European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes monday april 29, 1991northern Ireland factions set talks Belfast Northern Ireland a leaders of most of Northern Ireland a political parties have agreed to Start talking tuesday giving themselves 11 weeks to make Progress on problems that Are decades old. The Hope is that the parties can agree on new political arrangements for North can Ireland perhaps returning to a degree of self government satisfactory to both protestants and roman catholics Peter Brooke the top British official in top l Northern Ireland needed 15 months just to get an agreement on a format for the talks which also will involve the Irish government. A. World meeting in London on Friday Brooke and Irish foreign minister Gerry Collins said the talks were a a historic Opportunity to reach a new agreement on the total i to of relationships w i thin n Orth Ern Ireland within the Island of Ireland and Between the Peoples of these the negotiations involve Catholic a a nationalists who aspire to a United Ireland and protestant a a unionists who Are Adamant about remaining part of the United kingdom. That disagreement has torn Northern Ireland since at least 1922, when 26 counties of Ireland won Independence from Britain. Differences of politics and religion have fed 22 years of violence in which More than 2,800 people have died a 20 so far this year a a and kept the British on the streets since 1969since 1985, consultations have been held under the Anglo Irish agreement which gave Ireland a consultative role in the provinces affairs. The unionists oppose the agreement and made a suspension of the consultations a condition for entering talks. The suspension will last until july 16. In the first phase Brooke will meet with leaders of four political parties the Ulster unionist party the democratic unionist party the non sectarian Alliance party and the social democratic and labor party Northern Ireland a largest roman Catholic party. A one of the reasons Why we disagree so often with the unionists on our treatment of the problem is that we disagree about what the problem is a Selp Leader John Hume said earlier this year. Hume believes the key Issue is the relationship Between the Northern unionists and the Irish government. But others see the Issue As the relationship Between catholics and protestants within Northern Ireland or Between Northern Ireland and the British government. Panama Costa Rica rattled by 2 quakes. From wire reports. Panama City Panama a two moderate earthquakes Shook parts of Panama and Costa Rica frightening residents still recovering from the. Powerful temblor that rocked the two countries a week ago officials said. V the latest tremors on saturday were Felt mainly in Panama a Bocas Del Toro province and the Atlantic Region of Costa Rica the Region hardest hit by last mondays quake. The first tremor occur cd at 12 32 . And registered 4.8 on the Richter scale. Its epicentre was 20 Miles Northeast of Limon in Costa Rica. The second tremor was Felt at 3 25 ., registering 4.1 on the Richter scale with an epicentre 15 Miles Southeast of Sta Ola Panama. In Costa Rica Relief efforts to reach isolated mostly Indian areas Inton silted. Helicopters were used to transport food Medicine and Rescue teams. A. ,. A expedition scrapped Katmandu Nepal a a Swiss expedition has abandoned its bid to climb mount Manalu due to bad weather said a report received from the team sunday. Blocked by High winds and deep Snow the seven member Scarp Scioni Manalu expedition to the worlds seventh tallest Peak quit climbing on april 21 after reaching an Altitude of 20,992feet. A ,. A a a a a a. The team led by Franco Emanuele Dellatorre. 34, was trying to scale the 26,774-foot Peak from the Northeast face. Abortion Pill denounced Paris a several Hundred protesters rallied saturday against the controversial French Abor lion Pill which has been the subject of controversy lately following the death of a Young woman under treatment. The anti abortion activists gathered outside the Paris Headquarters of the Pill manufacturer Roussil Claf and demanded the drug known Asru 486 be banned m France and other countries. A a a a. A a a a a a a. A a a a Roussil Claf is a subsidiary of the German company Hoechst. The protesters marched later to the German embassy to demonstrate against the drug there. They compared the drug to the Zaklon b Gas manufactured by Hoechst a predecessor . Far Ben that killed millions of jews and other people in the nazi Gas Chambers during world War ii. 2 people burned to death in rioting at albanian port Vienna Austria apr two people were burned to death when frustrated would be refugees set fire to a train at the end of a Day of rioting across three Northern albanian cities albanians Ata news Agency said sunday a a i t Quot a a a a Quot a a Quot a a a a a a Quot a quoting a report to parliament by Interior minister Gramozi Ruczaj the official news Agency said crowds broke windows in the port of she Gjin and nearby town of Lethe after police foiled their bid to seize ships and sail abroad. \ among the thousands gathered in Shengmin Harbor were a Large Ira Load of people from Shkoda the main City of Northern Albania the report said. Ata said As a train carrying the would be refugees pulled Back into the Shkoda station a mobs of people coming from Lethe set fire to the last railway coaches. The flames swept three railway cars and two citizens so far unidentified were Tirana residents reached by Telephone on sunday said the capital was Calm and that there were no reports of any More violence in Northern Albania. They said it was Clear from the reports that the two people who were buried had died. Tens of thousands of albanians have fled the tiny Balkan country in the past months in search of a better life abroad. Many of them commandeered ships at the country a Adriatic ports and sailed to Refuge in Italy Shkoda a City of about 70,000 people about 60 Miles North of the capital Tirana has been a near constant scene of trouble As Albania struggles to replace its stalinist isolation with Multi party democracy and a Market Economy. Pope visits Southern Italy Pope John Paul ii Waves to the crowd from his bulletproof vehicle saturday during a two Day trip to Basilicata in Southern Italy. The Pope called on politicians and Public administrators to put themselves at the service of the people. During a visit to the University of Basilicata the Pope emphasized the importance of education and criticized the a disdain for Many he said was present in much modern humanistic imposed at Clark 3 other bases in Philippines Manila Phillip Ines up a fearing attacks by communist guerrillas the . Air Force clamped travel restrictions on servicemen in the Philippines sunday on the eve of talks on the future of key facilities in the country. Col. Ron Rand spokesman at Clark a in a statement on military television announced the indefinite suspension of off Post leave and the imposition of a 9 . To 5 30 . Curfew. Non essential travel to Manila also was banned. The restrictions affect Clark Home of the 13th air Force 50 Miles North of Manila and three other Small air Force facilities. Spokesmen at the giant Subic Bay naval base and the nearby san Miguel communication station were not available to comment on Security. However during past bases talks travel remained Normal at Subic and san Miguel because of greater coordination Between local and . Officials. At least 10 americans have been killed since october 19s7 in the Philippines in politically motivated attacks mostly outside Clark but no untoward incidents were reported in the recent rounds of talks on the bases. The attacks were carried out by the 17,000-Strong communist new people . The spa has been battling the government for 22 years and is calling it the dismantling of the facilities. A we Are not out of the Woods As far t Security situation goes a said rant a there Are still people out there who Lik nothing better to grab some headlines our
