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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, February 23, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes sunday february 23, 1986 checkpoint beat members of West Berlin s beat band the Suh tones Are turned away by East German guards at checkpoint Charlie saturday. The group was trying to invite the soviet ambassador in East Berlin to a concert. Richar Burt is. Ambassador to West Germany played with the group in a private gig last month. Embassies of ., other nations bombed in Peru news reports say Lima Peru a bombs exploded at the  Embassy and at the missions of at least four other nations late Friday news reports  state department confirmed he attack on the  Compound but said no americans were reported  from Al come Rico Peru s leading daily newspaper also reported blasts at the embassies of Ger Many Spain China and India. They quoted witnesses As saying the bombers had thrown dynamite at their targets from speeding cars. Other news Media reported bombings at the argentinean British embassies and the Lima Bureau or the state owned chinese news Agency  injuries were reported and there was no immedi ate indication of the extent of damage. A night curfew in Lima prevented journalists from going to the embassies. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. Al come Rico reporters said police arrested one  said he had been turned Over to a police anti terrorist squad. In Washington slate department spokesman Joe reap said no  Citizens were known to have been injured in the attack on the  Embassy and there was no dam age. However he said his statement was based on a initial assessment and he expected More information sat urday. Reap  state department would have no immedi ate comment on the bombing. Radio programs a Lima radio station said there also were attacks on four offices of Peru s governing Arista party led by president Alan Garcia. Other news Media reported blasts at the National pub Lic administration Institute which trains peruvian civil servants and at the Lima country club. Radio programs also reported Power pylons were dynamited in Ayacucho province in South Central Peru but it said electricity was slowly being restored by emergency Crews. Increasing terrorist bombings and murders led Garcia to extend a state of emergency to the capital of Lima on feb. 7 with a curfew from 1 to 5 . The bombing reported Friday night were the first in Lima since the imposition of the curfew. A state of emergency has been in Force since august1982 in a Large Section of Southeastern and South Central Peru where maoist shining path guerrillas have Bee most Active. At least 5,000 people have died in the insurgency. China soviet Union vying to store Europe s nuke wastes peking a China and the soviet Union arrivals for the storage of nuclear waste from Western Europe a German expert told a news conference at a peking nuclear Power exhibition. Helmut Pekarck vice president of Kra Floerke Union the nuclear Power Plant manufacturers said German Utility companies Are now negotiating with China for the permanent storage of 150 million metric tons of nuclear waste. The Only other nation offering permanent nuclear waste storage is the soviet Union which made a rival bid to Austria last year after China signed a memorandum of understanding on taking waste from a projected austrian nuclear Plant Pekarck  soviets already store waste from Finland he said. China has also offered nuclear storage to France Spain Italy and Switzerland european Community diplomats protesting Swiss Highway toll Bern Switzerland up european Community diplomats Are refusing to pay to drive on Switzerland network of fast four Lane highways Swiss officials  Issue is the difference Between a tax and a toll. Switzerland last year introduced Motorway automobile stickers costing 30 francs j15 a year. They Are obligatory even for one time users like tourist driving through the country in just a few hours. The Swiss government says the annual charge is a  european Community embassies say a toll is a payment required for passing once along a Road or Over abridge or under a Tunnel. What the annual Windshield sticker really is he embassies say is a tax and diplomats never pay taxes abroad. Germany s Volkswagen to buy controlling share of Spanish firm Wolfsburg Germany a Volkswagen Ger Many s largest automaker has announced it is acquiring i majority share in the government owned seat car com Pany of Spain. In a statement Volkswagen said it would acquire a initial 51 percent share of seat s 1.3 billion Mark s553 million capital from the Spanish  also gained options to increase its holding to 75 percent by the end of this year and to 100 percent bythe end of the decade. The Spanish government had previously agreed to take Over seat s debts of some 185billion pesetas j1.25 billion. Volkswagen s Purchase is subject to approval by the Spanish government. Computer eyes to keep track of wanted autos in Japan Tokyo a avenues in Tokyo will be equipped with computer eyes that can read and identify car License plates and within seconds notify police of a vehicle t toe Tenn that Lati anal  . Tiv a Iii. Blu Uttof to us Inai Bucu secretly on owner Ina streets by the end of the year said officiate of the Agency Public relations  May May be installed on other highways and in other big cities  officers. The set costs about $550,000. It operates from Senson installed along the Road. Mexican president demands renegotiation of debt Mexico City up president Miguel de Lama did calling the Oil Price drop a problem of extraordinary magnitude told foreign Banks Friday they must share the Burden and negotiate a realistic servicing of the coun try s huge debt. De la Madrid angrily denounced what be called International interference in Mexico s handling of the crisis and rejected severe new austerity measures suggested by .officials and Bankers that would come on top of four years of economic Belt lightening. I will not make economic concessions that do not fit i with National sovereignty de la Madrid said in a nation ally televised speech from Ilie National Palace. I will not change the internal policy under Way eve though we will have to adjust the tactics to new Circum stances de la Madrid said. He blamed the current problems on an unstable world Price Market saying that in consequence we have a world problem of extraordinary  warning that the country could not service its $100 billion foreign debt under current conditions he said it is our creditors turn to Al least make an equal Effort in the huge task and sacrifices the mexican people have made. But the president rejected outright a debt moratorium in the face of the huge drop in Oil prices since january. Those cuts have slashed by a third the expected 1986export earnings once forecast at $20 billion. Calling for cooperation and understanding from thebans de la Madrid  institutions must reformulate servicing of the Debl according to the capacity of pay ment of the country considering the Uncertain fluctuation of our Petroleum income and the vital interest in maintain ing our economic system operating and recuperating our capacity for growth and  de la Madrid said details would be worked out in discussions with foreign Bankers starting monday but any solution would adjust the debt servicing to the ral Capac Ity of payment and ruled out massive new Loans. Given the nature and magnitude of the problem it is impossible to define now and without the participation four creditors a definite plan he said. Finance minister Jesus Silva Herzog and Deputy finance minister Angel Gurria were to travel to new York and Washington this weekend to meet with Bankers . Officials. Outlining the economic program now in effect do Lamadrid pledged to maintain strict vigilance on Public spending continue sales of non priority government companies increase Revenue by raising prices for government goods and services promote foreign investment and continue a flexible Exchange rate. Mexico has been unable to significantly Cut its budgeting the past. Two attempts were made in 1985, but the budget ended the year with a 12 percent overrun. People in the government Don t know what Dodo i a mexican finance expert who requested anonymity. No one expected that the Price drop would be so rapid Steep Loro  
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