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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, March 7, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8. The stars and stripes monday. March 7,1998 masked nun if the Irish Republican army titty the Rollin of Brendan Burns in in Nuglen Northern Ireland mourners clash with police at funeral of Ira member Crossmaglen Northern Ireland a police and mourners clashed saturday at the funeral of Bren Dan Burns one at Tun Irish Republican army men killed by i hair own bomb inc Royal Ulster constabulary Saiu. Scuffles broke out when police backed by soldiers tried to Stop the Hearse carrying Burns coffin from turning off u heavily guarded route Between his Home and 3 roman Catholic Church three Miles away at Crossmaglen in c Only Armagh. Police ran across opt n Fields trying to gel in front of the Hearse but scuffles broke out As mourners tried to Block them. I olice used Lliel clubs in an Effort to Clear inc Road but the Hearse escaped without an escort As Llic mourners cheered. No injuries writ reported. Police said they prevented inc cortege from follow Cap a of Tibet by anti chinese Beijing Uipi at least three people were killed As police opened fire on anti chinese proc slurs in Lhasa inc capital of Tibet was Lem sources said Sun Day. They said the death toll could be As High As nine in renewed violence aimed at the chinese government. Sources said police fired on demonstrators who were throwing rocks and burning cars in Lhasa. The confrontation saturday was the most serious unrest against chinese Rule in the Himalayan Region ing the Hearse forcing mourners 10 take different routes to the Church. Burns coffin draped in inc Tricolour Irish Flag had been carried to the Hearse from his Home by his Sisters. Bums. 33, and Brendan Matey 30, died feb. 19 when explosive they apparently were installing in a Van accidentally detonated about two Milca outside Crossmaglen near the Border with the Irish Republic. The outlawed Irish Republican army fighting to drive the British out of the province said after the blast that the two victims were on Active service when they died. Gerry Adams Leader of sinn fein. The Legal political Arm of the Ira attended the funeral As did the party s vice president Martin Mcguinniss. A rocked again demonstrations since ii people died in rioting last october. Communication links from Beijing to Lhasa were Cut for a second Day but reliable Western sources in Chengdu the nearest major chinese City said foreign ers reached by Telephone in Lhasa reported thai be tween three and nine people were killed. The protest was led by Buddhist monks demanding Independence from Beijing. At least one Monk was among the dead the sources said. It was not Clear whether All the deaths were Frum police gunfire. Moscow police detain 15 tatars Moscow a police on saturday arrested 15 crimean tatars a disgruntled ethnic group after they held up a Banner demanding he right to live in their Homeland on the Black sea a dissident said. Vladimir Ryabokon an editor of the unofficial Jour Nal. Express chronicle said a total of 20 people Gath ered outside the huge hotel Rossiya at 2 . They unfurled a Banner Reading return our Homeland to the crimean tatars he said Kab officers and police ripped Down the Banner after 20 minutes and look 13 of the demonstrators into custody Ryabokon said. Their Fate was unknown. One of the officers warned the protesters not to demonstrate again in Moscow saying that aul homilies would take harsher measures after president Reagan Lias visited the capital according to Ryabokon. Reagan is scheduled to visit Moscow in late May or Early june to meet with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The officer scam cd to be implying that authorities would be lenient now toward the crimean tatars to avoid spoiling the atmosphere for Reagan s visit. The tatars ancestral Homeland is inc crimean pen insula in the ukrainian Republic. World Toane More students arrested in Korea building seizure Seoul South Korea a police said Sal urday icy had arrested three More student involved in inc seizure of n . Government building in Seoul last month Raisin inc number of arrests to eight. Police identified the three As student but gave no other details. They did not specify where and when the arrests were made. Five students stormed the . Cultural Center Library in downtown Seoul on feb. 24 and detonated two homemade Lime Homes. Police Over powered them an hour later. The student said in a statement icy were protesting Washington s support for new South korean president Ron tac woo. Whom Wricy called another military dictator. Roh s predecessor Chun Doo Hwan took Power with help from the military in 1980. On feb. 26, a time bomb was found inside the i Library of the . Cultural Center in the Southern City of Kwangju. . Military bomb experts re moved it. Pope expresses distress Over War of the cities Vatican City up Pope John Paul it called sunday for firm condemnation and deep reprobation of the bombing of civilian targets by Iran and Msj in the persian Gulf conflict. The roman Catholic pontiff said he prays that the leaders of both countries will halt their War of the cities and take initiatives aimed at ending their Yean of conflict i am deeply distressed Over the news that arrives from Iran and Iraq where beside the thousands of soldiers fallen at the Battlefront to the number of civilian victims of bombardments of the cities is now growing John Paul told pilgrims gathered for the noon Angelus. It is a question of children women and the elderly defenceless people victims of actions that beyond violating All the norms of International human rights must provoke firm condemnation and deep reprobation the Pope said. China s railways minister quits because of accidents Beuing up China s railways minister has resigned and the National airline chief Lus been disciplined after a series of transport accidents in january in which More than 200 people died tic official Xinhua news Agency reported sunday. The stale Council China s Cabinet accepted the resignation of railways Minuter Ding Guang in during a meeting saturday at which it also disciplined he Viznau director of the civil aviation administration of Clirina the news Agency said. The Council s statement issued after he meet ing blamed Ding for Ihns rail accidents in Jan uary in which More than 100 people were lulled in the worst Accident a Kunming Shanghai express train derailed and overturned Jan. 24 in Southwest China killing 88  accidents caused great losses of lift and property and Ding was responsible for the accidents because of his neglect of duties the statement said. Germany rejects violence in efforts to end apartheid Lagos. Nigeria a West German presi Dent Richard von Wei sicker says his govern ment supports Calls for an Caily end to inc apart Heid system in South Africa but he ruled out support for its violent overthrow. Any infringement on human rights in any pan ouch world is deplored by us and we seek in South Africa a speedy Resolution of the apart Heid system he said at a banquet saturday night. There Are a variety of views on How to solve this Issue and we Are ready and willing la listen and share in nigerian views on this matter. That is Why 1 am Here. All the victims of racial discrimination in South Africa Are entitled to our  he said. But the president said the West German government did not believe violence was an accept Able Way to end while rated South Africa s policy of racial separation  
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