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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes saturday april 20, 1991 at a glance Ivi kurdish refugees stand in Long lines Friday to receive bread at the silo i refugee Camp in Eastern Turkey. Up in smoke a rocket carrying a $100 million japanese broadcasting satellite was destroyed by Remote control after apparent engine trouble. A Page 5 school Reform president Bush s sweeping educational Reform plan would create a voluntary National testing program and set up a system of rewards and penalties to prod schools to better performance. It. A Page 6 sex Marine wins lawsuit a former. Marine who says police in new York beat him up while he waited for a bus was awarded $2 million by jurors. A Page 7. _ a a a. A a a a a a bedevilled daredevil Mathias rust who once landed an air plane on Moscow s red Square has been convicted of attempted manslaughter of a student nurse. A Page 8 veterans and alcoholism government statistics on alcoholism treatment for veterans reportedly understate the magnitude of the problem., a Page 9 fantasy baseball publications computer firms newspaper games even 900 Telephone services have sprung up to address the growing Market for fantasy baseball. A a a a Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers a a. .19 action line. 16 comics. 19-20-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 letters. Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .22 weather a a 11 framework for peace talks proving elusive for Baker Jerusalem a Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii discussed european and Arab ideas for structuring a Middle East peace conference with israeli leaders Friday without reaching an agreement on the framework . And israeli sources said., a there Are a number of outstanding issues that will have to be worked out and resolved if a process is to result a a Drga ret Tutwiler the state department spokeswoman said in a statement. Israeli radio said Baker would return to Jerusalem on tuesday. Baker met for More than three hours with prime minister Yitzhak Shamir after a two hour session with foreign minister David Levy. Baker begins a tour of Arab lands on saturday in Aqaba Jordan holding his first meeting with King Hussein. Baker walked through the old walled City of Jerusalem under heavy police guard in an unannounced sightseeing tour. He had planned to take a walking tour of the old City during his first visit to Israel in March but cancelled it after Gorbachev greeted by protesters Cheju Island South Korea a Mikhail s. Gorbachev Friday became the first soviet Leader to visit South Korea when he arrived on this tropical Island for talks with president Roh Tae a woo. A a a a a a a a. A a a Radical students demonstrated before his arrival claiming that Gorbachev s visit will Only anger communist North Korea and hinder etl Orts to unify the korean Peninsula /. Issues of peace and Security on the korean Peninsula topped fridays Agenda though no major agreements Are expected. South Korea is expected to ask the soviets to Cut Oft supplies of Plutonic. Urn and other nuclear materials to North Korea until Pyongyang agrees to International inspections of its facilities. Security was tight. Bomb sniffing dogs were deployed at the Airport where Gorbachev landed on the last International Stop of his asian tour. Thousands of police and military units were mobilized a a a a Vij. A about 2,000 students hurled rocks and firebombs in Seoul set fire to two police buses and took Over three downtown blocks As they battled riot police firing tear Gas. A Down with Roh Tae woo a yelled students. One policeman was seen being beaten by students and dragged away. At least 100 an Arab stabbed Lour jewish women to death the Day before his arrival. Israeli Border police cleared arabs from the streets As Baker approached. Dozens of . And israeli Security men encircled him As he walked through the narrow alleys of the old City captured by Israel from Jordan in Tajc 1967 Middle East War. A a a a. A israeli sources said the talks Here were confined to procedural issues. Most prominent among them was who would sponsor the negotiations that Israel agreed last week to hold with Arab states and with  Israel wanted the talks held in Washington under . Auspices. But the arabs told Baker last week they want an International peace conference and West european foreign ministers informed him thursday in Luxembourg the european Community should be a cosponsor along with the soviet Union. The israeli sources who requested anonymity said the Issue could not be resolved during bakery a Stop in Jerusalem. He has left his schedule open to return Here next week after going to Jordan Egypt saudi Arabia Kuwait and Syria. A at the conclusion of the meeting it was decided that the israeli government would be Back in touch with Secretary Baker with its response to the matters that were discussed today a Tutwiler said in her statement. A when and How of course will be determined by the israeli government a she  spoke on the Telephone with Levy after seeing Shamir and also met with former israeli defense minister Yitzhak Rabin a Leader of the opposition labor party. Avi Pazner the prime ministers Media adviser said he a would characterize the talks As Friendly even while the subjects under discussion were serious subjects a Baker had nothing to say to reporters after seeing Levy. Lie also avoided reporters aboard his plane on the flight thursday from Luxembourg. Baker flies saturday to Jordan where jordanian officials Are privately encouraged by bakery a latest Steps toward peace. A drawing of soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is hit Friday in Seoul South Korea by eggs thrown by family members of victims who were aboard a commercial Jet shot Down in 1983 by a soviet fighter plane. Gorbachev is in South Korea for a state visit. Students were arrested and dozens injured f about 500 students at Cheju University chanted a a let a Block soviet South korean Summit a and burned a Large cartoon picture of Gorbachev and Roh shaking hands. The students contend Gorbachev strip will so anger North Korea a soviet ally that it will end dialogue on easing ten Sions and hinder unification of the Peninsula divided since 1945, it As the Leader of. The Only superpower that maintains relations with both Seoul and Pyongyang r which has received soviet arms Tor years a Gorbachev is in the Bonn up Chancellor Helmut Kohl told natos Secretary general Manfred a Verner Friday that new european Security structures would complement but not compete with the Western military Alliance which he said was of a a existential importance. Speaking after talks with Kohl and do sense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg the visiting nato head said that he was a pleased to see that the Atlantic Alliance continues to play a Central Rote in Ger no yes detente and foreign  he said that the North Atlantic treaty organization had a no problem with current proposals for a strengthening of the West european Union a a defense policy body formed by nine Western european states. Speaking at a news conference Werner said Kohl agreed that a it is not the goal to build up a competitive body to nato outside of our Alliance but to extend the weight and influence of the europeans within the  a government spokesman said that coveted position of potential peacemaker. The korean Peninsula is the most heavily militarized area of Asia and the last cold War outpost of East West ten Sions. More than 1.5 million troops on either Side guard the tightly scaled Border. The soviet president left Tokyo Friday morning after making some concessions to the japanese on a territorial dispute that has poisoned relations for decades. But he failed to win a commitment from prime minister Toshiki Kaifu for substantial japanese assistance for the ailing soviet Economy. Tells Werner Kohl told Werner his policies rested firmly on the recognition that nato is a of existential significance for peace and Security in Europe a and the United Germany in its  Werner stressed that nato had an essential role to play As a Bridge Between Europe and its North american allies a the United states and Canada. Quot european and Atlantic Security is one. You cannot device the two a at least not without any damage for one or another country a he said  
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