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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday november 6, 1987 world today China India to discuss disputed Border area Beijing a chinese and Indian officials will meet in new Delhi in mid november for their eighth attempt to resolve Despu is Over their common Border. A chinese foreign ministry spokesman said wednesday that vice foreign minister Liu Shuqing will iced China s delegation at the talks which also will take up other issues. China and India have made Little Progress in Nar rowing differences in seven rounds of Border talks Hel since 1981. The two nations fought a Short Border War in 1962 and disagree Over Large tracts of Remote Terri tory Jong the mountainous Eastern and Western Sec tors of the Border. There were reports last Var that both sides had beefed 4ip troop strength along the Border dividing Northeast India and China s Tibet but both sides de Nied there were any armed clashes in the area. Czech state farms face serious gasoline shortage Prague Czechoslovakia a ten out of 24stale farms in the Northern Bohemian i Tomeric District have had to interrupt Post Harvest blowing due to gasoline shortages and others will soon follow a regional daily reported. There is no gasoline yet harvesting and blowing is considered to be of strategic importance the Bohemia an daily Priboj said in its tuesday edition available Here wednesday. The paper reacted to dozens of let ters written by Farmers to District authorities. It was not known whether Farmers elsewhere in Czechoslovakia have been plagued by similar Gas shortages. Harvesting in Czechoslovakia has been severely complicated this year by frequent Rains. This increase Energy consumption for mechanical crop drying to avoid rotting of the yield. Italian woman gives birth to quintuplets in Rome Rome up a 26-year-old italian woman gave birth to quintuplets in the Rome polyclinic lat wednesday Hospital officials announced. The three girls and two boys were born by caesarean operation to Patrizia Anibaldi Fern 26, wife of Oil company technician Massimo Crri 31, after a 30-week pregnancy. The five babies whose weights ranged from 2.2pounds to 3 pounds were reported in Good condition but three of them were being kept in intensive care thursday. Doctors at the Umburto i polyclinic said mrs. For jihad undergone Fertility treatment after being married two years without becoming pregnant. Tests Early in the pregnancy indicated mrs. Crri would have quintuplets. Beijing to mobilize citizens for Winter rat patrols Beijing up the chinese capital is again being plagued by millions of Hardy rats and authorities plan to mobilize citizen rat patrols for a second straight Winter officials said wednesday. The official Xinhua news Agency quoting City officials said the latest anti rat Campaign would begin next week and continue at least through december is in an Effort to keep the Pesky rodents from gobbling up food supplies. We Hope to reduce economic losses caused by rats said Beijing vice mayor Feng Mingwei who has been named director of the latest attack on rats. Last Winter at least i5 million rats were estimate to have perished in a trap and Poison Campaign by Beijing residents officials said. Feng said City residents would be asked to take pan in planting traps and Poison. He said City medical units would prepare special Medicine for children who might consume the Poison accidentally. Armed terrorists arrested at Rome police Roadblock Rome a officials said wednesday they have arrested two suspected right Wing terrorists and found police Issue pistols silencers and a hand grenade in the trunk of their car. Carlo Gentile and Renato Ricceri both 21, were picked up tuesday in Rome according to the police re port. Italian news agencies said investigators were trying to determine if the two were on their Way to carry out an attack when they were stopped at a Roadblock. Marching for slain comrades German police carry torches and Wear targets on the men were killed monday evening when masked gun backs of their jackets during a mourning March men opened fire during a demonstration against through downtown Frankfurt tuesday. Two police Frankfurt International Airport s newest runway. . Official lauds Aquino regime says terrorists won t run us out Washington a a state department offi Cial said wednesday that terrorists who kill americans in the Philippines arc not going to run us out of the country. Gallon Sigur assistant Secretary of stale for East asian and Pacific affairs also expressed Confidence inthe government of president Corazon Aquino. She s going to i think get through this period and she is showing strength Sigur said. Likening Aquino to Britain s prime minister Sigur said people arc beginning to Sec this is no weak sister Here. It s More an Iron lady Type a Margaret Thatcher if  Sigu s comments on the Philippines in an associated press interview were the latest instalment in the stale department s program of telling the political factions in Manila and the War pm Countryside that the United states supports the Aquino government. His remarks also reflected a desire following fear that murders of american servicemen last week rep resent a new tactic by communist guerrillas to re mind the american Public of the longstanding . Commitment to a presence in the Philippines. . Officials have declined to blame the killings outside Clark air base on communist new people army guerrillas who in nearly two decades of fighting have avoided attacks on americans or . Bases. We Haven t identified them the attackers yet he said. But i think we can say we have been hearing very disturbing reports that the communist party and spa have at least been talking about targeting Ameri  if that is the Case he said it would be very serious obviously. But it s not going to run us out. We re slay ing we re there. We have an agreement with the philippine government and people and we believe the agreement is very valid  As for Aquino s ability to Deal with the problems of providing Security for americans in the Philippines Sigur said we do have Confidence that the philippine government can work together with us to Stop this and to get it under  earlier in the Day philippine authorities announced the arrest of a number of people in connection with the shootings which occurred outside the base in an Are policed by filipino authorities. Among those seized were suspected members of the new people s army police said. Sigur asserted that Aquino has not been Given enough credit for leadership partly because of her Low key style and her View that the Best Way to govern is to bring As Many people As she can under her  he said that because of her style she s bound to get that kind of criticism. I just Don t happen to buy it. I think she is a Strong  just because a Leader has t bashed them does t mean she s not Strong. That s what bothers me about All this. She s got to come in there and Bop Heads and everything come on that s not strength for heaven s  Sigur endorsed Calls on Capitol Hill for an increase in Aid to the Philippines which has received about $950 million during the past two years. But he also cautioned against dramatic announce ment of proposals that would fuel philippine Hopes at a time when . Budget austerity is driving Dow foreign Aid Don to Thatcher tells Curts Ying tourist London a prime minister Margaret Thatcher admonished a Spanish tourist who curtsied to her on wednesday during a two hour shopping tour in one of London s biggest department stores. You Don t do that to me my dear i m Only in politics the prime minister told Josefa Magarolas to Roll referring to the practice of Only Curts Ying to Mem Bers of the Royal family. Thatcher who was wandering from department to department at Marks and Spencer s store on Oxford Street did sign an autograph for Morell. A private visit to the second floor lingerie depart ment was on Thatcher s program when she arrived but 15 minutes later after reporters and photographers expressed an interest in going with her it was cancelled. Ronnie Jacobson the store s press officer said it was a reasonable Assumption that photographs of Thatcher at the underwear counter were not desirable. The prime minister bought about ss25 Worth of goods including five musical Christmas stockings some Flower patterned bed Linen a Basket of cosmetics two silk blouses and a sweater. She also disclosed that she can t resist chocolates when the Box is open. They somehow beg to be  she said  
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