European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday August 1,1990 Page 8 world Tod belgian court rules classes in religion Arentt required Brussels bal Gunj apr Belgium a highest court has ruled the government cannot Force students to take courses in any of six officially recognized religions or a Norty confessional morals course. The ruling came afr the authorities denied the children of a Jehovah witness an abstention from such courses officials Aid monday. The Issue went to court and the Council of state ruled that the Lack of Choice contravened the 1950 european human rights declaration. Belgium recognizes the roman Catholic Judaic protestant anglican orthodox and islam religions and All six arc available in Belgium a Public schools. Parents in this overwhelmingly Catholic nation who want a non a Cliafous education for their children have the option o attend a non confessional morals class. Worshippers of other religions did not have a proper Choice the court decided and the ruling will allow them to obtain a abstention in the future. There Are about 20,000 Jehovah a witnesses in  says soviet jews face delays in flights Helsinki Finland apr a foreign ministry spokesman said monday the planned Transfer of soviet jews to Israel through Finland faces further delays As Israel has hot applied for any refugee flights in August. Finnish aviation officials had issued permits for the israeli airline Al a1 to make four flights in july from Lappee Granta in Eastern Finland to Israel nonce of the flights occurred. Finland and Israel had agreed on weekly flights until oct 24, each carrying As Many As 200 jews. The plan would have made Finland a fourth major route for the exodus of soviet jews along with Poland Romania and Hungary. Finnish officials had said they would approve the rights in batches of four a month. The foreign ministry spokesman said monday that Finland was still prepared to go ahead with the  expects to open Stock Market in december bluing apr China a first full fledged Stock Market will open in the port City of Shanghai in december according to a newspaper report. The City will begin operating a National securities Exchange m a new building equipped with computer terminals linked to trading counters inside the City and around the country Shanghai a official liberation daily reported. Shanghai mayor Zhu Rongji during a recent visit to the United slates told the los Angeles times that the new Exchange would first concentrate on government securities and later develop trading in shares of Shanghai companies. He said the City planned to lift a ban on foreign purchases of shares a very soon and to allow foreign owned Banks which now Are restricted to settling foreign currency accounts to handle deposits and  hits Northern Japan no casualties reported Tokyo at a a Strong earthquake Shook Northern Japan on saturday afternoon but no damages or casualties were reported officials said sunday. The Central meteorological Agency said the quake had a Reading of 5,7 on the Richter stale and was entered is Miles under the seabed olt Fukushima prefecture 150 Miles Northeast of Tokyo. I he Richter sealers a measure of ground motion As recorded by seismographs.  increase of one Means a tenfold increase in magnitude. An earthquake of 5 on the Richter scale is considered a very Strong a 6  capable of widespread damage near the epicentre. Election �?T90 Washington Minnesota a primary election w ill be held sept. Ii. Service members government employees and their family members who Are Minnesota residents should Contact their unit voting officers for Deta Ikon How to Register and obtain Absentee ballots. A completed Federal postcard application should be mailed Early to ensure timely receipt of a ballot officials said. Japanese computer firm to be worlds 2nd-Laraest Tokyo apr Japan a leading computer manufacturer announced monday it has agreed to pay $1.2 billion for Britain Stop computer maker. The buyout will make Fujitsu Ltd the worlds second largest computer company after ism the Purchase of International computers Ltd. Will also give Fujitsu a major sales and manufacturing foothold in Europe ahead of the creation of a single european Market in 1992. It will make Japan a major player in the european mainframe computer Field. There also have been fears that such a Deal could inflame nationalist sentiment in Britain. International computers which currently docs 60 percent of its business in Britain a already has said its intention was to expand to Europe Fujitsu intends to support this intention a said Michio Naruto managing director and vice general manager of International operations for Fujitsu. The acquisition is also a Symbol of the $16.8 billion japanese company a emergence As a global computer maker Naruto said. He stressed that International computers will continue to be a european run company but acknowledged that the Purchase might renew fears of japanese buyouts in some parts of Europe. Under the agreement Fujitsu will pay International computers Parent company St pc $1.2 billion for an 80 percent stake m the British computer firm. International computers will pay St an additional $73.4 million. Fujitsu a major activity in Europe is Selling semiconductor computer chips although it makes office computers in Spain and semiconductors in Ireland. In the six months ended july i International computers showed an after tax profit of $58.6 million on sales of $1.3 billion. Prices Nicosia Cyprus apr the agreement reached by open producers last week will push Oil prices substantially higher in the second half of this year the Middle East economic Survey said monday reporting from Geneva the weekly newsletters editor Ian Seymour wrote that a without doubt Quot the pact was the cartels a boldest and probably most credible attempt to Date to push up crude Oil prices through stringent control of output  the agreement by the 13 members of the organization of Petroleum exporting countries set an Overall output quota of 22.491 million barrels a Day and raised the Benchmark Price to $21 a barrel. A Given strict Observance of quota discipline by All open members a which is accorded an exceptionally High degree of probability after iraqis Assumption of a policeman a role in curbing persistent above quota output by the , and Kuwait a Market watchers Fucci that the $21-a-barrel minimum May Well be exceeded by a comfortable margin by the end of the year Quot Seymour wrote. He was referring to iraqis recent outbursts against Kuwait and the United Arab emirates which it accused of driving Down Oil prices by violating their output quotas. A due mainly to cuts of some 400.000 barrels a Day each by the . And Kuwait to their allotted 1.5 million barrels a Day quota Levels Overall open crude production is Likely to drop to around 22.5 million barrels a Day in August from the june july average of around 23.2-23.3 million barrels a Day Quot Seymour wrote. By the fourth Quarter of the year though demand for open Oil should Rise to around 24,5 million barrels a Day a a a perhaps As High As 25 million a he wrote. As a result Oil stocks could be drawn Down by As much As 2 million barrels a Day eliminating the existing a Stock overhang and driving in pcs up Seymour wrote. He did however warn that a despite the enhanced credibility of the open Price and production agreement a dog be of healthy wait and see caution would nevertheless be warranted until the Deal has withstood the test of practical  a after All open has never yet succeeded in pegging its actual production significantly below potential Market de Mandy for any great length of time and it remains to be seen whether the open Sellers can really bring themselves to turn away eager customers in the fourth  of clip. A Ifa or a % a a a checking it out a panne Quot lira Good Oslo. 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