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 Mon, Mar 16 1992 Date: Mon, 16 Mar 92 05:48:19 EST Message-ID: 03-16 0000 DECISIONLINE: International News USA TODAY Update March 16, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network ISRAELIS UPSET AT ALLEGATION: Israeli officials expressed anger Sunday at Washington leaks alleging that Israel illegally resold U.S. military technology to third countries, including China. "We haven't sold any U.S. technology to any third party," said Health Minister Ehud Olmert. "This is a smear campaign." U.N. SEARCHES FOR MISSILES: United Nations ballistic weapons inspectors Monday prepared to hunt for missiles hidden by Iraq, a mission that could spark confrontation. U.N. inspector Derek Boothby, a ballistics expert, said his 35-member U.N. team hopes to begin surprise inspections in Iraq this week. The team is now in Bahrain waiting for final U.N. instructions. ELECTION IS ONE DAY AWAY: Tuesday, South Africa's 3.3 million voting whites go to the polls, players in a political watershed that could shape the destiny of their nation for generations. The referendum will tally the fundamental division between those who fear black rule and see themselves as racially superior to blacks and those who seek peace between the races, based on recognition of equality. WOMEN TAKE REFUGE: Nearly 400 women have taken refuge in embassies in Kuwait, nearly double several weeks ago, claiming they've been beaten, raped, or denied back pay by their employers. A total of 350 are in the Philippine embassy. The women are unable to return to their countries because their Kuwaiti employers are holding their passports. The Philippine government has sent two envoys to help. MORE BODIES FOUND IN TURKEY: Rescue teams pulled more survivors and bodies from the debris of an earthquake-hit town in eastern Turkey on Sunday night after their efforts were disrupted by a fresh tremor. On Friday, a quake -measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale - killed at least 800 people. Red Cross officials say they believe as many as 4,000 may have died. FIGHTING IN MOLDOVA: At least 21 people were killed in fighting in Moldova between police officers and Slav separatists in the former Soviet republic's breakaway Trans-Dniester region. Meanwhile, thousands of communists and other hard-liners rallied peacefully in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities, calling for President Boris Yeltsin's resignation. U.N. ARRIVES IN CAMBODIA: The United Nations officially embarked on its largest peacekeeping operation Sunday, hoping to end two decades of war that killed countless Cambodians and devastated their country. Arriving to formally establish the U.N. Transitional Authority in Cambodia, senior U.N. diplomat Yasushi Akashi said the U.N. would do what it must to defend the peace accord signed by rival groups. MICHAEL MANLEY TO STEP DOWN: Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley, who steered his Caribbean country toward socialism and back, said he'll step down March 28 after several years of poor health, according to reports Sunday. TERRIBLE CASE OF FORGERY: A lawyer for retired Cleveland auto worker John Demjanjuk, who is accused of being a brutal Nazi concentration camp guard, told the Israeli Supreme Court Monday of a German news report that claims an identity card used to convict his client was forged. Demjanjuk, 72, is appealing his death sentence. He claims mistaken identity. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Monday at 3235.91, after closing up 27.28 points Friday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 224.30, up 1.00. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 404.06, up 0.47. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 618.62, up 2.70. 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