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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, July 22, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes sunday jul/22,1990 Ian if it i Ftp its j m i 4 i or my and the Wall comes tumbling Down a a huge Wall made of plastic foam at potsdamer Platz in East Berlin crashes to the ground during fridays Quot bears of the Rock concert a the Wall about 180,000 fans were expected at saturday nights outdoor spectacle. Profits from the show As Well As a planned album and video will go to the London based memorial fund for disaster Relief. Featured musicians include sex Pink Floyd guitarist Rooer Waters Jon Mitchell Van Morrison Sinead o Connor Cindy Lauper the chieftains the scorpions the Hooters and the East Berlin Rund Fink symphony orchestra and radio choir. Opposition groups hold huge anti government March Seoul South Korea apr korean opposition groups joined forces for the first time in three years to stage one of the biggest anti government rallies in recent memory saturday drawing 200,000 people to Seoul. Later thousands of demonstrators marched through the capital facing off with thousands of shield carrying police who tried to Herd them along the sidewalks. No serious violence was reported. Meanwhile president Roh Tae woo said saturday lir the Kore is Zillins to negotiate conditions North Korea set before it will consider allowing unrestricted travel Between the rival nations. Although North Korea immediately denounced a proposal for free travel Mode by Roh Friday he told a Cabinet meeting that Seoul a must continue. Efforts to achieve the goal and we can actively discuss Points of Contention with  in a major policy speech Friday Roh proposed that the nations open their heavily fortified Border on a trial basis in August to allow free travel for their residents. If the initial Border opening is successful he said the two Kupreas could expand the move and work jointly toward reuniting their Peninsula which has been bitterly divided since 1945.North Korea immediately dismissed the proposal calling it deceptive  it accused Roh of trying to turn Public attention away from troubled South korean politics. The korean Peninsula was divided into the common truth and the capitalist South at the end of world War ii. The nations Border is tightly sealed and guarded by More than 1.5 million troops and there is no mail and Telephone service Between the countries. To prepare for free travel North Korea said South Korea should first demolish a Concrete wails allegedly bum along the Border repeal Security Laws Banning pro North korean activity and release people jailed for violating such Laws. In a radio broadcast monitored in Tokyo on saturday North Korea repeated the same preconditions saying free travel and Complete opening is an urgent demand of the entire nation and this demand should be met without delay Quot we propose that the South Side pull Down the Concrete Wall and the North Side remove the wire entanglements from aug. 1 to 12, and that a North South joint committee for the promotion of the dismantlement of the Bamer of division be formed a the report said. R South Korea has denied building Concrete Walls along the Border. It says there Are Only a series of tank traps along the Border to Block a possible North korean invasion. Roh said that if North Korea agrees to negotiate the Issue its delegation could visit and inspect whether Concrete Walls actually exist and therefore would Block free travel Between the countries. He also said South Korea could discuss North Korea s harsh Security Laws and alleged human rights problems in the bargaining. Team plans Cliff climbing feat Paris api a a frenchwoman it Tamino in a i i Paris apr a frenchwoman is teaming up with one or America s most experienced climbers to attempt a record breaking assault up the sheer face of Trango s nameless Tower in the Himalayas. Catherine dest Ivelle and Jeff Lowe of Boulder colo., will set out from France next week hoping to make the fastest free dim up the austere 20,510-foot Rock Needle in Northern Pakistan. Free climbing Means avoiding the use of Pitons placed by previous climbers. Another team member David Breashears of Newton mass., plans to record the Effort on videotape for an Abc television special to be aired in the fall. He said it would be one of the most sustained free As a rocks or climbs Ever attempted at such an Altitude. Lowe 40, is a photographer and writer As Well Tew toot 29, is no stranger to Roc than Loy ars car hanging on and camera for More As a television show Host she has led expeditions winning Cli Rabine com in Sij tews Quot a vis when she be Quot she wrote a Book about her adventures a Rock dancer and exercised herself Back into condition. World today summer jacket for cows Shields heat inventor says Tokyo apr a japanese University professor said Friday he has developed summer jackets to pro tech cows from the Sun harmful insects and diseases. Mosaku Sakurai 61, of the Tokyo University of agriculture said the jacket consists of three pieces that cover the head Back and Abdomen. It is made of a Woven materials such As Straw. He said he had developed the jackets after observing cows for More than eight years. The agriculture professor said cows lose their appetites and produce less milk when they Are exposed to the hot Sun during summer he said a Black haired cow s Back can reach 140 degrees if the animal is outside for about 20 minutes in the summer. Wearing the jacket a cow can spend More time eating grass and can produce More milk Sakurai said. In addition the jacket also protects a cows stomach from getting wet in Rainy weather which cuts Down on cows suffering from diarrhoea he said. He said the jacket is not yet produced  Madrid flight to Moscow inaugurated Madrid Spain apr Iberia air lines inaugurated its first non Stop flight from Madrid to Moscow on Friday but Only two of the 155 passengers aboard were actually headed for the soviet capital. An Iberia official said the rest of the passengers on the Boeing 747 were to continue to Tokyo where the twice weekly flight ends. Four of the 157 passengers boarding in Tokyo for the return leg were expected to get off in Moscow the official told the Independent Spanish news Agency Europa  expects the number of reservations to increase once the flights existence becomes known. The flight departs from Madrid on fridays and saturdays and returns from Tokyo the following Days. The soviet airline Aeroflot offers one Stop flights Between Moscow and Madrid dinner in Beijing makes 30-plus foreign students ill. Apr More than 30 foreign student became Iff 11 seriously after eating at the cafeteria o a leading Beijing University. School officials on Friday either denied anyone a ill or said the problem was slight. The cafeteria at Yinghua University continues to it operate and authorities have refused to Tell the Stu students said was wrong the food several of that  a Caie after eating a Farewell Din two ��?o8 foreign students they said Rhi us 5nns for fever it diarrhoea and Musch treatment Weru t0 a local Hospital of and Dight remained in France Hopes to expand High Speed train network Al nce apr Frances record set Lafy byat4.5-b lion Roulez through the Alps Chis  38 mile tuned a to Cordia 10 an the proposed 156.5-mile line Between Lvon Smett Trah Muon 1 1could 116 covered by Speed Tram in 90 minutes compared to the current so i he its to do minutes he French a a a rail by increasing the options for train connections i ?5�vehrtcoli cur As a Uch As five Bours a Fifthe Curn railroads Dave 8 padsandrome>1 to Psi a he Tiv Tjay is or a a Rains a Grande Tesse have not ventured outside of France. But t Railroad is considering various Cross Border Ope tons including a line from Central France to Geneva  
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