andela promises a free South
'Fica auld change tne region
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"If a
reacbed,
toler te
ettlement is
we ill not
Soutb Africa
ASHINGTON - A free
tb Africa would involved in overthrowing
certainly change condition sovereign governments."
for the oppressed of tb t' Ma�dela' statement, bis
country and the entire first policy position on
soutbern Africa region, South Africa's relation
no suffering from South witb its neighbor, come
African destabilization and as Congressional
control, would also be intelligence committees
transformed. secretly decide on an
Nelson Mandeia offered additional $10 to 15 million
that promise during his above tbe e timated $80
vi it here at a special million tbis year in .CIA
briefing for members of funding for the Angola
Black-owned media. rebel move men t led by
Tbe African National Jona 'Savimbi. .' U.S ..
Congress leader . also backi g bas played a �ajor
blamed tbe United State' role in devastating
along itb South Africa for war-torn ABaola.
bacting the UNITA rebel On a ne gotia ted
movement wbicb is settlement, Mandela
fighting to overthrow tbe stressed tbat timetable
government in neighboring could not be predicted.
Angola. "But tbe ANC and tbe
"Countries should government realize tbat
respect political time i not on our side,"
overeignty," Mandela M ndela commented.
maintained, noting that Mandela's meeting with
issues related to Soutb tbe Black media was
Africa's destabilization of arranged because
its neighbors bas not been organizers said tbat tbe
discussed in the first round ANC leader had a special
of talks between the ANC desire to reach out to press
and the apartheid traditioaally denied access.
government. Mandel praised the Blac
Sharpton Acquitted
Of All Oounts
Tbe Rev. Al Sharpton,
well-known activist, was
acquitted of all counts in a
67-count indictment.
A . Manhattan jury
deliberated less than six
hours in reacbing the verdict
that cleared him of charges
th t he misappropriated
$250,000 from the fund of
the National Youth
Movement, a youth-oriented
.e mpto y me n La nd drug
program which be founded.
e indictmen included
arges of grand larceny,
fr au d , and f.a I i fy in g
records.
Sbarpton as defended
bYI attorney Alton Maddox,
bo had been upended
from tbe b r for misconduct
but permitted to conduct
thj case, started before the
suspension.
The case. was prosecuted
by the office of New York
State Attorney General
Robert Abrams, an old
Sharpton foe. Prosecutors
called 83 witne es during
the three-month trial;
Sharpton's attorney, Alton
Maddox, called none.
At a victory party t the
Colton Club in Harlem on
Tuesday nigbl, a triumphant
Sbarpton said, "I'm not a
croo , I'm not a convict, I
we t t rougb a ystem I
do 't believe i -a d won!
Ho ever, prosecutor Ed
Barbini, of Abrams' office,
said S upton still face
tree counts of tax fraud
b nded do n by an Albany
grand jury.
JULY 11-21,1110
pres for consistently
reporting OD the struggle of
Black South AfricaD and
urged tbat pressure be
maiDtaiDed until partbeid
i abOlished.
Tba t theme w s been the
corner tone of MaDdeJ 'a
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nm rou 0 a
Canadian reaeardl the
older woman is the morclikely
.he is to give birth to
left - handed children.
According to the tudy by
psychologist Stanley Coren
22% of the cbildrcn born to
women <Wer 40 are -handed.
This compares to 0DIy 10% for
D undcr40.
DID YOU 0 ._ that a
majority (57%) of American
Blacks � in or Dear �.
Of the remainder: 36% are id
to be middle and 7% are
thought to be prospering.
inten e 10-day U.S. visit
whicb Included tops in
eight cities. During every
stop Mandela was greeted
by tens of tbousands of
people wbo applauded the
71-year-Old leader as a
bero