WORLD NEWS SUMMARY CDR AFRTS BC LOS ANGELES 27MAR91

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Subject: WORLD NEWS SUMMARY  CDR AFRTS BC LOS ANGELES  27MAR91           

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Folder Title: VARIOUS NAVAL MESSAGES FOLDER 1 MARCH 1991                                                      

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                KURDISH REBELS SAY IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORCES MAY BE GETTING READY TO
             ASSAULT THE REBEL-HELD CITY OF KIRKUK (KEER-KOOK), WHICH IS A KEY
             PAGE 02 GMCCO5772 UNCLAE,
             OIL CENTER. THE REBEL STATEMENT SAYS THE IRAQI ARMY IS t4ASSING IN
             PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEINC- HOMETOWN OF TIKRIT (TIK-REET). THE REPORT
             CAN'T BE CONFIRMED INDEPENDENTLY.
             -- AND BAGHDAD RADIO SAY-: SADDAM HAS SWORN IN A NEW CABINET -- GIVING
             THE OFFICIALS SIX MONTHS TO SHOW THEY CAN DO THE JOB. THE BROADCAST
             QUOTES SADDAM AS SAYING A DIFFICULT PERIOD IS AHEAD.
             - A SAUDI ARABIAN ATTEMFT TO FEED THOUSANDS OF DESPERATE PEOPLE IN
             SOUTHERN IRAQ IS PROMPTING FOOD RIOTS. TODAY SAUDIS TRUCKED IN
             25-THOUSAND MEALS TO THE IRAO-KUWAIT BORDER TOWN OF SAFWAN. THAT WAS
             MORE THAN ENOUGH TO FEED THE REFUGEES THERE, BUT PEOPLE PILED ON THE
             TRUCKS AND FOUGHT FOR THE FOOD. NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT, BUT THE
             INCIDENT MARKED THE FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY OF CHAOS.
             - THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS REMINDING THE SOVIETS OF THEIR
             COMMITMENT IN THE HELSINKI ACCORDS TO ALLOW PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS.
             STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESWOMAN MARGARET TUTWILERS COMMENT COMES THE
             DAY BEFORE A MASSIVE PRO-REFORM RALLY PLANNED AT THE KREMLIN.
             AUTHORITIES HAVE BANNED -HE RALLY. AND TODAY THEY SEALED RED SQUARE
             AND HAULED AWAY SUPPORTEP'. OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESIDENT BORIS
             YELTSIN - A RIVAL OF SO'V,ET PRESIDENT GORBACHEV. TWO DOZEN ARMORED
             PERSONNEL CARRIERS HAVE k@SO BEEN MOVED TO A MILITARY BASE NEAR THE
             CENTER OF MOSCOW.
             - THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE ECONOMY HASN'T BEEN DOING AS
 AS HAD BEEN THOUGHT. IT SAYS THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT FELL IN
             THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF 1990 AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF ONE-POINT-SIX
             PERCENT, WHICH IS LESS STEEP THAN EARLIER FIGURES INDICATED.
             - THE FIRST BLACK MAN IN AMERICA TO BE ELECTED GOVERNOR NOW MAY BE
             MAKING MOVES TOWARD THE WHITE HOUSE. DOUGLAS WILDER OF VIRGINIA IS
             LETTING ASSOCIATES FORM A FUND-RAISING COMMITTEE FOR A PRESIDENTIAL
             RACE. VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN PAUL GOLDMAN SAYS THE PAPERS MAY
             BE FILED WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION AS EARLY AS TODAY.
             -- THE DAUGHTER OF FORMER DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
             GERALDINE FERRARO SAYS HER MOTHER INTENDS TO RUN FOR THE SENATE.
             DONNA ZACCARO SAYS FERRARO WANTS THE NEW YORK SEAT NOW HELD BY
             REPUBLICAN ALFONSE DAMATO. BUT SHE SAYS A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT MAY
             NOT COME UNTIL FALL. FERRARO WAS WALTER MONDALES RUNNING MATE IN
             1984.
             - THE U-S SUPREME COURT IS CONSIDERING WHETHER PUBLICATIONS CAN BE
             Su D IF THEY BREAK A PROMISE AND REVEAL THE NAME OF A CONFIDENTIAL
             SOURCE. A LAWYER FOR TWO OF MINNESOTA'S TWO LARGEST NEWSPAPERS SAYS
             THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS THE MEDIA FROM BEING SUED FOR TELLING
             THE TRUTH. BUT A LAWYER FOR THE SOURCE SAYS THE PAPERS ARE TRYING TO
             PUT THEMSELVES ABOVE THE LAW.
           .I-- AND IN A DECISION TODAY, THE COURT HAS RULED THAT TELEPHONE
             DIRECTORIES GENERALLY DO NOT HAVE THE PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHT LAW
           ,.-itCAUSE THEY LACK A NEEDED ORIGINALITY. IT THREW OUT AN AWARD
           "MAINST A COMPANY THAT HAD COPIED ANOTHER COMPANYS VERSION OF A
          I@DIRECTORY IN KANSAS.
                NASA SAYS THE SPACE S14UTTLE ATLANTIS IS TO LIFT OFF APRIL
           le@IFTH ON AN ASTRONOMY MISSION. THE SHUTTLE WILL DEPLOY AN OBSERVATORY

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