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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, February 20, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes saturday february 20, 1988 Demjan Juk Kin confront prosecutor at trial s end Jerusalem Al you re a liar John a cart Iwanjuk s wife screamed at a prosecutor thursday As the yearlong a i War crimes trial of the retired Ohio a coworker ended. Shame on you shame on you you have no heart Vcra . Mrs. Do Janiuk. 63, her daughter Irene Nishnic and san. John jr., angrily mounted the stage of the converted movie theater where the trial was held. Security guards pushed the sobbing women oui of the courtroom. The sounds of a scuffle could be heard followed by an expletive from  s son. In Fol Manjuk ii7. Appeared startled but did not otherwise read. The ukrainian born defendant is accused of being Ivan the terrible a brutal guard who operated Gas Chambers thai killed b5q.ooo jews at the Trch Linka death Camp in nazi occupied Poland.  Moniuk insists he is an innocent victim of mistaken identity tie was stripped of Bis . Citizenship in 1981and  to Israel Lowland trial for War in pcs. Holocaust survivor Mordochai Fuchs also interrupted the cission tearfully waving an aging photograph of his parents and til acc Brothers and sister who were killed a try Blitskan. Incoming Leader of South Korea unveils Cabinet Seoul South Korea api president elect Roh tac woo unveiled a new Cabinet Friday in which Sev eral key posts went to hard liners and Holdover from the old government. Widespread Hopes for major changes were unfulfilled. Roh. Who takes office feb. 25, has pledged to end South Korea s Long tradition of authoritarian Rule and restore full democracy. Lului Cabinet Security posts went to hard liners. Technocrats civil servants and academics took most other posts. The naming of die 13-Membcr Cabinet was closely watched for evidence Roh would follow through on promises for sweeping reforms. Many of the new ministers arc politically unknown. Political observers said the new Cabinet was Little different from the one in will replace and does not appear to contain independents or reformers. Koh stressed the need for stability in making inc appointments saying the government had to ensure political and economic Calm. He also underlined the need to guarantee the Success of the 1988 olympic games which arc scheduled for september in Seoul. Opposition parties charged that Roh is determined 10 continue the authoritarian Rule of outgoing Percsi Deal Chun Doo Diwan. Rod retained seven ministers from the Chun government including those holding the key posts offer sign affairs Home affairs and Justice. Home minister Lee Sang Hee Heads the police. Jus Tice minister is Chung Hac Chang. Who supervised re cent crackdowns on political dissed cols. The foreign minister is Choi Kwang Soo new defense minister of Jabok a recently retired general and armed forces commander is a hard liner who has attacked opposition parties in the past. Of is zip cycled to be Roh s link to the powerful military which has Long dominated the country. He supported Chun and Roh and older Young generals who took Power in 1980 with military bucking. Van Moo Hyuk was retained As head of South Korea s powerful intelligence Agency the Agency for National Security planning. The director works with the Cabinet but is not a member. The appointment feb. 11 of noted moderate Lee Hyun Jae u prime minister had spurred Hope the Aew Cabinet would include people with new outlooks. Roh said the new government would seek to end inc political regional and social divisions that have Long troubled South Korea. The new government should stand in the Vanguard to create conditions under which the entire people would be willing to participate he said. "1 was among inc dead and i am Here in court today. The defense lawyers arc liars sobbed Fuchs 63. Who said he escaped death by jumping from inc train transporting his family to Treblinka. The three judge panel is expected 10 Issue its verdict in april. The proceeding which began feb. 16, 1987, was the tint War crimes trial in Israel since nazi Mastermind Adolf Eichmann a convicted and hanged in 1962. The lengthy proceedings were broadcast live on Tele vision and radio. Initially spectators wailed hours in line for scats but interest waned and the final session was sparsely attended. The Demjan Juk family s emotional outburst came after defense attorney John Gill ended his final arguments and prosecutor Michael Shaked Rase to respond to accusations that the prosecution withheld documents that could exonerate Demjan Juk. Shaked said the prosecution had Given All material to the defense on a Silver Platter and Wen translated in. John jr., 12. Rose angrily from his front Row Seal walked onto the stage turned and said you re a  he was followed by , 28, who Shook her fist and screamed you re lying you re lying before Hunting Inlo lean. After the family s outburst presiding judge Dov Levine told Shaked and the defense learn you both ought to do away with this bitterness because. We believe there was fair  Demjan Juk s family said they did not believe he received a fair trial. Iwanjuk has be. . Defense. He fired Mark o Connor his attorney dam Janis been plagued throughout the trial by a poor defense if seven years Midway through the proceedings. Several defense witnesses were discredited including one who retracted her testimony and another who tried to commit suicide after her credentials were called into question during Cross examination. Finny a Man in Frankfurt models a rip deigned to inject we Vici Mienl into a routine ii Nunag Outing. The Model shirk s head Complete with gleaming Thlu Teeth and the ice cult Dorul to is on display at the Frankfurt Spring pair and lists forl9iuarks il�ul$i7. Iwona today rights violations higher under Aquino group says Manila. Philippine api human rights Viola Lions have increased under president Corazon Aqui no s administration and the United Stales shares responsibility a in Tuisl social action group charged Friday. Meanwhile suspected communist rebels ambushed and killed a police informant Early thursday in Manila s Tondo Dii Ricl a Sloan hold of Urban guerrillas. Petrolino Lim suffered three gunshot wounds and died a few hours liter in a Hospital police said. The philippine Alliance of human rights advocates said it would tile a petition with the . Com Mission on human Richli in new York asking in to condemn inc . And Aquino governments for vow and systematic violations of human rights of inc Filipi no  Japan launches satellite after delays with rocket Tokyo a Japan launched a communications satellite on a rocket Friday following several delays. Including a postponement caused by test variations in a part supplied by . Companies. The rocket tided Oit from the Southern Island of Tanega Shima at 705 . The 1,210 Pound communications satellite is he largest Japan has sent into space according to Kaciko of Hijra o spokeswoman for the National space development Agency. The ill fool tall it rocket has replaced inc a i and a ii rockets which were capable of lining pay loads of 3q pounds and 772 pounds. Official denies Lefebvre threatened to defy Vatican Rome a a lop Vatican Cardinal has denied that rec French archbishop Marcel  had threatened anew to consecrate Bishops in Defiance of the Vatican. Earlier this month the French daily be Figaro quoted Lefebvre at saying that he would consecrate at least three Bishops at the end of june whether or not Pope John Paul ii allows it. Pope Paul i in 976 suspended Lefebvre from his priestly Durics. It mean he was forbidden to say mass or give sacraments. Lefebvre an outspoken critic of reforms begun by the second vat Kan Council has defied the Vatican by celebrating inc forbidden 1 Oil Century tridentine or latin. Mass and by ordaining priests. Nasser s son won t return to face terror charges Cairo Egypt a carnal Abdel Nasser s eldest son rejected a Persona Appeal from presi Deru Homi Mubarak that he come Home from Yugoslavia to face allegations linking him with an Anii-us., Anli is raft terror group a family member says. Ashraf Marawan the former president s son in Law also told a slate owned Maga inc that two Arab coun tries turned Down Asylum requests by Nasser eldest son Khalid Abdel Nasser before Yugoslavia accepted Kuji Ald and 19 others were indicted thursday in connection with four shooting attacks in Cairo on israeli and . Diplomats and embassy workers Between 1984 and 19s7. Two israelis died and six Olhan and two americans were Wood cd. The 38-year-old Nasser and 10 other defendants face a possible death sentence the remaining nine face prison terms up to life. Soviets report launch failure Moscow a the official task news Agency has reported that a rocket failed after launch and destroyed three satellites it was carrying by dumping them into dense layers of the atmosphere. The news Agency gave few details of the Accident but the untimely release of the satellites suggests the Carrier rocket exploded. It was a rare report of mishap in the soviets Commer Cial space program which has been touted by Kremlin officials As a reliable Means of deploying weather and navigation equipment for foreign Rogari Illions in the Wake of similar failures in inc . Space program. Tass said in its dispatch thursday Hal the satellite labelled Cosmos 1917. 1918 and 1919 were de signed to lest Clement and equipment of a space navigation system. The Proton rocket carrying the satellites Wai launched wednesday but because of a malfunction in this unit the Spur us could not be placed on the required  on feb. 18 the sputnik entered dense by of the atmosphere Sod ceased their existence Tasa said. No other details of the Accident were reported. Sovi rockets be Yew carry dozens of Sil Dlhos into orbit for nation use and for foreign con cum primarily from soviet Allied nations  
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