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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, January 23, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday january 23,1987 Mulroney seeks action on . Trade acid rain world today Ottawa a Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney said wednesday the Reagan administration is not doing enough to lower Trade barriers with Canada and tight acid rain pollution. He tailed to win concessions on either Point during a five hour visit by vice president George Bush and Treasury Secretary James a Baker Iii we did not come Here with a fixed Agenda with responses to All the concerns the prime minister voiced. Bush told reporters at a joint news conference with Mulroney after the meetings. Mulroney has made closer lies with he United stale a major theme of his progressive conservative government he asked baiter and Bush to meet with him and respond to Canadian concerns about . Intentions on the two issues and the visit was seen widely u an attempt to boost his support in parliament and with the Public. I Don t i now if our appearance solved any political problems Bush Lold reporters in air Force two on the Way Home. He conceded that Mulroney has been taking a lot of heat because of his Effort for closer ties with the United states. Bush a pumped requests for More . Spending on acid rain although Mulroney told him there was lot More Washington could do to help alleviate the prob Lem of Industrial pollution dial drifts across the Borderi 10 Canada when reporters asked whether the United states had done enough to help tight the problem Mulroney human Torch Model Beverly Brwn of Manchester England shows the tales fireproof fashion of fabric sup Posedly safer iban any other on the Market fire fighters extinguished the Blaic Mound her when the heat became Loo intense. Said absolutely not. I m going to believe this when i see the Cash. It s an old Irish  half the acid rain that Falls in Eastern Canada Origi nates in the United states. In his fiscal 1988 budget revealed earlier this month president Reagan asked Congress for $287 million for research into ways of curbing it but most of hat represents previously authorized funds. We have sent our proposal to the Hill Bush said but remarked to reporter later on the plane we have to go Back and see if there is any flexibility in the . Position on acid rain. The canadians see it As major problem and want to see us do All we can he said. The vice president and prime minister praised continuing talks on a free Trade agreement Between the two countries. Mulroney remarked however that the Issue receives the highest priority Here in Canada but not the highest priority in the untied states canadians Don t want to be on anybody s Back Burner or be taken for granted he said. Bush said on the plane that he had not meant to suggest that negotiations might not be completed by the september 1987 deadline when he commented at the news conference we Don t want to Over Promise. We re not going to set a  Baker said doing away with Oil tariffs and other barriers would truly be a historic accomplishment but added there in t doing to be a free Trade agreement that in t Good for both countries. Each country has to bring something to the  Manila protest turns violent Manila Philippines a troops opened fir thursday As 10,000 Farmers demanding land Reform tried to break through Security cordons to president Corazon Aquino s office. Local hospitals reported at least nine dead. There was no official word on casualties. The government and negotiators for communist re Bels later suspended their peace talks indefinitely but a rebel spokesman said the move was not taken be cause of thursday s shooting. The two sides had hoped to extend the current cease fire which expires feb. 6.the private radio station Ezrh said five people were killed and eight wounded. The roman Catholic nation radio Veritas reported no deaths but said eight people were  shooting marked the first time police and troops have used such Force against a demonstration since Aquino look office test feb. 25. She came to Power in Wake of massive Street demonstrations and a military revolt that forced president Ferdinand �. Marcos to flee to  volleys were fired after an estimated j 0.000 people organised by the militant movement of philippine Farmers tried to break through a formation of about 500 troops and riot police about 300 Yards from the main Gate of the presidential Palace. The Farmers group had vowed to March on the pal Ace to demand immediate redistribution of land in Idle state holdings and estates sequestered by the govern men in Legal cases. Land Reform has been one of the main topics discussed by Aquino s government and communist representatives in talks designed to end an 18-year-old insurgency. No injuries reported As 2 quakes hit Tuscany l1vorno, Italy a two Light Earth quake Shook this tuscan seaport thursday. No casualties were reported but official said thou Sands of people ran into the streets in panic. The National geophysics Institute said quake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale struck we area is 6 11 . Followed by a second trem or two hours later that measured 3.4. The Institute said the quakes were Felt in Sev eral other towns along the coast including Marina i Pisa Tirre Nii Jagno and Calam Brane. Civil defense officials said thousands of peo ple ran into the streets got into their can and drove out of town causing missive traffic Lieupo. No one was Hurt and the Only reported dam age was a collapsed roof in Central Uvora. A quake of magnitude 3,5 on the Richter scale can cause slight damage. The Richter scale is a gauge of the Energy released by an earthquake at measured by the around motion recorded on i  every increase of one number sign fiet a tenfold increase in ground motion. . Human Chain urged to spotlight jobless plight London a britons Are being asked to join hands in a human Chain from Liverpool to London on May 3 to dramatize the plight of the unemployed. Borrowing from last year s hands across America extravaganza tar . Needy the  said they Boot to mobilize 300,000 peo ple to form a Chain of More than 200 Miles fro Hope Street in Liverpool to Downing Street in London prime minister Margaret Thatcher s official residence. To personality Jimmy savile Lold a news con Ference it would not be a politic protect against he 11 percent jobless rate but an attempt to enthuse somebody into doing something about  he said the 60 celebrities who have pledged support include actress Glenda Jackwon and pop Singer Sling. Savile said the idea would be to show employers at Home and abroad thai we have a tremendous and skilled work Force waiting for the Opportunity to show the world that British  Campaign begun to save Birds in France from cold la Grande Motte. France a Aradio station in the South Offrane Hai launched what in Calls operation sos Pink flamingos hoping to save the fragile Birds from the frigid weather that has swept Europe. The station radio Midi littoral which oper ates in this town on the Mediterranean coast has asked listeners to Call in with information about where flamingos herons Crane and other Birds Are trapped by ice. The information is passed on to Rescue work ers and members of the association of friends of animals who have been Able to save dozens of Birds officials of the radio station Laid in nearby Aries the director of an ornithological Park. Rene Lamouroux said a helicopter sur vey of the Region suggested most flamingos had flown further South to escape the uncommonly old temperatures Iran will ignore resolutions of pan islamic Summit Nicosia Cyprus a Iran said thursday it will not be bound by the resolutions of a pan islamic Summit conference scheduled to Convene in Kuwait Nam week despite iranian opposition. Tehran s official islamic Republic news Agency quoted a foreign ministry statement As saying Iran will not con Sider the Resolution of the Summit  the Heads of state of most of the 46 member countries of the organization of the islamic conference have agreed to attend but not Iran. The Agency monitored in Nicosia quoted the statement As saying efforts of certain countries to hold the sum Mit in Kuwait on schedule Jan. 26 is not in Pic s  announcement came As kuwaiti authorities were investigating the source of an artillery so u that hit an uninhabited kuwaiti Island during the night. Earlier in the week three fires broke out at Oil installations in the Southern part of the country As preparations for the meeting were under Way in the City of  iraqi president Saddam Hussein and syrian president Hafez Assad the Arab world s most bitter rivals have announced they will  Aid the conferees will Dis cuss terrorism the War Between Iran and Iraq the soviet occupation of Afghani Stan and the situation in embattled Chad and  statement said Kuwait s in ability to guarantee the Security of the Summit was undoubtedly not a Condu Cive atmosphere for enc tonging View and making decisions on vital and important issues of the islamic world the Agency also quoted All Aham the iranian foreign ministry director general for Europe and America As charging in Paris wednesday that Kuwait s position in the Gulf War bad been one in favor  if tie Summit meeting it held in Kuwait Iran will not Bead any delegation Tahani was quoted As saying  
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