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News Digest Edited by Brandon Loomis Thousands in Moscow protest Communist stranglehold MOSCOW - Hundreds of thou sands of cheering protesters filled the broad streets of the capital Sunday to demand that the Communists surren der their stranglehold on power, per haps the biggest protest in Moscow since the Bolshevik Revolution. The huge gathering came on the eve of a party Central Committee meeting during which President Mikhail Gorbachev is expected to propose that other parties be allowed to compete for power, a move likely to spur an intense struggle between hard-liners and reformers. The crowd waved huge white-red and-bluc flags of pre-revolutionary Russia and held signs warning party officials to “Remember Romania,’ ’ where a bloody revolt last year toppled n MM M MM MM MMB MM MiM M^MB BM MM the Stalinist regimcofNicolaeCeaus escu. Harkening to the revolution that overthrew the czar in February 1917 before being swept away by Lenin eight months later, protesters said a new revolution was under way. “Long live the beginning of the peaceful, non-violent revolution ol February 1990!” historian Yuri Afa nasiev told the cheering crowa. Some demonstrators at the head of the rally chanted ‘ ‘Politburo resign! Others whistled in derision when they passed the Moscow city council head quarters on Gorky Street. The march and rally lasted about fives hours before participants began to disperse. Police observed the peace iui m nit inbuilt iicaa of the capital, but there were no re ports of any disturbances. According to published reports, party leader Gorbachev will propose to the Central Committee that the party give up the guarantee of power that was written into the Soviet Constitution in 1977. i Broke? i i ■ r1 Need Extra Money ? 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A6*1 118 NO. 14TH ST. 476-2775 474-3792_I ♦ Mandela awaits agreement with government _ . ___ . n i t i__1’ i'V»A . aid inn \&/ith nnlif ir*Ql nnrncf rA/\ivL, aouin /\mca - ocuuus obstacles still block the release of Nelson Mandela and more pressure must be put on the white-led govern ment before he can be freed from nearly three decades in prison, his wife said Sunday. The government, meanwhile, warned Mandela’s newly legalized African National Congress that the world would turn against the group if it continued to wage a guerrilla war. Mandela met with his wife, Win nie, on Sunday, two days after the government lifted numerous restric tions on the anti-apartheid movement. After the meeting, she appealed for renewed pressure on the government to force the lifting of remaining emergency restrictions. “Unfortunately, the obstacles that were in the way, which prevented his release on Friday, still exist,” Mrs. Mandela said after the four-hour visit at the Victor Vcrsler prison farm. “It . . . doesn’t depend on him WIICII lie will UV l^/IV/OJ^U, But in answer to repeated questions about the obstacles, she said Mandela still demands the complete lifting of the state of emergency. President F.W. de Klerk partially lifted the emergency in a historic speech Friday in which he legalized the Afri can National Congress, placed a moratorium on executions and lifted restrictions on hundreds of individu als and scores of anti-apartheid or ganizations. Dc Klerk’s actions met many, but not all, of the conditions the ANC and Mandela had set for the start of nego tiations tosnd apartheid and give the votelcss black majority a voice in the government. Under the emergency regulations that remain in effect, the government can detain anyone for up to six months without charge, and the police have wide powers to ban meetings or speeches and restrict television or photo coverage of their own actions in deal Dc Klerk issued a statement through government-run radio Sunday night responding to comments from ANC officials that the guerrilla campaign would continue. If that happened, dc Klerk was quoted as saying, “The world would turn against them.” Mandela, 71, was jailed in 1962 and is serving a life sentence for help ing to plan the start of the ANC’s sabotage and bombing campaign against the government. Dc Klerk said the government will free Mandela as soon as possible. He mentioned safety and personal con siderations as reasons for what he said would be a short delay. “The onus is on Mr. de Klerk,” Mrs. Mandela told journalists. “We arc back to where we have to pul pressure on the government.” She said Mandela was preparing a reaction to dc Klerk’s speech to Par liament, but she didn’t know when it would be made public. Panamanian paper suggests continued American presence PANAMA CITY, Panama - The U.S. invasion of Panama has once more raised the issue of whether the United States will maintain a military presence beyond the year 2000, w hen the American bases must close. President Guillermo Endara has abolished Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega’s military, leaving open the question about who would defend the Panama Canal. Endara has made no public statement about the issue of the bases. The newspaper Panama America recently suggested the U.S.-Panama treaties be renegotiated to allow American payments in exchange for keeping American military bases. The 1977 treaties provide for the possibil ity of new agreements on defense of the waterway. A _L F*___II_«_ /iiuiuu^ii k aiuiiiia nu ivm from the United Stales, the U.S. bases mean nearly Sl(X) million a year for Panama’s economy in services pur chased and other expenditures. Some U.S. military sources say the United States might maintain Howard Air Base, just outside ol Panama City, and the Rodman Naval Base. The treaties did away with the old Panama Canal Zone, a 10-inilc stretch across the country along the canal that was U.S. territory, and stipulate that the canal will be turned over to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, when the last American soldier is to go home. Nebraskan Editor Amy Edwards 472- 1766 Professional Adviser Don Walton 473- 7301 The Daily Nebraskar(USPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Ne braska Union 34, 1400 R St., Lincoln, NE, Monday through Friday during the academic year; weekly during summer sessions. 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