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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday april 27, 1991in Helsinki Finland apr president Mauno Koivisto Friday named Center party chairman Esko Aho prime minister of Finland a 65th government the first non socialist coalition in Over 25 years. Who 36, is Finland a youngest prime minister to Date. His 17-member, Cabinet has a record seven women ministers. Outgoing conservative prime minister Harri Holker s government resigned after being the longest serving government during Finland a 73 years of Independence hol Keri a three party coalition was in office for four years. It included the so Cial democrats the Small swedish peopled party and the Rural party whose one Cabinet minister resigned last year. The new government includes the Center party the conservatives the swedish Peoples party and the Christian league. The Center party has eight government ministers in the coalition including the foreign minister Interior minister and culture minister. The conservative party has six Cabinet scats including finance education and environment. The swedish Peoples party retains two Cabinet seats and the Christian league has one Cabinet member. The formation of the new Center right coalition follows five weeks of negotiations after parliamentary elections were held on March 17. In the elections the main opposition Center party gained 15 scats to become Finland a largest political party with 55 legislators in the 200-member parliament. The two main government partners the social democrats and the conservatives lost seats but could have formed a majority government together with the Center party a a however social democratic Leader Pertti Paasio decided to take his party into the opposition for the first time in 25 years after two consecutive defeats. The four government parties have a slim majority in the one House parliament with 114  March 17, finns elected 77 women parliamentarians an increase of 14 com k a red to the outgoing body. Finland now As the worlds highest proportion of female legislators at 38.5 percent. Coastal cleanup French soldiers pour out residues collected on a Beach Day. The Oil came from a tank that Sank Oft the italian in a bin in Eze near Monaco on the Riviera thurs coast two weeks  terrorists claim boat attack Athens Greece apr a bomb exploded Friday on an empty tugboat owned by a strike breaking firm and the country a most infamous terrorist group claimed responsibility police said. The boat Sank after the bomb exploded after Midnight As it was docked in Athens main port of Piraeus but there were no injuries said a police official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Police said that an Anonymous caller claiming to be a member of the Urban november 17 terrorist organization phoned the Athens daily Elefthery Typha to warn of the impending attack against the tugboat. Tugboat Crews have been striking for higher pay and increased benefits on and off for the past month. The Kara Piperis company that owned the boat however continued to service merchant ships with their tugboats. The elusive november 17 group has claimed responsibility for killing 16 people including u  officials and prominent greeks since 1975. It bombed several private buses in february hired by the government to break a three month Public bus company strike. No one was injured in those  sending College students to Countryside Beijing up a More than 1 million College students half of All in China will spend summer vacation at factories and farms to enhance their a sentiment with workers and peasants a a government news Agency reported Friday. A \. The practice harks Back to the 1960s cultural revolution when millions of students and intellectuals were forced into the Countryside for years. It was revived after the government crushed the student led pro democracy movement in 1989. A / the state run China news service said government departments were arranging for students a to go to the Countryside for investigation during this summer in order to understand the National situation and promote sentiment with workers and  the report said More than 1 million students were expected to participate half the nations approximately 2.2  students. Based on last years program the report said More than 80 percent of the students taking part will return to their hometowns during the summer break and will participate in a locally organized investigation and social  the practice of sending students and intellectuals especially urbanized educated youth to the Countryside was launched by Mao tse Tung in the late 1960s after the cultural revolution led to rampages and factional fighting among Young red guards. Present Day chinese leaders including patriarch Deng Xiaoping were also purged during the turbulent period and sent to work in factories pig farms and other isolated areas ostensibly for re education among the common workers and peasants  is death and the liberalization of the late 1970s, the practice was criticized As having crippled an entire _ generation. But hard line leaders partially revived it after the 1989 democracy protests As punishment and a warning to would be dissenters. The China news service said the students summer activities were designed to a strengthen their Confidence in socialism and heighten a their sense of responsibility to transform society the government is establishing 100 counties this year As bases for the Countryside training where local officials Are expected to assess the program and a evaluate students behaviour a Many students who have participated in the programs which often mean menial labor have derided the Countryside jaunts As virtually meaningless. Tokyo apr former prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone made his first step Back into the political limelight Friday after being sidelined from National polities for two years because of a major bribery scandal. Nakasone 72, was permitted by prime minister Toshiki Kaifu and executives of the governing Liberal democratic party to reactivate his membership in the party in what is widely viewed As a softened stance toward political figures implicated in the recruit Stock for favors scandal. Analysts expect Nakasone a re entry to Lead to the comebacks of about a dozen other senior politicians in the part including former prime minister Noboru Takishita. All took time off from National politics because of the recruit scandal which dominated headlines in 1988 and 1989. The scandal forced party elders to Settle on the Little know but relatively untainted Kaifu As Compromise prime minister in August 1989. Nakasone a renewed membership is expected to bolster his political clout within the party and his behind the scenes inti hence on key policy issues. But analysts believe his chances of becoming prime minister again Are extremely slim because of his age and a Lack of support within the party. Nakasone who was prime minister from 1982 to 1987, is one of Japan a Best known politicians both domestically and abroad. He was virtually forced to leave the party in May 1989 after he was implicated As a leading Fig to rejoin ure in the recruit scandal. The bribery scandal entered on a information. And publishing conglomerate called recruit co., whose chairman tried to buy favors from powerful politicians bureaucrats and business leaders with bargain priced shares of its subsidiary. No top political leaders were charged but the scandal sidelined a dozen powerful politicians. About a dozen recruit bribery cases involving bureaucrats and company executives Are pending in or Art  
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