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Press, 30 May 1987, Page 11

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Royal washer-up The Princess of Wales says she likes to do the washing-up after meals. But she declined to say whether she did the cooking at her mansion home when she spoke to youngsters in a kitchen of a Dr Barnardo centre in Bristol. However, she confided in them: “I am a great washer-up.” — London. Message of love A pornography star, Ilona Staller, a candidate for office in next month’s Italian general election, bared her breasts in front of the Parliament building and told onlookers the time had come to let love blossom. Italy’s bestknown "porn” star, whose live sex shows have often been shut down by police on ground of oabscenity, is contesting a seat in the lower house in the June 14 election as a member of the unorthodox Radical Party. — Rome. Death sentences A Nepalese special court has sentenced four people to death for a series of bomb attacks which killed five people in June 1985, the Press Trust of India news agency said. Two of the four were sentenced in absentia, including Ram Raja Prasad Singh, a former member of the Nepalese national assembly. Of the 102 people implicated in the bombings, four were sentenced to 33 years in jail each and 19 to terms of between five and 20 years. Sixty-nine other defendants were cleared and judgment deferred on the remaining six. — New Delhi.