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Until the U.S. is certain the government of South African President F.W. de Klerk will take further steps towards breaking down Apartheid, the U.S. should not change its current policy of economic sanctions against South Africa, said U.S. Senator John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to an Institute of Politics (IOP) Study. Group yesterday...
Chanting "Nelson Mandela is free, 28 million to go," students applauded South African President F.W. de Klerk's decision to release Mandela, who had been jailed since 1962, but emphasized that the struggle was not over...
...meeting of the Board of Overseers last week, South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, elected to the governing board last year on a pro-divestment slate, said that Harvard should go ahead with complete divestment if de Klerk does not follow through on promised reforms...
Behind the stern talk, antiapartheid leaders conceded they were searching for compromises that could get them to the conference table. De Klerk has kept the final ace, the release of Mandela, in his hand, and when he plays it, the antiapartheid movement will feel heavy pressure to sit down and talk. The question then will be whether any solution acceptable to both the black majority and the white minority is negotiable...
Citizens in a cluster of border towns are already uniting the two Germanys through efforts both large and small. -- Though Gorbachev wants to keep his title as party chief, he aims to strengthen the presidency. -- South African President de Klerk announces that Mandela can go free. But when? -- Traffic jams and pilfered caviar in Bucharest...