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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes thursday september 1,1988 world today 6 arrested cocaine seized in Spanish resort area Marbell. Spain a police seized 127 pounds or cocaine and arrested six people in an operation aimed Al breaking up a drug smug gling ring a spokesman Laid tuesday. The spokesman not identified in keeping with police custom. Said the drug haul and inc arrests look place monday in this resort on the Mediterranean Costa Del sol. The seizure of ihi1 drugs Worth an estimated $9.6 million is inc largest Ever in the Southern Region of Andalusia and among the largest Ever in Spain he said. The six arrested included three colombians two spaniards and a uruguayan. Full identification Floc suspects was withheld. Japan s unemployment Rose slightly in july Tokyo a1j Japan s unemployment rate mood ill 2,5 percent in july up 0.1 percentage Point from inc previous month but Down 0,3 Points froma year earlier the government announced this week. Management and coordination Agency officials described the rate As Low and atari Fulcd it to the nation s booming Economy. The number of people officially unemployed in july was 1.55 million compared with 1.45 million in june and 1.67 million last july the officials said. Romanian rights expert complains of terror1 Geneva a a romanian human rights pert denied his government s assertion that health problems prevent him travelling to Geneva to present a report to a , meeting. Dumitru Mazilu wrote a letter to the . Subcommission on prevention of discrimination and Protection of minorities urging thai it ask the romanian authorities to put an imme Diate end to the repressive measures and police terror against me and my  Mazilu was to submit a study on youth and human rights at the group s meeting in Geneva but romanian officials said he was unable to attend and Ouid not finish his study because to a heart Condi lion. They said he recently left Bucharest to be treated at a health resort. The . Secretary a incr a Soffici is investigating. Mazilu in an earlier letter to the subcommission said the government had forced him to drop the study and had Pul him under police surveillance. Swedish Navy attacks suspected submarine Stockholm Sweden a the swedish Navy fired depth charges at a suspected foreign submarine prowling off the West coast a defense spokesman said tuesday. It was not Clear if inc vessel was hit or who la Kein forced units of Maicol boats and coastal artillery were searching the area he said but the underwater terrain made it easy for a submarine to evade select Ion. It was inc first time since june & that the Navy has fired live ammunition at a suspected intruder. Be fore that it had not opened fire since 1q84. The Navy had been tracking what was believed to be a foreign submarine since the week end but had not yet redeployed its special sub Hunting unit from the cast coast to join the chaw url Hinan told the associated press. Japanese students aboard a Small bunt protest the arrival of inc destroyer Fife wednesday in Yokosuka Japan. Japanese protest . Warships dumping of of Jet fuel on town Tokyo a two cities protested to the Japa Nese government and . Military authorities tues Day about a visit of american warships that May carry nuclear weapons and a . In plane thai dumped fun on a town. The City Council in Yokosuka. Where the Navy hat a base passed a Resolution unanimously asking the government to seek cancellation of a visit by the Quick d missile Cruiser Bunker Hill and inc destroyer Fife City spokesman Junichi Flo said. The ships arrived at Yokosuka South of Tokyo on wednesday. To quoted the Resolution As saying the ships a be carrying nuclear lipped Tomahawk missiles in Viola Tion of Japan s ban on inc Possession production or presence of nuclear arms. In Yamato Southwest of Tokyo mayor Takatoshi Induc protested to the . Military when an a-6 air Craft dumped fuel on the town monday night in an apparent emergency City spokesman Toshiyuki sae isaid. He said a 48-year-old housewife was splashed with Sci fuel As she walked Home. Inoue said a cockpit Light indicated a fire aboard the Jet and the Pilot dumped fuel As a safety measure but authorities found no evidence of fire aboard. The news Agency Kyodo said a . Military spokes Man apologized and said , authorities would con Sider paying compensation to the housewife and peo ple whose cars were splashed with fuel. Jet skids into sea at Hong Kong 6 die Hong Kong a a chinese jetliner with 89 people aboard skidded off a runway while Landing i heavy rain wednesday and broke apart in the sea. Officials said six Crew members trapped in the sub merged nose Section were killed. Fifteen people were reported hospitalized in fair or satisfactory condition. The airline said two of 12 americans on Board were injured. A massive Rescue operation at Hong Kong s air Piirto involving divers a flotilla of boats and five helicopters began after flight 301 plunged into Vic Toria Harbor at 9 19 . Small rubber rafts with Rescue personnel bobbed around the partially submerged wreckage of the Brit ish made Trident Jet which had arrived from can ton capital of China s Huangdong province about 90 Miles to the Northwest. Fire engines crowded onto Kai Tak Airport s Soli tary runway which juts into the Harbor. Seven hours after the crash a 15-foot Crane began hauling the fuselage from the water. It fell into thai sea at the end of the runway police spokesman Tony Leung said. Tsui Hin Cheuk one of those overseeing the scarch and re scum operation loll reporters inc six who died were trapped in the plane s nose Section which was submerged in shallow water just off the end of the runway. The plane carrying an i a mar Nebr chinese Crew is owned by the civil aviation administration of China that nation s Flag Currier. Tsui said one of the plane s engines was on fire when Rescue workers arrived. West germans seize 2 suspected Ira guerrillas Stuttgart West Germany a authorities caught two people believed to be Ira guerrillas As they tried to Cross into West Germany from the Netherlands with a Load of guns and explosives a radio station reported wednesday. Suspected Irish Republican army members have carried Oul several attacks against British army bases in West Ger Many Over the past few months. West German officials confirmed inc arrest of two men with weapons but did not confirm whether they were Ira members or had explosives. They said the pair was arrested about  however there is an apparently justified suspicion of criminal connection Alexander proc Helcl spokesman for the chief Federal prosecutor told the associated press. An investigation is now  the men were arrested near the Ger Man dutch Border Prechtl said. He it fused to release their names or nationality. Two rifles and two pistols were found in inc suspects car proc Helcl said. He said he could not confirm he radio re port Ihal the car also contained explosives. Two suspected members of inc terrorist organization Ira were apprehended by West German customs police on tuesday  radio of Stuttgart reported. Both suspected Lerro Risu had a Large amount of weapons and explosive in their car that they warned to secretly bring into the Federal Republic West Germany from the Netherlands he re port added. The suspects were caught in Wald Frucht near a British army Barracks the report added  
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