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Daughters help mend the rope together
WINDSOR, England: The Duke and Duchess of York appeared In public together Saturday for the first time since they formally separated in March after more than five years of
marriage, reports AP
Prince Andrew and the former Sarah Ferguson, both 32, went with their daugh ’ ters. Beatrice and Eugenie, to the Royal Windsor Horse ' Show
Their arrival at the show — where the duke joined h1s fatl r-in-iaw. Major Ronald Ferguson, to judge an event — delighted spectators
The couple s trip to the horse show was their first high profile appearance since Buckingham Palace announ ced on March 19 that the Duchess was seeking a separation.
The palace would say nothing Saturday night about the couple's marital situation, except to refer to the anno
uncement of the separation which made clear nothing would be said until lawyers' discussions were complete.
Tn the meantime we are not commenting on any aspect of their relationship." a spokesman said, requesting customary anonymity.
The spokesman also refused to comment on British media reports that the Duchess planned to move out of the couple’s SunnlnghiU Park estate, near Windsor. Into a nearby stx-bed-room mock Tudor mansion.
Benefits only for gays
LOS ANGELES: Entertainment giant MCA Inc has agreed to extend health benefits to employees homosexual partners. It's the first large company In Its Industry to do so. gay advocates said. reports AP
MCA said Friday that employees with same-sex partners can apply for family style health benefits if they can demon strate a long term commitment to their partner
MCA dld’nt say how many of Its 16.000 employees qualified or how much the programme would cost Unmarried couples of the opposite sex are nt Included
Civil rights attorney Gloria R Allred said the policy Is a step forward but la unfair to heterosexual couples who "also have serious commitments but have good reasons for not marry tng'
Sid Sheinberg, MCA’s president, said. "We obviously do not think it's discriminatory or we wouldn't have done It.'
Rich Jennings, of Hollywood Supports, and advocacy group of homosexuals and AIDS patients, said the policy Is the first for a large entertainment company and is needed because gays can't marry.
Movie and TV conglomerate MCA is a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Japan's largest consume electronics company. Universal Pictures, an MCA subsidiary, la one of the seven major US movie distributors. MCA film properties Included "ET the Extra-Terrestlla," "Jaws" and "Back to the Future". The company also produced hit records and television shows.
Sonia to reveal Indira's insight into character
LONDON: Sonia Gandhi, who next week comes out of mourning for her assassinated husband Rajiv, has promised to reveal new insights Into the character of her "much misunderstood" mother-in law, Indira Gandhi, reports Reuter. In an interview with Britain s Independent newspaper published on Saturday, the Italian-born Sonia said unpublished letters between Indira Gandhi, assassinated in 1984. and her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, cast new light on Indira.
'After my mother-in-law's assassination, I read through a large collection of her papers. I found that a considerable correspondence between her and her father had remained unrevealed." Sonia Gandhi said.
"I thought it would be a
good idea to publish these k-tters. They are of historical importance and disclose a great deal about the character and temperament of my mother-in-law."
She added: "my mothcr-tn-law was much misunderstood. She was a courageous woman who lived and died for the country. She was perceived as aloof and autocratic, particularly by her political opponents.
T knew her as an extremely sensitive and warm human being."
Where AIDS patients left alone to die
TOKYO: The spread of AIDS tn Japan, where the threat of the disease was long Ignored, is causing hypochondria and panic, with doctors abandoning AIDS hospitals and patients left alone in small single-bed rooms to die, reports Reuter.
"AIDS patients are being ostracised. It is a human rights problem," said Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, a leading AIDS expert at the Tokyo metropolitan Komagome hospital.
Many people. Including families and friends, turn away from AIDS victims for fear they could contract the disease. In turn, most sufferers keep the secret to themselves, he said.
Ignorance about AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Is preventing the Japanese public from associating with AIDS patients, Yamaguchi said In an interview.
The situation is such that AIDS patients tend to confine themselves to their small rooms, refusing even to eat, he said.
"AIDS patients go into depression at the thought of having an Incurable disease...they become weaker and weaker at a faster speed than necessary because they stop eating."
At a time when they desperately need the best medical care and attention, patients risk being turned away from hospitals.
"There are cases of hospitals rejecting AIDS patients, especially In rural areas." Yamaguchi said.