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RECOVERING. DESMOND TUTU, 65, Nobel Peace Laureate, retired Archbishop and chairman of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission; from surgery to remove most of a cancerous prostate gland. Tests indicated the cancer had not spread...
...Merwe's statements before Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Truth and Reconciliation Commission marked a turning point in the process of seeking redress for the brutality suffered by millions of South Africans during apartheid's kragdadigheid ("ironfistedness"). Set up by President Nelson Mandela last year, the commission has heard mainly from victims. But while many of their stories were moving, the inquiry was perceived as largely feckless, unable to tie the crimes to perpetrators, black or white, on either side of apartheid. Despite offers of amnesty, alleged culprits refused to confess because they were convinced they could get a better deal...
...Elizabeth Dole should take up residence in the White House, my guess is that by comparison she would make Hillary Clinton seem almost as self-effacing as Bess Truman or Mamie Eisenhower. DESMOND LEIGH-HUNT Santa Barbara, California...
...Reported by Edward W. Desmond and Irene M. Kunii/Tokyo and J.F.O. McAllister with Clinton
...elections to put Hashimoto's government to a popular vote. The vote could occur anytime between April and the end of 1997. "Hashimoto's Liberal Democratic Party is eager to avoid elections for the time being, but Ozawa is pressing hard for them," reports Tokyo bureau chief Edward Desmond. "There have been four governments since the 1993 elections, and the press and many politicians feel that it's time for a fresh popular mandate." Even if the highly popular Hashimoto manages to put off elections, Japanese politics will likely be dominated by Ozawa's opposition to Hashimoto's economic policies...