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Show .hi The Daily Herald Friday, July 5, 1SSS Mexico1 : plana studying divorce offer By ANDRZEJ STYLINSKI Associated Press Writer Poland's popular, WARSAW, Poland first six months has his stylish president spent in office building political bridges at home and a direction defining Poland's role abroad he'll continue in an upcoming U.S. visit Aleksander Kwasniewski is expected to push for Poland's entry into NATO and to purchase U.S. aircraft when he meets on Monday with President Clinton at the White House. Kwasnieski, a 4 1 year old former Communist who unseated Lech Walesa in December elections, is riding high in the polls in part because he avoids political infighting and has managed to boost Poland's global image. In a survey last month by the state CBOS LONDON (AP) H- Princess Oiana's Sawyer said today she is studying a divorce' 'offer from fjrince Charles, but there was no indication when the couple will reacn an agreement. I "Proper consideration will be given to the proposals that have tjeen made, but I'm afraid I've got rjo further comment to make," attorney Anthony Julius told reporters who clustered outside his cjffices this morning. j Diana reportedly had proposed hjsr terms some weeks ago. Her Jane Atkinson, spokeswoman, confirmed on Thursday that Cjharjes had made his response. A spokesman for the prince sfaid, "We regard the divorce discussions as private and will not -- Harlem Globetrotters inspire S. African kids omment." Judge blocks Emelda's request j MANILA,' Philippines (AP) Tjhe judge who sentenced Imelda Marcos to 24 years in prison delayed her' departure to the Unit-e- h States for eye treatment today, ordering an examination by a physician first. "Marcos, who is free on bail pending appeal on a 1993 corruption conviction, must get court approval to leave the country. , "Time is of the essence," Mrs. Marcos said after the ruling by Jitice Francis Qarchitorena. "My eyes are deteriorating." The widow of President Ferdinand Marcos suffers from glaucoma Her private physician said this wSfek that the condition is worsening! In addition, she has diabetes and hypertension, disorders that could aggravate the eye problem. court-appoint- Bogota bomb kills two people ;;BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) A feomb that exploded in a garbage can: in a downtown office district, killed two people and injured ' thfiee. .;'! j. Police said they were trying to determine whether the two men kiA&ed were passersby or if they hat! planted the bomb, which exploded Thursday night. Media reports said the injured included child beggars who had been sifting through garbage cans foiifood. . RCN radio quoted police sources as saying the bomb was made up of 44 pounds of dyna' i mite, -- There was no immediate indication the attack "was politically motivated. -- so i under apartheid, basketball was the domain of whites mostly and Greek immigrants Portuguese HOUT BAY, South Africa in the major cities. They walked the walk, dressed in Through television and films, baggy shorts and flashy high tops particularly NBA highlights from with their caps fashionably turned the United States and American from back to front. movie "White Men Can't Jump," Oblivious to wind and rain, they the sport gained popularity in the dunked and shucked and jived on a townships for blacks impoverished graffiti-covere- d playground surand mixed-rac- e people. rounded by urban decay. A professional league that startThese weren't American ed three years ago with backing doing their best Michael from the NBA also has boosted and Magic impressions, but mixed-rac- e South Africans who popularity. Now South African youths act first learned hoops two years ago. and talk like the basketball stars in And now a dream was coming the highlights. Despite poor facilitrue, because playing on their court ties Guguletu has only one in this Cape Town backwater was the Globetrotters gymnasium the grandest basketball show of were what they saw. impressed by the Harlem Globetrotthem all "With the proper training, ters. South Africa and its youth will be "I never thought I would meet able to progress so fast because people this great," Arnold Februreally love the game," Hobley said after they ary, a lanky i said. getting an award from Globetrotter February and other Hout Bay captain "Supertrotter". Billy Ray, youths first learned basketball Hobley. "J want to be like, them' from Liz Verster, a middle-age- d one day." white who read an article woman visit Wrapping up a three-wee- k in the by a priest decrynewspaper to South Africa, part of their 70th the of the area. ' ing mentality gang Globeanniversary world tour, the 20 basketball "Having played trotters encountered South Africa's I thought I might put ago, years extremes two years after the election that something back into the'communi-ty,- " nation's first said Verster, who started her ended apartheid. training sessions with weekly Nelson They met President about eight children. She now has Mandela in stately government buildings of Pretoria, then taught more than 70 participants ranging in age from eight to 29. ''and played in a derelict gymnasiFor many, the sport has providum in Cape Town's Guguletu black township and the schoolyard ed an alternative to rugged, squalid street life. of Hout Bay. Mario Newman, now 19, had "Mandela was great, but ... the kids who would never have been dropped out of school and started able to see people of our standard, hanging out with one of the local to see their faces light up once we gangs two years ago. Basketball came to the gym brought tears to inspired him to resume his education, said Newman, who finishes my eyes," forward Paul "Showtime" Gaffney said Wednesday. high school this year. trash-talke- iart gnvt! if ' Vv id Hi MEXICO CITY The government disputed a New York, Times report that a congressional"1 commission implicated President Ernesto Zedillo in a questionable '' government payment to the company of a leading supporter of his" ' "' political party. In a statement, the government said the article in today's edition'" of the Times contained "data only sufficient to provide a slanted, and scandalous conclusion." The government said Thursday" it would take unspecified legal action against the reporter wriow wrote the story, Anthony DePal-m- deGortari. K fi ( f iL " U .i The newspaper said there is no" indication Zedillo personally ben-'- " efited from the transaction. But,, the documents suggest he played a" "" crucial role. The payment was the culmina'-'- J tion of a lengthy dispute between the Mexican government and'" Maseca, a corn-flocompanjr owned by one of Mexico's wealthiest businessmen, Roberto Gonza-- 1' lez Barrera, who had close tie's1 with Salinas, the newspaper said. " Gonzalez Barrera, one of a handful of Mexican industrialists who became billionaires during I Salinas' tenure, insisted he was entitled to $7 million in damages from Conasupo, the national food commodities distribution agency, because of government delays in J paying subsidies to his company. The newspaper said Zedillo permitted the payment despite repeated warnings by lower-rank- -, ing officials that it was unjustified. and probably illegal. Carlos Almada, a spokesman for Zedillo, told the newspaper the , accusations are "totally unround ., ed and false." ',0 . ur AP Photo Unidentified members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team help a young boy dunk the ball during a workshop in the Hout Bay mixed-rac- e township near Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday. The Harlem Globetrotters are on their first South African tour as part of their 70th anniversary world tour. "When I was chosen for the team that went to Durban, that brought something out in me to go on, to believe in myself," said Newman, who dreams of playing professionally one day. Gaffney said a lot of children he met looked to sport as a way out of their impoverished neighborhoods, Take Up to One Year Qvralfty MMerfols And Wiofferi!pt20Yr. n but his message to them was to finish school. "They see us on television, they see the fame and they see the cameras around us all the time, but everyone on the team has a degree from college," Gaffney said. "Education is something that no one can take from you." Three Days Only We (SrWflrantee Our Work!! if ffiital roofs, .i.v.t,iliinj!n,tir& By ISAAC A. LEVI Associated Press Writer mul-tipar- ty all-ra- We Use Only The Wtahast AtttypM president;; The statement said the govern-- " ment press office contacted DePalma and offered to provide additional information but that DePalma told them the articS would be published as written. The article, based on informal tion provided by opposition congressman Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, said that documents from the ' commission's investigation into government corruption show" Zedillo agreed to a $7 million pay- - , ment in 1989. ;,; Zedillo at the time was budget,., secretary in the Cabinet of his pre- decessor, President Carlos.Salinas" ' ; - i a. rs ' aeienas us By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS Associated Press Writer MO 19 agency, 64 percent of respondents approved of with another former communist. President the job he was doing. Boris Yeltsin, Kwasniewski endured criticism Kwasniewski defeated Walesa Poland's from Walesa: "For former comrades, it's nicer first popularly elected president on promises for them to talk together." of creating brighter prospects for Poland's But Kwasniewski's visit, though cordial, was judged a big success in defining Poland's young people. During the campaign, Walesa warned that a independence from Russia. Kwasniewski victory, given his Communist He made it clear to Russian leaders "that background, would doom Poland's aspirations Poland's interest is different than that of Rusto NATO and European Union membership. sia," and that he would not give up the push for Instead, Kwasniewski won points with NATO membership despite Russian opposition, Western powers during visits to Germany, said Jan Maria Rokita, an opposition parliaFrance and Belgium in January. ment member and usually a harsh critic. His effort to chart a course for Poland that Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and the Czech diverges from the influence of Russia, which Republic are frequently mentioned as leading formerly dominated Poland, has even won him candidates for NATO. Leaders of the alliance are to decide next year which counpraise from political opponents. During a trip to Moscow in April to meet tries to add. to Pay Interest Free' FINE JEWELRY I watertight gunntse 23 Yr. euanntM sa ill materials Symnimmeir Clearamc e III! jm plus take an .jjL II Ml II """ 11, 30 I"1' k - r f A ... . Hill our entire $2,250,000 fine jewelry clearance WEAKNESS ACHING COLDNESS NUMBNESS SWELLING THROBBING TINGLING BURNING STIFFNESS PAIN v.... EXTRA made in 1 2 equal monthly payments. There it no interest-Fre- e Extras Plan on all Fine Jewelry net purchases of $300 or more. Repayments must be finance charge if payments are made as scheduled. 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