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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Iii Side striped. G 17th-Century history comes to life in Rothenburg Dally Magazine g Meese announces aids testing of immigrants Page 5 o today s Dollar buys 1.79 Marks rates Page 27 ripes altho Himeo shop ficus publication for the . Armed of acct vol.46, no. 54 wednesday june 10, 19b7 a i ii it d 8693 a bombings target american British embassies in Rome police Sony the damage done by a car bomb thai injured one person in front of the is. Embassy in Rome Rome a a car bomb shattered windows and set fire 10 parked cars near the . Embassy tuesday and bombs exploded on the grounds of the . And British embassies. An Anonymous caller linked the at tacks to the seven Power Summit in Venice. A woman near the car when it blew up was hospitalized for Shock police said. There were no other reported injuries. A caller to the associated press in London claimed the attacks were the work of the anti  inter National brigade. Callers last year using the Sam group name claimed responsibility for the assassination of the French military attache in East Beirut Leb anon and for bomb and Rockel attacks on the ., japanese and Canadian embassies in Jakarta Indonesia. The Anonymous caller who spoke English with a slight accent said tuesday s bombings proved " hat the revolutionary will is stronger than the High Security measures taken for inc pre Lection of the so called Sovin giants of the  two hours before the bombings frogman retrieved what police initially said was a mine from a Lagoon i Venice. However inc . Secret service said the object was a harmless Metal Box. The italian news Agency Agi quoted police As saying it was a water Heater. The italian news Agency Ansa quoted unidentified sources As saying police suspected the bombings had a Mideast connection. The three explosions in the italian capital occurred within a half hour of each other starting shortly after 7 . The car bomb exploded about 7 4s ., turning a continued on Page 3 Reagan wins limited backing for Gulf policy by  . Komin1ckistaff miters Venice Italy president Reagan won limited support for Bis persian Gulf policy tuesday in wide ranging Summit communiques addressing the Middle East International terrorism and East West relations. The statements based on working meetings monday night and tuesday morning were the first official re ports on Progress at the annual economic Summit con Ference of the leaders of the United states Japan Ger Many Britain France Italy and Canada. The Middle East statement Calls Tor a concerted International Effort to end the of year old Iran Iraq War and demands a cease fire to the fighting. The seven Summit Leaden noted in their statement that free navigation in the Gulf is of Paramount importance for i and must be upheld. The free flow of Oil and other traffic through the Strait of Hormuz must continue  we Cal upon both parties to negotiate an immedi ate end of the War the Summit leaders whole. It Means that we Call for a cease fire and if either country declined then we follow that up with a Call for mandatory sanctions on the Sale of  us. Secretary of slate George Shutlz said. Now whether the soviets will join in that or whether the chinese will join in that we Don t know yet. Bui that s what we re going Totake into our discussions in the Security  the Summit nations will join together in asking the . Secu Rity Council for a worldwide embargo of Arras to Iran and Iraq if the two fail to Slop their War. Another statement called for a no Concession policy in dealing Wilh terrorists and their sponsors. It was a main Plank in Britain s goals for the Summit and is the first Lime All participants have agreed on the strength ened language. The Resolution expanded a 1978 Decla ration that called for the extradition of hijackers 10 include a broader Range of terrorist acid Vilics. The Resolution on terrorism the strongest of the formal statements came just hours Afler a bomb and grenade attack on the . And British embassies in Rome and after a Metal Container first thought to be an anti ship mine was discovered in Venice s Lagoon. Bomb disposal experts Lowed the object out to sea and exploded in without incident. A police spokesman initially said the foot Long round red Metal Cylinder was an explosive device. In turned out to be nothing More than a bathroom water Heater according to a police report. In the statement on terrorism the Heads of slate pledged to cease flights to and from countries refusing see Reagan on Page 3 efforts to stabilize Dollar reaffirmed at Summit  staff writer Venice. Italy efforts to keep inc Dollar stabilized received a Strong endorsement at a tuesday afternoon meet ing of All economic Summit participants. We feel that a further adjustment in the Dollar would be counterproductive said Nigel Lawson England s Chancellor of the exchequer. The danger is that if you were to have a further devaluation of the Dollar you would overshoot in the downward  the news hits . Citizens living in Europe in the Wallet. The Dollar has Tost almost half its value in the past three years against european currencies. Officials of Western Industrial nations met in february in France to help Stabi Lize Exchange Rales. The agreement reached there now appear to be holding Biu the United states has a role in main Laming those Exchange Levels Lawson said. Despite considerable scepticism it has held he said. It is dependent on countries carrying Oul policy lines and policy actions set Oul in the louvre Accord and thai includes reducing the . Budget  president Reagan pledged in the ple nary session to continue the fight against the budget deficit but he also repeated his vow to veto lax increases Lawson said. International Exchange rates were pan of a wide ranking dialogue in the Mam session tuesday. An official communique will not come out until wednesday afternoon but spokesmen for the seven participating nations released Progress reports on economic matters. The weakness of the Dollar has taken part of the blame for recent world eco nomic problems but Large Trade sur pluses in Germany and Japan also were a Point of Contention. In the morning ses Sion japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone moved to head off what he called Japan bailing by announcing a four Point program aimed at addressing the Trade imbalance. Included is a planned Multi Billson Dol Lar stimulation of Doc sic spending fun eled by a j7 billion lax Cut. A $20 billion see Summit on Page 3  
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