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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday. February 28,1990 Black history Mont the gift a a child is a perfect rift to the universe Quot spec. James Scott said of the last in a series of his paintings that have appeared in the Stan and stripes this month. Quot it s up to the parents and social How that child is folded and How he s going to turn out a a world today opposition senator 6 others charged in bid to oust Aquino chinese service offering help in collecting debts Beijing apr a Young Bill collector is offering China s first course Oil How to intimidate deadbeats into paving up. According to a news report. The correspondence course offered by 28-year-old Sun Zheng is in response to a National crisis in business debt and widespread defaults on loan payments the Olti Cial China daily said. Sun s two month $17 course includes instruction in Strong Arm tactics that arc legally acceptable in recovering debts it said. The newspaper did not provide details but said Sun. Who opened the great Wall debt collection service in the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang last May. Commonly sends a five Man squad of a Rhca Vics Quot to pressure a Borrower. One of the five is a Legal specialist. The others do not Hurt the Borrower Quot but their presence is so me dancing that the Man will eventually be forced to pay Back what he  the newspaper  Korea will hold Assembly election in april Tokyo apr North Korea will hold a parliamentary election in april six months before the scheduled end of the lawmakers four year terms its official news Agency has announced. The korean Central news Agency said the decision by the standing committee of the eighth supreme people s Assembly to hold the Assembly election was made in a meeting thursday. Members of the current Assembly were chosen in an election held in november 1986. The report monitored in Tokyo did not say Why the election was being held six months Early. The Assembly. North Korea s legislature officially is the highest government body but generally serves Only to ratify decisions made by the communist party. In the past the Assembly usually has met Only twice a year each Lime for a few Days. A 15-member standing committee elected by the Assembly performs legislative functions when the Assembly is not in session. At the first Assembly session after the election the Assembly s key posts including chairman and vice chairman arc elected and the new Cabinet is formed. Manila. Philippines api a opposition sen. Juan Ponce Enrioc surrendered to police after he and six others were indicted tuesday on rebellion charges for alleged roles in december s failed bid to oust president Corazon Aquino. The former defense minister a one of Aquino s most vocal critics a has denied any role in the bloody dec. 1-9 coup attempt and accused the government of fabricating charges to silence the opposition. Enrile left the Senate chamber with agents of the National Bureau of investigation who Send him an arrest warrant charging him with harbouring fugitives and with a rebellion with murder Quot a for which there is normally no bail. He was taken to Bureau Headquarters where he was booked and fingerprinted. Enrioc told reporters he would probably remain there overnight then ask the supreme court to allow bail. Before surrendering Enrile said Quot i know that those who Are accusing me will surely have their Day As i have my Day  the others indicted tuesday were former . Col. Gregorio a Gringo Quot Henna san Bagayan provincial gov. Rodolfo Aguinaldo retired Brig. Gen. Felix Brawner retired it. Col. Billy Bibit. Businessman Ribecco pan Lilio and his wife. Enrioc was the Best known figure charged so far in the failed coup the sixth and bloodiest attempt to unseat Aquino since she took office in the 1986 uprising that toppled the late president Ferdinand Marcos. Enrioc led the february 1986 military Mutiny that triggered the Quot people Power Quot uprising Aquino Rode to Power. But Aquino fired Enrile As defense minister in november of that year after a tailed c by his followers. Charges against Enrile ice from statements by witnesses who claimed they saw Onasan and about 100 rebels at the senator s Home on the first Day of the coup attempt Enrioc claims he has not seen Onasan  1987. Hours after his indictment was announced Engle appeared at the Senate and in a speech to his colleagues said Quot the regime of president Corazon c. Aquino has marshalled All its forces in fabricating charges against me in order to silence the voice of the opposition in this  Quot As i leave you today. I pledge to you that no jail or prison shall Slop me from living my Best to voice inc grievances of the filipino  he added. Supporters of the Enrile failed coup have charged the Aquino government with mismanagement and corruption. Vice president Salvador Laurel arrived later at the Bureau Headquarters and told reporters that if Enrioc s arrest was an attempt a to stifle the opposition this is not going to . A the arrest of sen. Juan Ponce Enrioc the Lone opposition member of the Senate is the height of intolerance of political dissent which is the essence of a functioning democracy a Laurel said. A the attempt to simulate compliance with Legal processes merely heightens the hypocrisy of the  Laurel broke a a a a not the opposition. In a speech sunday marking. In office Aquino repeatedly denounced Enrile who As Marcos defense minister ordered the arrest of thousands including her assassinated husband. Benigno Aquino or. During martial Law from 1972 until 1981. Is the hypocrisy of the act. I broke with Aquino in 1987 and later organized Isi Tion Nacion Alista party along with Enrioc. Pc sch sunday marking her fourth anniversary military names 8 of 9 killed in Panama helicopter crash Panama City Panama apr the . Southern come on monday released the names of Highl of nine people killed when a military helicopter crashed last week during a thunderstorm in a Jungle. That helicopter and a second one crashed wednesday while on a training Mission near Punta Diego about 50 Miles Southwest of Colon on the Atlantic Entrance to the Panama canal. On Friday the Southern come disclosed the names of two men killed on the second helicopter. In a news release monday it identified three of the four Crew members killed on the first helicopter a us Ihas warrant officers Vincent Gibson and Richard Block and spec. Joel l. Mints. It said the name of the fourth was being withheld until relatives were notified. All four belonged to cob 1st in of . Army South s 228lh airborne regt in Panama. The five passengers aboard who were All killed were identified As sets. Sidney t. Dew and Antonio b. Solis. Specs. Rodney l. Blodgett and Kirk m. Magill. And pvt. 2 Charles d. Allison. They were members of cob 3rd in 17th inf. 7th inf div with Headquarters at fort Ord. Calif inc news release said. Those killed on the second helicopter an oh-58 observation aircraft were capt. Richard d. Tyndall and warrant officer James w. Carl the Pilot. Carl was assigned to the panamanian company and Tyndall to the fort Ord company. . Accuses Castro of being a the Ceausescu of the Caribbean a Geneva up a cuban president Fidel Castro is a the Ceausescu of the Caribbean and runs one of the world s most repressive governments the United states charged at the . Commission on human rights tuesday. . Delegate Armando Valladares told the commissions 46th annual session that 1989 was a a year of historic  Freedom and democracy gained momentum worldwide especially in Eastern Europe and most recently in Nicaragua he said. There Are Many countries where people Are still denied Basic rights however and the situation in Cuba has even deteriorated said Valladares himself a former cuban political prisoner. Quot i firmly believe that the Castro government continues to be one of the worst violators of human rights in the world today Quot he said. A what we have Here is the Ceausescu of the Caribbean a one of the last stalinist dictators in the world today Quot Valladares said referring to the ousted romanian Leader Nicolas Ceausescu. Under Castro he said cubans Are denied equal Protection under the Law. Free elections Freedom of speech and foreign travel a free press and an Independent judiciary. Quot Castro is making a mockery of this commission by jailing All but a handful of cubans human rights leaders Quot the american Delegate said. International pressure must be maintained on Cuba. Valladares said and the commission should adopt a .-proposed Resolution to keep monitoring Cuba. Looking at the situation elsewhere in the world he said the Bush administration welcomes reforms begun by the White government of South Africa but condemns rights violations elsewhere in Africa especially in Ethiopia Somalia and Sudan. There has also been Quot a deterioration of human rights Quot in China he said. Quot in the Middle East the world is still plagued by the fanaticism of certain groups who have Little or no concern for the human dignity of  Valladares said specifically naming Iran and Iraq. Other countries where there Are flagrant abuses of human rights be said include Cambodia Burma sri Lanka North Korea Vietnam and Al Salvador  
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