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SEPTEMBER 17, 1998 AUGUSTA FOCUS
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U.N. agency meets to
extend Angola deadline
By Nicole Winfield
ASSOCIATED PRESSWriter
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The Security Council decided Tuesday to keep
U.N. military observers in Angola for another
month and urged Angolan authorities to recon
sider barring the former rebel group UNITA from
the government.
In a resolution adopted by a vote of 15-0, the
council demanded that UNITA comply with the
terms of a 1994 peace accord by dismantling its
armed forces and turning over territory to the
government. It said blame for the crisis in Angola
and the current impasse in implementation of the ‘
peace plan lay mostly with UNITA. ‘
But the council also called on the government to
reverse its decision to break off dialogue with
UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi for his failure to
honor the peace accord.
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos
told the council of his government’s decision in a
letter on Sept. 10. He said his government has
instead decided to recognize a group of UNITA
leaders who have split with Savimbi, called the
UNITA Renovation Committee, as the represen
tatives of the group.
“I request that you not hesitate to support the
positions of the Angolan government and those of the
UNITA Renovation Committee, for this is the only
way to give the peace process a new thrust, capable of
leading it to its conclusions,” dos Santos wrote.
The new resolution makes no mention of the
committee, though it does take note of dos Santos’
letter. The goal of the resolution was to extend the
mandate of the U.N. observer mission in the
southwestern African nation through Oct. 15.
The mandate was to have expired Tuesday.
The council said it would assess the situation of
U.N. observers after Secretary-General Kofi
Annan reports to it next month.
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Boston 68 52 sh 70 54 pc 72 56 s 75 61 s 79 65 pc
Chicago 76 59 pc 80 62 pc 76 58 sh 85 63 sh 82 61 pc
Cleveland 72638 755 T s @aeps 816 pe
Denver 84 45 s 76 43 sh 72 44 sh 75 42 c 72 44 pc
Des Moines 78 60 c 79 60 sh 76 57 r 86 63 pc 82 55 pc
Detroit 76 56 s 78 59 pc 78 56 pc 83 62 pc 81 60 pc
Houston - 88 74 ¢ B T2¢ O 0 94 74 sh 93 73 pc
Indianapolis 78 60c 79 60 c 80 59 c 864pc85 63 pc
Kansas City 80 62 c 80 62sh 76 58 sh 87 66 sh 85 60 pc
Los Angeles 85 60 pc 84 60 pc 862pc92 60 pc 91 61 pc
Miami 92 80t 91 80 sh 91 79t 91 79 sh 91 78 sh
Minn-St.Paul 76 58 pc 77 58 sh 73 55 sh 81 59 sh 76 47 sh
New Orieans 88 74 ¢ 89 73 ¢ 89 72 r 94 76 sh 93 75 pc
NewYorkCity 76 56 sh 74 56 s 74 58 s 78 64 s 80 68 s
,Omaha 79 61 c 80 58 sh 75 56 sh 86 62 sh 80 53 pc
, Phoenix 102 76 s 99 73 s 97 74 s 98 72 pc 100 76 sh
ISanFrancisco 70 56 pc 72 56 pc 74 58 pc 77 60 pc 78 60 pc
Seattle 66 50 sh 68 50 sh 67 50 c 72 57 pc 75 57 sh
- Wastthgton 82 58 sh 8 56s 78 58 s 83 67 pc 85 69 pc
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Berlin 57 43 pc 62 48 pc 65 52 pc 65 53 sh 70 S 8 pc
Buenos Aires 65 35 pc 50 31 s 52 33 s 54 38 pc 62 43 pc
Cairo 91 67 pc 91 67 pc 89 64 pc 87 65 pc 88 65 pc
Jerusalem 81 59 pc 81 60 pc 81 59 pc 80 58 pc 80 59 pc
Johannesburg 751 pc 76 52 pc 77 83 pc 79 54 pc 80 56 pc
London 68 55 s 69 49 pc 62 50 sh 67 58 pc 75 61 s
Madrid 86 58 pc 86 58 sh 86 56 sh 80 SSO pc 79 54 pc
Mexico City 76 58 pc 76 59 s 77 60 pc 78 58 pc 76 58 pc
Moscow 65 56 pc 70 55 r 65 49 sh 61 47 pc 60 49 pc
Paris 65 49 s 68 48 pc 60 44 c 61 48 pc 69 55 s
Rio de Janeiro 78 71 pc 8705h76 63 pc 71 59 pc 68 59 pc
Rome 78 59 pc 79 60 pc 78 61 pc 78 60 pc 78 60 sh
San Juan 91 78 pc 92 Tpc 92 78 pc 91 7pc 91 77 pc
Seoul 86 71 pc 80 72 pc 90 70 pc 88 67 sh 85 66 sh
Sydney 72 54 pc 68 54 pc 69 53 pc 69 56 pc 75 60 pc
Tokyo 76 75 pc 86 79 ¢ 86 79 pc RB 79 pc 87 80 pe
Toronto 69 50 s 73 53 pc 77 58 pc 79 57 pc 76 56 s
Winnipeg . 81 58 sh 78 85 sh 75 48 c 69 46 pc 65 43 pc
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IVORY COAST PROTEST CONTINUES
Children run through the streets in
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, during an anti
government protest Monday, Sept.
14,1998. Opposition party members
Kabila’s forces advanceon
rebel.stronghold at Goma
GOMA, Congo
(AP)Rebelleader Emest Wamba dia Wamba
stood over the bodies of 12 Congolese Tutsi
civilians slain with machetes and hammers,
blamed their slaughter on government-allied
troops and ordered a moment of silence.
A day after Congolese rebels fought off loy
alists of President Laurent Kabila in a six
hour battle for the eastern rebel stronghold of
Goma, Wamba was indignant during a som
ber ceremony for slain countrymen.
and told reporters standing over the lime
covered corpses: “Wecannot permit Mr. Kabila
to win this war.”
Wamba said Monday’s attackers were Con
golese traditional warriorsand Rwandan Hutu
militants, who participated in the 1994 geno
cide of half a million Tutsis in neighboring
Rwanda. The rebels say the ethnic slayings
are continuing in Congo, with Kabila’s back
ing.
Local journalists have reported findingmass
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Fri., Sep. 18 ....... 7:l3am. 7:31 p.m.
Sat, Sep. 19 ..... 7:l4am. 7:29 p.m.
Sun., Sep. 20 ... 7:l4am. 7:28 p.m.
Mon., Sep. 21 ... 7:lsam. 7:26 p.m.
Tue., Sep. 22 ...... 7:16 am. 7:25 p.m.
Wed., Sep. 23 .... 7:16 am. 7:24 p.m.
Moonrise Moonset
Thu, Sep. 17 ...4:l6am. 557 p.m.
Fri., Sep. 18 .......s:l3am. 6:34 p.m.
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from the Pacific Ocean. There will be
plenty of clouds along with cool
temperatures and the possibility of
showers. Dry, warm weather will be
found across the Southwest and
Southeast as high pressure
dominates. Some tropical moisture
may start to affect parts of the Guif
Coast states and Florida.
Weather (W): s-sunny, pe-partly cloudy,
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blocked a handful of streets in Abidjan
for a few hours Monday morning to
protest against recent government
constitutional changes. (AP Photo/Clement
Ntaye)
graves filled with the bodies of Congolese
Tutsis, and Human Rights Watch reported
last month that government forces had ar
rested Tutsi civilians and executed some of
them. The reports could not be indepen
dently confirmed.
Rebel politician Lunda Bululu said
Kabila's acts are aimed against the Tutsi
led Rwandan government.
“The fighting yesterday constitutes addi
tional proof of the acts to destabilize a neigh
boring country, into which Laurent Desiree
Kabila has frenetically thrown himself,” he
said.
On Tuesday, reporters were shown 70
captured pro-government fightersbeingheld
at Goma'’s airport. Rebel officials were irate
over the killings of three men, six women
and three children smashed and hacked to
death by as many as 1,000 assailants.
The body of one man was missing a hand,
anotherhad adeepjagged woundin theface.
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Two firefighers suspended
for part in racist float
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Parade float that satirized the kill
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strating a total lack of understand
ing to their oath of office. But he
conceded that although the float _
featuring nine white men weating
blackface and Afro-style and
dreadlock wigs _ was offensive, the
men may not have broken any laws.
“The (Queens) district attorney
informs us, and this is something
can completely understand...that
this is not the kind of area where
he can really bring criminal
charges,” said Giuliani, a former
U.S. attorney in Manhattan.
Mary de Bourbon, spokeswoman
for Queens District Attorney Rich
ard A. Brown, said the office’s in
vestigation was ongoing to see if
there were any violations of civil
rights laws.
But Giuliani added that he in
tends to make sure neither man
returns to the fire department.
“The Supreme Court of the
United States would have to order
me to put them back,” he said.
Police spokesman Joseph
Pentangelo said Officer Joseph
Locurto was suspended late Fri
day after being identified as a par
ticipant. Police Commissioner
Howard Safir said once identified,
the officer would be suspended
without pay and then fired after an
internal investigation.
Locurto, 30, was assigned to the
104th precinct in Queens.
Marvyn Kornberg, attorney for
suspended firefighter Robert
Steiner, said the department had
no right to take action against his
client because he did not represent
himself as a firefighter on the float
during Monday’s parade. Both
firefighters were off-duty at the
time.
“What was done here was in bad
taste, wrong and was apologized
for by the people who did it,” said
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Kornberg, who represents four
other men who were on the float.
“For the mayor to direct the police
commissioner and or the fire com
missioner to fire m irre
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outrageous.
Steiner, along with Ww
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morning to department
officials that they were part of the
float, said Fire Commissioner Tho
mas Von Essen. Both men, ages
29, have known each other since
grade school and had unremark
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Steiner, an eight-year veteran
whoworks at Engine 231 in Brook
lyn, and Walters, based at Ladder
17 in the Bronx, were very apolo
getic, Von Essen said. Walters has
been with the department 2 1/2
years,
Departmental regulations re
quire a firefighter be suspended
without pay for 30 days and then
return to modified duty before a
departmental trial is held. A
firefighter can’t be discharged un
til the trial is held. -
The firefighter’s union issued a
statement saying every effort
would be madeto protect the rights
of its members. :
The men on the float rode on and
marched alongside a pickup truck
in the parade, which is sponsored
by the Broad Channel Volunteer
Fire Department and Ambulance
Corps. Broad Channel is an island
community in Jamaica Bay with
about 1,600 residents.
The float featured abannerread
ing, “Black to the Future 2098.”
Some of the participants were seen
re-enacting the June dragging
death of 49-year-old James Byrd
in Jasper, Texas. The men threw
watermelons and fried chicken and
carried boom boxes as well.
Kornberg’s four other clients —
all from Broad Channel — held a
press conference Thursday to say
they were responsible for the float,
but that they intended for it to be
humorous and meant no harm.
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