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February 6, 1997 AUGUSTA FOCUS
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BUJUMBURA, Burundi
(AP) President Pierre Buyoya left Burundi
Monday to meet with former Tanzanian presi
dent Julius Nyerere as part of his ongoing effort
to get sanctions lifted after they were imposed
six months ago by neighboring states.
The sanctions were imposed after Buyoya, a
retired army officer, seized power in a military
coup.
Nyerere, who had been mediating the crisis
between the minority Tutsisand majority Hutus
in Rwanda, is widely seen as the author of the
sanctions designed to force Buyoya, a former
.army major and a Tutsi, to restore democracy
and sit down to talks with Hutu rebels.
Foreign ministers from the nations that im
posed the sanctions after the July 25 coup are
expected to meet Tuesday in Arusha in north
ern Tanzania to discuss their effectiveness prior
to a summit on the issue in Lusaka, Zambia.
Nyerere hasbeen adamant that Buyoyaagree
to sit down with the Hutu-dominated National
Council for the Defense of Democracy before
there can be any talk of lifting sanctions.
Buyoya claimed he took power to avoid fur
ther bloodshed that erupted following the mur
der by Tutsi paratroopers of the country’s first
Hutu president in October 1993. Inthe country’s
first democratic multiparty elections in June
1993, Melchoir Ndadaye defeated Buyoya, who
had first come to power in a 1987 coup.
On Monday, Justice Minister Gervais
Rubashamiheto told theindependent radio Stu
dio [jambo that some 67 civilians and military
personnel would be brought in for questioning
and possible charging in connection with
Ndadaye’s assassination.
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Zalre seelcs child soldiers:
rebels attack key city
B Zaire’s army in desperate
straits in the face of advanc
ing rebel forces. Moroccan
intervention feared.
By Kamanga Mutond
ASSOCIATED PRESS Writer
KINSHASA, Zaire
Zaire’s military appealed Monday to chil
dren as young as 15 to join the fight against
the country’s advancing rebels, who had a
key port city in the southeast under siege.
Zaire’s army was struggling to hold onto
Kalemi in the mineral-rich region of Shaba,
fighting desperately around the city and at
the airport, a Defense Ministry official said,
speaking on condition of anonymity.
“It’s quite probable that Kalemie has
fallen into rebel hands,” the official said.
The city is on Lake Tanganyika, across the
country from the western capital of
Kinshasa.
Defense Minister Gen. Likulia Bolongo
urged children between the ages of 15 and
18 tojoin the army, saying the military was
in dire need of reinforcements.
Zaire’s Tutsi-led rebels have seized at
least six other cities near the eastern bor
ders with Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda
since September. Zaire alleges that troops
from the three neighboring countries have
entered Zaire to aid the rebels.
The armed rebellion began when ethnic
Robbers kill British businessman
CAPE TOWN, South Africa
Rewards totaling $10,900 were offered Mon
day for information leading to the conviction of
robbers who killed a British businessman.
Stuart Gaskell, 26, wasshot in the head and
chest by robbers at his Cape Town trucking
business Friday night, police Superintendent
John Sterrenberg said.
His wife and mother-in-law arrived while
the robbery wasin progress. They werelocked
Tutsis who have been living in eastern Zaire
for decades were threatened with expulsion.
They were joined by other rebels led by
Laurent Kabila, who says their main objec
tive is to overthrow his longtime foe, Presi
dent Mobutu Sese Seko. -
Mobutu, who has ruled the vast central
African country since 1965, flew Monday to
the Moroccan capital for talks with King
Hassan II that are expected to focus on the
deteriorating military situation in Zaire.
Mobutu, suffering from prostate cancer,
abruptly ended his stay at his French Riviera
villa to meet with the Moroccan monarch
before returning to Zaire later in the week,
members of his entourage said.
The visit aroused speculation that Mobutu
was seeking Moroccan help in putting down
the rebels. Morocco was among countries
that aided Mobutu in crushing rebels in
Shaba in the late 19705.
There have been reports that troops from
Morocco, Egypt, Chad and Togo were pre
paring to send military assistance to Zaire.
The ministry of defense official would nei
ther confirm nor deny those reports, but
added that Mobutu was scheduled to visit
Egyptand Togo before returning to Kinshasa.
State-run Israeli radio reported Monday
that Kinshasa officials were also saying Is
rael and China were to train 13 commando
units of Zairian troops. The radio report
attributed the source as a “senior official” in
the Zairian defense ministry, but there was
no confirmation of the report by the Israeli
government.
up in the back of a truck, from where they
heard the two shots.
The robbers escaped in a truck with $4,350
worth of electrical equipment.
One of Gaskell’s colleagues discovered his
body and alerted police, who found and re
leased his wife and mother-in-law.
Police are offering $6,540, and Gaskell’s
company is putting up $4,000 for information
leading to the conviction of the killers.
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Jury finds O.J. guilty
From page one
The mostly white panel, forced
to start deliberations anew last
Friday after a juror was removed
for misconduct, snatched away
some of the vindication Simpson
claimed when he was acquitted of
murder by a mostly black jury in
1995. That televised murder trial
divided the nation over issues of
police racism, domestic violence
and the quality of justice.
“All of them whites, they’d like
to see him crawl on the ground,”
Lee Johnson, an 80-year-old re
tired construction worker, said as
he watched the verdict on a black
and-white TV set in a trailer in
South Central Los Angeles. “He
could have got a better trial in
Mississippi. It’s all white on that
jury.”
This civil jury, using the lesser
standard of “preponderance of
evidence” rather than “beyond a
reasonabledoubt,” wasunanimous
on all counts in blaming Simpson
for the June 12, 1994, slayings.
“I think this gives a little bit of
solace to each of the divided
camps,” said Alan Dershowitz, part
of Simpson’s defense team at his
murder trial. “Those who believe
he did it will look to the civil ver
dict; those who believe he didn’t
do it will look to the criminal ver
dict.”
Dershowitz, an appeals special
ist, said the late dismissal of a
juror in the case raised “serious
appellate issues. We're a long way
from being finished here.”
Simpson criminal trial attor
ney Johnnie Cochran Jr., speak
ing on Court TV, shied away from
adirect attack on the case, saying,
‘Many people feel that there have
been a number of mistakes in this
case.”
Thedramaticreading of the ver
dict was delayed more than three
hours to allow the lawyers and
families to get to the courthouse.
Simpson’s trip — in a black Sub
urban escorted by police instead of
a white Bronco chased by police —
was televised live nationally on a
split screen just as President
Clinton began his State of the
Union address.
Later, Clinton said: “We have to -
respect the jury verdicts that
Americansbringin asituation like
this.”
Simpson, wearing a dark suit,-
left the courthouse with his head
bowed and showing noexpression.
A mix of boos and cheers greeted
him as he as left the courthouse.
Police said there were no prob
lems. 2
On his way home, he dashed.
into anice cream shoptobuyacup
of cookie dough ice cream for his |
11-year-old daughter Sydney. It
was the samekind of ice cream Ms.
Simpson bought the night she died. '
Reached by telephone later at '
his home, Simpson told The Asso
ciated Press, “I'm sitting with my |
kids right now,” but he refused ’
further comment. ‘
The $8.5 million represented the ',
value of Goldman’s funeral and
the loss of Goldman’s companion- .
ship to his parents. Ms. Simpson’s *
family did not seek compensatory
damages. )
Ms. Simpson’s parents filed a“
suit on behalf of her estate and _
also demanded money from:®
Simpson for fatally assaulting her.
Any money will go to the surviving _
Simpson children, Sydney and:
Justin, 8. The grandparents did
not want to put the children in the
position of suing their father for
killing their mother. j
Thejury’s findings of malice and
oppression triggered the second
phase to determine punitive dam
ages — money assessed to punish
Simpson. |
Already, the plaintiffs’ attorneys
have asked for and received'
Simpson’s latest financial records
in preparation for a punitive phase.
Christopher Darden, a prosecu
tor in Simpson’s criminal trial,
told CNBC: “Wesaid all alongthat
O.J Simpson committed these
crimes and all we asked ... was our
dayin court. ... That’sbeen accom
plished.” ¢
The jury reached the verdict as-"
ter 13 hours of deliberations over’
three days — more than four times |
as long as the criminal jury delib
erated. .
