European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes tuesday. February 11,1966page 8 work today merchant ships should be armed to fight piracy shipowner says Athens. Greece up a greek shipowner has called for arms to be carried aboard merchant vessels As the Only Way of confronting the growing menace of pirate attacks against International shipping. One of Greece s most powerful shipowners John Attico Drakopoulos said our ships Are being attacked and the lives of our Crews As Well As the safety of our vessels Are at stake. We must be allowed to carry heavy arms to confront this growing piracy threat to International arms were last carried on merchant vessels during world War ii but have since been banned under International Law. Poll shows majority of Irish want to end ban on divorce Dublin. Ireland a an opinion poll says 52percent of the Irish Public want to end the constitutional ban on divorce against 42 percent who want to retain poll of 1,000 eligible voters conducted by Market research Bureau of Ireland for the Irish times found that opinions were Back to their april 1985 Levels after anti divorce pronouncements by prestigious Church figure prompted a surge of support for retaining the ban. Divorce is flatly outlawed in the 1937 Constitution of this 97-percent roman Catholic country. The labor party Junior partner in the ruling coalition wants to pre sent a Bill to parliament permitting divorce in cases of irretrievable marital breakdown. The coalition Leader the Fine Gael party has not decided How it will vote. Coca cola subsidiary is banned from Selling beverage in Sudan Khartoum Sudan a the government said it has decided to ban a sudanese subsidiary of the coca cola company from Selling the beverage in statement by the Cabinet said the ban was imposed to assert Sudan s commitment to the policies of the Ara league which voted 35 years ago to Boycott companies doing business with said the prohibition would be applied in a Way that would maintain the interests of the subsidiary s employee Sand its sudanese business owners. Ireland agrees to Supply Libya with 100,000 head of cattle Dublin Ireland a Ireland hat concluded ans89 million Deal to Supply Libya with 100,000 head of cattle despite the is. Call for Trade sanctions against the North african country. Irish agriculture minister Austin Deasy said that the contract was won by the Waterford based Purcell group Over Strong International Competition and he called the Deal a much needed boost for Irish agriculture. The contract was clinched after talks involving Deas Yand libyan foreign ministry officials. The Reagan administration has appealed to the 12-na-Tion european common Market of which Ireland is a member to halt Trade with Libya Over its alleged links tothe dec. 27 terrorist attacks at the Rome and Vienna airports in which 20 people died. Helicopter rescues 50 skiers stranded in austrian Cable car Innsbruck Austria a about 50 skiers were rescued by helicopter from a stalled Cable car in Western Austria after being stranded for More than an hour the Austria press Agency reported. No one was injured in the evacuation which took place Inland Dick about 43 Miles West of Innsbruck the report said. Operators of the Cable car company said a technical failure was to blame according to Apa. 85 candidates nominated for 1986 Nobel peace prize Oslo Norway a eighty five candidates 15fewer than last year s record 100, were nominated for the 1986 Nobel peace prize by the feb. 1 deadline a norwegian Nobel committee spokesman said. All nominations mailed before feb. 1 were registered for this year s list of candidates said Jakob Sverdrup Nobel committee Secretary. We Don t expect any More nominations to arrive How. Identities of nominees Are never officially disco cd but two swedish legislators Are known to have proposed the environmental activist organization Greenpeace. Irish pop Star Bob Seidof Initiator of the 1985 live Aid concert is also thought to be on this year s list. Apple automatic girl Friday a robot receptionist a Ilses a a Lollor on How to ise an who the company opened the new office. The Robotin House Telephone system at the head office of Nam co receptionist which b painted in soft Pink an Gray Abo says Welcome to our company1 and. Than limited in Tokyo. Japan s leading manufacturer of game machines introduced the robot hut september you for Rusl Tang us in japanese. N. Korea puts forces on Alert As s. . Games Start Tokyo up North Korea put its entire 800.000-Strong armed forces on Alert monday charging that . South korean War games getting under Way this wee have created new tension which May Lead to the outbreak of dispatches carried by the official North korean Central news Agency monitored in Tokyo the Pyong Yang government denounced the annual team spirit a Nevers and repeated allegations that they constitute preparations for War. The supreme commander of the korean people s army issued an order to All the units of the military Security forces and Home guard to maintain heightened revolutionary vigilance and be ready for combat mobilization said a statement issued by the North korean military command. North Korea has nut its military on Alert in previous years during team spirit and there have been no recent reports by . And South korean officials of unusual military activity in the North. A Tokyo newspaper the Sansei Shimun reported los month that the North korean military May in fact be hampered at present by an Oil shortage following the sink ing of North Korea s biggest Oil Tanker in the persian. Gulf. North Korea has 843,000 regular troops under arms. It was not Clear whether the Alert also affected the country estimated 5 million reservists. In its statement the military command said the Reck less military provocation or us. And South korean forces had presented a grave Challenge and tense Situa Tion which May Lead to the outbreak of War at any to the Alert came As preliminary activities for the joint exercise got under Way in South Korea. About 200,000vs. And South korean troops Are expected to take part in the two month Maneu vers an annual event since 1976. North Korea offered last month to suspend any military exercises if the United states and South Korea scrubbed team spirit. The proposal was rejected and Pyongyang cancelled three scheduled rounds of talks with . Come in South Korea has invited North Korea to Send delegates to observe team spirit but the North koreans have refused. Iran launches a or offensive claims capture of iraqi Island Nicosia Cyprus a Iran monday announce the capture of a strategic Island in tit Shalt Al Arab waterway and Iraq acknowledged that iranian forces had established a shaky foothold across the wide River in an overnight offensive. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency said Ira had captured the Island of us us Rasas located inside iraqi territory West of the Shalt Al Arab which is strategic due to its important Oil the offensive came on the eve of the seventh anniversary of Iran s islamic revolution that brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to Power. It marked the first significant ground attack since last summer in the Iran Iraq Border War which began in september 1980. Iraq s state run Baghdad radio interrupted its Norma programs Early monday to broadcast a military communique saying that the iranian attempt to Cross the Shallal Arab faced a gloomy both the iraqi radio and Iran s news Agency were monitored in Nicosia. The iraqi communique said Iran s forces were wiped out and the enemy Only gained a shaky foothold in some Forward areas. The Balue continues to wipe out the enemy and to expel it from our pure iranian military communiques quoted by the new Agency said that from the beginning of the offensive which began late sunday the Southern Iraq port City of Basra sustained serious Iran s communiques said a Large number of iraqi troops have been routed and a considerable number have been rival claims cannot be independently verified As the combatants do not allow foreign journalists of other observers to visit the Battlefront. Iran s news Agency also quoted the communiques from Tehran As saying iranian forces seized sizable the Agency quoted an unidentified spokesman for Iran Swar information Headquarters As saying that the offensive was launched in the Southern Region or the two countries 733-mile Battlefront in the
