Cable Briefs

Press, 29 March 1980, Page 8

Cable Briefs

Chaste chases President Zia-Ul-Haq of Pakistan has banned male - spectators from women’s sporting events, according to the mass-circulation Urdulanguage daily, “Jang..’ The paper also said that all _ sportswomen would be re- y quired to wear tne tiaditional shalwar (baggy trousers) and kamiz (shirt). Muslim Pakistani women'already . wear the traditional . dress j while playing, but non-Mus-lim female athletes have been wearing shorts. — Isla-. mabad. Volcano erupts

Mount St Helens, a snow covered Oregon volcano, dormant for more than a century, has erupted with an explosion heard 70 km away and belched black smoke [and ash. A crater 60m wide and 75m long formed near 'the northern crest of the '2951m mountain, about 65km north-east of Portland. The heat from the steam and ash melted some snow from the mountaintop, but a Forest Service plane which circled it reported no significant melting of snow or mudflow. No lava flows were seen. — Portland.

Kampuchea call Eleven United States Congresswomen have introduced a resolution urging more United States and international help to ■ prevent mass starvation in Kampuchea. The sponsors, including five Congresswomen who visited Kampuchea in November, said food . shortages might increase in the next few months. — Washington. Fraser target

Eggs, fruit, flour and paint-bombs have been hurled at the Australian Prime Minister (Mr Malcolm Fraser) in a noisy students’ demonstration at Monash University, Melbourne, but missed their target. Mr Fraser escaped unscathed, although several people hit by the missiles included policemen, the Prime Minister’s speechwriter, and a press photographer. An estimated 400 chanting demonstrators tried- to surge towards the main entrance of the University’s Robert Blackwood Hall as the Prime Minister arrived to deliver a speech marking his 25 years in Federal Parliament — Melbourne. Robbery suspects Eight people were still being questioned by police in London yesterday about Monday’s $8.4 million silver bullion robbery. Five of them were taken to Walthamstow police station after a series of raids by the Robbery Squad, helped by members of the Special Patrol Group. Three others were, already at the station — the driver of the bullion lorry, and two men arrested at a south-east London scrapyards — London, Anti’Sddat front A former Egyptian Chief-. of-Staff; Saadeddein- Shazlij has announced the formation of an Egyptian National Front-in-exile that he says will co-operate with opposition inside Egypt to oust President Anwar Sadat’s government. LieutenantGeneral Shazli, now visiting Damascus, made the announcement at a press conference in his capacity -as' secretary-general of the front. The--news, conference was attended by people described as representatives of Egyptian political forces affiliated with the front. —■ Damascus. 15 condemned

The Tunisian State Security Court has condemned 15 people to death for their role * in a commando attack last January. on.the western mihing town of Gafsa -in which" more than 40' -.peopled were killed, Two of’ the cons' demned. were sentenced iin absentia, Ten other defendants were sentenced to life with hard labour, five in ab-, sentia; five were given 29 years with hard labour; and nine others received sentences ranging from five' years with hard labour to six months suspended. Twenty of the 59 defendants were acquitted. — Tunisia.' ;’ N-plant deal |

West German and Argentine officials have reached agreement on supplying a, German nuclear reactor to ! Argentina. The agreementmuSt still be endorsed by both governments. The Argentine military Government ordered .the. 600M\V . reactor last October from the* West German firm, ; Kraftwerke Union for its thirdj nuclear power plant, -Atqcha’ Two, to be, built : 100 km north of Buenos Aires.' The • sale, was delayed because the Bopn Government demanded; stricter norl-proliferation safeguards? tham, the ( Argentine. authorities: '.would ■ agree to. — Bonn. ’ '■