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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 28.1989pageb the stars and stripes sunday May 28. Lyra thousands of police Block rally in Seoul Seoul South Korea a the government deployed 7,000 riot police in Central Seoul on saturday to Block a protest by dissidents calling for the fall of president Roh tac woo. Troopers arrested More than 200 people. Hundreds of riot police in Green com Bat fatigues with Shields blocked off the Park where the rally was to be held. Troopers also guarded main streets sub Way stations and government buildings to prevent protests. Several Hundred people tried to stage protests or March downtown after being blocked from assembling at the rally site. Bands of Radical students who tried to hold a March in the Center of the City were dragged away by police after they Lay Down in the Middle of the Road. Riot police deployed in the City Center stopped and questioned people searched bags and took away suspects for questioning. Police officials said More than 200 people were arrested. It was the second saturday in a Tow that the government blocked a protest in Seoul with a massive show of police strength. Few people responded to the dissidents Call to take part in the pro tests despite widespread appeals. Dissidents and Radical students have Little Public support because of their Vio Lent tactics and extremist views. Opposition to the dissidents has increased since seven riot troopers were killed by Radical students earlier this month. The United National democratic movement the main dissident Alliance that had called for protests in Seoul and 10 other cities had predicted up to 100,000 people would demonstrate nationwide. The Only other reported pro test involved about 2.000 people in the Southern City of Kwangju. About 300 Radical students continued a hunger strike for a second Day at Myon Dong roman Catholic Cathedral in the City Center on saturday to demand the fall of Roh and a government Agni is Sion that police killed a Radical student. Riot police ringed the Cathedral but made no move to Stop the protest. Some of the hunger strikers bit their fingers to draw blood with which they wrote anti government slogans. About 500 students were blocked by riot police when they attempted to March out of Monsei University in West Ern Seoul. Students pushed and hit police with Sticks but were not Able to break through lines of troopers with interlocked Shields. Bury Roh tac woo students shouted. Dissidents arc demanding an investigation into the death of Lee col Kyu who they claim was tortured and killed by police. His body was found on May 10 in a Reservoir near the Southern City of Kwangju. The government says police chased Lee after stopping him at a Roadblock but deny any official involvement in the death. The government says an autopsy shows Lee drowned and officials speculate he fell into the Reservoir and drowned by Accident. Mired Down in mud u fist militants were soaked and then mired in mud after West German police on Friday used water Cannon to control an outbreak of violence. Fighting and Rock throwing erupted after Authur tics attempted to Clear the squatters Camp near i Lamburg s waterfront. There were no reports of injuries in the Melee. Reported comments create juror Frankfurt West Germany a a City legis Lator from an Ultra rightist party created a juror on Friday when a newspaper quoted him As saying that jews arc plundering us again and something must be done about  German Ard television said the City prosecutor s office had started an investigation against 78 year old Erich Gutjahr for possibly violating German Laws with his reported  members of the City Council demanded the resignation of Gutjahr a 78-year-old member of the rightist National party of Germany known by its Ger Man initials  Ned holds views Are often likened to those of German Neo nazi groups. It won seven City Council seats in local elections in March giving the Ull aright is party a minority voice in the Law making body. Gutjahr in an interview published Friday by the Frankfurter Allie mine newspaper was quoted As say ing jews have bought up half of the  to the newspaper Gutjahr also said the jews arc plundering us  Gutjahr a strident anti communist also said he would rather see City property put under government control before More of it is sold to jewish buyers the newspaper  elderly councilman denied being anti semitic but said he Only wants to protect German interests it said. World today Swiss army will become leaner1 but remain Tough Bern Switzerland a the Swiss army s required strength will be Cut by 100,000 men by the mid-1990s, and soldiers military service will end at age 42 instead of 50, the defense minister has  proposals which need parliamentary approval would make the army leaner without losing muscle an free More people to run the Economy and civilian sectors during a crisis said defense minister Kaspar Villiger. The changes were proposed because of a drop in the number of available Young soldiers and financial pres sure on defense spending. Homosexual marriages now allowed in Denmark Copenhagen Denmark a Denmark enacted a Law Friday permitting civil marriages Between couples of the same sex. The legislation gives homosexual couples the same rights As in a conventi9nal marriage regarding inheritance taxation joint rights to pensions and property  couples however Are not permitted to adopt  persons of the same sex can let their partnership be registered said article of the Bill in what amounted to a permission for a civil Mamac. At least one partner must be a danish citizen. Unlike in a conventional marriage the non danish part Ner would not be entitled to citizenship As a Conse Quence of marrying a Dane. Moose goes on rampage in Helsinki apartment Helsinki. Finland a a 450-Pound Moose wandered into a Helsinki suburb and wrecked a ground floor apartment after crashing through the bed room  yearling ended its Days on the living room floor after police shot it finnish tabloid newspapers reported. Police said the Moose had been bleeding to death from its cuts from jumping through the window of a three bedroom apartment in the suburb of Pukin Maki about five Miles from the City  local radio station earlier broadcast a police warn ing to motorists that a wild Moose was on the  owners of the apartment were out and no one was Hurt. Police said the meat would be sold after it was checked by a veterinarian. Arabs form Lebanon peace pane of end of Summit Casablanca Morocco a a Summit of Arab leaders ended Friday with the selection of three Heads of state to form a committee to supervise a cease fire in Lebanon and work out a plan of National reconciliation in the divided country within six months. The conference was convened in a Spir it of National responsibility realizing the sensitivity of the phase through which the Arab nation is going a spokesman said. But the four Day Summit often degenerated into chaos Over rival Points of View and lasted two Days longer than  was no Call in the eight Page final communique read by Arab league Secre tary general Hedli Alibi for the evacuation of syrian troops from greater Beirut. The leaders left that controversial proposal to be handled As a gentlemen s agreement iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz said. A syrian pullout had been the main objective of Iraq. Syrian intransigence blocked any Reso Lution explicitly calling for the syrian army to leave  the next six months docs not see a syrian withdrawal Aziz said Iraq would feel entitled to demand a new session of the Casablanca Summit to Deal with the matter More  the Summit Resolution fell Short of what must be done on this important Issue Aziz said but he added that the leaders reached a gentleman agreement for a pullout of syrian troops from the Beirut area at first then from other regions. The Summit ado cd a seven Point plan on Lebanon that stressed the need for Unity Arab identity territorial integ Rity and Independence. The Fate of Lebanon is a general Arab responsibility the final statement said. It called on All lebanese factions to re Spect the cease fire put in place by the Arab league last april. The Summit appointed a three Mem Ber committee a nosing Morocco s King Hassan ii As its chairman saudi Arabia s King fahd and Algeria s president Chad i band Jadid to supervise the lebanese cease fire. They were also Given a dead line to mediate a revision of the Leb anese Constitution to provide for a redistribution of  committee was entrusted with four main tasks including taking the measures it sees fit to organize a meet ing of the lebanese parliament out Side Lebanon if necessary to prepare a political Reform document paving the Way for National reconciliation  
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