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When President F.W. de Klerk lifted emergency rule last June, he left the security regulations intact in the province of Natal, where fighting between the followers of the Zulu political movement Inkatha and the African National Congress has claimed 4,000 lives since 1986. Last week De Klerk freed Natal from the restrictions, thus removing a major obstacle to negotiations with the A.N.C. over a new constitution. Though violence still flares occasionally in Natal, the province has grown calmer since De Klerk dispatched additional troops there in April...
Rauch began his campaign speech for chair last week with the claim: "I assumed the position of U.C. secretary on March 12, 1989. Since then, the two Germanys have united, Nelson Mandela has been freed, Earth Day has made people everywhere more conscious of their environment and the butterfly of democracy has begun to emerge from the cocoon of totalitarianism in Eastern Europe. I take no responsibility for the Persian Gulf crisis...
...incriminating information that could be used for blackmail or to besmirch the characters of prominent persons. Still others may be offering to keep quiet in exchange for immunity from prosecution. Wolf's successor as head of the intelligence agency, Werner Grossmann, was arrested on Oct. 3 but was freed the next day without being charged. Fischer said Grossmann had probably made an "arrangement" with the West Germans...
These policies attracted greater foreign investment, freed up business transactions and enabled consumers to buy the lowest-priced, highest-quality goods, Li said...
Because De Klerk's steps have been as substantive as they have been swift, he deserves respect when he pledges a new deal for the country's 28 million blacks. Having freed Nelson Mandela, De Klerk has agreed to release hundreds of other political prisoners and has ended the state of emergency in much of the country. Most important, he and his National Party have started down a road that made De Klerk's predecessors tremble: toward negotiations on a new constitution that will finally enfranchise blacks. If everybody votes in the next election, this son of Afrikanerdom could...