European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars  stripes wednesday May 22 1991 ethiopian Leader resigns As near March in Moscow a protester holds a crossed out poster of soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev As thousands gather before the Moscow City Council on monday to urge mayor Gavril Popov not to resign lie has threatened to quit if communists Block his Reform program. The demonstrators were among 15,000 marchers who kicked off a week of events honouring the late soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov. The human rights activist  Nobel aug Reale who died in 1989, would have turned 70 tuesday Addis Ababa Ethiopia apr president Mengistu Haile Mariam the marxist president who ruled a a Ethiopia through War arid Tamine since 1977, but who has a been increasingly under pressure from advancing. Rebels resigned tuesday  left the country slate radio . A 1 1 a a the announcement came less than week before peace talks Are to begin. But rebel Leader reacted to reports of Menai slut a departure with scepticism  vowed to con True lighting. State radio said it. Gen. T Tesfaye Gebre Kidan had takeover administration. Of this impoverished nation of 51 million people. It quoted the Council of state a group of Mengistu advisers. I he Council said Steps had been taken to a arrange a cease tire through diplomatic channels a the . Embassy in Addis Ababa confirmed that it had immediately contacted the rebels a a Mengistu a destination was nil announced. Reliable sources said they believed he had arrived in Nairobi. Capital of neighbouring Kenya but that could not immediately be confirmed. Other sources said he Zimbabwe. Quot. Ethiopian president flees Mengistu Haile Mariam resigns As rebels Advance on capital. 200 Miles May have lied to the Bush administration welcomed Mengistu a resignation  departure. White House spokesman roman Popadiuk called on government  insurgent forces to cease operations saying the United states Hopes a the door is open for the realization of peace  democracy in this tragic . The departure of Mengistu. 49, follows three months of dramatic rebel gains in the North  West heavy fighting raged tuesday a a sixth straight Day North  West of the capital. Insurgents advanced to1 within 40 Miles of the capital of Addis Ababa. A Tigre an rebel spokesman described Tesfaye As having been Mengistu a right hand Man  responsible Tor government military strategy. The a spokesman Asefa Marno said Mengistu s departure simply removed a one evil person  did t significantly change the government. A a until things Are clarify Cal we will go on fighting Quot said Giorgis Petro Sia a spokesman for the other main rebel group the eritreans. Y. He said the eritreans were sceptical because Tesfaye was a a singular military Many who offered no real Hope for change. It the. Two men speaking in London said the rebels still plan to attend.  peace talks scheduled to begin on monday in London. Together the rebel groups control the Northern third of the nation. At the peace talks the rebels say they want to negotiate a Broad based transitional government that would hold elections. A the state radio said the Council had met until Midnight monday to decide the Fate of Mengistu who took Over this nation three years after he  a group of army officers overthrew emperor Haile Selassie lie established a marxist regime  ruled ruthlessly supported by soviet military . A intrigue kept out Gorbachev bbl says a Moscow apr former soviet Leader Yuri Andropov dictated a political Wilt from his deathbed in late 1983 ceding Power to Mikhail s. Gorbachev hut Ivard liners altered the text to win the succession of a rival according to a British documentary shown monday in Moscow.�?T, a  / a Quot. A a a .7.t a ,. The revelation Wras among Many titbits of recent history from Quot the second revolution a a television series on the Gorbachev Era prepared by the British broadcasting corp. And previewed to an audience that included key participants. Gorbachev a spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko called the film accurate. Viktor Chubrikov who headed the Kab secret police at the time of Andropov a death in Early 19s4, said after the screening that he Learned of the will a alteration from the documentary but he did not contradict the assertion that hard liners had doctored it. He has remained largely out of the Public Eye since Gorbachev removed him from the Kab Post in 1988.the first segment of the six part series covered Gorbachev a Rise to Power  the second his policy of glasnost or openness a a a a a a a a a a a the first segment quoted Arkady Volsky an aide to communist party general Secretary Andropov in his last Days As saying the ailing Leader dictated a speech empowering Gorbachev to preside Over the meetings of the party politburo  secretariat which then ruled the country. At the time the 52-year-old Gorba Chev was the youngest member of the politburo  was considered a protege of Andropov who began instituting political  economic reforms. Andropov was too ski to attend the party meeting where Liis successor was chosen Volsky said in an on screen inter a View a a a a. A a a. 7 working in collaboration with his hard line allies then defense Secretary Dmitri Ustinov  prime minister Nikolai Tikhonov Konstantin Chernenko managed to delete key sentences from Andropov a will before it was distributed at the meeting Volsky said. Andropov died a few months later  Chernenko became the communist party Leader Fie died within ,14 months  was succeeded by Gorbachev = file Yuri Andropov writer offers Camelot proof London up a an american author said a l5 10-Yoar-old Tombstone in Scotland shows the legendary Queen guinevere  an. Angel  tells the. History of King Arthur proving the Story of a Camelot is True at least one local scholar was sceptical about the claim. Nonna Goodrich said monday she interpreted i  on the a loot funeral Stone As showing the Only ancient representation of guinevere Arthur  Merlin the w Izard.  these Are the. Most Beautiful ears Ings you could Ever see. Goodrich. A professor of comparative literature a Cutie. University of Southern California said by Telephone from Quot her Home outs Itle los Angeles. A. A. A a the Stone is  upright now inside a very tiny museum in Scotland where it has been known As the Guines Eie Monument Quot Goodrich said. A i have been looking for this Stone for 20  the intricately sculpted Stone was found in a churchyard at Meigle a Village close to roman Sites in Eastern Scotland  placed with several other  in a museum at Meigle Church near Coupar Angus about 40 Miles North of Edinburgh. Authorities have found no proof King Arthur Ever existed. Glasgow University history professor Matthew Strickland said the Arthur myth May have grown frown a a Welsh War Leader in about  Century it  by the ninth Century he had become a local legend Quot a there is Quot not a shred of evidence that Arthur existed except As a literary tradition. I would he very very sceptical a a Strickland said a ill is very much a fictional literature tradition not historical  Strickland said Early Symbol stones Haw been interpreted As everything from Royal lineage charts to property Boundary markers t the first mention of King Arthur came in a Welsh poem about . 600,  stories have flourished Ever since about guinevere Merlin  sir Lancelot   Roun Tahle i Camelot. Top . Drug fighter lauds Panama s efforts contradicting criticism Panama City up a the chief . Anti drug official has praised Panama a efforts to fight drug trafficking  Money laundering despite los. State department statements to the contrary. A this country is working real hard to Deal with Narco traffickers Quot Robert Martinez director of the office of National drug control policy told a news conference monday a i think the will is there the philosophy is there  1 think the panamanian government wants to work on it a Martinez said. His statements Iol Lovyed criticism by . State department Ohio gals who said drug smuggling  Money laundering remain  As during the Quot regime of Manuel Antonio Noriega ousted in a december 1989 in Vasi Onby the United states. Martinez travelling through latin America to examine anti drug efforts praised president Guillermo Endara for signing agreements with the United states to Clamp Down on Money laundering  drug smuggling