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Presenter: Ron Novak of Serwin Williams tues, Nov. 16- 5:30 pm- 410 Rudder ieneUaimedu/cct Page 14‘Tuesday, November 16,1999 w ORLD Spain’s king tours heart of C Ibero-American summit begins amidst cheers for Castro) e Battalion CASTRO HAVANA (AP) — Welcomed by shouts of “Long Live the King!” Spain’s king toured the heart of com munist Cuba’s capital yesterday, bringing royalty to the center of rev olution, as Fidel Castro marked a victory over U.S. attempts to isolate his government. However, the summit that brought King Juan Carlos and other European and Latin American leaders to Havana p also gave an unprecedented opportu- n nity for Castro’s domestic foes to raise their voices. Ahead of the Ibero-American summit’s opening yes terday, the Spanish and Portuguese prime ministers met with prominent opposition figures — breaking a long standing tradition of foreign leaders shunning dissidents while on Cuba soil. “I hope all of this is resolved, ” Spain’s Jose Maria Az- nar said after meeting five dissident leaders yesterday, including veteran human rights activist Elizardo Sanchez. Aznar called the meeting at the Spanish Em bassy “very interesting.” The Nicaraguan, Panamanian and Mexican delega tions held similar meetings over the weekend. The Spanish branch of Amnesty International issued a statement yesterday calling on the Spanish government to intercede on behalf of inmates the group describes as political prisoners. Castro spent much of the day at the airport greeting a steady stream of presidents and Dressed in his trademark olive green an especially warm embrace to his friendj ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The royal couple and other leaders were | terday evening for a state dinner with Caste| of the Revolution. This is the first time a Spanish monarch in Cuba, which Spain conquered in 1511; nearly 400 years. Juan Carlos and QueenS; Aznar and his wife on a tour through theo streets of Old Havana, built by the Spanish. Walking along cobblestone streets, waved to Cubans leaning from the iron-gnj and shouting, “Long live the King.” Uniformed police turned away a groupoil ropean tourists in shorts and T-shirts—kl wearing a Che Guevara baseball cap Juan Carlos and Sofia arrived at Havana'I ha roq u e-sty le ca t hedral. “We are proud that the king and queem us," Hortensia Rodriguez, 57, asshewailedft of the king at the old Government PalaceotJ de Armas, where viceroys once ruled ford throne, said. At the palace. City Historian Eusebio Li Juan Carlos a throne built more than200t a Spanish king who never arrived. Despite invitations to try it out, Juan Car; j even to touch it. >- Tune Into Residence Life! Take the first step to become a Resident Advisor: Enroll for EPSY 485 Spring 1999 Class Times: ofRev/o^ C5 * ■C fD -y- -4.&M ‘oori'^ .w, ■ Monday Section 581 3:00-4:00 p.m. Monday-Wednesday Section 582 Section 583 Section 584 10:20-11:10 a.m. 12:40-1:30 p.m. 1:50-2:40 p.m. Tuesday Section 585 2:40-4:00 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday Section 586 11:10-12:00 (noon) Thursday Section 587 3:55-5:35 p.m. Register for ONE credit hour ctv t of Res/ rf .1^ -y ^ VJJJ -ci V)tW vC<S Bodies of air crash victims flown to Rome Preliminary results show cure Ukraine president to re-win Completion of the class is not a guarantee of employment Contact: Meredith Roberson at 845-2235 Department of Residence Life: Bringing People and Housing Together PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) — The bodies of 24 people killed when their flight struck a remote mountain in northern Kosovo were flown to Rome yesterday. Most of the victims were human itarian aid workers. Residents of Pristina piled flowers at the entrance of the building of the World Food Pro gram, the Rome-based humani tarian agency that chartered the flight that crashed Friday. French experts are leading an investigation into the crash, the United Nations said yesterday. A preliminary report is to be ready within a month, and a final doc ument will be published in the first half of 2000. Peacekeepers traveling in a ve hicle in the American-controlled zone of Kosovo near Urosevac fa tally struck a woman attempting to cross a road, a NATO spokesperson said yesterday. Military police are investigat ing the incident, which happened Sunday, Maj. Roland Lavoie, a spokesperson for NATO in Pristi na, said. No further information was immediately available. Peacekeepers detained a Serb man in Odevce for threatening an other Serb. Military police subse quently searched the man’s house, where they found two ri fles and ammunition, Lavoie said. KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president won a second term, ac cording to preliminary results yes terday, defeating a Communist op ponent who scared many voters with his appeals for a return to the Soviet past. With all the votes counted. President Leonid Kuchma had 56 percent in Sun day’s runoff ballot and Communist Par ty chief Petro Symo- nenko had 38 per cent, the Central Elections Commis sion reported. Voter turnout was nearly 74 percent, it said. Symonenko con ceded defeat yester- ____________ day, though he al leged major campaign violations and vote-rigging by Kuchma’s camf Kuchma, 61, had bed to win, despite dissatisfy his failure to improveUte pressed economy. The former Soviet! spent his campaign wai _________ Svmone’i “Everything... demonstrates that Ukraine has become a police state/ 9 — Retro Symonenko Communist Party chief et-eran Kucfc yesterdf] Ukrainii! not vot| ComnEj becaiii; discred in the#§' cordiniyi? fax net % The 1 1 now f3mm task - Ukraine in “Everything that happened dur ing the first and second round (of voting) demonstrates that Ukraine has become a police state,” Symo nenko told a news conference, ac cusing Kuchma’s supporters of bal lot-box stuffing and illegal propaganda on election day. He also said police, employers and local leaders pressured voters to support Kuchma at the polls. Election commission chair Mykhailo Riabets said an official vote count would be released later in the week. post Soviet economic qn, something many doubt he able to do. He has pledged to contin ket reforms and a pro-Wesi eign policy, and has promis ropean future for Ukraine. “We shall concentrate on in one of the principal tore: cy directions: European aft Atlantic integration,” Foreig ter Borys Tarasiuk saidyest Kuchma detailed fewi measures to improve dom fairs during his campaign, presenting himself asagM Ukrainian independent; democracy. hallenging a 1 lief system is I'tricky thing, l i few people w how others v when one cro jfhe line between ^tfeism and offen- eness. 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