European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday May 27,1988 . Zombies blamed for deaths in Laos Vientiane Laos a fill can years after inc last sorties were flown people still arc being killed and maimed by the clutter bombs that . Warplanes dropped on Rural Laos american Relief workers say. The Trull shaped bombs each about he size of a Lennig Ball were dropped in a dispenser thai split open before dining the ground scattering the Bombi cts. Nicknamed pineapples guavas and oranges the Anil personnel Cluster bombs Are colled zombies by laotians. The . Military dropped them during inc 1964-73 air War Over Laos. The recent dead include a Mother of 10 hoeing her Garden. Iwo men digging a canal and children playing with the Bombi. According to american Relief groups. A Hough Tola casually figures have not been com piled lie american friends service com i Lite Anil he Mcnno Nile Central committee say hundreds have lost their lives or limbs to the  there has been Little systematic Bimbie coca Rigby  said Roger Kumpf of american friends the once strategic plateau of Central Laos known As world today s. Africa Mozambique revive non aggression pact Maputo Mozambique Ai South Africa and Mozambique have revived a non aggression pact thai Lauu three years ago agreeing Noi 10 support guerrilla movements operating in each other s territory. The agreement readied wednesday Balw can ranking diplomats and military official of he two neighbors was the latest in a series of recent development signal ing an casing of hostilities. The Twu sides said in a statement thai they would reactivate meetings of a join i drily commission. The commission was established under the 19b4 Noma to Accord a non Aggro upon treaty in which each country pledged to halt support for guerrillas a gating against inc other government. Although technically still in effect the treaty has been ignored since 1983. When Mozambique found documents indicating South Africa was violating Ibe agreement through continued Aid to the mozambican rebels. Libyan peace declaration is hailed by France Paris a France on thursday welcomed col. Moa mar iad Haft s statement Ihal Libya now Recognises inc government of Chad and ils War with Chad is Over. France welcomes favourably the intentions expressed by libyan authorises to establish Normal relations with the chadian government a foreign ministry spokesman said. On wednesday Nigon libyan television quoted Qadhafi As saying that his country recognizes Chad and ends All the outstanding problems Between it and Chad Gad at i s declaration was made to african ambassador in Tripoli to Marl inc 25ih anniversary of the organization of african Unity meeting in Addis Abiba Ethiopia. France has troops stationed in Chad its former col ony to provide logistical and technical support to the government of president his Sene Habre against any libyan incursion. French conduct nuke test on South Pacific atoll Wellington. New zealand a France thursday detonated its big Cost nuclear ten since 1985 in the South Pacific exploding a bomb equivalent to so.000 tons of dynamite scientists said. The underground test on muru Roa atoll was the Sec Ond this year and the 97th in a series started in 1975 when France abandoned atmospheric testing in the South Pacific said Warwick Smith director of the Scimo logical Observatory in Wellington. Scientists at new zealand s monitoring station in Rar Alonga Cooks islands recorded the blast saying it was an 60-Kilolon bomb. La was the largest French lest on muru Roa since May 1��3, when France detonated a 90-Kilolon bomb. France set off n 20-Kjiolon Blaw on muru Roa on May 12. Us More Les i Are expected this year. The Plain of Jan remains perhaps the most dangerous zone and Rumpf said Large tracts of land can be Farmed Only it great risk. The am wok turned into a veritable moonscape during the War. When laotians say to ions of bombs fell for very human being on the Plain. The area was a key communications and transport Rouie Between Vietnam Jos and Thailand. The american friends sen ice committee and inc Man Nonic Central Coni Nitti c the Only american Aid organizations allowed into communist Lac to Dale have operated on a Small scale. Local officials reportedly arc eager for outside help. Even if in Means . Military experts coming in to Clear inc unexploded ordnance Bui the Central Goolian government has rejected tentative offers for official american assistance and drop vials for such Aid have been Given the cold snout Der in Congress this is no our priority Pur priority ii to promote agriculture said vice foreign minister Soubanh sri chiral a when asked about possible . Aid. Rumpf has spent five Jears in Laos since the i97i communist Victory Over inc .-Ltacked Vientiane government. His group has provided Farmers with 20,000 shovels said to be far safer than Hoei which lend in set off the bombs on i Rupart. The mennonites have tried do ing a custom built tracing with a special Detonator through bomb littered Field. Despite a protective shield the machine report edly a few Volunteer driven. Now the mennonites Are awaiting word from authorities on a program to set up Thomli caring teams in Xieng Houang province where the main of jars is located. The proposal was submitted a year ago. Rumpf said the Small bombs have became especially dangerous with the passing of Lime. Villagers often find the weapons a Rood source of income. The innards of the bombs art.1 mid to the vie names As Ball bearings for Bio Lei and casings Are turned Minlu Wick lamps. The Metal Arnm larger bombs is fashioned into household Etc Nils. The Aid workers by id Penper died Anil 12 were injured on the plainer jars . Postoperative reunion with their head in bonders siamese twins Mph left and Mahan Yapa Are brought together for Trie lint time since heir sep Ratum operation and rot it dui bilt hug Irgon Mother Sophie Mulh Ibata. Doctors try Soneia South Ash said this week hit he mint Are malting Good Progress. Afghan rebels reportedly seize major City amid heavy fighting Islamabad Pakistan up .-backed mos Lem Guerri Tai have be died a District capital on a key Highway Southwest of Kabul and intense fighting around two other captured garrisons hat left Ticay casualties Western diplomats reported. The diplomats said the rebels staged eight Rockol attacks on Kabul last week and stepped up pressure on the City from the West. The official soviet news Agency Tass also reported the guerrillas fired several Roef acis into residential areas of the capital tuesday. There were no indications of casualties in the attacks. The diplomats said rebel forces on May h seized say Dajad. A District capital 45 Miles South of Kabul on the main Highway to Ghunei City. They said soviet troops arc expect cd to continue their withdrawal begun May ii from Afghanistan by pulling out of Ghazali is Miles Southwest of Kabul in the near future. One Diplomat said the capture Ofsay Abad raises the question of whether soviet forces would attempt to move North up inc Ghazi Isabul Road or whether they would instead move to Kabul via Gallez also said to be readying for a withdrawal of soviet troops. The Diplomat said guerrilla pressure on Guantez As Well As on the Border town of Knott also had Beta increased by the resistance s capture earlier this month of the key afghan garrisons of Cham Kani and Jaji in i Akua province near the Pakistan Border. They reported heavy fighting in the area last week that led a Large number of casualties. One Diplomat said afghan government efforts to retrieve the Situa Tion by dispatching troops from Kabul garrisons were  Western diplomats in Kabul Las week said the guerrillas have overrun a least is towns since mid March soviet troops began pulling Oul of the Eastern City of Jala Labad May 15 under terms of an april m Accord signed in Geneva. The pact requires a total soviet Pullou from Afghanistan within nine months. Diplomats and analysis say the withdrawal Likely will Lead to the eventual overthrow of inc communist government of president Naji Hullih by the guerrillas who Are backed by the United slates China and Iran. The diplomats said guerrillas staged eight multiple rocket attacks against Kabul Lizul week All but one of them coming from Sites West of the Eily. One Diplomat said the stepped up guerrilla pressure from the West had prompted the government to Dis Patch troops from the newly formed presidential guard to support the afghan garrisons in the area which hid been depleted to tar Eneihen besieged Border garrisons in Paglia