European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes Friday August 17, 1990 world today Strong chinese Huke test monitored by Sweden Stockholm Sweden apr China conducted a nuclear weapons test thursday the second this year after a break of nearly two years swedish monitors reported a this was an unusually Strong explosion by chinese standards Quot said Mats Gustavsson an official at Sweden s defense research establishment. The Agency s Ifa fors Observatory picked up signals indicating a yield of 50 to 200 Kilotons. The Observatory said the underground bomb was detonated at the Fop nor test site in Xin Jiang province. China s last previous test was May 26 and is yield was estimated at less than 40 Kilotons. That explosion was the first since sept 29, 1988,huge loss forces Philips to cancel Centenary Bash Eindhoven Netherlands apr the Philips electronics giant has cancelled plans for a. Lavish parly to Mark its 100th anniversary next year because of a projected $1.1 billion toss the company said thursday. Instead the 295,000-Employce multinational company will a commemorate the Centenary in an a ostentatious and modest manner Quot company spokesman Jan Van Schagun said a although plans for next years celebrations had not been completed they included a Street carnival in this Southern dutch company town As Well As two major exhibits on Philips history Van Schagun said. Quot those Are definitely off Quot he said. Quot we feel the situation in which we now arc and the Way we celebrate these festivities ought to he in some  the company which faces fierce japanese Competition has said it expects to lose $1.1 billion next year and will slash 10,000 jobs by Early 1991. South african zulus kill 4, wound 48 at train Johannesburg South Africa apr scores of armed men attacked terrified passengers at a train station thursday tilling at least four people As the death toll from five Days of faction fighting soared to 47, police said. Police and witnesses said the fighting Between zulus and xhosa spread thursday to the sprawling Black township of Soweto when a War band of zulus attacked people at a railway station zulus armed with Spears clubs and knives pulled terrified people from the platform hacking four to death and wounding 43, witnesses said heavily armed police fired tear Gas to disperse several thousand armed zulus and xhosa who confronted each other after the killings police said. Bands of zulus and xhosa clashed with each other in other parts of Soweto they said a police spokesman who declined to be named said other townships hit by fighting earlier in the week were quiet thursday. Police in armoured vehicles were roaming streets to prevent violence he said. Besides the 147 people killed since sunday police said hundreds of people had been injured but they had no figures. Police Al of reported arrests hut declined to give any figures. The fighting pits mostly xhosa supporters of the african National Congress against the conservative Zulu inkatha movement. The Independent South african press association said the township  the worst in Many years. Quot we Are fighting for our nation we Are fighting to protect zulus Only Quot said a combatant who appeared on government run television. Armed bands of zulus attacked several shantytowns wednesday in Tho Koza Katl Chong and vol torus townships. The bands set fire to houses and attacked fleeing residents with Spears knives and other weapons. One resident who did not want to be named said he saw Quot More than 2,000&Quot zulus armed with guns Spears butchers knives and axes attack a squatter Camp at Crossroads in Katl Chong. A i saw mothers with babies on their backs running past my House. I did no to know what was happening and then 1 saw the zulus a he said. Witnesses said the zulus searched houses Hunting out and attacking xhosa residents. Some residents tried to flee to a nearby swamp but were chased Down and hacked to death other people were burned to death in their blazing houses. Hundreds of people whose Homes were burned gathered for safety in Large groups wednesday night with the remains of their possessions. The South african red Cross said it wast Yingto set up refugee Camps to House them. Police seized hundreds of knives Spears and other weapons and reported finding a Chest containing ak-47 assault rifles and grenades. A targe police truck piled High with confiscated weapons was seen leaving Katl Chong. The fighting started sunday after a minor clash. The fighting Between the Anc and inkatha began spilling into the townships around Johannesburg in recent weeks. Violence Between the two groups had been concentrated in Natal province in the past. The two groups oppose apartheid but Are divided by leadership rivalry tribal loyalty and differing visions of a future South Africa. More than 5,000 Blacks have died since 1985 in fighting Between inkatha and Anc supporters in Natal. . Jets us Tokyo apr Jet fighters believed to be american buzzed two japanese pleasure boats Southwest of Tokyo causing injury to one boats Captain japanese officials said thursday although . Military officials contacted by the associated press would say Only that an investigation was under Way. An official with the japanese defense facilities administration confirmed . Fighters were in the area when the incidents occurred wednesday. A the . Military has informed us that . Navy fighters were there but we have no further details a said the official who requested anonymity. Two fighters buzzed the yacht Bell wednesday near Uton Ejima an Island 87 Miles Southwest of Tokyo according to maritime safety Agency spokesman Nagatoshi Naruse. Naruse said the jets flew close enough to create winds that nearly capsized the Bell which had six people on Board. The yachts Captain Hajime Okayama. Said he was knocked off balance and Hurt his Back. Quot the planes flew at us like they were in bombing formation and we were their said. Was very target a Okayama  Okayama said both planes came within about 30  the Bell but he. Was unable to Sec any Marks that would identify them As american or japanese. Naruse said that about one hour after the Bell incident two fighters flying Low Over Waters near Osly Ima Island 62 Miles Southwest of Tokyo buzzed the yacht slow hand. No one was injured in that incident. Both incidents occurred near an air corridor 50 Miles East of Uton Ejima used for training by the . Military Naruse said. Kyodo news service reported that the fighters were flying so Low that the four people aboard the slow hand feared the planes would collide with the yachts Mast. A Kyodo also said that officials with the maritime safety Agency Japan a coast guard have received at least five other unconfirmed reports of similar incidents in the past two months. The presence of the . Armed forces in Japan under a Mutual Security pact is stil a sensitive topic Here and reports of accidents involving . Military personnel receive wide publicity. Trial of 2 Ira terror suspects starts in West German court , West Germany apr a two suspected Irish Republican army members charged with attempted murder went to court wednesday under heavy Security in the first trial against the error group held in West Germany. Terence Gerard Mcgeough and Gerard Thomas Ila neatly both 31, of Northern Ireland Are also standing trial on charges of carrying out a bomb attack and violating West German weapons Law s. Ten British soldiers were wounded in a bomb attack against an army Barracks in the West German City of Duisburg on july 13, 1988. A both Mcgeough and Hanratty Are charged in connection with the attack on the British unit. Mcgeough is also charged with taking part in a major explosion at the officers restaurant at a nato facility in the City of monchengladbach Rhei Dahlen in March 1987. A car bomb that exploded in front of a Casino there wounded 35 people. Fight people have died in West Germany from attacks claimed by the Ira since 1980. The trial is scheduled to Convene for 15 sessions with 146 witnesses and 15 experts. H  it h in Khz 11 a. I Fth m rut Quot tar i i a a a i a a t-1 Twenty Seward of anti Cage protest Ejen year old Sandra Van Der woman who says there is a no differ Amsterdam Netherlands is ence Between engaging Man and other spending her Days in a Cage outside the animals Quot went into her Cage on aug. 1 City zoo to protest the practice of con and plans to slav there until the end of fining animals behind bars. The Hutch the month. A