European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday september 20,1989 Mozambique flogging Rule repealed by lawmakers Maputo. Mozambique a the National As Sembly has repealed a 1983 Law that allowed courts to order Public flogging As part of the sentence for certain crimes the mozambican news Agency reported tues Day. The Law. Repealed on monday with a unanimous vote had allowed judges to impose flogging in Addi Tion to prison sentences in cases involving Security offences Black Mark steering armed robbery and the rape of minors. International human rights groups had criticized the Law and mozambican authorities for cases where policemen reportedly carried out floggings on their own without any court proceedings. 41,000 namibian exiles repatriated . Says Geneva. Switzerland up some 41,000 namibian exiles have been repatriated in time to meet the sept. 23 registration deadline for Independence elections the . High commissioner for refugees said tuesday. Repatriation began june 12 under a comprehensive amnesty for All exiles from Namibia formerly a South african controlled territory called South West Africa. The High commissioner s office said the 41,000 exiles mainly from Angola and Zambia and including Many who fled More than 15 scars ago. Were flown Home on 452 . Charter flights. Mol people were soon Able to make Contact with friends or relatives after a few Days at five tented reception centers the office said in a report. The operation is estimated to have Cost $38 Mil  it said. Donor support has been very generous but a shortfall of $9 million remains to be  Wood Worms invading Rome museum s artwork Rome a one of Italy s  museums has called the exterminator to halt an attack of Wood Worms officials said monday. The Borghese gallery in Villa Borghese Park near he Piazza Del Popolo will be closed sept. 26 to oct. 10 for extensive Wood worm extermination said Luigi come of the ministry of culture. The museum displays paintings and sculptures Dat ing from roman times to the 19th Century including masterpieces by Botticelli and Caravaggio. The museum s paintings on Wood the frames and the Wood structures that canvases arc stretched out on arc being  the Rome newspaper ii Tempo said. It said the works under siege were those in Stor age. Conic said that because the museum has been undergoing major renovation an unusually Large number of w works arc in storage. He said. No major damage has been done to the paintings by the Wood Worms which bore into Wood and Breed there. Not camera shy Wesley wombat is just a month out of his Mother s Pouch but he s already turning into a publicity hound. The Little Marsupial being photographed in Brisbane. Australia by japanese tourist Norito Fujisawa is the 9-month-old son of one of Australia s favorite television pets fatso the wombat. Soviet subs pose greatest threat to nato according to Jane s London up should a conflict arise the soviet submarine Fleet would pose the most serious threat to nato according to a Book on underwater warfare published wednesday by the defense publisher Jane s. According to Bernard Blake editor of Jane s underwater warfare systems 1989-90. The soviet Union launches new nuclear submarine every seven weeks and a conventionally powered boat every 10 weeks although these arc mostly for Export. The biggest threat to nato undoubtedly comes from the soviet submarine Fleet which at May 1989, totalled some 362 submarines of All types plus nearly 100 build ing or in Reserve Blake wrote in his introduction. This is truly a formidable Force particularly when you consider that of the 362 operational submarines about 75 Are ballistic missile carrying types and nearly 70 arc cruise missile  this is about double the strength of the combined nato fleets. The . Navy has 36 ballistic missile sub marines while the combined French and British navies have 10, according to Blake. The . Fleet has about 100 attack submarines an Britain and France have about 90 other submarines of various types some of which arc getting rather  in the event of a conflict Between nato and the War saw pact. Nato Supply lines from the Atlantic coast of the United states to Western Europe would be crucial and particularly vulnerable the editor argues. With Over 200 hostile attack submarines lying in wait armed with torpedoes and other weapons the life of the average troop Carrier or merchant vessel could be very Short he concludes. Any sea Battle Blake maintains would Cost an . Both the first and second world wars highlighted the damage which Only a relatively few submarines could do to a nation which had to rely on the sea routes for its survival he said. Both the East and West military alliances arc investing considerable amounts of Money on systems to improve and foil detection of their underwater fleets. The Ocean is a very Large place and the difficulties of locating a submarine in such a vast expanse of water cannot be overemphasized Blake said. The eventual outcome of an All out submarine War or blockade is difficult to forecast but one certain thing is that it would Cost an untold number of ships before effective counter measure would Start to deter the opposition he said. Profess erupt As Quay a arrives in Souffr Korea Seoul South Korea a hundreds of students staged anti-. Pro tests in the capital and in the Southern City of Kwangju tuesday As vice presi Dent Dan Quayle arrived for talks expected to cover human rights and demo cratic Reform. A clash also was reported near the . Embassy in Manila Between police and leftist students protesting Quayle s planned visit to the Philippines. Police fired pistols in the air to scatter the philippine students who then withdrew to a nearby Park. No arrests were reported. In Seoul hundreds of riot police line disc route taken by Quayle s heavily guarded motorcade As he went from a military Airport outside to prime min ister Kang Young Hoon s office at the Start of two Days of talks. Radical students opposing Quayle s visit staged a Small protest at Seoul municipal apply tech University where about 100 students burned a . Flag and chanted we oppose to the death Quayle s  at Kyun Ghec University in Eastern Seoul 50 students burned a . Flag and an effigy of Quayle. They also shouted slogans against newly assigned . Ambassador Donald Gregg describing him As a Cia master of political Manipula  protests were reported at two other Seoul campuses but Here was no confrontation with police. About 500 Radical students shouting Yankee go Home battled riot police with firebombs and rocks in the Southern City of Kwangju police said. The protests were minuscule by South korean standards and dissident groups made no Effort to organize demonstrations in protest of Quayle s visit. The radicals Are demanding an end to close lies with Washington and expulsion of the 43,000 . Troops based in South Korea under a Mutual defense pact. South korean and . Officials say the . Troops must remain to ensure that North Korea does not attack. Washington intervened on behalf of South Korea in the 1950-53 korean War and has kept troops in the country since. Quayle and his wife Marilyn were greeted by the prime minister and top Cabinet ministers on their arrival from Alaska. Two korean children presented the Quayle with Flowers and the vice president inspected an Honor guard. Quayle is to meet president Ron tac woo and Heads of the main political Par lies on wednesday. The vice president is expected to urge the South korean government to keep its commitment to bringing in full demo cratic Rule since Roh look Power in february last year. The United Stales is unhappy about a recent wave of arrests of opponents of the Seoul  korean opposition leaders were to Tell Quayle they arc concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation opposition party officials said. A nation Al Assembly report released sunday said 2,094 people had been detained on Polit ical charges since Roh came to Power in february 1988.. Officials who would not be named said Quayle would urge the Roh government to show greater respect for human rights in View of the mailings and other government moves to curb oppose , a former general has helped introduce Broad democratic reforms but conservative groups within the govern ment arc taking a tougher line. Opposition groups contend the government is backing away from its Promise of full democracy