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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8b the stars and stripes tuesday May 7, 1991 52 killed in South Africa during factional clashes Johannesburg South Africa apr at least 52 people have been killed during some of the bloodiest clashes in months Between the african National Congress and. The rival inkatha party police said monday. A a a a a. A a a a. A a a a a. A ,. At least 29  killed in violence since sunday mostly in Black townships around Johannesburg police said in a statement. The killings raised the weekend death toll to at least 5?, they said a a the Anc meanwhile rejected suggestions that Nelson Mandela and other Anc leaders might join the Cabinet to end a mounting political crisis Between the government and the Black opposition group. Anc spokesman Saki Mac Ozoma said the group was not willing to serve under president . De Klerk and wanted a transitional government. Newspaper reports said Mandela and others might be offered Cabinet posts. A a a a. A. A. The Anc has threatened to suspend talks with the government on sharing Power if de Klerk  not meet its demands to end violence in Black townships by thursday. The demands include dismissing the ministers of police and defense and disbanding Security units accused of helping to inflame the unrest. De Klerk has rejected the demands but said he is seeking a Compromise. The political crisis deepened with inkatha Leader mangos thu by thelezia a threat to Boycott a proposed peace conference because of what but Elezi called police collusion with the  de Klerk has called a multiparty conference for May 24 to 25 on the violence which mostly involves Anc and inkatha a Zulu supporters. The Anc has said it will Boycott the conference and but Elezi initially said he would attend. Another inkatha official Musa Myreni said sunday that inkatha would Send 100,000 armed members into Soweto if the Anc failed to halt clashes in the township outside Johannesburg. South african press reports said other inkatha officials claimed they would Field 250,000 armed members. Both inkatha and the Anc oppose apartheid but differ on the policies for South africans future. The left leaning Anc favors some degree of government economic control while inkatha champions free Market measures. A divorce a australian style this Motorist in Sydney Australia is celebrating his on his jaguars rear window. This obviously proclaims divorce with balloons and the words a just divorced his new state of affairs. Being secured to Trees failed to save Dhaka Bangladesh apr rescuers Are finding hundreds of dead infants and children tied to uprooted Trees on this country a Cyclone battered islands a parents in coastal Bangladesh have Learned that securing their children to anything solid May save their lives when tidal Waves sweep across the Low lying islands in the Bay of Bengal. ,. But it was enough to save them last week w Hen the most powerful Cyclone on record felled Trees and toppled nearly every thing in its path. Waves surged 20 feet High and winds reached 145 Niph. Tying children to Trees is a. Commonplace occurrence on the Low lying islands whenever storms strike since the Trees Are Seldom  but Maudud Ahmed a member of parliament who returned from a tour of the disaster area monday told of hundreds of dead babies found tied to tree branches. A it was a terrible sight Quot said Ahmed a former vice president of Bangladesh. The government said nearly 12b,000 people were killed by the ferocious storm and More Are dying of disease starvation and exposure. It has not said How Many Quot arc children. The morn my Sun newspaper said monday that about 60 percent of the victims were children and women. It parents who survived Are looking for the children they had tied to the branches hoping for a Miracle Ahmed said. A Quot during tidal Waves and smaller cyclones the Trees do not fall they Are specially planted As part of a government program a Ahmed said. A they Are tall flexible and resistant to Strong  world Queen Elizabeth plans official visit to . From wire reports London a Queen Elizabeth ii and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh will later this Morido make their first official visit to the United states since 1983, Buckingham Palace said monday. The Royal couple will Fly via concorde Jet to Washington d.c., on May 14. The Queen will make an unprecedented address before a joint session of Congress two Days later. The visit is viewed by the Palace As a reaffirmation of Anglo american Friendship in the Wake of the successful persian Gulf War Campaign a. A a a a a a a after leaving Washington Queen Elizabeth ii will visit Miami and Tampa fla., then Austin san Antonio Dallas and Houston Texas. Her american tour will end with a three Day private visit to Kentucky. The Queen an avid horsewoman has made several trips to Kentucky since 1983 to View and Purchase Stock. She is to return to London on May 26, a Palace spokesman said. Gold heist in Italy Florence Italy a bandits posing As police stopped an armoured Security Van on a Highway near Florence Early monday and stole 550 pounds of Gold ingots valued at $3 million. A guard was injured in the attack police said. Police said four bandits in a car used a police signal Wand to wave the Van to a halt at 5 45 a.m., some 20 Miles North of Florence. One Bandit got out of the car displaying a police pass to the Van Driver. He pushed the barrel of a Rifle into the armoured vans peephole and when one of the guards grabbed the gun a shot was fired and hit the guard in the left hand. After getting the vans keys from the guards the bandits transferred the Gold to their car and fled. . Ship saves fishermen Manila Philippines. A the amphibious command ship Blue Ridge rescued five indonesian fishermen aboard a crippled boat in the a South China sea a . Navy spokesman said monday. It. The Blue Ridge flagship of the . 7th Fleet commander was returning from a nine month deployment in the persian Gulf when it encountered the fishermen saturday said it. Lee Saun dvrs. A v a. A a a a. A -. The fishermen who were believed to be from the indonesian Island of Sumatra had been adrift for six Days in a 25-foot boat whose engine had malfunctioned. Spain finds sea of drugs la Coruna Spain a More than a ton of cocaine literally floated into the hands of Spanish authorities when a storm broke Loose a smug go Crsp Cashe moored off the Northern Atlantic coast officials said monday. Civil guard patrol boats red Cross workers and Fisherman scooped up 40 packages each containing about 66 pounds of cocaine late sunday and Early monday the authorities said in a statement. A. The total seized by mid morning monday was about 2,904 pounds the statement said. Patrol. Boats continued to search for More packages it said. A Spain led All european Community nations last year in cocaine seizures with 11,554 pounds. The craggy coast of Galicia where the cocaine was found is reportedly the Headquarters fora major network of smugglers. . Embassy Butler slain Ovel Man ant the Butler to the . Ambassador were found strangled in a downtown Moscow apartment victims in an apparent robbery authorities said sunday. The body of Clemente Pandin an italian National was found Friday in an apartment not far from the . Embassy said Vladimir v. Martynov a spokesman for the Moscow Interior ministry which oversees the police department. Pandin 66, was one of the butlers on the staff at Spaso House the official residence of  ambassador Jack Matlock. He had worked there for 26 years greeting guests and supervising waiters at diplomatic functions  
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