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East Germany to allow unrestricted travel to west; new reforms coming?

BERLIN (AP) East Germany’s leadership will propose a new law next month allowing all citizens to travel to the West and dropping requirements that family members stay behind as insurance, state-run media reported.

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In another indication of possible reforms to come, new Communist Party chief Egon Krenz hinted Tuesday he is considering amnesty for people jailed on charges of trying to flee to the West. WESTERN SOURCES estimate thousands are jailed on such charges. About 12,000 East Germans defied a warning from Krenz and protested in the streets of the capital Tuesday after Parliament confirmed him as president Police did not intervene. After the ritual confirmation in the traditionally rubber-stamp chamber some deputies voted “no” for the first time in the country’s history Krenz called for an end to street demonstrations by advocates of a more open society. HE ALSO PROMISED to investigate charges of police brutality during protests earlier this month and Communist authorities admitted, for the first time, that some police had used excessive force against peaceful activists. Krenz was in charge of East

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EGON KRENZ Joining reformers?

Germany’s police at the time. The 52-year-old career politician replaced Erich Honecker as last week as party leader. East Germany’s supreme leadership post, and promised “a new course” for the country that young skilled workers have been leaving by the tens of thousands. THE STATE-RUN ADN news agency reported Tuesday that when the Communist Party’s governing Central Committee begins its next session Nov. 8, it will consider reform proposals including a more liberal travel law. ADN said the party’s ruing Politburo would propose a system under which every citizen could get a passport and be allowed to travel “to all nations and West Berlin.” It said the Politburo would call for an end to the current requirements that family members stay behind as insurance that the

Gadhafi says he’s quit terrorist activities

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi has admitted for the first time that he sponsored international terror but says he stopped when he discovered the terrorists were working for themselves and not for all Arabs. He also told Cairo’s state-owned weekly magazine Al-Mussawar, published today, that he wants no confrontation with the United States and would welcome a dialogue toward friendlier relations. AL-MUSSAWAR said the interview was conducted a week ago, a day after Gadhafi met with President Hosni Mubarak in Tbbruk on Libya's Mediterranean coast to discuss improving relations after 16 years of friction. Gadhafi spoke about a reversal in his policy toward terrorism in reply to a question suggesting that support of “groups that practice terror in the name of revolutionary violence” may have harmed Libya. “At one point, we supported some of these groups without meticulously examining their aims and role,” he told Al-Mussawar editor Makram Mohammed Ahmed, a Mubarak confidant “BUT WHEN WE discovered that these groups were causing more harm than benefit to the Arab cause, we halted our aid to them completely and withdrew our support” Sounding apologetic, Gadhafi

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travelers will return, and that current demands for “grounds" to travel should be dropped. SINCE HUNGARY opened its Weston border last month, more than 50,000 East Germanys have fled to West Germany, which grants them automatic citizenship. Tbns of thousands more have taken to the streets, saying they are staying to fight for reforms including free elections and speech. ADN said the Politburo expressed the hope that the new travel law can be put into effect before the end of this year. Krenz ran unopposed for the presidency and received 26 ‘no’ votes in the 500-member Parliament, with another 26 deputies abstaining. HIS ELECTION triggered the East Berlin demonstration, in which marchers demanding more democratic elections chanted “Egon, who asked us?” and “We are the competition." The march was shown on East Germany’s state-run television and reported by ADN with no hint of criticism. Witnesses estimated the number of marchers at 7,000, but ADN reported later that as many as 12,000 took part No violence was reported between protesters and police, who directed traffic to keep the march route clear. More than 300,000 people had marched through the streets of Leipzig Monday night in the largest demonstration in the country’s 40 years. In his acceptance speech Tuesday, Krenz called for an end to street protests but also said he would look into the police brutality charges.

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added: “We erroneously thought that these groups could be part of the (Arab) national liberation movement. But we found out that they were practicing terrorism for the sake of terrorism and for other objectives that had nothing to do with our national cause.” In the past, Gadhafi insisted he helped only national liberation movements. “LET ME TELL YOU frankly that hijacking planes and killing civilians are acts of murder that have nothing to do with combat,” Gadhafi said. “(Libya) should not

Hostage takers repeat demands for release

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Kidnappers holding at least two Americans have again issued their demand for the release of 15 Shiite Moslem comrades jailed in Kuwait for bombing the U.S. and French embassies. A statement from Islamic Jihad, or Islamic Holy War, was delivered Tuesday to the independent newspaper An-Nahar and a Western news agency in Beirut THE AGENCY’S copy was accompanied by an instant photograph of American hostage Terry Anderson, who has been held the longest of the 18 Western hostages. Anderson, abducted March 16, 1985, is chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press. “We renew our firm emplk. s on the need to free our struggling brethren from the jails of the collaborating Kuwaiti regime, and declare that the Mujahedeen (holy warriors) shall not rest until they see their brethren free," said the statement, typewritten in Arabic. THE PHOTOGRAPH of Anderson was similar to one released by Islamic Jihad on Nov. 4, 1988, with the last statement from the group, showing Anderson about to cut a birthday cake. No cake was visible in the latest picture, a close-up from a slightly different angle that shows Anderson from the waist up, mustachioed and smiling, wearing glasses and a yellow Tshirt. In the background is what appears to be the same blue curtain. Anderson turns 42 on Friday.

be called to account for any of these acts, because we have withdrawn our support of such groups.” Gadhafi’s sponsorship of international terror was the principal cause of his rift with the United States. In September 1987, U.S. officials presented to the United Nations a selected chronology specifying 60 cases of what they termed Libya’s terrorism and support for various terrorist groups. U.S. WARPLANES raided two Libyan cities, the capital Tripoli and the Mediterranean port of Benghazi, in April 1986, 10 days after Libya was blamed for masterminding the bombing of a discotheque in West Berlin frequented by U.S. servicemen.

Gramm looking to 1996

WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Sen. Phil Gramm says he’s considering a race for the White House in 1996. “1 don’t think that anybody who ever runs for city council didn’t ultimately think about running for president,” Gramm, a conservative first-term senator from Texas up for re-election next year, said Tuesday. “I have great ambitions to serve America and to do things that I believe important to the working men and women of the country,” said Gramm, who was first elected

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TERRY ANDERSON Another year as hostage It will be his fifth birthday in captivity. ISLAMIC JIHAD also holds Thomas Sutherland, 57, of Fort Collins, Colo., who was acting dean of agriculture at American University of Beirut when he was abducted June 9,1985. The Shiite Moslems in Kuwait were convicted on terrorist charges stemming from the 1983 embassy bombings, in which at least five people were killed and 86 wounded. Three have been condemned to death, but the sentences have not been carried out. Kuwait has refused previous demands to release the prisoners. With the statement delivered to An-Nahar were two pictures of the U.S. Marine base and the French paratroop headquarters in Beirut that were attacked with truck bombs Oct. 23,1983.

In the interview, Gadhafi said he would welcome a dialogue with the Americans “anywhere they want on condition it is held in the public eye. “I say very clearly: We do not believe that conflict with the United States is necessary. ... We are prepared for relations based on mutual respect and common interests. We harbor no hatred for the American people, and we also believe that the American people have no such feeling for us.” He blamed former President Reagan’s “muscle-flexing” for complications in American-Libyan relations and said he felt that President Bush's administration “will be more rational.”

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