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•/ - PAGE 2 PRESS-REPUBLICAN GENERAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6,1995 NEWS IN BRIEF INTERNATIONAL Russians say they detected NATO spy flights MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's air defense forces accused NATO Tues- day of continuing air espionage operations, saying more than 900 spy flights have been detected along the country's air borders this year. The air defense forces' press service said the aircraft, tracked by Rus- sian radars, made reconnaissance flights to collect information \in the interests of their countries and NATO,\ the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. Many flights passed within range of industrial and military facilities, the press service said. Canada withholds $35 million from British Columbia OTTAWA (AP) — The federal government said Tuesday it will withhold $35 million from British Columbia until the province elimi- nates a residency requirement for welfare recipients. British Colum- bia, Canada's most prosperous province, enacted its requirement to discourage an influx of welfare recipients trying to escape scaled-back assistance rates in Ontario and Alberta. \By imposing this residency requirement, British Columbia is breaking the law,\ said Human Resources Minister Lloyd Axworthy. As of Friday, British Columbia began refusing welfare to anyone who hadn't lived in the province for three months. That violated the Canada Assistance Plan, which pays the federal share of provincial welfare and seeks to ensure that Ca- nadians can travel freely between provinces. Government forces capture Tamil rebel center COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Celebrating their biggest victory of the 12-year war, government forces raised the Sri Lankan flag over the Tamil separatist stronghold Tuesday. The ceremony was describ- ed as a historic moment, but the fall of Jaffna city is unlikely to halt the fighting that has killed at least 39,000 people. Conscripts in Sri Lanka's army looked on as the flag — a gold lion on a crimson background — was hoisted by the deputy defense minister, Anurud- dha Ratwatte. Hundreds of miles away in Colombo, roadside banners hailed the capture but there was little reaction from people in the capital. For their part, rebels responded by ramming an explosive- laden truck into the gate of an army camp in the east of the country. Other guerrillas fired on troops who rushed to defend the camp, The military said one sentry was killed. It was.not known if any rebels died in addition to the driver. American woman arrested in rebel crackdown in Peru LIMA, Peru CAP) — A 26-year-old American woman has been de- tained in connection with a bloody siege of a guerrilla hideout in Lima, the U.S. Embassy said Monday. Lori Helene Berenson of New York is suspected of aiding a band of Marxist revolutionaries cap- tured during the siege last week, The New York Times reported Tuesday. According to reports, Berenson was arrested Thursday be- fore the siege began in an affluent Lima neighborhood. The rebels belonged to the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, a small pro-Cuba guerrilla band. A'spokesman for Peru's National Antiter- rorist Police, told the Times that Berenson had not been formally charged but was suspected of hiding the rebels and suporting them with food, money and other supplies. Jet crashes in Cameroon swamps; 60 reported killed DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — A jet missed its runway and crashed into swamplands while trying to land in Cameroon's capital, and at least 60 people were killed, aviation officials and local media said Monday. The crash of the Cameroon Airlines Boeing 737 occurred around 9:45 p.m. Sunday (4:45 p.m. EST) and was at least the fourth jet crash in the past year in west Africa; No cause was immediately given, and the weather at the time of the crash was not known. Airline officials put the number of dead at 60. NATIONAL Man who barked at police dog is arrested PORTLAND, Maine CAP) — A man who barked at a police dog in- side a parked patrol car was detained and ordered to appear in court on a charge of taunting the German shepherd. Johnny Mathis, 20, said he didn't mean to cause trouble when the dog, Zedo, began barking on Saturday and he barked back. \I had finished barking. I had stopped barking, and the police still arrested me,\ Mathis said. Police said Mathis and a friend started the incident by teasing Zedo with their barking. After a policeman warned them that teasing the dog was illegal, Mathis continued barking, police,Sgt. Steve Plympton said. • . , . Aliens urged to apply for new green cards WASHINGTON (AP) - Permanent resident aliens with green cards issued before 1979 were urged by the government Tuesday to apply for new cards as soon as possible. The old Form 1-151 Alien Registration Cards will be invalid after March 20, 1996. Without a valid card, resident aliens might be denied work, social welfare benefits and re-entry into the United States from abroad. To get a new card, applicants must deliver a completed Form 1-90 and $75 to their local INS office, but the fee and personal appearance can be waived in hardship cases. Further information is available toll-free from INS at 1-800-755-0777. The government estimates there are hundreds of thousands 6f people with the old cards, but does not have an exact figure; the old cards never had to be renewed and there was no procedure for keeping track of which card holders died, INS spokeswoman Elaine Komis explained. The new cards must be renewed every 10 years. Report: Sen. Dole frequent flier for Chiquita bananas NEW YORK (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole has reportedly gained at least one thing from his quixotic campaign to help Chiquita bananas by pursuing trade sanctions against Colombia and Costa Rica — campaign trips.in planes, controlled by the banana company's owner. The New York Times reported in Tuesday's edi- tions that Dole, the Republican presidential front-runner, has been flying in planes belonging to companies owned by the family of Carl Lindner, a Cincinnati multimillionaire who controls Chiquita Brands International. Lindner is one of the largest contributors to the Republican Party, but one reason why the trips haven't received much attention may be that he is also a major Democratic con- tributor, the Times reported. Drug policy chief may take college job WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton's drug policy director, Lee Brown, is expected to leave the administration for Rice Universi- ty.\ \TherT (have) been sourer discussions- \between Rice- and i)r. Brown,\ White House deputy press secretary Ginny Terzano said Tuesday. \But I don't think there has been a final decision.\ The Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday that Brown had already signed a contract with the Houston school to begin an appointment as a soci- ology professor. The paper quoted an official who declined to be iden- tified. The talks with Rice follow a dramatic reduction in Brown's budget. In September, the Office of National Drug Control Policy lost $2.5 million out of its previous $13 million allocation.. Intense talks under way on Gingrich special counsel WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans and Democrats on the House ethics committee have begun intense negotiations that could lead to appointment of a special counsel to investigate Speaker Newt Gingrich's conduct, congressional sources said Tuesday night.-The^ sources said Republicans offered Tuesday to support appointing an ; outside lawyer to investigate whether Gingrich, R-Ga., misused ILSi ; tax law in raising tax-deductible contributions for a college'course he\, taught. A complaint filed a year ago Contends that the cdltege cOtirse • was really a fund-raising tool of the Gingrich-led political action committee, GOP AC. The complaint says that if the course was politi> cal rather than educational, the tax-deductible donations were im- proper. By PAUL ALEXANDER Associated Press Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The scene has become all too fa- miliar: A prosecutor takes to live television with an an- nouncement that shakes public con- fidence in the country's most power- ful people. This time, it was ex- pected, but no less shocking. Former President Roh Tae-wo'o, four aides and a dozen top businessmen were indicted Tuesday in a bribes-for-favors scandal. The aftershocks began im- mediately with the No, 2 man in the ruling Democratic Liberal Party offering to resign — a move that was a virtual revolt against President Kim Young- sam and threatens to break apart the ruling party. Roh Tae-woo The potential defector, Kim Yoon-hwan, leads, a strong regional faction\ and is a friend of both Roh and former President Chun Doo-hwan, who was jailed Sunday in an unrelated case. After meeting with the presi- dent, Kim Yoon-hwan withdrew the offer, but it likely only delayed the split. His followers reportedly have asked him to quit with them. One is expected to announce a breakaway on Wednesday, with others to follow suit. To fill the gap, the ruling camp is reportedly inviting some opposi- tion members to join it. In the long run, it is unclear whether a shakeup would helg or hurt the ruling. party. After a debacle in local elections in June, it faces important parliamentary elections in April. President Kim, a former \op- position leader who in 1993 became, the first civilian, presi- dent in 32 years, has been trying to distance himself from his mili- tary-backed predecessors. The threatened defection offers a chance to. make a. cjean break — the party is changing its jiame Wednesday to the New Korea Party — but the scandal threatens to envelop him as well. When senior prosecutor Ahn Gang-min began, his live an- nouncement about Roh's indict- ment at 2 p.m., people crowded around televisions in offices and restaurants. The announcement carries serious implications for the coun- try's booming economy, since the list iof indicted businessmen readjj like a Who's Who of the corporate world, including heads of the Samsung and Daewoo con- glomerates. They were not ar- rested but could face up to five years in jail. Roh was arrested last month after admitting tearfully oh live television that he amassed a $650 million slush fund during his 1988^93 term. He claimed the money came from donations. A day later, Roh's former chief bodyguard; Lee Hyon-woo, was detained, charged with managing $230 million that the ex-presi- dent still had left in secret bank accounts. Roh faces 10 years to life in prison if convicted of corruption, and prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of his estimated $350 million in assets —. including the money left in the slush fund. • \The investigation was con- ducted with a national call to cut off traditional collusive ties be- tween politics and business,\ prosecutor Ahn said. 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