European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday july 18,1990 12 die 50 wounded in fight Between rival moslem forces r Beirut Lebanon a r Hezbollah fighters attacked a major stronghold of the rival shiite moslem amal militia in South Lebanon on monday touching off a fierce Battle. Police said at least 12 people were killed and 50 wounded. The flare up coincided with a new Effort by an Arab league envoy to persuade Christian and moslem leaders to agree to a settlement of the 15-year-old civil War. A police spokesman said militiamen of the pro iranian Hezbollah or party of god mounted a three pronged attack at 6 . Behind a massive artillery barrage. The target was Jarjou Village. The syrian backed amal and Hezbollah or party of god have been fighting each other intermittently for three years seeking control of Lebanon s 1.2 million shiites the country s largest sect. Mondays casualties raised the Overall toll to 1,061 people killed and 3,201  police spokesman who could not be identified said the identity of those killed was not known. But he said the wounded included 22 combatants and six civilians. Amales leadership confirmed the attack in a statement but said Only 20 amal militiamen were wounded. 1 Hezbollah accused amal earlier of shelling its Posi Lions in Jabal Safi Melita and Luw cinch with artillery and  raced in and out of the combat zone ferrying victims to hospitals in Sidon. The mountainous Region overlooks Sidon provincial capital of South Lebanon from the Southeast. Sidon is 25 Miles South of Beirut. Chinese report Success in of Carrier rocket Beuing apr China on monday launched a w rocket with the ability to carry an 8-ton satellite into Low level orbit the official Xinhua news Agency reported the improved Long March 2 rocket with four boosters carried a simulation satellite and a Small experimental pakistani satellite when it blasted off from the Yichang launch site in Southwest China a Sichuan province. Xinhua said Normal operations were reported for the rockets first and second stage boosters and the satellite control Center called the launch a Complete Success the rocket blasted olt from a newly completed launch pad China a largest built to launch Large Carrier rockets. China entered the International satellite launching business in april with the deployment of a 2,750-Pound  telecommunications satellite from a Long March 3 rocket. China has put 26 of its own satellites into orbit since 1970. In 1988, it signed an agreement with the United states promising to safeguard satellite technology and to abide by Market practices in pricing and insurance. Some experts accuse China of ignoring the agreement and offering launches on its Long March rockets at half the Price of its . Ai gtd european competitors. China already has contracts to launch an Arab communications satellite and two australian satellites within two years. Also in South Lebanon militiaman of the sunni moslem Nas Serite organization clashed with the israe to backed South Lebanon army in far falous to the East of Sidon. There were no immediate casualty reports but the thud of exploding rockets and artillery shells Shook the Region. The Arab league envoy Lakhdar Ibrahimi met for 90 minutes late sunday with re Belgeri. Michel Aoun Over a peace plan endorsed last october by lebanese legislators in a special meeting in the saudi arabian town of taif. The conservative newspaper Al Anwar which is close to Aoun said the discussion was  Ibrahimi refused to disclose details of the talks at the Shell wrecked presidential Palace in Baarda East of Beirut. Aoun Al Anwar said a stressed the need for a reconsideration of the peace plan the Independent newspaper an Nahar said the Mere fact that Ibrahimi met with Aoun was a a a positive a development. Ibrahimi has made several trips to Lebanon since october but met Only once with Aoun when he officially conveyed to him the agreement immediately after the taif meeting. Aoun has rejected the a con ostensibly because it did not include a fixed timetable for the withdrawal of syrians 40,000 troops from Lebanon. The syrian forces control 70 percent of lebanese territory under a 1976 peacekeeping mandate from the 22-nation Arab league. The taif plan would redistribute Power equally Between moslem and christians who have dominated the government parliament judiciary and army since Independence from France in 1943.replacing Ridley Peter la lies the new Secretary for Trade and Industry Waves to onlookers As be arrives at his office in London on monday. He replaces Nicholas Ridley Ridley resigned saturday after the juror that was raised Over his remarks criticizing West German economic leadership in Europe. Lilley at 46, is the second youngest member of prime minister Margaret thatchers Cabinet. World today girl in Shock after dad Dies while driving car Ponta Sieve Italy up a a 6-year-old italian girl whose father died of a heart attack at the wheel of his car on a Busy Motorway was in Shock sunday after walking for More than a Kilometre through a Tunnel in search of help police said. Officials said that Vanessa Moretti was Riding with her 33-year-old diabetic father Marco when the Man died. They said he managed to Stop the car and turn on the emergency flashers before dying in the vehicle on the Roadside near Florence. Police said that a terrified Vanessa left the car and made her Way through the Busy Tunnel As traffic sped by. But they said that no Driver stopped to help and that the child was finally rescued by Motorway personnel when she came out of the Tunnel. Police said that when she emerged from the Tunnel Vanessa was temporarily deafened by noise bruised and bleeding after being knocked to the ground repeatedly by powerful gusts of air from passing  to cameras to test safely of airliners London apr a jumbo Jet will be fitted with closed circuit television cameras on its Tail Fin and belly to test whether they would enhance safety the government says. The British airways Boeing 747�?Ts Tail Fin camera will Monitor the length of the aircraft and another on the underside of the fuselage will allow the Crew to View the planets undercarriage and flaps the Golem ment said. The use of external cameras was recommended by Britain a air accidents investigation Branch in its preliminary report into an Accident in january 1989 that killed 47 people. In the Accident the British Midland Boeing 737�?Ts left engine was on fire but the flight Crew shut Down the other one. The Crew was unable to see either engine from the cockpit. The test being carried out with the civil aviation authority is expected to last three  shortage in Greece prompts emergency actions Athens Greece apr the government has announced emergency measures in an attempt to solve a water shortage. Years a River in Centra Ireece will be diverted toward a Reservoir that supplies Athens. Premier Constantine i Tsitakis said after a special Cabinet meeting that Athens was threatened by the worst water shortage this Century. He said the measures were intended to solve the problem for the near future. The capitals water Utility company said that reserves Are expected to last until Early november when the Rainy season usually begins. Water rates were raised drastically earlier this year resulting in a 15 percent drop in consumption i Tsitakis said. He said Consumers who reduced consumption would be charged lower rates whereas those who used excessive amounts of water would pay higher  broadcasters Settle 25-Day walkout Oslo Norway apr journalists have resumed news broadcasts at Norway a state television and radio network after late night Dar gaining settled a 25-Day strike Over wages. Striking teachers let students take Entrance exams Athens. Greece a pts thousands Lino  a. Athens Greece apr thousands of police led University applicants into their examination centers throughout the country on monday to forestall sit ins by striking teachers. No violence was reported police said. The government placed 25 Public prosecutors on stand by despite a Call by the teachers Union to its members sunday to let 130,000 candidates around the country take the exams quietly. The High school teachers Are boycotting University Entrance exams at All 141 centers to press for More pay. Talks with the government have been deadlocked since june 14, the Date originally set for the exams. The government said it enlisted about 7,000 non striking teachers and local government officials to conduct the exams which end july 28. Performance in the exams determines whether High school students will enter greek or foreign universities. Skirmishes Between teachers and police broke out at the education ministry on sunday when police tried to remove three hunger striking teachers and their colleagues who were staging a sit in outside the building. Pne of the hunger strikers was slightly injured a Union official said. Two courts have ruled that the teachers monthlong walkout is illegal. Education minister Vassilis Kon to Yannopoulos has said he will meet two of the teachers demands a 50 percent increase in overtime pay and More classrooms to ease overcrowding. He rejected a si07 annual increase because of the governments economic austerity program. Teachers also Are asking to reduce teaching hours from 21 to 18 per week. High school teachers receive a starting Salaty of about $476 a month rising to a maximum of about $833 a month according to the unions