European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news updates the stars and stripes monday. May 28. 1990 space practice run Pasadena. Calif. A the Magellan spacecraft has completed a four a run through of the tasks it will perform when it enters Venus orbit to map that planet later this ear. Scientists said. The spacecraft 104 million Miles from Earth and 12 million Miles from Venus completed 100 hours of Maneu vers data gather ing and communication with ground stations on Earth. Magel Lan project manager Anthony j. Spear  spacecraft performed Fiat Essl. Spear said. Magellan is scheduled to go into orbit around Venus on aug. 10 to begin a 243-Day Mission to map about 90 percent of Earth s sister  spacecraft will look for ancient Stream channels and Shore lines to find evidence that the planet once had oceans. Root suspended Washington a the Washington attorney who ditched his plane in the Atlantic Ocean last summer has been ordered to show we he should t be disbarred from practising before the Federal communications commission. In the interim. Thomas l. Root has been suspended from practice ing Lav before the commission the acc said. The commission said it had acted because the . Court of appeals for the District of Colum Bia entered an order Panl 12 Dis barring Root by consent. Acc rules require that attorneys prac timing before it not be under an disbarment order. In March. Root was indicted on 33 counts of fraud and other come in ohm radio stations he was representing before the acc. The Federal indictment accused Root of defrauding the go Ern ment an j Fie clients. Radio free Europe Washington up radio free Europe has announced the opening of news bureaus in Prague Czechoslovakia and War saw. Poland. The new leaders of Czechoslovakia. Poland and Hungary have encouraged re to establish bureaus in their countries said e. Eugene Pell president of radio free Europe radio Liberty. Moslem defy curfew 60 Kille by pakistani Security forces. Dutott fat r Cir or it re Anh Hyderabad Pakistan a Security forces killed 60 people and wounded More than 200 on sunday after moslem leaders called on residents of this Southern City to defy a 13-Day-old curfew police and witnesses said. Meanwhile in the provincial capital of Karachi. 22 people died and at least 75 others were wounded in sniper at tacks that continued until the army was sent in to halt the violence which has both ethnic and political roots police said. In Islamabad the Federal capital opposition parliament members demanded the dismissal of the provincial govern ment and declaration of a state of Emer gency in Singh. Prime minister Binazir Bhutto s Home province. Singh has been wracked by ethnic strife and political rivalries in recent years. Kidnappings assassinations and random sniper fire have killed More than 2.000 people. Police blame a militant faction of the Mohajir Ami movement a Small Politi Cal party representing descendants of moslem indians who immigrated to Pakistan during the 1947 partition of the  Mem is demanding recognition of Mohajir As Pakistan s fifth nationality along with punjabis. Pathans. A minis and the  of troops swept across Singh last week and arrested More than 800 suspects in the continuing violence including members of the Mem and their rivals in Bhutto s Pakistan people s  Mem once backed Bhutto s government but withdrew its support last november forcing a no Confidence vote that the prime minister narrowly sur  to official count at least 135 people have been killed and hundreds wounded since May 15 in Hydera bad resulting in the imposition of cur fews that brought the City of 3 million people to a virtual standstill. In Karachi ethnic strife has Given Way to political feuding that has turned the country s financial and Industrial Center into a Battleground. The main combat ants Are Bhutto s supporters and Mem members. On sunday in Hyderabad sporadic gun Battles broke out Between residents and Security forces including soldiers police and paramilitary troops patrol Ling the  of people Many of them women clutching copies of the Koran the moslem holy Book poured into the streets at the urging of moslem leaders who spoke Over loudspeakers at neigh boyhood mosques police and witnesses  moslem clerics urged residents to leave their Homes to get food and to de Mand restoration of water and electricity they said. Security forces with orders to shoot curfew violators warned residents to go Back inside. But the warnings were ignored and troops opened fire police and witnesses said. Ambulances raced to the area to pick up victims and take them to a nearby Hospital but doctors said they did not have adequate facilities to treat All the wounded. Israeli supreme court rejects Appeal of treason espionage conviction Jerusalem a the supreme court on sunday rejected former nuclear technician Mordechai Sanunu s Appeal of his conviction for treason and espionage resulting from his leaks about is Rael s nuclear weapons program to a Lon Don newspaper. The three judge panel announced its decision which was read behind closed doors. Sanunu s Case has been shrouded in secrecy since he was arrested in 19s6 after disappearing in London. Sanunu was brought to the supreme court on sunday in a White Van with the windows covered so he could not be seen by photographers or reporters. The judges did not make Public their reasons for rejecting the Appeal. The Case received International Atten Tion because Sanunu claimed he had been drugged and kidnapped by israeli agents just before publication of articles in the sunday times of London based on his disclosures. The newspaper reported that Israel had stockpiled 100 nuclear weapons and had the ability to make atomic Neutron and Hydrogen bombs. It said this Arsenal made Israel the world s sixth largest nuclear Power. Israel has never responded directly to allegations about its nuclear capacity but has said it will not be the first coun try to introduce atomic weapons into the Middle East. Israeli officials refused to disclose How Sanunu was brought to Israel but said no British Laws were broken. Sanunu s brother. Meir. Said Van no was lured from London to Rome by an american woman who promised him sex. In Rome he was abducted by israeli agents and spirited Home. Meir said. Sanunu 36, a former technician at Israel s nuclear facility in dimona was convicted in March 1988 and sentenced to 18 years in prison. In his Appeal. Sanunu maintained that speaking to a newspaper does not constitute espionage or treason. Sanunu testified during his trial that he made his revelations to the newspaper to Alert the Middle East and the world to the dangers of nuclear weapons not for personal gain or out of a desire to harm his country. The maximum punishment for the treason and espionage charges is life but the judges took into account Sanunu s indications that he regretted his actions. The supreme court said it would hear arguments within 30 Days on whether to make Public its full decision on Van no s Appeal. Sanunu also has 30 Days to Appeal the decision to a larger supreme court panel or ask for a reduction in his sentence. He has 14 years left to serve since his time in jail before his conviction was counted As time served. He is jailed in the Askelon prison in a private cell. Roofs erupt offer Israel lifts some Arab curfews Jerusalem up the military lifted we Klong curlews sunday in part of the Gaza strip and West Bank but within hours violence flared with the death of one palestinian and the wound ing of 14 others. The violence came a week after seven Gaza workers were killed when an israeli posing As a Soldier opened fire on them near the israeli town of Rishon in Zion. The bloody aftermath left 14 palestini ans dead and hundreds wounded during the week most in confrontations in Gaza with israeli soldiers trying to quell the rioting. In reaction to the workers slayings and subsequent violence dozens of prominent palestinians in the West Bank. Gaza strip and East Jerusalem embarked on a hunger strike demanding the establishment of a . Observer Force and israeli withdrawal from the territories. Palestinian sources said 10 More Gaza palestinians joined five of their colleagues sunday who began a hunger strike Friday at Gaza City s red Cross offices. Most of the West Bank and East Jeru Salem palestinians began their fast a week ago. Three left Wing members of Israel s parliament the Knesset met with the Gaza hunger strikers. They denounced the Rishon be Zion killings and prom ised to work toward a comprehensive peace and a two state solution. In the Dir Al Balah refugee Camp where the army lifted the curfew Early in the Day clashes erupted when palestini ans took to the streets in renewed pro tests Over the Rishon be Zion slayings palestinian sources said. Tarik Moham med dab was shot in the Chest and killed. 90 campers rescued from flood in Missouri Potosi to. A about 90 campers some in Trees were rescued saturday after heavy Rains caused a Creek of the Mineral Fork River to Rise and flood several campgrounds authorities said. You could see them hanging in the tops of the Trees waving Flash lights and screaming for help said Dennis Spradling a firefighter for the Potosi fire Protection District. Dozens of people including Washington county sheriffs deputies fire fighters from about 15 area depart ments and volunteers used boats to help Rescue campers Spradling said. The water was Over Highway 21. Hampering rescuers efforts he said. The River had been High following persistent Rains through most of Mav. The Call for help came about 12 50 . Spradling said. People were res cued from four campgrounds just South of Washington state Park. About 13 Miles North of the East mis Souri town. They were taken to a nearby school. There were no major injuries. Spradling said. Three boats Sank in the fast moving water. By mid afternoon saturday the High water was receding and authorities were checking campers other vehicles and camping equipment. There were no reports of missing people. Spradling said. John Feldt of the National weather service  area got about 2.5 inches of rain in the 24 hours ending at 7 . Saturday. He  heaviest rain was in Central Missouri with Iberia getting about 6 inches in that period