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Press, 14 December 1985, Page 10

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‘Jili bK£ >fa f * Mitterrand, call President Francois Mitterrand formally‘ opened ’ the ■ twelfth annual summit meeting of France and her African friends, denouncing South Africa’stapartheid system and calling for rehe'wed effort by rich countries to help solve Africa’s crushing debt The leaders of; 36 African countries warmly; applauded Mr Mitterrand’s hour-long opening speech. — 'Paris. ' Honour attacked. The Dutch Royal Family has won a court order foreing a gossip magazine to correct a report implying that the heir .to the Throne spent a night in a hotel with a woman. An Amsterdam judge said “Prive" magazine had behaved unlawfully towards Crown Prince Willem Alexander, aged 18, eldest son of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus. The Royal Family said the suggetion in "Prive’s” headline, “Crown Prince spends amorous weekend , with mystery blonde,” was unfounded : and that the prince had not visited the hotel mentioned. demanded that . “Prive” should print a correction written by Prince Claus. Upholding? the application, the judge; said the magazine had failed to substantiate tip-offs on which its report was based. I The Crown Prince is doings his compulsory military service in the Navy. — Amsterdam. • f EEC. aid . The European Commission says it has allocated food; aid worth 51 million European currency units > ($77.88 million), mainly to J help Afghan refugees in Pakistan and for famine relief! in Africa. It also announced a European Community; cash grant of 415 million E.C.U. ($6.54 million) to Niger! in lieu of planned shipments of 30,000 tonnes of cereals (this year. A commission spokesman said the food aid. shipments, totalling 131000 tonnes, included cereals, skimmed-milk powder, bins, fish, sugar and oils. — Brussels. . I