European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday. April 9,19b9 news briefs soviets Send troops tanks to quell unrest in Tbilisi Moscow a thousands of demonstrators de manding Independence swarmed the sir acts. And a strike shut Down mass transit in the georgian Republic s capital saturday during a nationalist outburst the government tackled with tanks and troops residents said. Al one Point during the fifth Day of protests along the main Street of Tbilisi tanks rumbled through the crowd. Drain to i he russian occupiers1" several people shouted As they threw themselves it an approaching tank activist Stire i Pandurov reported from the City other demonstrators screamed Down with the rot Ling russian Empire and get off georgian land As they Sloncz the tanks and broke windows on a military cur he said. Iran s president reaffirms Rushdie death sentence Nicosia Cyprus a iranian president Ali Khamenei on saturday told Iran s ambassadors to the european Community nations that a death sentence against British novel jul Tiilman Rushdie will be carried of state run Tehran radio reported. The broadcast monitored in Nicosia quoted Kha Menei a1, we my that Aye Loloh Ruhollah Khomeini s fat ii religious Decue against the apostate writer. Is a decree based on sharia islamic Law and is Irr Evo  the official  pc Public news Agency Ako mini int d in Nicosia Quoin d Khamenei ,15 telling the 1 Ert Vujs that  revived islam s splendor and lie depth tit islamic  Gas uncover bomb trap on Road near Clark a Manila Philippines  Scricc Rufii Nib round 11 bomb trap on n Road near Clark a. An air Force Sonia to Mem. Said Friday. Cant Donna egg lesson said the trap believed to have been placed by communist rebels was uncovered thursday in he Village of Sapang Bato when the ols found a  across a Road that leads to a tiring Range near the base. The base is about 60 mics  of Manila. Local police said he. Incident could have been a rebel plot since members of the communist new peo ple s army operate in the area in october 1187, communist rebels killed two american soldiers a retired . Airman and a Filipi no of . Descent in almost simultaneous attacks near Clark. There had been no attacks on americans since then. Crude cargo a fishing boat hulls a containment Boom Ull cd with Ull spilled by the  across the Calm sparkling Nale Ruthi Prince William sound a Fri Day. Experts feared however thai lie spill could Lake a Lubuk no turn. Winds h Ere pushing Oil toward .kodliik.1 Alaska the Nutlis s no. 1 fishing Purl lust year with $166 Willlim Wurth of Cul Clies. As Resi dents wonted 1 he oust guard backs saturday to Lake Edvun tank of new Federal authority in the clean up and Mould into a command be Alt set up by Exxon Carp. In Valdez. Ilie spill occurred March 24 when he ship ran onto a Nvvf. Gaelic Cut in the supertanker allowed id million Gallons of crude la Blacken Che sound. Soviet submarine Mike class this single boat is probably a test vehicle for new design and propulsion features first Depto Ytol 1983 Olitta Dement. Lorn 6.00 curved length 360.8 Loel Width 39.4 feet height �9,5 fool torpedo lube sin 2t into and 25.6 Inch for torpedoes missiles can probably carry ss1s.ss16ard 1,600 nautical mile Ango san 31 miss Iii instead of torpedoes i can Lay up to 64 Minea main machinery reactors probably liquid meia coated so fwd knots 33 Crew approx Matolsy 95 sub from Page 1 a Crew of about 95. From observations by a Norm  reconnaissance air Crew the norwegian defense ministry estimated 40. To 50 men were picked up by soviet vessels. Referring to the Casy Altai Sli s a Mailer Mcmath talk a said maj John Berg a military spokesman. You have a Poten tial of so or More who died norwegian military officers said the submarine caught fire and went Dowie in International Waters Friday some 120 Miles Southwest of Norway s hear Island arid about 310 mile s West Oft Romeo on Norway s riot Hen coast. The submarine reportedly caught fire while submerged. The norwegian defense ministry mud that after the snip surfaced the fire spread from one Section to several of hrs scaling Oft an explosion. Trie ship Ihnn a Csc to Lisl and link def cow Minuter Johan Jyh Cen Hom said however that he believed the risk of contamination was slight. Johan Baarlie of the government s in Sii Lule for radiation Protection said his Agency dispatched iwo boats to the area to Check for radiation. Five samples of surface water from the Accident site were collected by a coastguard vessel and pc arc being flown 10 Oslo for analysis. Soviet presided Mikhail s. Gorba Chev assured Norway that the vessel s reactor was shut Down before it Sank and that there was no risk of radiation. According to the opinion of experts 1 he possibility of a nuclear explosion and radioactive pollution of the environments excluded Gorbachev whole in a Mes Sage 10 Norway a prime minister,-.- Gro Harlem Brundtland. Gorbachev Scal similar messages to inc United slates and Britain. Gorbachev confirmed thai some Sooj. Cd sailors were killed but did hoi say how1many, no cause was Given for the Fife the third serious soviet sub Accident in 2 i years. The soviet news Agency Tass said the sub Sank in water More Inah 450q feel deep Tass quo cd defense minister Dmitri t. A Azov As Sayini survivors were taken on Board a Soviel warship Lylial was bound Lor the Arctic port of Murmansk. Norway s foreign minister Thorwald loll Berg critic Ned i he Soviel failure 10 quickly inform Norway of the Acci Dent. In s Clear that the information Marhc too late a Lottenberg said in a radio in Tass said that the fire broke out at 1 1 41 . Friday and Thal the sub Sank., Abonit 5 i hours later. A norwegian spokesman said Oslo was officially told of the Accident nearly nine hours after the sinking and Only after the foreign ministry in Oslo contacted the Soviel embassy the Vienna based International atomic. Energy Agency said the soviets. Notified it onic sub Accident Corly sat urday. The soviets it reported said there was no danger of a nuclear explosion or radioactive contamination soviet officials were  for not providing accurate or timely information after the april 26. 1936, explosion an tire at the Chorno Byrnum ear Power Plant that sent a Cloud of radiation into inc atmosphere contaminating crops and livestock in Europe , officials in Washington said the sub apparently belonged to the Mike class. If thai is Correct the ship was launched in 1983 and was built to carry i i Long Range missile. In London Paul Beaver an expert with the Jane s defense data Publica Tion told inc British broadcasting corp. Thai the sub was highly advanced. As far As us can Sec it s a new design which is there to test propulsion systems senior systems weapon systems and even Hull design he said. It s really a prototype for whal has come after  the Accident was in strategic Waters frequented by he soviet and nato Nav ies. For the soviets the Waters arc the exit route of its Massic Northern Fleet stationed on the Kata Peninsula in the Barents sea