European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes monday november 10.1986 saudi Arabia continues drive to hike Oil prices Abu Dahabi up King fahd of saudi Arabia pursuing his Campaign to Boos world Oil prices assent written messages to the rulers or the United Arab emirates and Qatar on the Oil Market situation. The emirates news Agency Wam said use presi Dent sheikh Zayid bin Sultan Al Sahyan sunday received saudi ambassador Saleh Al Kowzan who delivered the idler dealing with the situation in the International Oil Market and efforts to stabilize a Sahyan is the current chairman of the Gulf co operation Council a cd a Loose defensive and economic Alliance be up in 1981 by saudi Arabia Kuwait the use Qatar Oman and Bahrain. The first tour Stales Are also members of the organization of Petroleum exporting countries. Gulf officials said saudi Arabia open s principal producer is trying to Muster a unified Gulf Arab Posi Tion on a new policy for a so a barrel Price before the next meeting of open scheduled in Geneva dec. Ii. The saudi Monarch saturday also sent a message to Qatar s Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad a Thani he qatari news Agency reported. The new move came less than 24 hours after the new saudi Oil minister Hisham Nazca unveiled what appeared to be a diplomatic Campaign involving Oil producers inside and outside open to prop up Oil prices Nazer replaces sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani who was widely associated with the now abandoned Price War strategy to win a larger share in the or Oral Oil Market. Overproduction by nearly All of specs 13 Mem Bers had caused prices to Tumble to a Low of $7 a barrel earlier this year before recovering to $ 14 a barrel now. Yamani was fired in a Royal decree oct. 29, a move interpreted by Gulf officials As a reversal of the saudi policy aimed at stable Oil prices. On Friday Nazer said saudi Arabia would stick to an output quota of 4.3 million barrels a Day until the year s end As decreed by pc Al its last meeting in Geneva thai ended oct. 22. This u against a previous production level of around 6 million barrels a Day. Nazer added however that the target Price of s18 a barrel could nol be attained without similar commit ments by All other members. The saudi minister has also urged non open producers to respond to his country s new policy saying Hal their production restraint would greatly help in stabilizing the Oil Israel says it has Man suspected of leaking its atomic secrets Jerusalem a the israeli government announced sunday that Mordechai Sanunu a former nuclear technician suspected of leaking his country s atomic secrets is being held in Israel. The government denied he was kidnapped. The Cabinet statement is the first official israeli confirmation that Sanunu who disappeared from London almost six weeks ago was in Israel. Foreign news reports had said Sanunu was kid napped in England by agents from Mossad Israel s intelligence Agency to stand trial on treason Cabinet statement said speculation that Van no had been kidnapped is baseless Bui it did not say How he returned to said he is being held in Israel under a court order. The order was issued after a court hearing at which Sanunu was represented by an attorney of his own Choice the statement said. A spokesman for prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said Sanunu was arrested according to Law and will be tried according to the spokesman Yossi Ahi Meir said that the government decided to end its silence about the Case to balance he wave of James Bond stories that were being the sunday times of London in an oct. 5 article queued Sanunu As saying that Israel had produced nuclear weapons making it the world sixth nuclear Power. The newspaper published photographs it said we retaken secretly by Sanunu when he worked at the i Mona nuclear facility in Southern Israel for 10 years. Former radar technician Mordestia Sanunu 2nd chernobyl reactor restarted Moscow a the no. 2 reactor at he Cherno Byl nuclear Power Plant has been restarted for tests and the no. 1 unit has been returned to service soviet news Media reported sunday. Both reactors along with a third unit were shut Down last april after an explosion Tore open the no. 4 reactor Al chernobyl and released a Cloud of radiation that was selected around he world. The second generating unit has been recommit is oud at he chernobyl nuclear Power Plant after the first was put into service radio Moscow s English language service said. It added thai special measures were taken to in crease the safely of the reactor and All Plant equip the news reports did not specify when the tests began on the reactor but implied that they had started recently. Soviet newspapers reported in Early october that the no. 1 reactor had been restarted for tests. Pravda Laid sunday that the unit had been shut Down again for "corrective1 work then returned to service. It gave no other details. Pravda also quoted experts As saying prospects Aregood for restarting the no. 3 reactor adjacent to the ruined no. 4 unit but did not say when thai might be attempted. It said work was continuing to encase the no. 4 reactor in Concrete. An explosion shattered the no. 4 reactor Block last april 26 during an Experiment with steam powered turbines. At least 31 people have died at a result of the disaster which caused More than $2.9 billion in dam age and forced the evacuation of More than 100,000 people from their Homo in the Northern Ukraine and Southern byelorussian. Earlier soviet newspaper reports said Lou of Power from the i million kilowatt reactors i chernobyl and delays in completing three new reactors elsewhere have caused a deficit of 6 million kilowatts in National electricity supplies. Bill government Energy officials have been quoted As saying that the shortage should Date by the end of this year As the chernobyl units Are restarted and new reactor Are commissioned. Suharto names Sukarno a hero of Indonesia Jakarta Indonesia a president Suharto on saturday proclaimed Nis predecessor the late president Sukarno a hero of Indonesia Sukarno died 16 Yean ago under House arrest. Sukarno s widow Hanini Sukarno receive the Honor on behalf of her late husband. Former vice president Mohammad halt who died in 1980, also was honoured. Sukarno and Malta proclaimed the nation in dependent from the Netherlands on aug. 17, 1955. Sukarno was placed under House arrest after an abortive communist coup in 1965, in which at least 100,000 people died. Sukarno died in 1970. Indonesia celebrates heroes Day on nov. 10 in Honor of Siose who died in the struggle for Independence. The Dale Marks an uprising against european troops on the Island of Java in1945. 2 kurd groups to Widen operations against Iraq Nicosia Cyprus a two major Irani an backed kurdish groups have agreed to coordinate and expand their operations against the iraqi government Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency reported saturday. The Agency monitored in Nicosia said the agreement was reached recently in a meeting i Tehran Between the kurdish democratic parly of Edris Barzani and the marxist patriotic Union of Kurdistan of Jalal Nalbani. Representatives of Iran s islamic government also participated in the meeting Irna said. It gave no details both kurdish factions Are engaged in a guerrilla War against iraqi forces in Northern and northeastern provinces. Store Blaze in Philippines kills 21 sleeping inside Manila Philippines a fire swept through a department store in the Southern Philippines before Dawn sunday killing 21 people who were sleeping inside the philippine news Agency reported. Pan said three of the dead were children of the store s owner who was in Manila at the time of the fire. The other dead were store employees the Agency said. Pan said two people escaped from the names and were hospitalized. In the Philippines it is not uncommon for stores to provide sleeping space on the premise for Low paid workers. The cause of the fire has not been determined the news Agency said pan quoted officials at saying the fire broke out about 3 . At the Butman Sim jul store in Butman City on the Southern Island of Minda Nao 500 Muc South of Manila. 388 vietnamese refugees reported killed by pirates Kuala Bumpur Malaysia of armed pirates have killed it least 388 vietnamese Refu gees and raped 735 aver the past four Yean a . Official said saturday in addition 588 refugees have been Kidnap Ped by the pirates who terrorize the ten Tram Vietnam to Malaysia Tad that Lukl Nui c to Cani a representative of the . High for refugees office in Kuala Luigi Pic. Toscani said . Records show hat in the past four years pirate have attacked it lean 1,097 boats carrying refugee. Adding Hal Man unreported Case also could have occurred. Earlier last week six vietnamese women were kidnapped from a boat in the soul Chi Nim off Malaysia. The pirates spared 13 other refit gees in the boat which had developed enc trouble. Malaysian fishermen rescued the survivors
