European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 8 the stars and stripes sunday september 11, 1368 s. Korean students riot police clash Seoul South Korea a Radical Slu dents Yel Ling Down Wilh inc dictatorial olympics hurled hundreds of firebombs a riot police saturday. Student leaders charged hat the olympics were being used local mint military 2.000 students from several Seoul colleges Rali cd at the capital s Monsei University denouncing the olym pics. President Roh tac woo s government and the United slates for backing the South korean government. The students also chanted Down with military dictatorship As they marched around the Campus Kwh red. White and Blue students some armed with wooden and Iron clubs then marched out of inc school to confront hundreds of riot police who were surrounding the Campus. Panic sirs taunted inc police and then attacked. Waves of masked students rushed out of the school s gales and climbed Over Walls to Pelt police with fire bombs that exploded in Orange balls of blazing Gaso line. The firebombs exploded among the police Selling fire to troopers Shields and clothing. Police dressed in Green combat fatigues and i sorry Hal mics did not use tear Gas because of government or Ders nol to use it during the olympics. They also threw Back fewer rocks than in similar protests in the past. Police said they had no reports of arrests or injuries. The clash lasted Aboul 3 1 minutes and was confined to the Highway in front of the and dissident leaders speaking at the rally charged the Roh government with using the olympics which begin sept. 17, to Cement authoritarian Rule. Speakers charged inc in i cd slates with conspiring Wilh Rohlo continue military Rule. The United states has about 42 000 troops in South Korea Undra Mutual defense pact. Radical leaders have called for anti olympic pro tests but the protests so far have been confined to a few campuses in Seoul and several other cities. There have been no demonstrations near olympic Sites. The radicals a Small but powerful minority on campuses have virtually no Public support. Most koreans Are critical of protests against the olympics and want nothing to disrupt it. Roh a former general who won presidential elections in december has introduced Broad democratic reforms and dismantled author icarian controls ultralight Pilot flies to record without the greatest of ease South korean University students hurl firebombs to riot police saturday during Seoul rally in Arnst the olympic Gums. New Delhi. India a the scion Ofa wealthy Indian family made aviation history saturday when he finished a 6,000-mile journey from Brilain to new Delhi in an ultralight aircraft in 23 Days. Vija Pat Singhani landed in his red and White l Espat d Indian Post to loud applause at new Delhi s Safdar Jung Airport around noon. " wanted to be an ambassador for my country and show people India is not just a country of Snake charmers he said. I was running out of stories to Lull my grandchildren now i have a fund of the 49-year-old millionaire head of India s third largest business concern faced High winds sandstorms in the Sahara and hundreds of Miles of sea sitting for hours in the cramped one seat cockpit. Singhani beat a 34-Day ultralight record set this year by British television journalist Brian Hilton. Singhani finished the journey in 23 Days having left i Liggon Hill Britain on aug. I8. The plane weighs 330 pounds the weight Ofa medium sized motor Scooter or As Singhani said the weight of an average be said the aircraft s name is a combination of his two passions the spirit of adventure and a Bombay based daily newspaper owned by his family the Indian Post. As he emerged from inc 2 a fool Long aircraft waving a Cap. Singhani was mobbed by hundreds of people. Afier being garlanded in a ritual of Welcome he was taken to a dais presented with mementos and praised for having done India flying at 10,000 feel Over the Mediterranean my longest single non hop spell of flying i saw ships and tried to visualize How Long it would Lake for them to pick me up if i fell in Singhani said. "1 had a life jacket strapped on shark repellent by my Side and kept talking of my granddaughter s Pic lure that was strapped to the front of the cockpit to prevent myself from going 300,000 May have aids Geneva a the number of aids cases worldwide reported to the world health organization Rose to 111,854 Al the end of August but the Siruc number of victims is Likely 10 he As High As 300,000, the . Agency said Friday. The figure of 111,854, a cumulative Tola since offi Cial began recording cases in the Early 1980s, Irp re Sells an increase of 3,678 reported cases in August the who said in a news release. It said the who s global program on aids now estimates the actual cumulative number of aids cases to Date Al approximately 250,000-300,000, or More than twice the number of officially reported of 177 countries which report to the who to report having aids victims while 37 say they have no eases it said. Of the total cases reported 19,097 were diagnosed so far this year the news release said. Among countries reporting an increase in victims during August were the United states up 2,086, to 71.171 France up 583, lo4,2l i and Italy up 368,10 2,233 caws. No latin american countries provided updated Fig ures in August. Brazil had the highest number of cases 2,956 reported in april of 1988. Followed by Mexico Wilh 1,302, also from april. Aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by a virus that attacks the body s immune sys tem leaving victims susceptible to infections and can cer. It is spread most often through sexual Contact. Needles or syringes shared by drug abusers infected blood or blood products and from pregnant women to their unborn babies. Botha Mozambique visit Johannesburg South Africa a president . Botha will meet his mozambican counterpart. Joaquim Chiusano on monday in Botha s first official visit to the marxist ruled country Mozambique s news Agency said Friday. World today passengers on ferry Safe after fire Breaks out Horten Norway a some 230 Passen Gers climbed into Lifeboat and made it safely to land Friday morning after a fire broke Oul on Board a ferry on the outer Oslo fiord the nation Al Nib news Agency reported. Passengers on the a no line ferry Holycr Dansec All believed to be norwegian and Dan ish were evacuated because of thick smoke generated by the tire Nib said. No one was seriously injured it added. The cause of the fire which started in the dining room and was later put Oul was nol immediately known. It broke Oul when the ship bound for Oslo was off Horten. Police and firefighters in Horton were notified at 2 50 . And the ferry was or dered to head in arc Nib said. The 42-Mcmber Crew stayed aboard during the evacuation and was helped by a Horten fire brigade boat to put out the fire by 4 ., Nib said. The ship was then Lowed Inlo Morten har Bor for inspection. Daimler Benz Mitsubishi sign car sales agreement Tokyo up Daimler Benac of West Germany and Mitsubishi motors corp. Of Japan will establish a join venture toward the end of this year to import and sell commercial vehicles made by the West German car maker in Japan the japanese company announced Friday. Mitsubishi an affiliate of Chrysler corp. Of the United states said it will be a majority shareholder in inc venture. The japanese firm now helps in distributing Daimler Benz s cars in Japan under a bilateral cooperation agreement. A letter of general understanding on the establishment of a join firm was signed in Tokyo after intensive talks held by lop executive of the two companies Mitsubishi said
