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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes  monday december 1,1986 tji to s a bloodied student Benui Daws dub if tar confront big riot Polke during  in pub. Recalling 68 French Szuc fens again fake Fher demands of fhe a reefs Paris a a new student movement arising suddenly in the streets of France has evoked Mem ories of May 1968 and forced the government to Back off on its plans for reforming the nation s universities. Only a few hours after debate on the Reform Bill began in the National Assembly with thousand of students protesting outside the government of pre Mier Jacques Chirac announced late Friday it would Send the matter Back to committee for further study. A spontaneous and unexpected movement has got ten the better of a government whose insistence on putting ideology into everything it attempts has a cer Tain air of the suicidal be maim a newspaper aligned with the opposition socialists said in a commentary saturday. Just two weeks ago there was no indication of unrest at France s state run universities where students in the 1980s have seemed devoted to limply acquiring their degrees and finding jobs. But student strikes in protest of the government s bit beginning quietly on nov. 17, spread quickly in recent Days until at feast so of the 78 Public universities were forced to dose. High school students also Pound into the streets. Opponents of the measure mobilized about 500,000 demonstrators on thursday with by far the largest March in Paris through the narrow streets of the latin Quarter the traditional student District Alain Oeva Quet the minister for higher education says the proposal would improve the Quality of France s universities by allowing them to guide a Stu Dent s Choice of study and to raise registration fees slightly. Protesters say the Bill would deny them the right to attend any University they choose As is guaranteed now and could relegate some students to technical training. Devaques and other government officials say the students have been misinformed end they accuse die socialist opposition of stirring up the protests. Opposition leaders however have seemed almost As surprised the government by the sudden magnitude of the demonstrations and the indents themselves have denied angrily that they Are being manipulated. Last week s protests Are being compared with the events of May 1968, when student protests in pans turned violent sparked nationwide strikes and ended with dramatic changes not Only in the University sys tem but in French society. Nearly All commentators however have pointed to the differences. The recent demonstrations have been Welt behaved almost without exception and do no seem to be striking a chord in the population at Large. Still the newspaper be Figaro which supports the conservative government said in a front Page commentary saturday that the student protests cast an unhealthy Shadow Over political  without evoking phantoms of 1968, one May re net thai one More time the streets have tried la enforce their own Taw be Figaro said. Democracy can Only suffer from such a turn of  the government s decision to Send the Bill Back to committee will at least delay passage by several weeks Philippe Darrieulat the most visible student Leader said in a statement saturday that the protesters expected dear and precise responses from the govern ment if the government is responding positively to the student movement and student aspirations Are Beard the students will be satisfied he said if it is trying to buy time to Divide the University and High school Stu dents then or Devaques will be assuming the immense responsibility of Extension and hardening of the strike to include All National schools westphalian courthouse Home in Berlin bombed Borken. Germany up a courthouse in the West Baxuan City of Borken and the House can attorney in we Berlin were bombed saturday night injuring one person and causing at least a � property Dima  police in Berlin and in Borken about 100 Miles North of Bonn said neither the motive nor the identity of the bombers was  District attorney said German attorney general Kurt he Barm the country s chief terrorism investigator was notified of the Borken attack which took place Early sunday. He said state police were  District attorney said the courthouse Mast touched off a Blaze that firefighters were Able to extinguish before it reached heating Oil tack in the . Conducting annual arms talks with Jordan Amman Jordan a assistant defense Secretary Richard annl Tage arrived  saturday for annual a jordanian military  embassy spokesman who requested anonymity said Tine meeting was routine. The United states has been Jordan s primary arms sup plier and hundreds of jordanian military officers have been trained in the United states. Relations Between the two countries were trained this year when pro Israel sentiment in Congress forced president Reagan to withdraw a proposed s1.9 billion arms package for Jordan. King Hussein promptly turned to the soviet Union for anti aircraft weapons similar to those he Pink Forjet fighter plane in Britain and France. An silage assistant Secretary of defense for International Security affairs n to spend three Days in Jordan Egypt Ecuador Issue communique on peace Cairo Egypt up Egypt and Ecuador called sunday for peaceful solution to the armed conflicts in Central America and the Middle East the Call was made in a joint communique issued at the end of a four Day visit by Edgar Teran the foreign minister of Ecuador. His visit included talks with Butros Ghali the egyptian state minister for foreign affairs. Teran met sunday morning with president Horowi Mubarak and gave him a message from Ecuador s president Leon Febres Cordero Deal ing with relations Between the two countries. Teran said he invited Mubarak to visit Ecuador. Runaway freight cars kill 2 in soviet Union Moscow a untended freight can crashed into a passenger trim As it rolled into station tuesday at Sonk ovo 140 Miles North of Moscow igniting a fire that killed two people " 123  injured 23the report in a soviet e part of the Kremlin s drive to use the a stress the need for greater work disciplines per open Slethei a topless Tome and efficiency. Recently the soviets have been re porting Domestic disasters More quickly and in greater detail. China conserves Energy with Daylight saving time peking a China saved More than 627 million kilowatt hours of electricity in its first Experiment with Daylight Tavui time and Wal set the clock Forward again mat Spring. A Survey by the ministry of water resource Sand hectic Power found that most of the Energy saved would have been used for lighting Urban Homes the official Xinhua news Agency reported  also were fewer traffic accidents because of extra Daylight in then warning. The report said. China went on Daylight saving tune May 4 and went Back to Standard time sept 14. Ken year Daylight saving time will begin in raid april Xinhua said  
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