European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday july 15,1990 to quit s no new Delhi India apr prime minister . Singh offered to resign saturday saying he has lost the Trust of the people and the parties in his 7-month-old governing coalition. A bowing to the general sentiment 1 wish to step Down from the prime minister ship a Singh said in a letter to the president of his janata dal party. Singh has been beset by party infighting brought to a head by the resignations of three Cabinet ministers on Friday. Critics charge that Singh a efforts to hold his party together have diluted his efforts to tackle problems such As rising food and gasoline prices and separatist revolts by sikhs in Punjab and moslem in Kashmir. His National front coalition formed a government in december after prime minister Rajiv Gandhi a Congress party lost Power in november a general elections. In his letter the prime minister asked the president to Call a meeting of the party a member lawmakers to choose a new parliamentary Leader. The Leader in turn would seek to form a government and become prime minister. But Singh could be re elected As the party a parliamentary Leader a move that would enable him to continue As prime minister. Singh a tactic of sending his letter to the party president was designed to keep Power in his party a hands. If he had made his resignation offer to the country a president the opposition Congress party could have been asked to form a government. Singh a party rules As a minority government but it is supported by leftist and right Wing groups. The Congress party holds the largest number of seats in parliament but does not have enough for a majority. The resignation offer came after Singh a Deputy prime minister Devi Lai ignored the wishes of Many in the party and installed his son As chief minister of Saryana state on thursday. Three of Singh s National Cabinet ministers resigned in protest Friday night. A the rationale of my being in the office of the prime minister was the Trust of the people of the members of the National front and of the supporting parties Quot Singh wrote a the developments of the last two Days have shown that i have lost this . The text of the letter was released by government . Singh desert by party infighting officials. Gandhi a Congress party now the chief opposition has been predicting that dissent within the coalition could Lead to Singh a downfall. The Congress party holds the largest number of seats in parliament but also does not have enough for a majority. 2 arrested for allegedly plotting to sell nato code to . Turin Italy apr a soviet Trade ministry official and an italian woman have been arrested for investigation of allegedly plotting to turn Over a secret nato computer code to the soviets paramilitary police said Friday. Col. Leonardo Gallitelli commander of the Carabiniero Force in Turin told reporters that the italian military secret service moved to have the pair arrested on spy charges when they Learned that the woman was about to go to the soviet Union to deliver a manual. The computer manual allegedly describes How to decipher nato secret messages transmitted by computer. He identified the soviet Trade ministry official As Victor Dimitriev 46. The woman was identified As Antonietta Valenti 51, a 15-year employee of Olivetti the italian computer maker the manual a a does t come from Olivetti which in t involved in any Way with this affair Quot Gallitelli said. He described the woman As a Quot Model employee Quot who worked in Olivetti a office for economic relations with Eastern european countries. Gallitelli said the investigation that led to the arrests began six months ago. Last fall Italy sought to reassure the United states that it was pushing ahead with an investigation into allegations that Olivetti one of Europe a largest computer companies had violated Western Export control rules on sales of computer equipment to the soviet Union. It was not immediately Clear it that investigation w As linked to the one resulting in the arrests. Olivetti at the time denied any violation of the rules. Valente met Dimitriev in the soviet Union during one of several trips she made there Gallitelli said. He said she was promised $225,000 if she delivered the 50-Page manual which he said was written in italian and was supposed to have been available Only to authorized people. Police said Dimitriev was arrested on sunday As he was about to go into his hotel in Turin. The woman they said was arrested two Days earlier at her Home in a Turin suburb. The two were being held in a Turin prison Gallitelli said. Dimitriev was arrested for investigation of espionage and corrupting an italian citizen while Valente was charged with espionage and procuring material dealing with state Security Gallitelli said. If an investigating magistrate and judge agree that the pair should be tried and if they Are convicted they would face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. An official at the soviet consulate in Milan said late Friday that Consul Sergei Alekseev had been in Turin All Day to obtain information about the affair. A was of today we done to understand what happened there because nothing is Clear Quot the official said on condition of anonymity. A Man answering the Telephone at the soviet embassy in Rome said no one was available for comment. Gallitelli said agents for s1smi, the secret service and the Carabiniero filmed and photographed a meeting in late june Between the woman and the soviet official in Milan. Without saying How they heard the conversation police said they Learned the woman had been asked to take the manual to the soviet Union world today violators of smoking bans can be jailed in Nigeria. Lagos Nigeria apr nigerians who smoke in Public places could be jailed for up to two years under a decree published Friday by the military government. The Law published in Lagos newspapers prohibits smoking in cinemas elevators schools offices and on Public transportation. The new Law also limits broadcast and newspaper advertisements for cigarettes requiring them to include warnings that smoking could cause cancer. Companies that violate the Taw can be fined and their directors jailed. The health minister or. Oli Koye Ransome Kuti had been campaigning vigorously for such a Law for two years. Trial set in Kenya for suspect in George Adamson murder Nairobi Kenya up a a somali Man accused of killing world famous conservationist George Adamson denied the charge in kenyans High court on Friday. Ahmed Abid Shurie 30, pleaded not guilty to killing the 83-year-old Adamson last aug. 20, and his lawyer said his defense would be based on producing Alibi witnesses. The presiding judge decided there was sufficient evidence to commit Shurie for trial next year. A lion Many Adamson As he was known was the husband of Joy Adamson who wrote the bestseller a ubom  he was gunned Down with two of his assistants at his Home on the Remote Kora game Reserve in northeastern Kenya. He had gone to the assistance of a guest attacked by bandits at his nearby Airstrip. Shuriel a trial Date was set for Jan. 6,1991, Panama invasion Leader moving to fort Hood fort Clayton Panama up  maj. Gen. Marc a. Cisneros one of the main architects of the . Invasion of Panama last december bid his troops Farewell at a ceremony marking his departure from the . Southern come. Cisneros who served As commander of . Army troops in Panama for the past 13 months will become Deputy commander of . Army i corps at fort Hood Texas. A this Cisneross greatest service was to the people of Panama a said Gen. Maxwell r. Thurman chief of the Southern come at a ceremony at fort Clayton a . Army base five Miles North of Panama City Quot he fought against the Noriega dictatorship and those that served  invading . Forces ousted panamanian military Leader Manuel Noriega dec. 20, 1989, and installed a civilian government headed by president Guillermo Endara. Cisneros 50, will be replaced in Panama by Brig. Gen William w. Hartzog director of operations for the Southern come. About 12,700 . Troops Are stationed at the Southern come but the number will be reduced to about 10,000 by september Thurman said. Rhinoceros kills women who climbed into its pen Basel Switzerland apr a Swiss woman was attacked and killed Friday after she managed to clamber into a zoo enclosure with a female Rhinoceros and its calf. Basel zoo officials said the woman reached the 8-year-old Indian Rhinoceros and stroked it for several minutes. When the Young beast approached the mothers protective instincts were apparently aroused. The Rhinoceros weighing More than 3,300 pounds tried to crush the victim and Spear her with its Horn officials said. As the 29-year old woman from the Basel Region tried to escape she was attacked a second time and fatally wounded they said. Zoo director Dieter Ruedi said the adult beast named Elora had behaved naturally in defending its territory and its calf Nandi bom in May. Ruedi said it would be illogical to punish the animal. Officials said they did not know what had prompted the unidentified woman to penetrate the Security around the enclosure