European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday april 18.1987 Seoul police embattled in continuing protests Seoul South Korea a riot police battled again Friday with thousands of students protesting the government s ban on debate on How South Korea chooses id president. Witnesses said at least 20 student Al six Seoul universities were injured most of them hit by tear Gas canisters fired by of the students threw firebombs and Many hurled stones Al the were no immediate reports of arrests in the second consecutive Day of student police clashes which erupted after students rallied in Advance of the anniversary of a major student uprising on april 19,i960. About 2,600 students some of them brandishing torches rallied at Korea University the witnesses Saidt about 1,500 tried to break through police ranks for about two hours. In i960, students at the Korea University Campus spearheaded a bloody demonstration that triggered popular uprisings nationwide and led to the fall of the government. By Midani Ernon similar clashes had been reported at Monsei Dangluk Seoul National Hongsik and Kongkuk universities. Students ranging in number from 300 to 600 clashed with police but most of the protests were confined to the campuses student sources said. President Chun Doo Hwan a former army general. Protecting pilgrims two israeli soldiers carrying rifles stand pilgrims crowding the via Dolores on Good Friday in Jerusalem. The pilgrims were walking in the footsteps of Jesu in durations marking the Day of Christ s Croft Lujon. The Christian easter celebrations of both the Eastern orthodox and Western churches coincides this Yew with the have Doug jew by pts Smer Obser Vances which Bringht thousands of orthodox jews dressed in Black cloaks and fur trimmed Hall id the wailing Wall. Announced monday he was halting Debute on changing inc Constitution until next year after the current electoral College system picks his successor and aft Eric 198 scour olympics. Chun took Power in a 1980 military coup and was elected id a seven year presidential term in 1981 by the electoral College he opposition demands a direct popular vote to elect inc , Seoul newspapers reported thai More than 20,000 police went to 22 universities and colleges inthe capital to prevent potential demonstrations. The 120,000-Mcmber National police Force was placed on maximum Alert which was to continue into Early next searched 53 schools across the country Over night and seized firebombs leaflets and discards forthe third consecutive night news reports said. Chun s ban came after More than a year of heated debate on inc presidential election system before the president s term ends in february 19b8. He has said Hewill step Down then in whal would be South Korea s first peaceful Transfer of Power with no agreement and the opposition split by in fighting Chun said there is no time to make constitutional changes before the end of his term. The opposition charges that the present Electora College system ensures that the next president will be from Chun s rightist party. 2 tourists killed in Etna eruption Catania Sicily map Gas and hot rocks spewed from mount Etna Friday showering a group of French and italian tourists killing a 9-year-old boy and woman officials reported. Three other people were reported injured in the explosion from a Crater on the Southeast slope near the Summit of Europe s tallest and most Active police official in Catania who declined to give his name said Rescue workers identified the dead boy a French and the woman As his Mother. Earlier officials in Catania had Given the boy s nationality As italian. The civil defense ministry in Rome confirmed the two deaths but said the victims were italian. Officials said about 25 people were on a guided tour of the volcanic Mountain when the Gas and not volcanic rocks shot from a Crater around 1 45 Cristofolini a Vulcan Logist in. Catania who monitors Etna s activity said there had been some explosions in the same area in recent weeks because of Snow melting into craters fanning axe warned not to go near the craters he 1979, nine tourists were killed in a similar Acci Dent. They had made an excursion to the rim of the Volcano when Ash Gas and hot rocks spewed out and showered the closed the trails for a while but they were later Etna is one of Sicily s main tourist attractions. Soviets conduct nuclear test Moscow a the soviet Union said it con ducted an underground nuclear explosion Friday at is test Range in soviet Central Asia the fourth since the soviets ended their 19-month unilateral test ban feb. 26, the official Tass news Agency said the 20 to 150-Kiloton nuclear device exploded at 5 05 . Moscow time or 9 05 . Edt thursday. Twenty Kilotons was the yield of the atomic bomb the United slates dropped on Hiroshima Japan in 194s, one Kiloton is the explosive Force of 1,000 tons of int. Tass said the test was designed to perfect military technology but it provided no other information. The soviets announced the three previous explosions on feb. 26, March 12 and april 3. Tass said the first two had yields of up to 20 Kilotons. Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared a halt i nuclear tests in August 1985 to Mark the 40th anniversary of the attack on Hiroshima. The moratorium became a Centrepiece of soviet for eign policy and Gorbachev extended it several limes. But the Reagan administration refused to go along saying the United Stales needed further tests to ensure the reliability of nuclear weapons and to develop new technology. Earlier this week Tass said Gorbachev told Secre tary of slate George Shutlz in a Kremlin meeting that the soviet Union was willing to work out agreement Oslo Lessen the yield and frequency of nuclear tests Friday s test was conducted at the Semipalatinsk Range in the Central asian Republic of Kazakhstan about 1,700 Miles Southeast of Moscow near the chinese Border. World Locklay Turkey will ban ships of greek cypriot registry Ankara Turkey a Turkey will Bathe us of its by greek cypriot Regitt Rcd ships Starling May m. The foreign ministry announced thursday ii said the decision was in retaliation Tor the cypriot government s Long standing economic embargo on turkish cypriot Island has been divided Itilio Northern Turk ish and Southern greek sectors since Turkey s inva Sion following a greek backed coup in 1974. China introduces knife that also doubles As gun London up China has just unveiled deadly weapon for special fighting forces a firing combat to in new Issue of Jane s defence weekly the knife contain four ,22-Callber barrels inside its round handle with the muzzles Al he base of he weapon was inspired by a similar soviet weapon developed for the soviet Union s special forces the pc Snaz the Magazine said. Jane s said the prototype of the knife has recently been revealed by the manufacturer China North industries of Beijing. It said. The weapon is mid to have an effective Range of 30 the knife has a safely catch to lock die trigger and Render in Safe for using the Blade. Rotated the other Way the catch uncovers a red warning Marker and releases the trigger for firing. Israel rejects request to detail heavy water use Jerusalem a a newspaper thursday reported the government has rejected a norwegian request for an accounting of How Israel use heavy water an element often associated with the manufacture of nuclear sold Israel & total of 2 tons of heavy water in 1959 and 1970 and sought an explanation of its use after former nuclear technician Mordechai Sanunu told a London newspaper Israel was making nuclear weapon the daily Jerusalem Post norwegians also asked on March 4 whether Israel would agree to submit to supervision by the International atomic Energy Agency it said. The English language daily said Israel rejected the idea of an International inspection As Point less India will try again to launch latest rocket new Delhi India up India will try to launch a satellite into stationary Earth orbit next year As scheduled despite the failure last month so far unexplained of the country s most advanced rocket the government said and technology minister . Narayanan told the Raja Sabha the upper House or parliament that India will keep it space pro Gram on schedule by launching an advanced Indian built rocket known As the augmented satellite launch vehicle in 1983.a launch vehicle carrying a 330-Pound satellite malfunctioned and plummeted into the sea Nomarch 24. Less than a minute after its launch from the sri Hariklia space Center in Southeast India. Mubarak backs efforts for peace official says Cairo Egypt a belgian foreign min ister Leo find cans thursday said president Hosni Mubarak fully supports european eco nomic Community efforts to Advance Middle East peace spoke to reporters after a two hour meeting with Mubarak held immediately after the minister arrived from the jordanian capital of Amman on the second leg of a regional president is supporting All my efforts in favor of an International conference for peace inthe Middle East find cans said. He quoted Mubarak As saying please continue. Your Conception of such a conference is the right one. I am fully behind said a conference would not be possible without Egypt s participation
