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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes sunday june 10,1990 Liberia insurgents agree to meet for peace talks Monrovia Liberia apr the liberian government and rebels who have been closing in on the capital have agreed to attend peace talks mediated by the liberian Council of churches the Council and government said saturday. The agreement to talk was not immediately confirmed by the rebels led by former bureaucrat Charles Taylor who has consistently refused to negotiate unless president Samuel Doe resigns and leaves the country. A government source who requested anonymity said the talks will begin monday at the . Embassy in Freetown in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Government radio confirmed that Doe had agreed to Send a delegation. A statement issued by the Church Council made no mention of the cease fire it has been calling for in the 5-month-old tribal War that has killed More than 1,000 people mostly civilians. No major fighting had been reported since Friday when the government recaptured a rubber Plantation 25 Miles Southwest of the capital. But the rebels maintained control of most of this Ohio size nation of 2.5 million in West Africa. The rebels accuse does administration of corruption economic mismanagement and human rights abuses. Doe seized Power in a bloody coup in 1980. A .-arranged evacuation of americans and other expatriates was scheduled for sunday. An air Guinea Boeing 737 will make three trips from Monrovia to Abidjan capital of neighbouring Ivory coast to ferry the americans to safety. Embassy officials said it appeared that the vast majority of the nearly 1,500 americans estimated to be in Liberia planned to stay. . And British naval ships remained off the liberian coast in Case hostilities reached the capital and an emergency evacuation was  from Page 1 Cambridge mass., on thursday travelled Home. Bush said that he and Kohl agreed that the soviets a a who lost tens of millions of people in world War ii which was triggered by German aggression a a have understandable interests in All of this but we did not try to fashion some compromised solution. Asked Why he Felt so confident about winning Over the soviets Bush said a i just had the feeling from talks with Gorbachev that the soviet Leader was moving toward the West a position. A they also paid some lip service gave some credibility to the idea that a country could choose what Alliance it was going to be in a Bush said. A the facts Are on our Side a the president said. A a United Germany in nato will not be threatening to the soviet Union. A . Presence in Europe will not be threatening to the soviet Union. So we be just got to keep on making our  in fact Poland and Czechoslovakia still nominally allies of the soviet Union and East Germany in the Warsaw pact have said they prefer a United Germany in nato to one outside the  from Page 1 followed by the communist party with 10 percent. The remainder of the 22 parties that ran in the elections Friday and saturday May not make the 5 percent cutoff to sit in the Federal parliament the projections showed. The projections presage a sweeping Victory for the civic forum. The pro democracy coalition of 11 parties and movements formed after the nov. 17, 1989, police attack on demonstrators in Wen Ceslas Square which led to the subsequent a velvet revolution and the overthrow of four decades of communist Rule. Federal election officials said the turnout in two Days of voting Friday and saturday exceeded 90 percent a thumping rejection of communism As Well. President Vaclav Havel and the forum had campaigned hard to get out the vote warning that a Light turnout would Aid the communist party. If the incas projection is borne out by official results expected to be announced soon the civic forum would have a working majority in parliament without needing to form a coalition with the Christian democrats whose fortunes fell at the last minute Over allegations that one of its leaders was a longtime secret police agent. However the forum and Public against violence May still seek to form a a grand coalition with the Christian democrats to strengthen their hand As it begins to implement the Tough economic reforms needed in the coming months. Incas also projected the results of the East German and romanian elections reaching within 1.6 percent accuracy in the former and 3 percent in the latter. In a dramatic conclusion to the election the incas results were projected in the midst of a news conference at which Havel a chief adviser Jiri Kri Zan confirmed publicly that Peoples party candidate Josef Martoncik had worked As a highly paid agent of the former secret police or St since 1971. Krizan and Deputy Interior minister Jan Ruml said they decided to reveal the accusation publicly after Martoncik promised Havel he would withdraw his bid for re election to parliament where he is Deputy president of the entire Federal Assembly and president of the House of the people. The officials said the information about Barton Cikos past was not revealed until thursday because his file disappeared in january. His past was revealed when another former St agent identified Only As bar Toncik a commander came Forward with the evidence. Civic forums Victory was even greater in the czech Republic parliament according to incas projections. The exit polling showed the forum gaining 60 percent compared with 9.5 percent for the communist party and 7.5 per cent for the Christian democratic Union. In Slovakia Public against violence was not projected to win an absolute majority. Projections showed it will get 37 percent compared to 21 percent for the Christian democrats 11.5 percent for the communists and 10 percent for the slovak nationalist party. Navy officer charged in shipboard rape Naples Italy a amps a a . Navy lieutenant has been charged with the rape of a female officer aboard the ammunition ship Sun Bachi while the vessel was in port in Spain in april a Navy spokesman said saturday. It. . Robin e. Brown is scheduled to go on trial july 2 in Naples for the offence said it. Scott Campbell a spokesman for the naval support activity Naples. Brown 27, has been assigned other duties at the naval base at Rota Spain while he awaits a july 2 general court martial in Naples Campbell said. The rape allegedly occurred april 4 in the victims stateroom aboard the ship. The Navy said it was with holding the victims name and rank to protect her privacy. She is still serving aboard the ship. A preliminary hearing was conducted May 26 at Rota Campbell said. Defense motions Are expected to be made on june 15, with the trial to follow in july. Campbell did not know in what capacity the accused served aboard the Suribachi but Brown is trained in surface warfare. Women generally serve Only aboard . Navy Supply and repair ships. The Suribachi is currently deployed off the coast of France. News brie arsenic found in system of former hostage Reed Boston apr arsenic was found in freed hostage Frank Reeds system shortly after his return to the United states Hospital official announced. Dos re did 57�?T Bew a Cpd going treatment at the Malcolm grow medical Center at Andrew fab m Maryland since soon after his release from 44 months of Captivity in Lebanon april in a statement Friday the Hospital said screening for heavy metals such As arsenic Lead and Mercury is Normal procedure for ret mine hostages or prisoners. 6 a these tests were performed on or. Reeds arrival. The initial test for arsenic was positive subsequent tests confirmed this exposure to arsenic and its elimination to a non toxic level a the Hospital said. A Hospital officials were unavailable to say How much arsenic was found How it affected his health or How it might have gotten into Reed s system. Reeds arsenic Levels were abnormally High Reeds attorney Bob Woolf said in a Telephone interview from Miami. A this was beyond what was Normal believe me a Woolf said. A it was enough to be concerned  guns will travel civilian marksmanship program transactions for 1989. Item Quantity weapons sold to affiliated club members m1 Garand rifles weapons loaned to affiliated clubs or in storage air rifles .22-caliber rifles .30-caliber rifles .45-caliber pistols 5.56mm rifles 7.62mm rifles ammunition sold to affiliated clubs .22-caliber Ball .30-caliber Bullet .30-caliber Case 7.62mm Case ammunition donated to affiliated clubs and other organizations .22-caliber rounds .30-caliber rounds .45-caliber rounds 7.62mm Case 6,000 367,500 974,176 126,900 328,700 35,490,000 2,154,470 16,000 212,400 source general accounting offices amps Susan Hara Marksman from Page 1 program is that it has not kept Pace with the drastic changes in army doctrine weaponry and organization since 1903. The army audit Agency came u with similar findings in a 1986 internal review b the report was largely ignored the Gao said. Even army officials have doubts about How the program would fit into a general mobilization a fort since it is not a part of existing military Trai a ing requirements the Gao found. No records sex to keep track of civilians trained in the j and no system was Ever devised to train Ceri Ity a track program instructors who could augment military mobilization training base the report say the Gao a conclusion a the program contributes Little to military  it is Uncertain what action if any lawmakers May take on the program in next years defense aul nation Bill the House armed services commits  
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