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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 a a the stars and stripes thursday june 14,1990soldiers shoot at Bucharest protesters Bucharest Romania apr soldiers shot at anti government demonstrators outside secret police Headquarters wednesday night after protesters attacked state to offices and stormed and burned another police building witnesses said. One witness reported seeing at least two bodies outside the old Headquarters of Securi Tate ousted communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu a hated secret police but this could not be confirmed. It was the worst outbreak of violence in the capital since Romania s bloody december revolution that toppled Ceausescu. President elect Ion Iliescu told a aware and responsible people Quot to surround government buildings and state television Headquarters to prevent attacks by a extremist  the reported shooting came after steel helmeted police had clubbed and dragged away demonstrators who had occupied a downtown Square for 53 Days. Police said More than 260 people were detained and a policeman was injured in that crackdown and subsequent clashes. They did not say How Many protesters were Hurt demonstrators armed with clubs and carrying gasoline canisters stormed the regular police Headquarters in Central Bucharest on wednesday evening then torched nearby cars and trucks and a Wing of the building. Some of those working inside leaned out the windows coughing and looking frightened. There was a series of explosions apparently from the Gas tanks of burning vehicles. A crowd of about 1,500 people gathered outside the Headquarters and booed angrily when helicopters flew overhead. Some protesters then marched toward Victory Square Headquarters of the ruling National salvation front. The demonstrators say communists still dominate the National salvation front which has been in Power since the revolution and won last month s free elections. In a communique issued before the attacks Iliescu called on supporters to save romanians democracy a Learned with so much  Iliescu 60, became the first sex communist to win a popular presidential election in Eastern Europe last month. He pledged to build democracy and move to a student protester is led from University Square in Bucharest wednesday As crowds of police Clear the area. Mania to a Market Economy. The Days violence erupted before Dawn when police sealed off the Central Square with trucks and buses then moved in on the sleeping demonstrators with clubs. The police ripped Down the tent Camp the several Hundred anti communist protesters had put up during German admits his former firm helped build Libya chemical Plant Mannheim West Germany apr a West German businessman testified wednesday that the company he once ran helped build a chemical weapons factory in Libya West German television reported. Jurgen Hippenstiel Imhausen former director of the Imhausen Cherie chemical company of Lahr also said at his trial that the rata Plant in Libya was built to make Poison Gas the news program said. According to the news report Hippenstiel Imhausen said the company a participated in construction of the a a try a Der ment. He also admitted not paying taxes on $11.7 rata factory a delivering production plans and equip million on profits from his transactions. A Shippens Tiei a statements also confirmed that Poison Gas was to be produced at rata a the report said. The libyan Plant scandal broke in december 1988, with allegations of West German assistance in construction of the Plant South of Tripoli. West German government officials at first denied any of the country a companies were involved but officials later acknowledged that allegations about West German involvement made by . Officials were True. Libya says the Plant was built to make pharmaceuticals. Hippenstiel Imhausen headed the company that allegedly was the key supplier of equipment and expertise. The 49-year-old defendant had been held in prison for the last 14 months until his trial started monday in Mannheim District court. A 100-Page indictment alleged that Hippenstiel Imhausen played a leading role in the project from 1984 to 1988, when he headed Imhausen Cherie. In opening arguments prosecutor Hans Heiko Klein said Hippenstiel Imhausen had delivered plans and documents and also provided material valued at $ 12 million. The primary allegations against the defendant revolved around violations of West German Export Laws designed to hinder any participation in such illegal projects abroad. The West is luring e. German spies with a huge offers says sex agent their 53-Day occupation. Some of them had been on hunger strikes. After the protesters were routed in the morning cleaning Crews moved into the Square. But supporters of the protest who heard about the police crackdown made their Way to the Square. World today record Low japanese births tied to More educated women Tokyo apr finance minister Ryutaro Hashimoto suggested tuesday that japanese women Are having fewer babies because More Are receiving higher education a health and welfare ministry official said. The minister spoke during a Cabinet discussion of a recent government report that showed Japan a birth rate reached a record Low in 1989, indicating problems in meeting future labor Force needs. Hashimoto questioned whether All youngsters needed higher education and said people can study while working the official said. The report released last week said the average japanese woman had 1.57 children As of 1989, an All time Low. The previous Low was 1.58 in 1966. The official speaking on condition of anonymity said ministers at the Cabinet meeting asked health and welfare minister Yuji Tsushima to take measures to help increase the birth rate. The education ministry says 36.7 percent of female High school graduates entered two year colleges or four year universities in 1989. In 1970, Quot 5 percent of female High school graduates went a a Ficu Berlin up a col. Markus Wolf 67, East Germany a spy master for More than 30 years admitted tuesday that members of the country a secret service had a switched sides in recent months. Wolf who unexpectedly quit As East Germany Stop spy when he was at the Peak of his career three years ago said that West Germany a secret service organizations had made a huge offers to entice East German agents to walk Over. He told the East Berlin Junge Welt daily that the number of defecting agents was a higher than in the whole of my 35 years of service in  asked if he himself had received offers from Western intelligence services he said a ooh frequently but i think that All people who try to make me such offers know what my answer will  Wolf who was reputed to be the East blocks most successful spy Ever was the Model for Carla in John be carrels spy thriller a the spy who came in from the  he dismissed recent reports that then prime minister Hans Modrow had made arrangements last december to Send a a whole contingent of East German spies to the soviet Union to be incorporated into the Kab the soviet secret service. He admitted that he was in Moscow in february and March but said he was there to a work in peace on a second Book. He admitted that Many East germans Felt anger and bitterness toward the now disbanded ministry of state Security and said anyone found guilty of wrongdoing should be punished. But he warned against turning the officials into the whipping boys of the nation. A there were Many branches of the ministry that had nothing to do with repression a and the foreign intelligence service was one Quot he said. W. To College according to government figures. Shanghai mayor Hopes to free dissidents soon Hong Kong apr the mayor of Shanghai said this week he Hopes to free a very soon All dissidents still under detention in his chinese City for their involvement in last years pro democracy movement. Mayor Zhu Rongji said Shanghai authorities detained fewer than 100 dissidents last year Ana a a few Are still in custody he said. Zhu who is visiting Hong Kong on a Trade Mission did not mention a timetable. He said the dissidents to be released Mcclude popular writer Wang Ruowang and Qinn Benu the outspoken former editor of the world economic  said Qin was detained because of some a problems Quot relating to the chinese communist party  
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