European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page b the stars and stripes thursday March 15,1990 1 St female president vows a to clean the face of Haiti port a Prince Haili apr president Ertha Pascal Trouillot pledged at her inauguration tuesday a to clean the face of Haiti with a provisional civilian government that will Lead this country to its first free elections. Pascal trouilly. Who took a leave of absence As supreme court Justice is the first female president in the 186-Ycar history of this impoverished Caribbean Island nation. She was sworn in a Day after military ruler it. Gen. Prosper Avril fled following a week of violent demonstrations against his 18-month regime that left at least 24 dead in the streets of Haiti. A i have accepted this heavy task in the name of haitian women Quot she told Elk hundreds of political and civic leaders diplomats Pascal Trouillot and army officers at the National Palace ceremony. A my government will be what you want it to Pascal Trouillot 46, will govern along with a 19-Mem-her advisory Council until elections arc held possibly in three to six months. A in the Short time i have i will work to clean the face of Haili a she promised. She spoke in both French and Creole. After the ceremony thousands of haitians outside the domed White Stone Palace filled vast Champ de Mars Plaza and cheered when she came outside saluted by an army band on the Palace Lawn. A strike and fear had left this capital City of 1 million people deserted for Days. Businesses reopened tuesday and port a Prince was Calm except for the Northern Delmas sector where gunfire sent hundreds fleeing indoors in the Early morning. It was not immediately Clear who did the shooting. After Avril flew into exile monday on a . Air Force Jet the Bush administration urged a fall haitians to work together in a spirit of reconciliation Quot to achieve free elections and respect for human rights a was rapidly As a the United states shares these goals and is prepared to help the provisional government bring democracy to Haiti Quot stale department spokeswoman Margaret Tut Wiler said. The new president will Lead the first government formed by a civilian opposition and the first civilian government since dictator Jean Claude a baby Doc Duvalier fled to exile in France in 1986. C to i it get a washed up with the tide a Small group of sightseers gathers on a Beach in armed 1,200-ton ship broke Loose from a polish tug Denmark to View a stranded soviet frigate. The Dis in Stormy winds on its Way to be scrapped in Spain. Jlse Sailim n in Tiv a an Anuku a a it v Thatcher puts no Stock in 3 polls showing loss of support in party London apr prime minister Margaret socialist opposition labor party. Thatcher said tuesday she docs not believe three Straw Maior problems Are soaring Home loan costs because London apr prime minister Margaret Thatcher said tuesday she docs not believe three Straw polls showing at least on fourth of governing conservative party legislators surveyed want her to quit before the next election. Quot i did not believe them anyway Quot Thatcher told the House of commons. �?o1 thought the usual source near to no. 10 Downing Street who dismissed them As Bunkum and Balderdash got it absolutely the phrase is a favorite of the press spokesman at her Downing Street residence Bernard Ingham a Gruff Yorkshire Man. According to British practice he was not quoted by name. The polls published in three National newspapers on sunday underlined growing discontent with the 64-Ycar-old prime minister. Her party is at its lowest Levels in nearly two decades some 19 Points behind the socialist opposition labor party. Major problems Are soaring Home loan costs because the government has raised interest rates to 15 percent to try to curb inflation and an unpopular new local government tax which has provoked violent demonstrations at town Halls. The surveys did not include 100 of the 374 conservative lawmakers who have government jobs ranging from Cabinet ministers to parliament secretaries. They Are appointed by Thatcher former conservative party chairman Norman teb bit speaking at a lunch Given by american reporters tuesday said speculation that Thatcher will be ousted by the parly this fall was he said the legislators surveyed were a sex ministers feeling sore at being dropped and would be ministers feeling sore at not being promoted and that minority who had never supported mrs. world today unexploded rocket head removed from Many sarm Bangkok Thailand apr vietnamese army surgeons have removed the unexploded head of a rocket Shell from a Fannery a in a an extremely tense operation the official Vietnam news Agency said. 1 Hoang Minh son 36, was working in a Field in the Central province of thua Thien Hue on feb. 22 when he hit the .-made Shell with his Hoe detonating the propelling charge and sending the egg size head into his left it said. In a report dated tuesday and seen in Bangkok wednesday the Agency quoted explosive and ballistics experts As saying a it was too risky to tamper with the Shell head As it might explode at the slightest displacement Quot and immediate surgery was required. A the report did not say where the Shell came from but unexploded rounds left Over from the Vietnam War have killed or maimed Large numbers of people in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia since the fighting ended in 1975.panamanian president ends hunger strike Panama City Panama apr president Guillermo Endara ended on tuesday the hunger strike he began March 1 to press for . Money to help Panama a troubled Economy and ease unemployment. In Washington president Bush renewed his request to Congress for $500 million in assistance to help Rescue Panama a battered Economy. Endara said he ended the fast to protect his health. A medical report released tuesday said he showed a signs of exhaustion and the president who started the strike weighing 240 pounds lost 16 lands in Guam after engine catches fire Agana Guam apr a Continental airlines dc-10 made an emergency Landing after one of its engines caught fire a passenger said. There were no injuries. Flight 969, carrying 155 passengers on a flight from Guam to Australia returned to Guam about 20 minutes after its 5 25 . Takeoff tuesday said Guy Schroeder Regio Nal director for Continental. Bemie Klupfel a passenger aboard the plane said he noticed a fire in one of the planets engines. Passengers aboard the flight were put up in hotels on Guam and Saipan the capital of the Northern Marianas islands said schroeder.20 egyptians who fought for Iraq freed by Iran Geneva apr Twenty egyptians who were captured while fighting for Iraq during the Gulf War stopped Over in Geneva on wednesday on their flight borne not lowing their release by arrived aboard a regular Iran air flight and were scheduled to change to a Swissair flight due in Cairo Egypt at 7 45 spokesman of the International committee of int red Cross said the prisoners had not been registered with the committee which officially lists 50,182 prisoners War in Iran. Iran a official islamic Republic news Agency in stored in Cyprus said the egyptians were released Zolto a ing mediation by lebanese shiite Leader Sheik Mac Shaaban head of the pro iranian Tawhid officials request turned Down by Iraq London apr Iraq rejected a request by Brixis foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd to visit Baghdad in peal for the life of a London based journalist Sente death for spying the government said today. Britain has been waging a diplomatic and Media pain seeking clemency for Farzad Baoit an i bom reporter for the British weekly the foreign office spokesman said Hurd ask a ambassador to Iraq to arrange a meeting win i Saddam Hussein to discuss the plight of Bazo it j British nurse sentenced to 15 years in prison Tor com Daphne Parish 52, was charged with driving iraqis Al Iskandarian military Complex m a p re where he was arrested while investigating Rij explosion at the site. Iraq has not yet set a Date for the execution. Hurd asked to Appeal directly to Hussein to visit to Oman where european Community t 6 Sisters and the Gulf cooperation Council Are s meet this weekend
