European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday january 22, 1990 Indian Leader to scrap Gas disaster settlement Bhopal. India a prime minister . Singh told survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas disaster on sunday that his government would scrap the j470 million settlement with Union Carbide. He also told a crowd of 100.000 that his govern ment would pursue criminal charges and the $3 Bil lion originally sought from the . Multinational. We believe there can be no Deal Over human  Singh said referring to the settlement accepted last year by the Indian supreme court and the government of then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Huge crowds greeted Singh on his first visit to Bhopal. Where More than 3.000 people were killed on dec. 3. 1984, when porn Gas leaked from a nearby Union Carbide storage tank. He promised that his government would provide interim Relief to All people affected by the tragedy saying the Money to be paid would be determined within a month. The prime minister who look Over from Gandhi on dec. 2. Did not provide specifics As to How his government would reopen the Legal Case in the world s deadliest Industrial disaster. On feb. 15. 1989. The supreme court accepted the $470 million settlement As full and final in connection with a government lawsuit which had been dragging through the Indian courts for about four cais. The Gandhi government had originally sought $3 billion in damages and later filed criminal negligence charges against top officials of Union car bide corp. And its local subsidiary. Union Carbide of India Ltd. When Union Carbide and the Gandhi govern ment agreed on the lesser amount the supreme court absolved the company of further civil or criminal liability. Under Indian Law. The settlement is subject to review if challenged. Gas victims and activist groups have filed challenges claiming the govern ment had no right to declare itself the sole representative of All claims arising from the disaster and that the compensation was inadequate. On dec. 22. The supreme court the nation s highest court declared that the Gandhi government did have the right to be the claimants Only representative. The second Challenge is pending and the Singh government had announced Jan. 12 it would sup port the challengers. Union Carbide has maintained that the Gas leak was the result of sabotage by a disgruntled employee. The government maintained the disaster was caused by company negligence. A liquid used in making pesticides leaked out of a tank and turned into a deadly vapor when it combined with the atmosphere the night of the tragedy. Brother can you spare me a loaf East Berlint is with Money in hand crowd each other to buy bread saturday in Alexander plat. The bread from a West Berlin company could be bought for Kast German Marks to Benefit Aid programs. Jordan orders partial liquor ban Amman Jordan a the government sat urday announced a ban on liquor at official gatherings and said it May outlaw liquor on Royal jordanian airline flights in response to demands by islamic activists in parliament. Islamic fundamentalists won More than 30 of the 80 parliamentary seats in november s election and the Koran islam s holy Book forbids liquor consumption. Prime minister Mudar Badran said no liquor would be sold on flights to Arab and islamic countries by Royal jordanian the National air Carrier. He said a study was being conducted to see whether a ban on liquor aboard All flights was feasible. The airline has agreements with other airlines and we cannot just ban alcohol immediately and disregard the  Badran said. But he issued a written order to ban serving spirit drinks on official occasions. Held by ministries g9vernmcnt departments and institutions and Jorda Nian embassies  earlier Abdul Munch Abu Zant a parliament member from the fundamentalist moslem brother Hood party called for an immediate ban on alcoholic beverages aboard Royal jordanian. Abu Zane argued that Royal jordanian should Fol Low the examples of airlines in saudi Arabia and Kuwait which have slopped sen ing liquor. We have enough drunk people on Earth and there fore we do not need More drugged people in the sky too Abu Zane told parliament. World Toda two Light tremors startle residents of Northern Peru Lima. Peru Ai two Light tremors startled Resi dents of the Northern peruvian province of i Aita with in a 14-Minulc period saturday the geophysical National Institute reported. No injuries or damage were reported. The first tremor at 12 44 p.m., registered an intensity of 3 on the Percalli scale. The second at 12 58, hit 4 on the scale the Institute said. The epicentre was located 93 Miles Southwest of paita a port City 530 Miles Northwest of Lima. The tremors were particularly noticeable in the cities of Schura and Hay Ovar. The Percalli scale gauges the intensity of an Earth quake from i a 2. As Felt in a specific location. A read ing of i is not Felt except by a very few while a read ing of 12 signifies total damage. Mayday Call heard in . Stirs search off England Falmouth. England a the British coast guard launched an air and sea search saturday after an Amateur radio operator in the United states reported a mayday message. The East guard said . Forest Ranger Mike Pagan received a Call for help from 10 men floating in a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean. The coast guard said it understood the men were on Board the Armin Rose before it Sank about 220 Miles South of land s end. The  lip of eng land. We Don t know if such a ship exists it is Odd that the mayday message came Over an Amateur radio  said a coast guard spokesman who was not identified in keeping with British custom. "1 he Amateur hand is not the Normal distress band Tor commercial vessels so the vessel May be a yacht but we Haven t found it in our registers he said. The spokesman added that authorities did not know where Pagan was located. The search by a Royal air Loice plane was discontinued until Daylight sunday the spokesman said hut the coast guard advised ship s passing through the area to watch Lor a life raft. Accidents in Nepal leave 36 dead and 63 injured Katmandu Nepal us l thirty six people were killed and 63 injured in three vehicle accidents Friday and saturday authorities said. Among the dead were two americans. A source said the couple from California died Fri Day when two buses collided 75 Miles West of the Capi Tal one of the buses fell off the Mountain Road and into a River. I lie Home ministry identified them As Adam Zakin and Karen Lee Duhle. A belgian also was killed. The bodies of the americans were brought to Katmandu sunday. In another Accident Friday 11 people were killed and eight injured when a truck fell 600 feel off a Moun Tain Highway the National news Agency said. Five people were injured saturday when a Tanker overturned near the South Nepal town of a cauda the Agency said. The Agency quoting police said More people could Hae been killed in the collision on Friday As it was not known How Many passengers were in the bus that Tell into the River. Airlines of both Germany to build new Berlin Airport East Berlin a the West German airline Lufthansa and the East German stale Carrier inter lug Are planning to build an International Airport to serve both East and West Berlin. The joint plan announced by airline officials Fri Day Calls for the Airport South of Berlin to be completed by the year 2005. It would be capable of handling 30 million passengers a year. The project was announced by Lufthansa chairman Heinz Ruhnau and inter lug chief Klaus Hon pcs at a joint news conference at East Berlin s Schoen Clell air port. Hinkes also said he expected inter lug to double its number of passengers 19 6 million this year As a result of East Germany s decision in november to open its Western Borders. Blueprints for the new Airport Are expected to be completed by 1995, the two airline chairmen said. The Airport will served by a subway