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Press, 13 February 1982, Page 8

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Cabinet sacked The President of Bangladesh (Mr Justice Abdus Sattar) has dissolved the 42member Cabinet and said the decision followed a serious national crisis. He said the people were beginning to doubt the “integrity, honesty and sincerity” of Cabinet Ministers. President Sattar said Cabinet Ministers had “failed to fulfil the hopes and aspiration of the people,” plunging the nation into “serious crisis.” — Dacca. Dancer dies Eleanor Powell, dancing star of a score of Hollywood musicals, has died of cancer, aged 70. She had been ill for some time. Miss Powell made her screen debut in 1935 in “George White's Scandals.” and her other films included “Born to Dance,” “Rosalie," “Lady be Good," “Thousands Cheer” and “Broadway Melody of 1940." — Los Angeles. Paris bombings A Chilean airline office and two companies with Latin American or U.S. connections have been bombed in Paris by an anarchist group named after the 19thcentury Russian revolutionist Michael Bakunin. Two blasts within a few minutes damaged the office of the airline, Lan Chile, and the Sansinena Company, which imports meat from Argentina. About 45 minutes later, a third blast damaged a household appliance store, I.T.T. Television. There were no casualties. — Paris. ‘Mutiny crushed' The Government of President Mohammed Siad Barre, an ally of the United States in the volatile Horn of Africa, has crushed a big Army mutiny in northern Somalia after several days of fighting, according to. diplomatic sources and Somali dissidents. They said elements of Somalia’s Bth Army mutinied after the summary execution last month of several senior officers accused of collaboration with the Somali Salvation Front, an anti-Government) guerrilla group backed by Ethiopia, Somalia’s traditional enemy. — Nairobi. Kremlin apologises The Soviety Embassy in Lisbon, apparently worried that more of its diplomats might be expelled, has issued a rare public apology over its recent comments on Portuguese politics, It said it had made “appropriate apologies” for a statement it issued describing- the Portuguese Socialist Opposition leader, Mario Soares, as being mentally unbalanced and in need of. prolonged treatment. Mr Soares had infuriated the embassy by accusing the Kremlin of planning to destabilise the Iberian Peninsula to prevent Spain’s entry into N.A.T.O. — Lisbon. ’