialogue car Denas Suid Friday. But we will maintain our position that the first objective must be to discuss ways of re storing legitimacy to the  he was asked if Cuba s Fidel Castro and Nicara Gua s Daniel Ortega would be giving Salinas the bless ing of the International left by attending the inauguration Cardenas replied we assume they like any other president arc coming in accordance with the purposes of Ihei rown governments. It s up to them whether they want to lend support o an illegitimate government or if they Don t want to lend support to an illegitimate in official returns Salinas received 9,641,329 votes. Or 50.36 percent to Cardenas 5,956,988, or 31,12percent. Manuel Clouthier of the rightist National action parly got 3,267,159 Voles or 17.07 percent. Minor panics split the rest. A Ray of a fraud said a reconstruction of the actual vote gave the democratic front 41 percent the Pri 36 percent and National action 23  Pri says that while some irregularities did occur during the election they did not materially affect the results. Ii also say s opposition candidates a Cuauhtemoc Carden. Outlines the first objective Nipula cd the vote in some areas themselves. A Ray of a fraud tries to track the footprints of fraud opposition representatives said in a statement. _ As an example the Book notes that party vote total sin a Ward have a Onc-in-10 Chance of ending in Zero. But Pri totals in wards where the party won by Large margins ended in Zero far More often. The statistical Odds of that happening by accidentale the same As if you flipped a Coin 191 limes and they All came up Heads said the statement. 3 sentenced in . K. Drug plot London up an american and two other men were sentenced Friday for a mafia conspiracy to flood Britain with cocaine in sentencing the men. Judge Kenneth Richardson referred to the chilling link Between organized crime in Octroi land in Britain. John o Boyle 49, of Detroit received an 18-Yearprison term in the  Raftrey 38, and Lloyd Hibbert 46, both of London were each sentenced to10 years in prison the judge said the three men had smuggled ii pounds of cocaine with a Black Market value of about $30 million. The first of Many consignments was hidden in  Boyle said As he was led away to prison i am. Not and never have been involved in organized crime. Media was the Only one  the heavy equipment dealer was referring to Ameri can David Mydin 46, who was caught with two suit cases containing $18 million Worth of cocaine East Jan uary.-. In his confession Mcdinh implicated organized crime members in Detroit after receiving a reduce sentence he became the prosecution main witness in the Case against o Boyle. Nigeria grounds International Cabin Crews Lagos Nigeria a Nigeria airways has or dered the immediate grounding of All International Cabin Crews and has recalled those overseas to Lagos. Friday s action was the airline s reaction to the arrest earlier in the week of two stewardesses at Lon Don s Heathrow Airport on cocaine smuggling charges. Olu Bajouwa the airline s administrator said Domestic Crews would be used on foreign flights White a. Special administrative panel screened those who had been flying International routes. The two stewardesses arrested at Heathrow were dismissed and Bajouwa said other Crew members suspected of smuggling or other illegal activities also would be fired. The airline also announced it would resume suspended service Between Kinshasa Zaire and Nairobi Kenya. World today Stone age too factory discovered in Australia Sydney Australia a  on Friday reported finding a huge Stone age factory in the cutback where aborigines crafted Stone Blades and cutting tools for barter1 some 2,000 years ago. Scattered among weathered Stone Outcrop were remains of hundreds of thousands of Stone tools and implements that Point to a sophisticated aboriginal Enterprise Long before europeans set fool on inc continent the archaeologists said. The site at Tib Obura 530 Miles Northwest of Sydney is so targe that archaeologists believe Itsou Pul May have formed the basis Tor a local port India try female recruits top off protest without shirts Jerusalem a female recruits at a israeli army base lined up for morning reveille wearing Only their bras and army pants to pro test their commander harsh treatment an army spokesman said. It was a prank b 1 new recruits an army spokesman said they appeared at the morning lineup in irregular  it said the soldiers who showed up without shins would be banned from the ceremonial lineup that Marks the end of their Basic training and also would be Given Elra chores at the base. The army said the event occurred about two weeks ago at a base in Central Israel. It would not specify the location of the base inc number of troops involved or what the soldiers objected  Soldier who organized the protest has been Given a 10-Day suspended sentence the army said. Atomic bomb survivors hold 400th protest of tests Tokyo a atomic bomb survivors another Hiroshima residents on Friday held their 400th protest against nuclear testing participants and City officials said. Protest Leader Ichiro Morita i said about is people demonstrated in silence for an boor in Hiro Shima s peace memorial Park protesting nuclear. Tests Lasi week by France and the soviet  Park is near the spot where a . Atomic bomb exploded aug. 6,1945, killing an estimated 140,000 people and destroying much Olne City. E. Germany blames ban on journal s distortions Berlin a East Germany s government defended Friday its Banning of a reformist soviet Magazine. .-.-. Distorted portrayals of the historical achieve ments of the soviet people spread in East Ger Many Are unacceptable in View of our Friendship with the soviet Union said a commentary in he East German communist party newspaper a epics deutschland or new Germany. The banned Magazine. Sputnik contains a selection of articles from the soviet press. Recent issues have included Frank reappraisal of the Stalin Era along with letters and commentaries critical of Kremlin politics. Its ban has provoked Public protest. Witnesses reported that Hast German Security officials arrested a Man who held up a handmade poster pro testing the ban and demanding Freedom of the press ".-.--. " Pope says he prays for Libya s Qadhafi daily Vatican City a Pope John Paul ii met saturday with Libya s Sec Ond in command and. Said he prays every Day for libyan Leader col. Foam mar Qadhafi. The Pope met for 30 minutes in his private Library with  Jalloul who is making an official visit to Italy. The meeting was listed As a private audience and the Vatican re leased no details of the talks. A lebanese prelate from the Vatican s secretariat of state acted As interpreter for the talks. Afterwards the Pope pose for photographs with Jalloul and Libya s ambassador to Italy Abdul Rahman Shagam and presented the libyans with pontifical medals. Every Day Spray for Libya especially for president Qadhafi John Paul told his guests. Thank you for Corning 1bless the libyan  the libyan official who arrived a few minutes late received. A Low key Wel come. Jalloul was met by the traditional picket of Swiss guards but the Pope did not come out of his study 16 Greet him As he often does with visitors. It was the Pope s third meeting with aloud at inc Vatican after previous vis its in May 1982 and december 19s4. The holy see docs not have forma diplomatic relations with Libya. Bui since 1986. The Pope has had a representative for Libya based in Algiers. Italy which depends greatly on libyan Oil is Libya s principal trading partner. Jalloul is the highest ranking Libya official to make an official visit to Italy since Libya fired a missile at the tiny italian Island of Lampedusa in april 1986. The missile which landed in the Tea. Was launched a few Louii after the .bombing raids on two libyan cities. Jalloul met thursday and Friday wit several High ranking italian officials including Premier Girioco de Mita presi Dent Francesco Corsiga and foreign  his trip is seen As part of a libyan Effort to break out of International Isola Tion improve relations with the West and expand economic ties with european countries  
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