Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.inter From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: inter Fri, Mar 6 1992 Date: Fri, 6 Mar 92 05:54:04 EST Message-ID: 03-06 0000 DECISIONLINE: International News USA TODAY Update March 6-8, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network BRITAIN LASHES IRAQ: Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said Thursday that Britain will consider a military strike against Iraq if Saddam Hussein continues to defy the United Nations by refusing to destroy all of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Also: The Defense Department accused Iraq of burying nuclear equipment and "all kinds" of other military items near Baghdad in defiance of cease-fire requirements. AZERIS IGNORE CEASE FIRE: Azeri militants Thursday ignored new calls for a cease-fire in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh and a prosecutor investigating a mass killing by Armenians said 200 Azeri bodies had been recovered. Moldovan President Mircea Snegur accused Moscow of meddling in his country's affairs as another death shattered a truce between the ethnic Romanian majority and separatist Russians. RULING TO WIDEN ABORTION RIGHT: Ireland's Supreme Court said Thursday abortion should now be allowed in Ireland in certain limited circumstances. The decision was based on a case against a girl who claims she was raped by the father of a friend - the first attempt to forbid an Irish girl or woman to have a legal abortion in another country. DE KLERK LOOKS SET FOR WIN: With 11 days to go before white South Africans cast what has been called the most important vote in the country's history, President F.W. de Klerk looks set for a win. De Klerk has called a referendum for March 17 to test support among South Africa's 5 million whites for the reforms he began in 1990, including a new constitution that would bring majority blacks political power. SHOOTING NEAR THAILAND: Myanmar forces shelled a Karen rebel camp near the Thailand-Myanmar border Thursday. Thai patrols retaliated with warning shots after some rounds struck a Thai village, according to official reports. DEFENDANT DENIED DOCUMENTS: U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth denied Iran-contra defendant Clair George access to millions of highly classified documents, saying they were unrelated to the charges and that granting them "would grind this case to a halt." George, a former CIA official, faces 10 felony counts of obstruction and lying to Congress and a federal grand jury about the Iran-contra scandal. KGB COLONEL DEFECTS: A KGB colonel based in Genoa, Italy, defected to the United States and is helping unravel KGB spy networks in Europe, The Washington Times said Thursday. Sergei Illarionov, who defected in January 1991, has helped U.S. and Italian authorities expose a KGB-run spy ring in Italy, the paper said. NORIEGA PRAISED BY U.S.: Francis Mullen, Drug Enforcement Administration chief from 1981 to 1985, told the jury in Manuel Noriega's Miami federal drug and racketeering trial that the then-Panamanian dictator cooperated with U.S. drug agents and was praised in 1984 for his "long-standing support" of the U.S. war on drugs. SHORTAGE OF PICKLE IN USA: Torrential rains have wiped out the Mexican cucumber crop, causing a severe shortage of deli dill in the USA. Some delis are offering substitutes - pickled peppers or tomatoes - but realdelis don't relish that. Says Hal Horowytz, a manager at Zabar's delicatessen in New York City: "Most of the customers prefer this type of product, so we just pay a little more and eat the cost." BRITAIN SETTLES BEER DISPUTE: The British government stepped in Thursday to try to settle an age-old argument that has had beer drinkers frothing at the mouth. The government said it planned to ensure those who ordered a pint of traditional draft beer were served in full, discounting the frothy head on top of the glass. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Friday at 3241.50, after closing down 27.06 Thursday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 224.92, down 1.74. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 410.24, down 3.15. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 621.97, down 8.32. DOLLAR OPENS UP OVERSEAS: The dollar opens up on Friday. It opens at 0.5829 British pounds, up from 0.5804; 5.6721 French francs, up from 5.6370; 1.6721 German marks, up from 1.6702; and 131.94 Japanese yen, up from 131.90. (As of 3 p.m. Thursday. Source: First American Bank of New York.) International News Editor: Michele Coleman. (1-919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM