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Perot ahead of Bush, Clinton :
Texas billionaire Ross Perol has pulled ahead of both President George Bush and likely Democratic candidate BUI Clinton In the race for president, according to a poll released Saturday, reports AFP from New York
A time Magazine CNN survey showed Perot garnering support from 33 per cent of registered voters, while Bush took 28 per cent and Clinton 24 per cent.
FVrot. who has yet to declare his candidacy, has promised to enter the race as an independent if supporters manage to get his name on ballots tn all 50 states for the November electton.
Bush and Clinton lose almost an equal number of voles to Perot in a three way race, the poll showed, with 25 per cent of the President’s supporters and 27 per cent of Clinton's backers switching to Perot
N-physicist tortured in Iraq :
An Iraqi nuclear physicist claims he was tortured In Baghdad 13 years ago for refusing to build an atomic bomb for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the British weekly. The Observer, says tn Sunday's edition, reports AFP from London.
The paper quotes Hussein Shahrlstan, now in exile in Iran, as saying he was given electric shocks, whipped and hung by the wrists tn a house in Baghdad after his arrest in December 1979 at his office in the Iraqi atomic energy commission
He said one of his interrogators was Barzan Takriti, a halfbrother of the Iraqi president, who is currently Iraq's ambas sador to Switzerland
The physicist, trained In Britain and Canada, said he opposed nuclear arms, and believed he was working towards peaceful uses for nuclear power In Iraq.
Douglas Hurd in Cairo
British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd arrived In Cairo overnight for a brief visit and talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the Foreign Ministry announced Sunday, reports AFP
Hurd is also to meet his Egyptian counterpart AMR Mussa during the visit, which Is expected to be of only a few hours
The Foreign Secretary came from Saudi Arabia, where he met with King Fahd and his Defence Minister Sultan Ibn Abdel Aziz during a short visit to Riyadh late Saturday. Saudi television reported.
There were no details on his talks In Riyadh, but dlplo matte sources had said they were to be on regional and bilateral issues.
3 Irish cops hurt in blast
A bomb severely damaged an armoured police patrol car in northern Ireland and slightly Injured three officers, police said May 17. reports Reuter from London.
The attack happened tn Dungannon, Co Tyrone, just before midnight on Saturday when a blass jar filled with high explo slw was thrown at their vehicle In the town centre.
Police said the three officers were treated in hospital and later discharged.
Afghan leader dies of poisoning:
A prominent Afghan guerilla commander has dieci of poisoning tn neighbouring Pakistan, hospital sources said on Saturday, reports Reuter from Quetta.
They said Commander Maulvl Naqlbullah died on Thursday The commander, who belonged to the Jamiat-e-lslami
Party of President-Designate Burhanuddin Rabbani, was brought to Pakistan for treatment after suffering from poisoning In the Afghan city of Kandahar last week.
US envoy leaves Belgrade
The United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia left Belgrade on Saturday, accusing Serbia and the Yugoslav army of stocking the fighting tn Bosnia-Herzegovina, reports Reuter from Belgrade.
Ambassador Warren Zimmerman said Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and the leader of Serbs in Bosnia, Radovan Karadzic, must after their polices towards Bosnia If there was to be any chance of peace.
Fighting erupted in Bosnia three months ago after Its majority Muslims and Croats voted for independence from Yugoslavia. About 1,300 people have been killed.
Suharto to contest again:
one of Indonesia's most powerful ministers hinted that President Suharto, one of Asia's longest-serving rulers, would stand again when his current term expires in March next year, reports Reuter from Jakarta.
Secretary of State Murdlona. at a campaign rally on Friday for the ruling Golkar Party for June 9's state assembly elections, avoided directly naming Suharto.
The 70 year old Suharto, who rose to power in southeast Asia s biggest country In 1965, is widely expected to run again buthas yet to publicly declare his intentions. He cannot formally be nominated until next March.
Lithuanian PM to resign
Lithuanian Prime Minister Gedminas Vagnorius announced Saturday he will resign on May 28 because parliament opposes his plans for economic reform, a Lithuanian newscast reported. AP says from Vilnius.
Vagnorius, 34, had called unsuccessfully for early parliamentary elections In September to replace the Supreme Council, which he said was blocking reforms. He also sought special powers to allow his government to conduct economic transformations without Interference from lawmakers.
The resignation was announced a week before a referendum scheduled In Lithuania on whether to strengthen the powers of the presidency to ease the Impasse between the legislative and executive branches of government.
Last week, parliament overturned a decree by Vagnorius giving him the right to dismiss up to 50 per cent of the state work force.
Cyclone claims 5 in W Bengal:
a cyclone ripped through the eastern coastal state of West Bengal on Saturday, leaving at least five people dead and 10 more Injured, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said, AFP reports from New Delhi.
The storm, lasting about in hour, also caused extensive damage to property In West Bengal’s Blrbhum district, state government officials were quoted as saying.
A number of houses were damaged and trees and electric poles uprooted in the district's lOO-odd villages, the officials said In Calcutta, capital of West Bengal.
Spain. France abolish border :
Spain and France abolished a border post on Saturday for the first time in line with the European Community's agreement In Maastricht last December for closer cooperation on border controls. Reuter reports from Mollo.
The mayors of Mollo in the northeast corner of Spain and Prats de Mollo in France held a public party and children carrying a European blue flag with 12 golden stars crossed the border to mark the event.