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18— MANCHESTER HERALD. Friday. May 24.1991 Suspects in murder belong Korean WEEKEND EDITION % To Tamil liberation group protests fffiW DELHI, India (AP) — Etlimc 'Runil guerrillas known to operate in Ihmii Nadu with that degree of fiom Sri Lanka, who use sophisticated weiqxms in their wer^XHis sophisUcatitm. battle for indqtendence, are being investigated by police growing ; The Tigers are also known to have set up a suicide for the bomb slaying of Riy>v O an^i. squad called the Black Tigers, which has a women’s cell. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -4. No proof has been offer^ and the Ihmils have denied A Tamil motive would appear to date back to Gandhi’s invdvement But Indian police say the Libeiatirai Tigers Presidem Roh Tae-woo today role in Sri Lanka’s ethnic war or his later opposition to a reputed hard-liner as the new of Tunil Eelam are prime suspects in Gandhi’s assassina- the presence of Tamil militants from that country in ilanrljTatTr lUTralft prime minister and refused to give tioo in southeastern hidia on lliesday. Ihmil Nadu. The guerrillas, fighting for Tamil independence in in to widespread tmti-government neighboring Sri Lanka, have perfected methods of using Ihmil Nadu, sqiarated fm n northern Sri ijinim by a protests. Opposition force! Newsstand: 350 - Home: 300 Manchester’s Award-Winning Newspaper 25-mile strip of sea, has long provided sanctuary to denounced the choice and land mines, trip-wire erqilosives and remote-ctmtroUed Saturday, May 25,1991 bombs, according to officials in New Delhi and Ctriom- Tamil separatists from the island natioi). threatened new demonstrations. bo. the oqiital of Sri Lanka. Tamils make iq> 18 percent of Sri Lanka’s 16 millicm A cycle of self-immolations and Gandhi was killed by a female suicide aamssin people. They accuse the Sinhalese majority, who com anti-government protestt triggered suspected of being a Sri Lankan Ihmil, police said. She prise 75 of the population, of discrimiiuuion in jobs, by the killing of a student last numth had explosives strqrped to her b a ^ which were education and the use of the Tamil language. At least has included rallies, sit-ins, himg^r SSA earnings limit repeal gains forum Inside Today.. detonated u she bem forward to greet the fwmer TnHifln 15,000 people have died in the eight-year ethnic war. strikes and violent protests fa more Bv SUSAN SrMAI ICD ' -------- told thi* mmol . x . than 75 cities. It is the most serious By SUSAN SCHAUER told the panel she continues to work out of necessity, even prime minister at an election rally in the Indian of Hiarald Washington Bureau eyes and spinal surgery. My husband has been diagonsed with Ihmil Nadu. Indian Tamils have Iqog sympathized with their 3 mil political crisis since R<fa assumed though it means losing most of her Social Security benefits. m kfason’s Disease. lion fellow Tamils in ^ Lanka and have given Ihmil ^ b e t h Hargraves earns $19,500 a year driving the bus, Hie Uberadon Tigers have denied responsibility for office fa 1988. “All I warn to do is work and not get penalized for it,” she ■ Television listings sqnratists from the island nation sanctuary in Ihmil WASHINGTON — Siqiporters of legislation to repeal the but because of the current earnings limit, her Social Security is the killing, but police say they are the only militnntg The main opposition New Social Security eamfags limit finally got a House subcommit told the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Nadu. J Democratic Phrty, made up of ciU to only $79 a month or $956 a year. Security. tee to conduct a hearing on the issue fais week, but opponents • husband and I are fraced to meet our medical bills and moderate liberals, said the «ai«vtion sat smugly as various witnesses testified such a move would Under current law, senior citizois between 62 and 64 who ■ Religion and seniors news of Chung Won-shik as the new cost the federal government too much money. combined income of $20^00 and continue working lose $1 of their Social Security benefits for fas $5,600 fa Social Security,” Hargraves eiqilafacd. “In addi HMaaaaaaaMticaMM MMMMMaMa R SQ O 7m Soviet relief plane crashes in Iran prime minister was “an act of every $2 earned above $7,080. Seniors between 65 and 69 lose A 67-year-old Sandwich, 111., woman who works 40-hours- tion to those expenses, we've been burdened with unforeseen NICX)SIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Iraq border, in Bakhtaran province. betrayal and challenge to the people a-week as a school bus driver for special education students The cargo plane was carrying 45 who want an end to siqrpressive illnesses. In the last two months I have had laser surgery on my ■ Children’s games, hob Soviet tnmqxxt jdane carrying Ger fa Bonn, Germany, a German air tons of relief goods to Bakhtaran, he j!# ■ Please see REPEAL, page 8. rule.” bles ■ Maaaaaa«aaaMaaaaat»«aaa Rage 14. man relief goods to Kurdish force spokesman said that the said. Leftist dissidents and students op refugees today ran out of fuel and aircraft that crashed was a charter He said the plane tried to land at cradled in western Iran, killing four posed to the conservative govern Ilyushin 76 that carried a 10-mem- Bakhtaran but couldn’t because of FUNERAL PREPARATION — An Indian sweeper clears people and injuring six, repots said. b o Soviet crew. ment regard Cfaung as a hard-liner News bad weather. debris from the streets along which the body of slain Con Ban’s officird Islarnic Republic Hie sptdcesman, who refused to ’ who as education minister from Congress gives The plane then attempted an News^ Agency reported that the be identified, said be had heard that gress leader Rajiv Gandhi will be taken in procession to the 1988 to 1990 led a crackdown <m an emergency landing near Siahkamar, outlawed teachers’ uni<». Ktoe than In Brief aircraft, an Dyushin, crashed and there were six survivors, but said he 9 miles to the west, where it banks of the Jamuna River for cremation, scheduled for this burned six miles east of the Iran- had no confirmatitm. afternoon. 1,500 teachers were fired and crashed, said the official. hundreds jailed. M C C to hold trading powers class awards Ethiopia releasing WASHINGTON (AP) — Con Bush, who had made the issue a MANCHESTER gress on Friday extended President centerpiece of his 1991 legislative Manchester Community College Bush’s authority to make trade program, lauded the actitm as “the will hold its first annual Awards agreements free of amendment, best economic news fa nuxiths.” Reception on Ibesday, May 28, political prisoners ixovidfag the strengthened hand be “I am very, very h ^p y indeed,” at 6 pjn. fa the Lowe Program ‘Silky* says: said he needed td tear down barriers he said fa Boston, where h? spoke to Center. Nineteen awards will be ADDIS ABABA, Ethic^ia (AP) carted from the square where it had with Mexico and other trading a business group en route to a presented or ackndwledged — Its army withering under the been six years. partners. Memorial Day weekend vacation fa during the ceremony where over rebel advance, the government has The actions in this Horn of Africa By a 59-36 vote, the Senate fol Maine. After the vote. Bush 65 members of the class of 1991 made new moves to placate the op country come just days ahead of low ^ the House’s lead fa extending telephoned congratulations to will receive recognition for position by freeing political U.S.-tnediated peace talks scheduled Bush’s “fast-track” authority for two Mexican President Carlos Salinas de academic excellence. prisoners and toppling a Lenin to begin Monday in Ixmdon. years, despite opponents’ arguments Gortari, who hopes a free-trade Dr. Luene H. Corwin, dean of statue to the cheers a crowd. Both sides promised to attend, but that it could eventually cost Academic Affairs, will preside The rebel forces, whose relentless the rebels refuse to heed the govern Here's some money American jobs. Please see TRADE, page 8. over the reception; Dr. Jonathan gains caused President Mengistu ment call for a pre-negotiations M. Daube. MCC {xesideiit, will Haile Mariam to flee the country ceaM -^, saying they would fight make the closing remarks. 'Diesday, reportedly pressed to until either a peace agreement is New members of Eta Mu within 22 miles of the capital reached o r the government in Addis U.S. firms cheer Lambda, the Academic All- Thursday and have met little resis Ababa is destroyed. American Team, and the winner tance along the way. When Mengistu fled, he left the for your trouble. of the Imtiaz Zaheer Scholarship The government freed 171 politi- government in the hands of his vice will be atmounced. ■cal prisoners Ihursday, most of president, Lt. Gen. Tssfaye Gebre- ‘fast-track’ bill The Academic Divisions will whom had been arrested following a Kidan, and a council of advisers. present awards in Business coiq> attempt against the unpopular of opening markets for U.S. goods Careers; Humanities; Math; Mengistu established a Marxist By B A RT Z IE G L E R preridentin 1989. and services around the world,” Science and Allied Health; and regime after he and a cadre of of The Associated Press fa a further move to appease its American Express Co. Chairman Social Science. The College ficers overthrew the late Emperor enemies, the government began thought it was time to emerge from my racoon. ■»»« ran «w n, i James D.

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