European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news updates the stars and stripes monday february 13, 1989 Sihanouk leadership Beijing up Prince Noro Dom Sihanouk announced sunday he has resumed the presidency of the exiled cambodian government. He accused the major Powers involved in peace negotiations of trying to Force an unacceptable settlement on his resistance coalition. Sihanouk who Heads the coalition armies fighting a decade old guerrilla War against the Vietnam Ese occupation of Cambodia re signed As president of the exile government last july but has effectively remained its Leader. His move comes amid increasing diplomatic Progress Between the so Viet Union the main supporter of Vietnam and China the chief Resis Tance Backer in their proposals for a withdrawal of vietnamese troops and a political settlement. Rally for democracy Asuncion Paraguay a police stood by saturday while tens of thousands of people Gath ered peacefully for an opposition rally to hear leaders Call on the new government to postpone its planned May elections. We cannot begin the democratic process without demonstrating that a spirit of Liberty and Equality applies to All social sectors said Domingo Laino Leader of the authentic Radical Liberal party which is thought to be Paraguay biggest opposition group. The people demand an authentic democracy and not a Mere facade shouted the human rights advocate and former exile. The rally came nine Days after Gen. Andres Rodriguez led a coup that toppled Gen. Alfred Stroessner who for nearly 35 years ruled Paraguay. Protests banned Johannesburg South Africa a the government saturday banned All protest meetings showing Solidarity with an estimated 300 Black detainees on a hunger strike to protest being held without charge. The Banning order specifically prohibited a protest meeting scheduled saturday at a Johannesburg Church by civil rights lawyers who represent Many of the hunger strik ers. Leading Khomeini aide says Iran must make up for past mistakes Tehran Iran a Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini s designated successor has called for an end to extremism in Iran and urged the country s leaders to make up for past mistakes that Iso lated the islamic Republic As it fought for its life. Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri s re Marks echoed Calls by other iranian Lead ers for self examination As the iranian revolution moves into its second decade. Montazeri spoke in the holy City of qom on saturday at the Climax of 10 Days of celebrations marking the Over throw of the Shah 10 years ago. People in the world got the idea that our business in Iran is just murdering people he said in a speech reported sunday by the official islamic Republic news Agency and Tehran s Abrar daily newspaper. Montazeri 64, has been increasingly critical of the revolution s shortcomings and has called for relaxation of the re Public s stringent religious social and political restrictions. But his latest criticism was seen As his sharpest so far. Montazeri has criticized the massive celebrations claiming that the Money spent on them amid economic woes would have been better spent on Iran s millions of poor people. Montazeri even questioned the official doctrine that Iran won the 8-year-old War with Iraq. Hostilities halted aug. 20 after Iran battered by a string of defeats reluctantly accepted a  cease fire a year after Iraq said it was willing to do so. We should consider How Many peo ple we lost How Many splendid Young men were martyred How Many cities were destroyed. We should take All these into account then if we say we have made a mistake we should  Montazeri s comments followed unusually Frank interviews by other iranian leaders including parliament speaker Hashemi a Sfanjani and chief Justice Musavi a Debili in which they acknowledged that Iran s War strategy was flawed and that . Intervention in the persian Gulf tipped the Scales against Iran. Montazeri s remarks contrasted with a speech by president Ali Khamenei to the massive rally in Tehran on saturday. The speech was full of Praise for the revolution s survival and Short on criticism of its failings. Khamenei admitted that there were differences in Iran s leadership but he denied there was a Power struggle. Montazeri touched on one of the Points of disagreement by advocating that iranians who fled abroad Over the last decade should be allowed to return Home to help in postwar reconstruction. Those abroad Are terrified he said in an apparent reference to a wave of executions of dissidents Over the last six months. There Are some 4 million iranians now living abroad. They re writing let ters longing to return Montazeri said. Japanese by election delivers blow to Lead party in Wake of scandal tax Tokyo a Japan s ruling Liber Al democratic party under attack for a Stock scandal and a new sales tax suffered a setback to a socialist in a closely watched parliamentary election sunday. The Leader of the japanese socialist party Tsuruo Yamaguchi said his party would Call for the resignation of the cab Init of prime minister Noboru Takeshita the dissolution of the More powerful lower House and a general election Kyodo news service reported. In the race for a seat in parliament supper House socialist Sadao Fuchigami Defeated Kei Oma of Takeshita s lip reported the election committee in Fuku Oka prefecture a state in Southern Japan. With 99.34 percent of the vote counted the election committee said Fuchigami led with 747,723 votes to 561,687 for Oma 170,052 for Matsuzen Fujino of the Japa Nese communist party and 159,375 for Kozo Maeda of the salaried workers new party. Sunday s vote for a seat held by a Liberal Democrat who died was the first election to a National office since the Stock scandal erupted last summer and a 3 percent sales tax was passed last de Cember Over Strong opposition protests. The tax takes effect april 1. Sunday s voting was watched As a Possi ble indicator of what might happen in july elections for half the upper House where the Liberal democrats hold 143 of 251 seats. The Stock scandal has led to the Resig nations of three members of Takeshita s Cabinet and More than a dozen other prominent politicians and businessmen. It has also raised suspicions about bribery and the peddling of influence. The Stock scandal erupted last sum Mer when Hiromasa Ezoe founder of the recruit co., an information services conglomerate sold unlisted shares in his real estate company recruit Cosmos at bargain prices to More than 150 influential politicians bureaucrats and journalists before Public trading in the shares began in october 1986. The share prices Rose sharply and some of the bargain buyers made More than 10 million yen $78,740 in tax free profits. 5 killed As police open fire on mob blood donations in rampage at . Center in Pakistan being taken in memorial drive Frankfurt West Germany is a blood drive in memory of or. Charles r. Drew is scheduled to visit four military communities in West Ger Many. The drive sponsored by the Omega Psi Phi fraternity honors Drew a sur Geon and scientist who discovered the process for separating plasma from blood allowing for longer storage. Blood donations will be taken from 8 . To 4 . Tuesday in the Spinelli Barracks gym in Mannheim. On wednesday the drive will be held at the same time in the Campbell Barracks Gamin Heidelberg. The blood drive s last Days will be feb. 22 in the Bismarck Cavern gym in Schwabish Amund and feb. 23 in the Kelley Barracks gym in Stuttgart. The drive began feb. 8 with about 200 units of blood drawn at two Sites in Frankfurt. The organization s goal is to collect 1,000 units during the drive said Bernard Oliphant chapter president. Islamabad Pakistan a at least five people were killed and dozens injured sunday when police opened fire on hundreds of protesters who screamed american dogs As they tried to storm a . Government Center according to witnesses reports. Police repeatedly opened fire with rifles and semiautomatic weapons on the charging protesters who hurled rocks and bricks during fighting in the heart of the capital. More than 2,000 moslem fundamentalists headed for the United states in formation Genter to demand the Banning of the novel the satanic verses by Salman Rushdie an Indian born mos Lem. Pakistan India and some Arab nations have banned the Book which the author has described As a parable about contemporary Britain and India. It is named after verses the Prophet Moham med removed from the Koran the islamic holy Book on grounds they were inspired by the Devil. Screaming american dogs and god is great the mob hurled rocks at the building and drove away scores of police trying to guard the building. Hang Salman Rushdie one Man yelled. Doctors at area hospitals who declined to be identified said police gun fire killed at least five people and injured Many others. An unspecified number of police were injured by rocks and officers were beaten by the rampaging crowd. Protesters broke into the . Center which had been closed smashing win Dows and starting a number of Small fires. . Officials had no immediate word on the extent of the damage. The Center houses a Library and dispenses Cul Tural information about the United states. Several protesters climbed atop the two Story Structure and pulled Down the . Flag As the mob below cheered and screamed slogans. The protesters burned the Flag and effigies representing Rushdie and the United states. America and Israel Are enemies of islam said a Banner carried by demonstrators. Police tried to disperse the crowd with tear Gas but the mob hurled the canisters Back at the police and repeatedly charged them driving them Back. Police fired into the air and then began shooting into the crowd As scream ing protesters surrounded and advanced on groups of officers. Other police ran to escape the crowd. Protest leaders said Rushdie s novel should be banned in the United stat Sand All other nations. There Are insulting remarks in this Book one Man said. There Are lies Inthis  Rushdie who was educated at Cam Bridge University and now lives in eng land has defended the satanic verses As a satire that was not meant to offend moslem. It has been a Best seller in Brit Ain won the Whitbread novel award in 1988 and was runner up for the prestigious Booker prize. In 1979, angry moslem crowds at tacked and burned the . Embassy in Islamabad Over rumours that american Shad been responsible for an attack on the grand mosque in the islamic holy City of Mecca. Retains Between the United stat Sand Pakistan have been close in recent years because of their joint support for moslem guerrillas fighting communist forces in Afghanistan