European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga a the stars and stripes wednesday july 23,1986 japanese Cabinet undergoes shake up Tokyo up prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasonc carried out a sweeping Cabinet reshuffle wednesday thai re placed All but one member and named three key political rivals to important posit in the government and ruling party. Chief Cabinet Secretary Masaharu Goloda the Only one of the 21 Cabinet members to retain Hij Post announced the new lineup and described it As a Complete changeover to promote a Strong and operational leadership. Nakasone whose term in office expires in october replaced the foreign defense Trade and finance min Lilen but his fifth Cabinet was not expected to change Japan s Domestic or foreign poli cies. Some political analysis interpreted the world Tod shake up of the Cabinet As a move to ensure party support for an Extension of Nakasone s second two year term in of fice. The popular 68-year-Otd Leader who has been in Power since 1982 and led his ruling Liberal democratic party to a stunning election Victory on july 6, has been pushing for Japan to play a stronger global role and for improvement of ties with the United states especially in the thorny areas of Trade and defense in the new Cabinet foreign minister Scinlaro Abe was replaced by Tadashi Kur Anari a 67-year-old politician with close ties to Nakasone. One lip official Laid Nakasone would control diplomatic affairs. Replacing finance minister Noboru Takeshita was top lip official Ijichi Miya Awa 67, a Nakasone rival and pos sible successor who it expected to clash on financial policy with the prime min ister. To the powerful position of minister of International Trade and Industry Nakasone named Hajime Tamura who has served As labor and transport ministers to replace Mic to Watanabe. Nakasone gave key lip posts to two of the three top contenders for the prime minister s Job which strengthens their hand in succeeding him As lip presi Dent and hence prime minister. Takeshita 62, was named lip Secre tary general and Abe 62, was appointed chairman of the executive Council the highest policy making Organ of the party. Trie selection of Cabinet members is determined by the strength of various rival factions within the ruling lip and the prime minister needs the support of rivals and potential successors. The reshuffle came just hours after Nakasone was re elected prime minister in a special session of the diet or parliament. Both the Cabinet shake up and the diet session were routine procedure following elections. The moves came As consensus within the ruling party built to support an Extension in Nakasone i stay in office to allow him to carry out Horny financial and administrative reforms such As pre paring a supplementary budget to stimulate the Economy Hurt by the yen i rapid appreciation. Party leaders and rivals recently agreed to give Nakasone More time in office but they disagreed on the length of the possible Extension. Lip rules i third term As party president. A 2 american journalists expelled by Nicaragua Managua Nicaragua a the Sandi nista government has expelled two . Journalists because they were sympathetic to rebel Sand were suspected of having ties to the Cia an Interior ministry spokesman said monday. Oscar do said Washington times reporter Glenn Arvin and free Lance photographer sue Multin were taken from the country Friday because they did not have proper credentials travelled to a War zone without permission showed sympathy to the counterrevolution and planned to disrupt the seventh anniversary Celebration saturday of the sandinista Victory. Jakarta fire sweeps through 400 houses Jakarta Indonesia a a fire swept through at least 400 houses in Northern Jakarta Reading thousands homeless but causing no injuries police said  said 20 ire engines were sect in put out the huge ire monday in the capital s Mara Baru District police were still investigating the cause of the Blaze but witnesses said it began when a cooking Hove exploded in a House. There was no immediate estimate on property losses caused by the fire. 4 handicapped people die As train hits minibus Brummel Netherlands a four men tally disabled people died tuesday when a Pas Senger train slammed into the minibus carrying them to work police Here said. Five others including two nurses and the Driver were seriously injured according to police spokesman Karel  Accident occurred around 9.30 . Local Lime at a level crossing near this Eastern dutch Village when the bus Driver apparently ignored warning signals that the train a two car local was approaching Hoogmoed  bus earned six mentally handicapped people age 25-35, two accompanying nurses and the Driver Hoogmoed said adding that at the time of the incident visibility was Good and the crossing s automatic warning equipment functioned normally. Freight passenger trains collide in India killing 10 new Delhi India a a freight train jumped a Stop signal and collided head on with an express passenger train in Northern India killing 10 people and injuring �0, authorities reported  Indian railway ministry said the freight train Driver has been  s railway safety commissioner has been ordered to probe the crash at Gomah in the state of Bihar the Accident occurred a couple of minutes after the Cora Khapur hat a express train led Gomah station. Botha refuses Tutu s request to repeal state of emergency Johannesburg South Africa up presi Dent fitter Botha met with Bishop Desmond Tutu but rejected his argument that South Africa s crisis is wors ening saying that the 5-week-old state of emergency has helped stabilize the country. During the meeting monday Botha refused to lift the stale of emergency and release jailed Black activists As tulu had requested. The slate president did not agree with me that the situation is  Tutu archbishop elect of the country s 2 million anglicans and a leading oppo nent of Pretoria s racial policies told reporters alter the meeting with Botha. The meeting marked Only the second time the nod peace prize laureate and Botha had met facing photographers and television cameras both and Tutu smiled and Shook hands after meeting privately for nearly two hours at Botha s Pretoria office. It was the first time the two men have appeared Side by Side in Public. They first met june 13, a Day after emergency Rule began but they did not appear together in Public. Botha in a five Page statement issued through the Bureau for information said that when he lined a previous slate of emergency imposed a year ago monday a new wave of violence flared up and started to escalate in March. The Rimpo Simon of the state of emergency on june 12 brought about an improved National situation he said. Botha Taid he told tulu be expected him to abandon his support for economic sanctions and to resist foreign meddling in South Africa s affairs. Tutu said he and the president had a Friendly Exchange 1 but he added it could have been better. I obviously would want to see a situation where this country becomes what it has in itself to  Botha said Tutu did not represent All Christian churches in the country and he urged a single voice in approaches to the government. Only after All the churches have articulated a considered opinion on the Many facets of our National life should they approach the government with a position which can be interpreted As the voice of the Christian Church Botha said. He said be told Tutu that churches and clergy share moral responsibility to defuse widespread disturbances. Their message should be the True Christian message and not politically coloured messages such As the theology South african fluent Pottar Botha i of Desmond Tutu in Pretoria Solh Africa. Of revolution and liberation which subtly encourages Vio Lence by Means of veiled Inato nent Botha said. Gunmen Shol and Icide a Black police officer in a Black township East of Johannesburg and the burned body of a Black Man was found at nets pull in Eastern Transvaal province government officials said monday. The killings raised to 181 the number killed in Polit ical violence under the state of emergency. A id member delegation representing the International confederation of free Trade unions announced it was leaving the country monday after failing in a Bidlo see some of the estimated 2,300 labor officials and Union members held without charge by police under emergency regulations. A spokesman for Law and order minister Louis be Grange cited protocol reason in refusing to meet with the delegation which included Al Cio presi Dent Lane Kirland and denying delegation Mem Bers permission to meet with detainees. Nicaragua helicopter crash kills 22 Managua Nicaragua up a soviet Mi-8 helicopter belonging to the Nicaragua air Force crashed killing 22 soldiers and civilians aboard the defense ministry reported monday. One Man identified As the co Pilot survived the crash saturday the ministry said. The victims we relisted As eight officers and soldiers and 14 civilian men and women. Originally Interior minister Tomas Borge had said 16 soldiers were killed in the crash and had identified the helicopter As an Mi-17 Model. But the defense ministry said the Mi-8 helicopter crashed because of mechanical failure shortly after Takeoff from la Cruz Del Rio Grande a town in East Ern Zeta a province about 170 Miles Northeast of Managua. The helicopter was conducting routine transport labor carrying passengers to the East coast City of blues tells the ministry said. The Pilot 1 St it. Armando Ortega was listed Amon the victims. Barge and other officials also Laid they detected and neutralized a series of terrorist plan " by . Backed rebels aimed at disrupt in saturday a commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the revolution that brought the sandinista front to Power