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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, August 10, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 a a the stars and stripes Friday August 10,1090 i pro a it 11 p irn Lii Quot in err four legged drive for a amps. Climi Kondick a sculpture in Prague Czechoslovakia seems to suggest hat the notoriously Poky trabant might do better on a sidewalk than on West Germany a High Speed autobahn. The ubiquitous East German cars dubbed a a Travis a became a Symbol of the East bloc exodus to the West. Moscow apr two soviet cosmonauts returned safely to Earth thursday ending a six month Mission during which they grew million Dollar crystals for Industry and survived a near fatal spacewalk trying to repair damage on their  soyuz tm-9 capsule carrying cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Alexander Balandin landed near the town of Arkalyn on the Central asian Steppes the official Tass news Agency reported. The Landing one minute ahead of schedule was not shown live on soviet television but the midday news showed pictures of the cosmonauts waving goodbye to their replacement Crew aboard the orbiting Mir space station. Solovyev and Balandin were launched into space feb. 11 in what was billed As the first manned Mission in the 33-year history of the soviet space program to turn a multimillion Doliar profit. Their hundreds of experiments included photographing 8.4 million Square Miles of the Earth a surface and growing 23 pure crystals for use in semiconductors and computer chips. Each Crystal is Worth about $1 million Tass said. The cosmonauts also made two space walks last month the first to repair damage caused to the spacecraft on Takeoff. On july 17, they spent seven hours repairing Tom Thermal insulation surrounding the soyuz capsule that would bring them Back to Earth. The repairs took longer than expected and soviet Media reported the two cosmonauts could have died because their oxygen was running so Low. Promises Islamabad Pakistan apr pakistanis new Leader said wednesday he will hold elections in october but ousted prime minister Binazir Bhutto raised doubts about that Promise and the future of democracy in the country. After Bhutto a government was abruptly dismissed monday president Ghulam Ishaq Khan set new elections for oct. 24. He accused the government of corruption and nepotism. On wednesday acting prime minister Mustafa Jatoi the former opposition Leader said he intends to carry out the plan for october voting. He said an election commission had been formed and had begun to set the timetable for the balloting. However Bhutto said she doubted elections would be held. She predicted the military that has ruled Pakistan for much of its 43-year history would soon seize Power. A the caretaker government will not last. Within a few weeks the army will take Over a Bhutto said. The army denied her allegations and Jatoi told reporters he was a a astonished by the former prime minister s remarks. A the army has played a positive role in helping to restore democracy a he said a this is her expression of  diplomats and political analysts also voiced scepticism wednesday about the Date of elections pointing out that the interim administration is composed largely of Bhutto a fiercest critics. Quebec wants Federal troops to ensure safety during dispute Oka Quebec apr Quebec has asked the Federal government to Send in soldiers a to ensure Public Security a in a monthlong armed standoff Between mohawks and provincial police Premier Robert Bourassa said wednesday. Bourassa had Given the mohawks a 48-hour ultimatum that ran out wednesday to either resume talks or face unspecified consequences. The dispute has polarized canadians spurring both sympathy protests by other indians and anti Indian demonstrations. At his news conference in the City of Quebec Bourassa said he wants the military a role to be peaceful. He did not say when or How Many soldiers would move into the town of Oka where police and mohawks have faced each other behind barricades since a gun Battle july 11. A policeman was killed during that fight which broke out when police stormed a barricade erected by mohawks to Stop the expansion of a local Golf course on land the mohawks claim As ancestral. Blame in that killing has not been established. Bourassa said the soldiers will Back up provincial police because a for the last month they be had a very difficult Job that they be done very  calling in the army to Oka 18 Miles West of Montreal does not mean that civil liberties Are being curtailed Bourassa said. He said the military will take its orders from provincial police. Loran Thompson a Mohawk spokesman said he was not surprised or Overly concerned about the military s arrival. H a a we re hoping the army just stays out there and tries to maintain peace a he said. Asked if the indians fear an assault Thompson said a that s always possible but we re advised that our men Are ready if it comes to  there was no immediate comment on the military role from Federal officials. At 11 02 ., Nagasaki stops to remember Tokyo apr survivors of the worlds second atomic bomb  joined 25,pop people in Nagasaki on thursday not Numen the Lens of thousands of victims and Pray for peace. At 11 03  The exact tune when the bomb exploded a Church Bells and sirens sounded throughout the port City and i Fie Crow d observed a minute of silence. The United states earned out the world s second atomic attack on aug. D. Is45, leaving 70,000 people dead. The attack followed by three Days the . Bombing of Hiroshima which killed 140,000. At an outdoor ceremony under a Billowy White Lent Nagasaki a mayor Hitoshi Mot Oshima called on the government to turn the asian Pacific Region into a nuclear free zone. Prime minister Toshiki Kaifu was among dignitaries at the ceremony. Mot Oshima said the governments policy of Banning the production Possession and introduction of nuclear weapons in Japan should be made Taw. He also urged Aid for foreign citizens who were exposed to the bomb. A your humanitarian responsibility is very Large toward foreign a bomb victims a Mot Oshima said. Quot they Are suffering now and we must apologize investigate their situations and Aid  world today Tanker truck explodes after Accident killing 8 Murcia Spain apr eight people lied and 12 were injured thursday when a gasoline Tanker truck collided with an oncoming truck veered off a Highway flipped and exploded into flames a police official said. The state run rep sol Oil company truck apparently suffered a mechanical failure and went out of control on Highway 30 heading South out of Murcia the official said. The truck smashed through a line of people waiting for a bus before crashing into a building and bursting into flame Spanish National radio reported. The Accident killed the Tanker Driver. Most of the dead and injured had been in line waiting for a bus the official said. The Accident temporarily shut Down the Highway that links Murcia to  firm wins contract for turkish defense radar Baris apr Thomson Csc the state controlled French defense and electronics group said thursday it has won a contract to Supply 14 Mobile air surveillance radar units to 1 or key a defense ministry. The Long Range equipment designed to meet nato specifications will be produced locally under a joint venture agreement and will be designed to operate in an environment prone to jamming of the air Waves Thomson said. The radar will be used As Pari of turkeys air defense network said Thomson which did not disclose the value of the contract Earl Ier the contract had been estimated unofficially at $ 138 million  
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