European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a world today the stars and stripes saturday december 8,1990peugeot will Blaze Trail As exporter of electric vans Paris up a the Peugeot automobile company said thursday said it will sell 50 Peugeot j5 electric vans to the China Light and Power co. In Hong Kong. A letter of intent which would make Peugeot the world s first exporter of electric vehicles was cosign cd monday in Hong Kong during the 10th International symposium on electric vehicles the French car maker said # Peugeot has been involved in electric vehicle research and development for More than 20 years. Earlier this year the electric company of France took delivery of 55 electric powered Peugeot including 25 j5 vans. The Peugeot j5 Van is equipped with a 28-cell Battery that lasts an average of 31,000 Miles or through 600 charging cycles. It has a top Speed of just Over 43 Mph and a Range of 43 to 62 mile scar to policemen As bribe Johannesburg South Africa apr a Motorist convicted of driving 155 Mph on the Highway and trying to bribe traffic police with his Friend s car has been ordered to pay $1,664 in fines a newspaper reported. A /. Quot. Police said Salim ayob set a record for speeding in South Africa when he was spotted zooming toward Durban on March 2 in a Friend s Bow Sedan. After being stopped police said ayob offered an officer the car. The officer refused and ayob then offered him $464, prosecutors said. When the officer also refused that bribe attempt ayob allegedly approached another policeman who then arrested him said the citizen newspaper which reported the Case a a ayob 22, was convicted in Heidelberg Southeast of Johannesburg. He was fined $1,200 plus the amount of the second attempted bribe the paper said. A Japan s Export of tvs Vars continues on record Pace Tokyo up a paced by brisk sales to China and Hong Kong Japan s exports of color television sets and video cassette recorders soared in october the electronic industries association of Japan has reported. The association said television exports surged 90.3 percent Over a year ago to 370,000 units while Var shipments gained 13.8 percent to 2,498 million units sikh militants kill. Of radio station in India new Delhi India up sikh militants killed a local chief of state run All India radio in Chandigarh thursday weeks after issuing a a code of conduct for journalists covering violence Tom Punjab state. . Talib director and local chief of government run All India radio was gunned Down by sikh militants outside his Home in Chandigarh the joint capital of Northern Punjab and Saryana states 155 Miles North of new Delhi the press Trust of India said. The news Agency said police detained and questioned Taliba a bodyguard who reportedly fired at the fleeing militants a a a a a a Quot. A a two militants fired at Talib from close Range and escaped on a motorcycle and Security forces erected Road blocks and sealed the City s Border in an Effort to Nab the attackers the press Trust said 1. New zealand parliament. A or \ \ a a a it. A a a we a r a a a. A a i Ilij n in Quot 1 a it Quot v a ,4 wrong runway a Cessna sport plane makes a clean Takeoff thursday on autobahn a-33 near Paderborn Germany with civilian Pilot Dieter Kolc Nyki at the controls. Because of a serious fuel problem Kolesnyk was forced to land on the Highway wednesday a and then wait overnight for the defect to be corrected. During a Lull in traffic thursday afternoon the Light plane sped Down a free Lane and took to the air again. Food stockpile Berlin apr soviet soldiers on Friday began w former West Berlin s cold War food re server which will be sent to the crippled communist hauling Awa nation to Ward off hunger this Winter. The government in the Western sector had built tip the huge stockpiles after the soviet blockade of 1948-49, in Case the Kremlin tried to choke off the City again with the postwar tensions virtually at an end the germans Are sending the soviets enormous amounts of food and other Aid. Organizers Are seeking private donations from Ordinary germans to Back the Relief efforts. Some germans have even taken to the streets with tin cans seeking contributions for the soviets from passersby in Potsdam. Some of the biggest contributions will come from the Berlin reserves which were designed to feed West berliners for several months in Case of another blockade the stockpiles of food and other supplies Are being Given to the soviets free of charge. Shaking off freezing temperatures soviet soldiers and German workers began loading 100 tons of powdered Mil before Sunrise Friday at a Berlin warehouse the powdered milk was put onto red army trucks bearing the familiar red Star and the initials a Ca Quot the russian alphabet abbreviation for soviet army clearly emblazoned on the sacks of powdered milk were the words a made in the Federal Republic of Germany.�?�. A a a a a a escorted by German police and army personnel the first Convoy of 16 trucks then drove to a soviet military Airfield about 20 Miles South of Berlin. There the milk powder was loaded on to cargo planes for the flight to the soviet Union. ,. Kremlin officials have asked the germans to give priority treatment to shipping badly needed powdered milk. The _. Reserves in coming Days and  germans Are predicting that their humanitarian Mission for the soviets will continue at full Pace despite some questions As to the True extent of possible hunger in the soviet Union. ,. A civic group has also urged Eastern germans to invite soviet soldiers to spend Christmas with them to promote better relation Between the two sides. There Are still an estimated 360,000 soviet troops stationed in former East Germany they Are to be pulled out by 1994. Sofia Bulgaria of a a politically Independent judge who oversaw the country a first free elections was elected Premier Friday ending a week of uncertainty since the former communist party Premier resigned. Dimitar Popov the head of Sofia s municipal court was nominated earlier in the Day to the 400-seat grand Wellington new zealand of a a Man who splashed himself with animal blood to protest new 2tea-land�?Ts military involvement in the Gulf disrupted Par it a _ _ 1 1 l _ a _ a a 1. _1_ pm a. A a n a lament on wednesday scuffling with three politicians the Man who was not identified jumped from the Public gallery before being overpowered by three members of parliament led by police minister John Banks. The Man was taken into custody. Three women who had been sitting in the Public Gal the gallery Sledge that read a Send maps to fight in Gulf a a h a t a _ on monday the new zealand government decided to Send two transport planes and a team of medical specialists to the persian Gulf to assist multinational forces enforcing in. Sanctions against Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait m August. That the parliament elected Popov by a a Large majority Quot but he did not give the number of deputies who voted for him. He said 15 deputies voted against Popov and 29 abstained. Parliament ordered him to present his government to the chamber within seven Days. Popov 63, gained prestige As Secretary of the Central election commission that oversaw bulgarians first free balloting in june the elections were won by the socialists formerly the communists. But the government of Premier Andrei Zukanov suffered months of trouble because of a severe economic crisis. Zukanov resigned nov. 29, Popov told parliament he was accepting the Job of forming a provisional government provided he gets Broad support from legislators and the Public at Large. The Surprise development came after Ginsu Ganev the Deputy chairman of parliament refused to assume the Post of Premier. Sources said Todor Valchev an economics professor also had turned Down the Job Zhelev told parliament that he appointed Popov to form a government following Long consultations with a political parties and the Trade unions. Political groups Are negotiating an agreement on establishing a transitional government until summer elections Handset a timetable to draft a new Constitution Zukanov was forced to step Down under pressure from growing Street protests and a nationwide strike bulgarians leading opposition group the Union of democratic forces was shaken this month by revelations that its chairman Petar Betori was a police informer under the former regime of communist dictator Todor Zsivkov Beron whose resignation was accepted thursday admitted he informed on foreign visitors while working at the natural history museum but Beron said he reported to a department other than the dreaded Domestic secret police. Bulgaria is in dire need of an efficient government to tackle its gravest economic crisis. Staple foods and other vital consumer goods As Well As electricity Are rationed or unavailable the government announced last Spring that it was unable to service the country s a billion foreign