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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday december 14.1986 news up air India flights new Delhi India a India and Canada have agreed Ona new air services pact paying the Way for resumption of air India flights to Canada next year the United news of India reported Friday flight by India s National car Rier were suspended because of the crash of an air India Boeing 747 off Ireland in june 1965. All 329 people on Board died. An Indian judicial panel blame the crash on a terrorist bomb and accused Canada of lax Airport Security. The flight was in route from Toronto to Bombay when it clashed. Japan evacuees Tokyo a thousands of residents evacuated last month from their Small Island near Tokyo after a series of volcanic eruptions will be allowed to return Home dec. 20, the governor of Tokyo said Friday. More than 11,000 people were evacuated from Oshima when mount Mihara erupted nov. 21, sending Rivers of molten lava to Ward inhabited areas. Most evacuees have spent their time in temporary shelters in the Tokyo area. Residents of Oshima an Island 69 Miles South of Tokyo will be allowed to return Home Pec. 20,gov, Shunichi Suzuki said in a televised news conference. Temperatures a it Muny in 43 Cuqua Feutl x 43iss 74 � it tit a a 7 m34 20 14 Boh 33 m swim i. W vi.40 41 i 13 ass i3 13 com he 9 � 3 44 num134 � it wort 34 � wwyirtcny40 44 Horta �9 64 ohwuffllcny13 3i onus us3? 1i a h31 4j 4 39 79 a4 by Nanu 33 � k2" 1t n fun we Kui 7t4 14 to 417 it 85��t an Ucaner Kmett of so v 8u my to a Troudy i h rho or Orlum Lonait Ami i rang  my Touna Mung m or f &55ts1 " � Itam in m a a mid to of. I in of 4t  my How open suspends discussions on reducing Oil production Geneva Switzerland a open ministers suspended talks until monday after failing to reach final agreement on a plan for cutting Oil production and Rais ing prices. Several of the Oil ministers said after four hours of talks on saturday that the remained hopeful of overcoming the obstacles loan Accord including conflicting demands by Iran and Iraq. The two persian Gulf neighbors both Cartel members have been at War since september 1990. Under terms of what sources said was an informal agreement among the ministers not to talk to reporters the delegation chiefs were unusually tight lipped on the third Day of their conference. Fawzi Sha Shuki Libya s Oil minister said he still was hopeful a formal Accord could be reached monday. The 13 Cartel members agreed in Prin Ciple Friday 10 reduce output by at least5 percent starting Jan. I but key details remained unresolved several or the Oil ministers said. Analysts said they believe a Cut in Oil production by the organization of Petro Leum exporting countries would push prices higher perhaps to the Cartel Short Range target of Jib a barrel. Prices now Range from $13 to $16 because of a world Oil glut. Mana Saeed Leiba Oil minister of the United Arab emirates and a key architect of the proposal under debate told reporters before entering saturday s evening session that an Accord was within reach. Then will be an agreement but we need More time so Lei us enjoy our week end and Cook it on a quiet fire he said. The major stumbling Block was a Dis Pute Between Iran and Iraq said Elienne Tchi Oba Oil minister of Gabon. Iranian Oil minister Gholamreza Aghazade was insisting that Iraq accept a production quota thai would reduce its output More than any other member according to sources who commented on condition of anonymity. The iraqis refused saying they must either be exempted from the proposed pact or be allowed to produce As much Oil As Iran the sources said. Iraq is exempt from Opecz current production agreement which Wai put into effect sept. 1 and is due to expire dec. 31. The exemption we granted be cause open we unable to reconcile Ira Nian and iraqi demands. The negotiations appeared to have been complicated by a Baghdad radio announcement that iraqi planes bombed Tehran on saturday. The report said iraqi jets destroyed Tehran s main Power Plant and struck military installations around the iranian capital. Tchi Oba said among obstacles to final agreement was a dispute Over How Long any production cuts would last and whether his country and Ecuador would be exempted from the cuts because of their dire financial Straits. Ali Khalifa Al Sabah Kuwait soil minister said he remained optimistic that a Deal could be struck. An open decision to Cut production would accelerate the Cartel s steady re treat from its controversial strategy of winning a bigger share of the world mar Ket by allowing prices to decline. Chinese officials fear Down posters by students Colling for democracy Hefeli China up authorities in the Eastern provincial capital of Hefeli Tor Down scores of pro democracy Wall posters saturday in a bid to quell student unrest that has spread Toat least three cities. Sources at a Hui University in Hefe isaid the protest signs were removed overnight from a 100-Yard-Long Wall and replaced with a directive declaring the posters illegal and warning students against talking to foreigners. The posters which included demands for a government of the people by the people and for the people1 a phrase made famous by president Lincoln in his 1863 Gettysburg address were Macedon the Wall Friday by student activists pressing for More democracy in China. Authorities earlier removed similar posters at prestigious peking University where a group called fighters for democracy 1 urged students to join the struggle for  foreign professor Ai Wuhan univer sity in Central Hubei province said Stu dents also had erected posters there. Wuhan City 650 Miles South of peking and Hefeli $50 Miles South South East of the capital were the scenes of rare Public protests on tuesday when thou Sands of students marched on provincial government buildings demanding grass roots democratic reforms. Reporters were barred from entering annul University on saturday but a Campus source said groups of student Shad gathered to Reaa the official eight Point  big character posters bearing slogans which could be construed As counterrevolutionary Are illegal in China. Peking based diplomats said the posters were evidence of the growing influence of Western democratic ideas particularly american among China s youth. One English language poster at a Hui University for example cited Igich Cen Tury american Patriot Patrick Henry s tallying cry give me Liberty or give me death we had Freedom we had democracy but it has All been lost in the darkness another poster said. A provincial official in Hefeli insisted that the student protests were Normal patriotic  he said the grassroots political Struc Ture in the City is democratic and Stu dents already have the right to select their own candidates for local legislative  a pamphlet circulated earlier among Hel i students dismissed govern ment promises of democratic reforms. Almost every Day the newspapers television and radio talk of democracy the pamphlet said. But where is this democracy at peking University witnesses said posters expressed Solidarity with the Hefeli students and warned that chinese have grave doubts about this kind of false  people s Republic of China is for All the people not just for a Small group a poster  sign was left up at peking univer sity saturday afternoon. It called for Freedom of toe press and direct elections at the Village level throughout Oral China stingers helping rebels paper says new York a afghan guerrilla forces have enhanced their ability to combat soviet and afghan aircraft by using newly acquired stinger anti aircraft missiles the new York times reported in saturday s editions. The newspaper citing unnamed . Officials said the rebels have used the portable weapons to shoot Down More planes and helicopters than Ever before. In addition the american made missiles have forced soviet and afghan pilots to Fly higher reducing their air advantage against lie rebels the news paper said. There have been frequent reports recently from Afghanistan that the gue Rillas received the sophisticated mis Siles but neither the United Stales nor tie rebels have confirmed them. On dec. I the moslem insurgents reported shooting Down soviet built afghan transport plane with a portable missile so Miles East of the capital Kabul killing at least 25 afghan and soviet troops. The times quoted officials As saying soviet and afghan air forces have lost about 1,000 aircraft in seven years but the officials had do figures Loback up their claim of increased rebel effective Ness since introduction of the stingers. Bruce amme Nan a slate depart ment spokesman told the associated press late Friday he had no information or comment on the times report. Officially the United states will not even acknowledge that it aids the re Bels who have neen fighting since a communist government came to Power in Afghanistan in an april 1978 coup. The soviet Union invaded Afghani Stan in december 1979 to protect that country s Eom Munini the times quoted sources u saying the missiles have been going to the re Bels since a delegation of guerrilla leaders visited Washington in june and complained that thay had not received any of the missiles. There had been reports they were to receive them through Covert channels. On Friday afghan Leader Najibullah was in Moscow for his 6m official visit to the soviet Union since replacing Babrak Kraal As head of Alf Haffly Sian i communist party in May. Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev told Najibullah the Kremlin will not abandon Afghanistan but is hopeful the country s civil War can be ended soon by political settlement. The Kremlin maintains an e 1 15,000 troop in Afghanistan and he said it will withdraw its Milit military n Only if the United Stales  to what the Krem Uii Otis farm a  
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