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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday november 9,1990 news updates 88 bombing Case Naples Italy a a prosecutor asked wednesday for the indictment of two alleged japanese terrorists for the bombing of a Uso club in 1983 that left five dead the italian news Agency Ansa reported. Assistant prosecutor Alfonso Barbarao requested the indictment of Junzo Okudara 43, and Fusako Shigenobu 45, believed to be members of the japanese red army the dispatch Saiof the two have been fugitives for several years. An american servicewomen and four italians were killed and 15 people were wounded when a car bomb blew up in front of the Uso club in Naples on april 14,1988. Investigators believe Okudara has been involved in other terrorist attacks including one on the . Embassy in Rome in 1987 that did not injure anyone. Shigenobu has been identified As the Leader of the japanese red  must pay Detroit a a jury has re Cratl Toyota motor corp. To pay $7.5 million for an allegedly faulty scat Belt that allowed a Man to g through the Windshield of a liar scat Belt that allowed a Man to go a a of a Light truck that hit a tree. Toyota spokeswoman Mindy Geller said the company was shocked and planned to Appeal. The jury awarded $6 million to Cliff Sadlier who was partially crippled and $1.5 million to his wife Joanne the sad tiers lawsuit claimed the scat Belt failed when the Toyota 4runner struck a tree on feb. 9, 1988. Sadlier who was alone in the vehicle said he was going 25 Mph but a Toyota expert testified he was going 40 Mph. Sadlier of suburban Bloomfield Hills said his head went through the Windshield and his body hit the dashboard. He said he now must rely on a wheelchair although he can walk Short distances with crutches and braces. Sadli cry a attorneys charged the Toyota seat Belt lacked a device to take up Slack. Toyota a lawyers said the seat Belt met Federal specifications. Quot we Felt the seat Belt was defective by design Quot said jury Foreman Robert Gura Quot it does no to provide the Protection the Federal Law says it  Geller said the Belt saved sad Liers life. Quot it is ironic that under these circumstances such a verdict was awarded to or. Sadlier a she said. Kurdish party Leader to kill enemy7 tourists in Turkey Stockholm Sweden a the outlawed kurdish labor party has threatened to kill tourists in Turkey television journalists said tuesday. Quot bombings of hotels and mass shootings will be carried out a the party Leader Abdullah Ocala said sunday in the first of a series of interviews being broadcast this week on tv4, one of Sweden a commercial channels. He referred to tourist Sites along the Western coast of Turkey and threatened visitors according to the journalists. The marxist group known by its kurdish initials As pkg was responsible for killing two defected parly members in Sweden in 1984 and 1985, Ocala admitted in the second interview broadcast monday. Two men were sentenced to life imprisonment for the killings and Sweden declared the group a terrorist organization. Erdil Akay the turkish ambassador to Sweden said pkg has a threatened gatherings of people but that a nothing  he has watched the to interviews and said Ocala was saying everyone who travels to Turkey is a an  Quot we take the threats seriously a said Birgitta Alund at the tour Agency frigid tresor she said the tourist season in Turkey is Over for this year and would Start again in March. Turkey has recently become a favorite destination for swedish tourists with a 100 percent increase from 1988 to 1989. More than 40,000 swedes went to Turkey last year compared with just Over 20,000 in 1988, said Kerstin Petren of Sweden a Airport authorities department. According to Akay 100,000 swedish tourists went to Turkey this year. The Ocala interview was taped in the syrian controlled Bekaan Valley of Lebanon where Ocala and his rebels Are based. Ocala established the party in the Early 1970s. Since 1984, pkg guerrillas have been fighting with government forces in Southeastern Turkey to establish an Independent kurdish state. About 2,500 Pepple have died. One third of the victims were civilians mainly women and children. British parliament opens with pomp a and circumstances for dec Battle London apr amid traditional pageantry Queen Elizabeth ii opened a new session of parliament on wednesday and promised that the embattled government will be a a constructive about the drive for european Union. The Monarch dressed in a flowing White gown and red Robe and wearing the jewel encrusted Imperial Crown outlined an exceptionally Light legislative program for the coming year in a speech written by the government. Quot my government will continue to work with our european Community partners to Complete the single Market a the 64-year-old Queen said. Quot. They will contribute constructively to the intergovernmental conferences of economic and monetary Union and Community institutions beginning in  the conferences on political and eco nomic Union shape up As the next Battleground for the dispute Over Britain a role in Europe which has split prime minister Margaret thatchers conservative party. Thatcher isolated 11 to 1 in the european Community rejects its plan for a single currency and closer political ties because she sees that As the surrender of parliament s Sovereign Powers. Queen Elizabeth Rode from Buckingham Palace to the houses of parliament in a horse drawn Carriage flanked by plumed riders of the household cavalry in Gold and Scarlet tunics. V it is a journey British sovereigns have made almost every year since the 16th Century. Peers in Ermine fringed Scarlet Robes a members of the largely hereditary House of lords a were seated in the chamber making a colourful spectacle with diplomats in formal dress. Thatcher and other members of the 650-seat House of commons were relegated to standing at the Back observing an ancient tradition of keeping common. Ers in their place during the annual opening of parliament f / the sheer splendor of wednesdays ceremony with its ancient and arcane traditions underlined part of Britain a difficulties with the notion of some kind of Federal Europe. A the event is the most obvious demonstration in the Royal Calendar that even in a Federal Europe the United kingdom would not quite be reduced to the status of the . State of Nevada a the times of London commented. The other major dec nations France Germany and Italy have Long since overthrown their Royal families and become republics. New pakistani prime minister sworn Inin Ciurlik a sergeant sentenced for sales in Ciurlik a turkeys amps a staff sergeant has been confined for three months and fined $300 for the Black mar act sales of More than $2,000 Worth of merchandise. Staff sgt. Duane Hamilton 39, of the 39th support so pleaded guilty at a special court martial oct. 25. He was charged with illegal sales of tax free items said tech. Sgt. Marty Davis a base spokeswoman. Security police observed Hamilton making Large purchases from the base Exchange and commissary and investigated his activities Davis said. Hamilton a resident of bar Harbor Maine has been in the air Force for 17 years. Islamabad Pakistan apr Nawaz Sharif an industrialist whose political Mentor was the late president Mohammad Ziaul Haq on tuesday became prime minister of Pakistan. Sharif took the oath of office As head of pakistanis fifth freely elected government in 43 years in a ceremony attended by military leaders politicians and bureaucrats. He succeeds a caretaker government set up after the dismissal last August of prime minister Binazir Bhutto. Also tuesday a special anti terrorist court dented bail to Bhutto a husband Asif Ali Sardari. He has been jailed since oct. 10 on charges of kidnapping and extortion. Sardari 38, who was transferred to Islamabad on sunday to take his oath of office in the National Assembly denies any wrongdoing. He is under House arrest. The National Assembly chose Sharif to head the government after a Brief walkout tuesday by Bhutto a supporters who demanded a secret ballot. They returned for the vote less than 10 minutes later. Sharif won 153 votes to 39 for Mohammad Afzal Khan a Token candidate put Forth by Bhutto s Pakistan Peoples party. In his acceptance speech Sharif sounded a conciliatory note. Quot the government and opposition should join hands to help the country a poor. For the Prosperity of the country we have to join hands,�?T11 he said. He referred to the majority of pakistanis 110 million people most of whom Are illiterate and landless labourers earning less than $400 a year. In her address to the Assembly Bhutto recounted the promises made by Sharif and his Alliance during the bitter Campaign leading to the october elections. She urged lawmakers to strengthen civilian institutions weakened by a Quarter Century of military Rule. A increasing the authority of civilian institutions should not be deterred by the fact that those who have tried before have been stopped a she said. Sharif s election was assured last week when the islamic democratic Alliance a conservative coalition of 18 parties named him As its candidate for prime minister. The Alliance controls 105 of the 217 seats in the National Assembly the poli it making lower House of parliament and claims the support of several smaller parties and independents. Bhutto a party was routed in the National election leaving her with Only 45 seats. Sharif began his political career in the Early 1980s when the country was under military Rule. In 1977, his Mentor Zia ousted Bhutto a father prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who was later executed. Germans remember Kristal nacht Berlin apr berlins leaders on wednesday declared the anniversary of the nov. 9, 1938, attacks against jews As the a darkest chapter Quot in German history Kristal nacht or Crystal night is named after the Glass that was shattered by Adolf hitlers nazi bullies when they ransacked jewish businesses and Homes m Berlin and other cities 52 years ago. Walter Mumper mayor of former West Berlin and Tino Schwier Zina mayor of what was East Berlin made the com ments in a joint statement after a meeting of the jewish leadership in Berlin on tuesday. During that meeting Heinz Gazinski Leader of jewish communities in Ger ,rmatlsllavet0r60t a Sadm a a a me oration a even though it was the Day that led to the nazis systematic annihilation of 6 million jews. In their joint statement to the new Media Momper and Schwie Zuia said tha a year after the Berlin Wall fell also of nov. 9, germans should learn from tha Date in 1938 and fight every form of discrimination and oppression of minorities. Ofha hv4vhi1ui.i us in Public m the affairs of communities an the nation a which is this Best Protection against against misuse of state Power the mayors statement said  
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