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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, February 4, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                U.s., Mexico hold meetings on free Trade Mexico City up a . Trade representative Carla Hills and Mexico a Trade minister Jaime Serra Puche opened a Short notice two Day visit sunday to discuss free Trade. Hills who arrived with a delegation of 10 congressional members 20 business people and several aides also is scheduled to meet with president Carlos Salinas de Gortari. A spokesman for the presidents office would give no further details. A we Are not authorized to say anything a the spokesman said. A any meetings at this Point Are  a spokesman for Hills said the Trade representative met with Serra Puche and with members of the delegation but declined further comment. The trip is a to provide an Opportunity for the members of the . Delegation to meet with president Salinas and members of his Cabinet As Well As to Exchange views with the mexican private sector a the . Embassy said. The abruptness of the visit has led to suggestions by mexicans watching free Trade negotiations among the United states Mexico and Canada that the talks Are at an impasse. The talks which began in june appeared to slow in october when Hills met with her counterparts in Zacatecas Mexico. Baltic bound Aid Chi. Ronald Williams Maneu vers a forklift carrying a crate of medical supplies As another worker looks on. The loading is part of an Effort being conducted at the army a medical material Center in Pir Masens Germany to ship medical supplies to the Baltic nations of Lithuania Latvia and Estonia. The supplies left Over from operation desert storm include pharmaceuticals bandages and sutures. Last year the Center also supported operation provide Comfort sending medical supplies for kurdish Reft gees in Turkey and Iraq. Hill says hearing unfair did t address harassment new York up a Law professor Anita Hill said sunday that she believes she was made out to be the a Ocul Pritz for bringing charges of sexual harassment against supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas last fall. She also said she did not think the charges were Given a a a fair hearing by the Senate judicial committee that eventually helped elevate Thomas to the highest court in the United states. In her first major television interview since her allegations nearly derailed Thomas nomination Hill said on the lbs to program 60 minutes that having a woman on the committee might have made a differ enc when asked if she got a fair hearing the University of Oklahoma Law professor responded a no. I Don t think it was a hearing on the issues of sexual harassment Hill declined to a a Analyse what the hearing was on a saying that a we need to get beyond those hearings because i think what those hearings come Down to is me against him. We need to move beyond that because for Many people that Issue is already  Hill who confirmed she was a registered Democrat despite being conservative a in some respects a said that if a woman had been on the Senate committee a i think there would have been More sensitivity. I Hope that it would been  when asked if a in some ways you were made to be the culprit a Hill replied a yes indeed that is. What happened. And i think anyone raising a claim of sexual harassment has to understand that there is a great potential for that occurring.�?�. That fear of being blamed kept her from making the accusations earlier she said. A a. With All the societal pressures with the economic pressures of trying to keep a Job with the pressures of knowing that you need a reference from this Job to get the next one women very often choose to try to get out of the situation or Deal with it As Best possible at the time and move on to the next in the future a she said. Hills accusations that Thomas had made sexually explicit remarks when they worked together in the Early 1980s threw the Confirma Tion process into turmoil and forced the Senate to take the unusual step of delaying a confirmation vote to hold extended hearings into the charges. The televised proceedings captured unprecedented ratings for a congressional hearing and sparked a National debate Over the Issue of sexual harassment. Thomas the second Black Justice to serve on the nations highest court vehemently denied Hills charges. Hill said the nation must end the sexual harassment of women in the workplace which she said occurs on a a regular  a a we be got to confront this or we be got to get beyond these myths that we hear read and tend to believe because they re easier to believe about women a Hill said. A a we be got to get to the real  such myths include the belief that a women ask for it. That they file these claims because they re disappointed in their jobs or romantically disappointed a ill said. A women Are oppressed and they done to feel like they have an outlet to address  at another Point in the 11-minute interview Hill said a people Are talking about the problem As a real Issue and that a important if we re going to move to some kind of solution to  Hill said she was angry that her parents were a exposed to ugliness in a Way that was really unfair Quot As a result of her appearance before the Senate. A and i was publicly vilified a she added. A and of course that a ugly and that a something that i would not wish on anybody  she also said that she did not feel like a a failure a or that she had failed anyone else. A i did what my conscience told me i had to do a she said. A and you cannot fail when you do  made in bombing Washington apr Moa mar Qadhafi said in an interview published sunday night that Libya is being made a a a Scapegoat in the terrorist bombing of a pan american Airliner. In an interview with the Washington Post the libyan Leader called on the United states to reopen its embassy in Tripoli and said he holds out Hope for a a a compromised to head off . Sanctions against his county. The Post said that during an interview saturday in a tent in the Countryside about 180 Miles from Tripoli Qadhafi a alternated Between Defiance and an apparent desire to appease the United  he praised president Bush and Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii who he said won his a a respect because they did not attack him personally and Scapegoat Qadhafi says a seem to be serious about seeking peace in the Middle East. A . Grand jury has indicted two libyans in the bombing of pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland which killed 270 people. The United states is seeking their extradition a with backing from the United nations. Qadhafi said that Libya has responded positively to a . Demand for cooperation in the matter and that the a Ball is now in their  a what has Libya done to be put in such a Corner a he asked. A i done to think the problem is difficult. We must reach a  he said he had no specific proposal for a Compromise. A what i say is. Anything they accuse us of we will investigate a he said. Dancers taxi Drivers hold protests at olympics site Albertville France a less than a week before the Winter olympics open strikes and protests by dancers and taxi Drivers blotted the Pristine Alpine landscape Over the weekend. About 150 dancers scheduled to perform at the opening and closing ceremonies held a 24-hour strike in their rehearsals saturday to demand better housing and pay. About 30 taxis meanwhile blocked roads saturday linking Albertville Headquarters of the games to Mou tiers the telecommunications Center. The taxi Drivers were angry because of regulations established of regional authorities that prohibit Drivers from taking clients throughout the Region during the two week games. Under current rules aimed at reducing traffic taxis registered in one zone cannot enter another and must turn Over their clients at the imaginary Frontier to different Drivers. A if we done to get satisfaction Well demonstrate again at Moutier and maybe even saturday the Day the games open a one angry Driver said on condition of anonymity. A strike at Moutier during the games could cripple broadcasters. Some 40 television stations and networks from around the world will be sending their footage from there  
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