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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes monday september 3,1990 pontiff welcomed to Africa Pope John Paul ii watches a dance performance saturday after arriving in dares Salaam capital of the East african nation of Tanzania. On sunday More than a million people gathered to hear him celebrate mass. The Pope said he Hopes Good relations will grow Between Tanzania a christians and moslem. This is the pontiff s seventh pilgrimage to Africa and his 49th foreign journey. His 10-Day itinerary also includes visits to Rwanda Burundi and the Ivory coast. Inquiry rips s. African police for actions in March protest Johannesburg South Africa apr an official commission has issued a stinging report saying olice fired without reason on a protest last March Illing five Blacks and wounding 156. The report recommended a criminal probe. The inquiry into police conduct at Sebo Keng township last March 26 was one of the harshest criticisms of police conduct Ever made by an official inquiry. It said the marchers never threatened the police and officers fired without orders. The attorney general should investigate policemen who fired bullets for possible criminal action said the report which was released saturday. The report authored by Justice . Goldstone gave no indication what charges might be filed if action is taken. Police a displayed an attitude of unconcern for the lethal nature of their ammunition. This is an attitude which no police Force should tolerate a the report said. It was released at a time when police Are under attack from the african National Congress Church groups and others for alleged Bias and improper conduct in Black factional fighting around Johannesburg. The Anc claims at least 12 people were killed in the shootings at the Sebo Keng township South of Johannesburg. The March was to protest local housing Condi Vietnam rejects Bangkok., Thailand apr cambodians vietnamese installed government wants to maintain the political and military status quo its president Heng Samrin said appearing to reject key features of a new . Peace plan. Richard Solomon the . Assistant Secretary of states for East asian and Pacific affairs said sunday that Vietnam expressed similar reservations in talks with the United states last week. The plan was adopted tuesday by the United states and the other permanent members of the Security Council a China the soviet Union Britain and France. They proposed that the United nations supervise and if necessary control five key government ministries in the transitional period before elections. They also want the tons rents and other grievances. Law and order minister Adriaan Vlok who supervises police said saturday that the Case would be turned Over to the attorney general for investigation. He also said there May be a police investigation. The report said one officer fired and others joined in when a mostly peaceful crowd tried to March to a police station. A at most the behaviour of the crowd May have justified the use of tear Gas and then Only after a proper warning to disperse a the report said. A there appears to be no credible evidence to suggest that the behaviour of the crowd was such that the policemen could have reasonably been in fear of their lives or personal safety. A there was a Complete Lack of discipline in the police line. This was the direct cause of the shooting into the  a White civilian carrying a pistol joined the police unit and took part in the incident the report said. But it said no evidence emerged of criminal action on the part of capt. Duplooy the police commander on the scene who was sitting in a vehicle at the time. Such a finding would make it hard to prosecute other officers involved. President . De Klerk ordered the inquiry following Public outrage Over the  plan armies of the vietnamese installed phenom penh government and the three guerrilla groups disarmed and regrouped into supervised Cantonment. The four cambodian factions Are to form a a supreme National Council As a figurehead government the plan said. In a speech broadcast by the state radio saturday Heng Samrin said his government regarded the . Plan a was a Basic document for future discussions and was ready to discuss it with the guerrillas in talks Indonesia is arranging. But he said with no elaboration that his governments stance a is to maintain its status quo a both politically and military a according to a text of the broadcast seen sunday in Bangkok. World today car bomb kills civil guard in Spanish Basque country Bilbao Spain apr a car bomb believed set by Basque separatists exploded sunday killing one paramilitary civil guard and wounding four other people Spanish National radio said. An unidentified eyewitness told the radio station that the car had been set in backward motion and exploded when it hit a guardhouse in front of a civil guard building in downtown Bilbao. Bilbao is the largest City in the Spanish Basque country. The victim was identified As Jose Manuel Alba Morales 22. The radio report said the explosion occurred at 6 05 . Officials said the explosion bore the Hallmarks of the Basque separatist group Eta. The group has taken responsibility for the deaths of More than 600 police and military officers since 1968 in its Campaign to secure Independence for the three province Northern Spanish Basque country. Eta is an acronym standing for Homeland and Liberty in the Basque language. So far this year Eta has claimed the lives of 14  probed in attacks on Naples trash trucks Naples Italy apr police have taken to escorting garbage trucks in the Naples area because of what they say appears to be a mafia style Campaign to intimidate private collectors into paying Protection Money. Police Are investigating a string of attacks to see if they Are linked to the Camorrah a crime Syndicate based in the Naples area that is compared to the sicilian mafia. On thursday two hooded youths on a motorcycle stopped a garbage truck at gunpoint in portico a township on the outskirts of Naples. The youths forced the Driver and his partner to leave the truck and shot eight times at it damaging the Windshield and Hood. The youths sped away shouting threats at the trash collecting company. Recent attacks on trash collection firms include an armed robbery of two garbage men on duty and the shooting at another truck. A Naples magistrate has been investigating How the City awards contracts to trash collectors to see if the Camorrah has influenced contract  plague in Nairobi kills 3, puts 23 in Hospital Nairobi Kenya up a bubonic plague the disease which wiped out half of Europe in the Middle Ages has struck in the kenyan capital of Nairobi killing three putting 23 in Hospital and sending hundreds Rushing for checkups local newspapers reported. The plague known in 14th-Century Britain As the Black death broke out late last week among workers at a Grain store in Eastern Nairobi swiftly killing the three men the newspapers said. Local health authorities ordered the burning of All garbage in the Emba Kasi area a mile from Nairobi a Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to discourage plague infested rats thought initially to have been attracted by the granaries. The plague is caused by a bacterium Persinia pests carried by rat fleas which pass the disease to humans by biting them. It was incurable until the discovery of antibiotics this Century but is now treated relatively easily if caught in its Early  police searching for Long hungry Snake Ca Doneghey Italy up a police on saturday warned citizens to report any missing cats roosters or chickens As the Hunt for a Snake reported to be about 15 feet Long continues. Police said that the reptile thought to be a Python was first noticed by a 13-year-old boy on wednesday As it advanced upon his pet cat. They said that he somehow frightened it away from his Back Yard with a  shots from a pea shooter. Officials encouraged townspeople to be especially vigilant while the search for the Snake a believed to be hungry a goes on. Police think that the reptile escaped from either a private Home or a circus truck passing along a Busy Roadway near the town  
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