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The council session was requested by Iran, which had boycotted the council for eight years but returned to urge condemnation of the U.S. military action and de mand withdrawal of all U.S. forces from the Persian Gulf. The USS Vincennes shot down the Iran Air jetliner on July 3 in the gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. The United States said the airliner was mistaken for an Iranian fighter jet. Iran was unable to muster enough votes to condemn the United States. Diplomats said the council decided to delete contro versial passages to ensure passage of the brief resolu tion. It deleted a sentence proposed by Iran calling on for eign naval forces to reassess their presence in the Pt: sian Gulf. It also deleted strong language of condemi tion of the U.S. military action. The resolution said the council “expresses its distress at the downing of an Iranian civil aircraftbt missile fired from a U.S. warship and profound rejii over the tragic loss of innocent lives.” It urged all parties to the Chicago Convention 1944 on international civil aviation to fully observe rules and practices concerning safety of civil aviation Vol.i It also said the council “stresses the need for a fJ NJO and rapid implementation of its resolution 598 of 198ilgj an p as the only basis for a comprehensive, just, honorab*w a f san and durable settlement of the conflict between Iranaa Ihile 1 Iraq,” which have been at war since September 1980. j a h gh< The resolution calls for a cease-fire, troop withttaMbepti wal, prisoner exchange, an impartial body lodetermit L ,q ) oi the aggressor and a comprehensive peace settlement • g a f s The members of the Security Council are the Unite|T e f t States, the Soviet Union, Britain, France and China4q UO t ec l the five permanent members with veto power — aaiIk. too Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Japan, Nepal,ScnefllBuinn. West Germany, Yugoslavia and Zambia. P? “\v e lot ere Soviet officials expel Armenian in crackdown MOSCOW (AP) — Soviet authori- - ties on Wednesday expelled an Ar menian nationalist leader as part of a crackdown on Armenians agitating for annexation of a disputed Cauca sus Mountains region. Armenian activists, meanwhile, continued a strike in the region, Na gorno-Karabakh, and called a night time rally to consider expanding the walkout. For the past five months, Armeni ans have been pressing for Nagorno- Karabakh to become part of the Ar menian republic because most of its population is Armenian. But on Monday, Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev and the country’s other top executives ruled the region would remain part of Azerbaijan. “People consider it to be a very er roneous decision,” said an Armenian electrician reached by telephone in Stepanakert, the main city of Na gorno-Karabakh. “People decided to continue the strike until the bitter end, until a positive decision is taken.” Asked how people were reacting to the decision, the electrician said: “No one has returned to work. Peo ple are in a very bad mood.” He de clined to be identified by name. In its ruling, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the country’s par liament, authorized police to “take essential measures” to end strikes, and put a stop to “any activities di- llir reeled at kindling national strife.” Riot breaks out at penetentiary in Mexican city Excelsior's report said 15 secretar ies and eight nurses were held as hostages for the two hours that the shootout lasted. It also said prisoners burned documents found in the six state courtrooms located at the prison. Alfredo Gonzalez, an aide in the Michoacan state government’s infor mation office said by phone, how ever, that an official report would not be available until after 6 p.m. (7 p.m. CDT). “There was a riot. It’s already been controlled,” he said. Excelsior said all prisoners had been taken from their cells to a hold ing area in the prison yards and all cells were being searched individu ally. It said at least 30 weapons had been found in the search. Angola accepts : formal agreement to remove troops Bcty, 11 she Firsi JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — South Africa and Angola on Wednesday formally accepted an agreement designed to withdraw foreign troops from Angola and grant independence to South-West Africa. “There is a general consensus that no one should come out a loser be cause every one can come out win ners if we can achieve peace in the region,” South African Foreign Min ister Pik Botha told a news confer- The plan says nothing ai»i timetables for Cuban and SoutW rican troop withdrawal, cutoff! t Soviet, American and South Afna or dii military aid to the warringpartieij settlement of the Angolan civil war “Further agreements are em: saged in these principles,” ence. A similar announcement accept ing the 14-point Principles for a Peaceful Settlement in Southwestern Africa was made in Luanda, Angola. The official Angolan news agency, ANGOP, monitored in Lis bon, Portugal, carried a transcript in Portuguese of the government’s statement. The U.S. State Department, which mediated three rounds of peace talks leading to creation of the principles last week in New York, says Cuba also has accepted them. But Cuba issued no official an nouncement Wednesday. The next round of talks will take place in Geneva in early August, the South African Press Association re ported. Major obstacles to implementa tion of the peace plan remain. said. “We have traveled a lance to get to this stage butweas only at the foot of the mounto The road ahead is steep, fullofpj tholes and dangerous curves. The principles call for implant: tation of 1978 U.N. Security Counc Resolution 435, which provides!: U.N.-mediated elections in Souit West Africa after South Africa: withdrawal from the territory ruled for 73 years. An important step in thenegotia; ing process was agreement by At Kola and Cuba that independen;; ■ epen For South-West Africa, also die 1 Namibia, should be linked to ik withdrawal of an estimated 50,« Cubans from neighboring Angola The principles call for movement of an estimated 15,0 Cubans northward from thebordr area where they have recently dt ployed and battled with South Air can troops inside Angola. Cuba and Angola have said would take four years for thefs bans to leave. MEXICO CITY (AP) — A “very hot” riot broke out Wednesday in the penitentiary in the Michoacan state capital, police said. An uncon firmed report said 14 guards and prisoners were killed and 20 injured. “It’s still very hot,” the duty offi cer at the Michoacan state judicial police said by phone from Morelia, the state capital. He declined to give his name and said no details would be available un til the night. The national news service of Ex celsior newspaper reported from Morelia that the riot started at 10 a.m. (11 a.m. CDT). It said Michoacan state Attorney General Jose Franco Villa provided the casualty report and also quoted him as saying that the riot started when two prisoners being taken to trial disarmed their guards. He also was quoted as saying that other prisoners then took advantage of the situation to join in and disarm other guards, while a shootout started between the prisoners and guards in the watchtowers. Judge refuses to disclose information ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — While a grand jury met Wednes day to hear more evidence in the Pentagon bribery case, a federal judge refused a newspaper’s re- ? |uest that he unseal information iled by investigators to obtain search warrants against their pro spective targets. U.S. District Judge Claude A. Hilton said that public release of the affidavits would “harm the process’ of the investigation. The contested material triggered the authorization, by various courts, of dozens of searches by federal agents around the country on June 14. Meanwhile, the grand jury mei for a second day to hear from the Justice Department team which has coordinated the massive, two- year-old investigation, which came to public light only when the searches got underway. Cl sti af AUS' ents v at lea slight feet si eye, Thur Dr: Tind< Clem been clot v to the Cle condi the If other “T nous well,’ “I do his fu Me tests Cent< suffe ity in have in his Tii brokt he g reach whicl pass, at tha The investigation centers around allegations that defense contractors and private defense consultants bribed Defense De f iartment employees for inside in c formation. Judge gives cocaine dealer 143 years JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday sen tenced convicted Colombian co caine kingpin Carlos Lehder Rivas to a maximum life sentence without parole plus 135 years, calling the penalty “a signal to our society.” U.S. District Judge Howell W. Melton brushed aside Lehder’s contention that he was a political prisoner. Lehder, who prosecutors called a key figure in the Medellin Cartel drug ring said to be re sponsible for 80 percent of the cocaine imported into the United States, was convicted in May of smuggling 3.3 tons of cocaine into the U.S. from his island smuggling headquarters. Melton imposed the harshest penalty possible under federal law over defense objections that it exceeded the maximum allowable under the U.S.-Colombia extradi tion treaty. “The sentence is a signal to our society that it will do everything it can to rid itself of this cancer, Melton said. FDA rejects broader sulfite proposal WASHINGTON (AP) — An unpublished memo written by the head of the Food and Drug Ad ministration shows the agency wants to reject proposals for broader limitations on sulfite food preservatives, despite esti mates that the chemicals can be extremely dangerous to a million or more Americans. A consumer health group said Wednesday the FDA’s failure to act endangers many asthmatics and others who have a severe re action to sulfites, including the possibility of death within hours after food containing the chemi cals is eaten. Sulfites, which have been used for decades to prevent discolora tion in food, have been banned since 1986 for use on fresh fruits and vegetables, such as those sold in salad bars. Fresh potatoes have been exempted from the ban, but will be included later this year, FDA officials say. 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