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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes the Tyrol passes mount Fuji saturday. 2 japanese Fly 12,400 Miles in powered glider Tokyo a a two scat motorized glider manned by two japanese landed saturday in Japan after completing a 12,400-mitc flight in 38 Days Kyodo news service reported. About 1,000 Well wishers cheered when the while aircraft named Tyrol touched Down at so Kivado flight Center in sek Yado Aboul 30 Miles North of Tokyo Kyodo said. Kyodo quoted the two pilots Takashi Kato 32 and Makoto Miyazawa 29 As saying we had 10 land at a different Airport every Day. It was a hard flight rather than a pleasant one Tyrol powered by an 80 horsepower engine if Vienna Austria on nov. 19 and arrived in Naha on Okinawa in Southern Japan dec. 22, before stopping in Kagoshima and Okayama Western Japan it said. The two men said they made the flight As an adventure. Monday december 28, 19b7 palestinians seized in riots going on trial Jerusalem a military courts on sunday opened the rials of palestinians arrested in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip on charges of taking part in anti Israel riots. The army said 800 palestinians Are under arrest palestinian sources estimated the figure at nearly 2,000. It was not immediately Clear if All detainees would he tried or whether some would he released before trial or held without trial under administrative deter  the Wisl Bank was quiet As 280,000 students re turned to Clas for the first Lime since the army closed schools for five Days students in he Gaza strip Are on Winter vacation until Jan. 3, schoolchildren were in the forefront of the two weeks of demonstrations. They marked the worst upsurge of civil unrest since Israel captured the territories in the 1967 Mideast War. By israeli count 21 palestinians were killed and 158 wounded in the clashes. Fifty israelis were injured by demonstrators. The daily newspaper Haart. Reported army prosecutors were ordered to demand harsh sentences from the military courts. A military spokeswoman said the Soo palestinians arc being held in three detention Camps Ansar-2 in Gaza City Farah prison near the West Bank City of Nablus and a makeshift Lent Camp at Dah Ariya Nea Hebron in the Southern West Bank. Some of the detainees have been sentenced in sum Mary trials and others were released the spokeswoman said. Israel radio reported that Fisi time offenders were Given maximum eight month jail terms and fined up to5940. Some repeat offenders were sentenced to two Yearsin jail. Palestinian leaders and israeli lawyers representing arabs in Security rials have complained about inhumane conditions in the jails the daily newspaper Davar quoted palestinians As saying the jails arc overcrowded and provide no shelter from the wind and rain. The Hada Shol newspaper quoted a military officers saying the army also is preparing to expel some of the palestinians if we talk about what the army wants we might like 10 Cpl hundreds of people the officer was quoted As , realistically we Are talking about a few  unidentified officer was quoted As saying Mili tary investigators arc seeking evidence that would stand up in appeals to a military appellate Board and the supreme  quoted egyptian president Hosni Mubarak s political adviser Osama Elbaz As saying Egypt an Jordan would refuse to accept palestinians ordered to leave the country. World today about 250,000 resettled in Vietnam new zones Bangkok Thailand a about250.000 people moved to new economic zones in Vietnam this year the official Viet Nam news Agency said sunday. The migration program is designed to develop allow land thin out densely populated areas and create  vietnamese Agency monitored in bang Kok said the 250,000 represented 85.7 percent of the target Tor the year. It said More than 193,000 people resented intones in their Home provinces while 54,000 others moved to the South from inc congested red River Delta and Central coastal provinces. Gypsies Rome residents attend Friendship party Rome a gypsies and residents of Quarter of Rome that was the site of noisy pro less Over proposed Gypsy encampments joined in a. Holiday party of reconciliation saturday sponsored by local Church officials the Rev. Giuseppe Mant Bishop responsible for the Tor Bella Monaca area of Eastern Rome spoke of the need to create among local residents the mentality of Welcome thai will supersede thai of  3 children die in Blaze at hotel in new zealand Auckland new zealand a three children were killed when a fire broke out Early sunday in a Small hotel in the town of Tan Calua police said. Two of the victims 6-Ycar-old David hcs Weyand his 4-year-old brother Luke were children of inc hotel s manager police said. The third casually 10-year-old Heath of Tutty was staying with relatives at the hotel in the Bay of plenty Region 1 so Miles South of Auckland. 2 windsurfers get fines for trying to flee Poland Warsaw Poland a a court fined two poles $630 each for trying to leave their Cornu nist Homeland by windsurfing across the Balti sea to Sweden without passports the official news Agency Pap has  tines equal about half a year s pay. Daniel Grotowski and Jarosla Dobrucki also were or tiered to pay court costs after being found guilty in the Northern town of wether two of illegally attempting to Cross Poland s maritime Border on windsurfing boards Pap  police Ici Zed the two men both of whom live in the Gdansk area on the Baltic injury after they set out on windsurfing boards for Sweden carrying a Compass drinking water agent and a map Pap said. Seoul students Battle police with firebombs rocks Seoul Korea up masked Stu a cols hurting firebombs and rocks battled with riot police sunday in the most violent Ami government protest in the capital since Roh Tae woo won the presi Dency 12 Days ago. The swarm of students cheered on by i Soo dissidents chanting Down with the dictatorship and the election is null and void paralysed traffic in the capital s main shopping District for two hours As broken pavement stones and firebombs flew through the air. The fierce Battle erupted at the end fan afternoon rally organized by the Seoul University students association to denounce Roh s dec. 16 electoral Victory Over opposition leaders Kim Dae Jung and Kim Young Sam. Dissident groups and opposition Lead ers have charged Roh won through Mas Sive election fraud bul their charges have not attracted widespread support. The demonstrators at the Myon Dong Catholic Cathedral burned effigies symbolizing Roh inc United states arid the South korean press which they charged is biased in favor of the government in its reporting on politics. A group of several Hundred students armed with stones pavement blocks and firebombs poured out of the Cathedral compound Down the alleys of the popu Lar shopping District and onto the Capi Tal s main Boulevard. They stopped traffic on the Boulevard and tossed firebombs Over cars and buses setting one police bus on fire and littering the area Wajih locks and smolder ing firebombs. Police tossed tear Gas grenades an fired ride launched tear Gas canisters but the students wearing surgical masks ignored the Gas As they tossed Molotov cocktails at police who hid behind their Shields. Police also tossed rocks Back at the students and one officer picked up an until plodded firebomb and threw it Back at the demonstrators. Sporadic protests have erupted i Seoul and other major cities since dec. 16, when Ron beat his opposition Chal lengers by 2 million votes. Most of the violent clashes have occurred in the Southern province of Choi la the political stronghold of Kim Dae Jung. But there have been several protest rallies in Seoul and other major cities. Supporters of Kim Dae Jung and Kim Young Sam charged the government with election fraud and vowed to topple Rob before he could take Power from his Friend and former military ally presi Dent Chun Doorman. Rob is schedule to be installed on feb. 25. But the protests have not spread into the general population As they did last june when hundreds of thousands of people across the nation poured into the streets demanding direct elections. By july 1, Chun conceded o the direct elec Tion. Roh president of the ruling demo cratic Justice party won the Nee with 8 million votes. The two kims As they Are called split 12 million opposition Voles leading to charges from their supporters hat the failure to Field one opposition candidate Cost the election. But opponents of military and Mili tary backed Rale in South Korea charged the election was fraudulent and have vowed to continue their efforts to Over throw Ron who backed Chun in the 1979 coup thai began his Rue to Power. Roh who campaigned As an Ordinary Man said he will carry it Troubb on promises to bring to South Korea the democratic reforms demanded by protes ters in three weeks of violence last june. The main opposition panics Slung by their electoral defeat Are attempting to recover from the loss to Roh. They Are looking toward to next year s general elections to choose members of the National Assembly. Opposition Leader Kim Young Sam announced late last week that his reunification democratic party will attempt to take control of the unicameral parliament in the scheduled election  
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