European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a the stars stripes saturday May 25, 1991. A Ethiopia leaders try to placate rebels saturday May 25, 1991 Addis Ababa Ethiopia the ethiopian government freed political prisoners toppled a statue Quot of Lenin in moves designed to placate rebels advancing on. The capital. The rebel forces whose relentless1 gains caused president Mengistu Haile Mariam to flee the country tuesday reportedly pressed to within 22 Miles of the capital thursday have met Little resistance along the Way. The government freed 171 political prisoners thursday. Most had been arrested following a coup attempt against Mengistu in 1989. Later workmen using a Crane began dismantling a 10-ton Bronze statue of Lenin in a Square of the capital. Hundreds cheered As the Monument to the Leader of the russian revolution was chipped from its Concrete Pedestal lifted into a truck carted from the Square where it had stood six years. Quot the governments moves came just Days ahead of peace talks scheduled to begin monday in London a both sides promised to attend but. The rebels refuse to heed the government Call for a pre negotiations cease fire saying they would fight until either a peace agreement is reached or the government in Addis Ababa is destroyed. When Mengistu fled he left the gov. Erna Cut m the hands of his vice president it. Gen. Tesfaye go arc Kidan a Council of advisers. Mengistu established a marxist regime after he a cadre of officers overthrew the late emperor Haile Selassie in 1974,. The soviet Union provided generous for a decade but abandoned Mengistu with the end of the cold War late thursday five tanks hundreds of soldiers took up positions on the sprawling grounds of the presidential Palace on the City a North Side. Outside the Apitai the rebels were reportedly continuing to Advance. They already control the Northern third of the country. The main Tigre an rebel coalition the ethiopian Peoples revolutionary democratic front said thursday it had advanced to Genet 22 Miles from Addis Ababa. A Bronze statue of Lenin is pulled Down As hundreds watch in the ethiopian to halt adoptions of romanians Bucharest Romania a romanian officials will halt adoptions of orphaned abandoned children while they revise rules aimed at ending Black Market adoptions officials said thursday. A a a a the Selling buying of children has to Stop a foreign ministry spokesman Traian Chebeleu said. The number of couples Corning to Romania seeking to adopt children has risen there arc widespread reports of westerners going to poor Rural areas where parents arc exchanging their children for Cash. Chebeleu said parliament was. Expected to Complete work next week on legislation that would set strict guidelines for the adoption of romanian children by westerners. Adoptions will be suspended beginning june i until the governments committee for adoptions establishes procedures in accordance with the legislation Chebeleu said. Quot a a a. A a a the committees chairwoman or. Alexandra Zugravescu said adoptions would not resume before september. Some foreigners in Bucharest were upset. A. Sonya Paterson a Vancouver British Columbia native who last year adopted a romanian girl now helps arrange adoptions for other North americans said hundreds of westerners a would be forced to return Home under the new Law Only children recognized As abandoned for six months could be adopted All adoptions would require the committee s approval. Zugravescu also said she would no longer accept applications from individual West can families Only from official adoption authorities. The proposed Law sets prison terms of one to five years for natural parents or intermediaries receiving Money for adoptions. A a a a nearly 7,000 romanian children have been adopted since the december 1989 revolution that ousted communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu 1,709 of them by americans Zugravescu said. Most adoptions have taken place the past five months he said. Paterson others involved in adoptions were surprised by the sudden decision. By by -. A a a a a it a infuriating to have this land on you without warning a said Paterson who wrote a letter to the Senate asking that the adoption limits be overturned centuries old human remains found in London a London apr archaeologists on thursday displayed the remains of a human body possibly l,50 a years old which they found on the Banks of the River thames wrapped in bark. Archaeologists from the University of London said the body was found during excavation on the site of a new office development near Southwark Bridge in the City of London the capitals business District. They said they were baffled As to Why the Well reserved Young person s body was wrapped in Ark. A a. A a a a a Quot we be never found anything like it before a said senior archaeologist Julian Ayre. The body was preserved Between two Large sheets of bark staked Down in waterlogged Riverside deposits he said. The Skull which still has its Teeth has a Large Hole on the left Side suggesting the deceased May have died during medical treatment he added. Ayre said the body dated from Between . 450 800. Pathologists from s Hospital. In London will examine the Bone Structure other experts will examine the stomach contents. The sex of the body has yet to be determined Ayre said. A the body found three weeks ago but revealed thursday alter careful cleaning was naked with no sign of clothing or remains of ceremonial artefacts he said. Early speculation centers on the possibility that the dead person was a scandinavian Sailor who died during medical treatment was buried by Bis shipmates. Roh appoints prime minister new protests Are threatened Seoul South Korea apr president Roh Tae woo named a new conservative prime minister Friday refused to give in to demands by anti government protesters. Opposition forces denounced the Choice threatened new demonstrations. A Cycle of self immolation anti government protests triggered by the killing of a student by police last month has included rallies sit ins hunger strikes violent demonstrations in More than 75 cities. It is the most serious political crisis since Roh assumed of Tice in 1988. Police said Friday that More than 3,000 riot police civilians had been injured in a month of anti government protests by More than 700,000 people nationwide. Police figures Are generally conservative. The main opposition new democratic party made up of moderate liberals said the selection of Chung won Shik As the new prime minister was a an act of betrayal Challenge to the people who want an end to Spain bans . Madrid Spain apr two american Flag airlines have been banned from beginning service to Madrid by Spanish authorities because of failed .-, Spanish aviation talks Spanish newspapers reported Friday. A american airlines which was scheduled to launch its Miami Madrid serv ice Friday cancelled it a few hours before departure when the Spanish foreign .trans-port ministries denied the permit to land at Madrid Airport. 1 american said it had reached an agreement with the Spanish Eow rement several months ago. United airlines had been scheduled a to begin its Washington Madrid route on May 31. Both airlines had launched advertising campaigns hooked tickets suppressive / a. A a a a leftist dissidents students opposed to the conservative government regard Chung As a hard liner who As education minister from 1988 to 1990 led a crackdown on an outlawed teachers Union. More than 1,500 teachers were fired hundreds 62, Cut Short his tour of african nations As a special envoy was scheduled to arrive in Seoul on saturday he met South korean reporters in Paris Friday said he would do his Best to counter the country a turmoil. A what we need now is Calm Down to through dialogue a the Yon Hap news Agency quoted him As saying. It also quoted him As saying he does not consider himself a hard liner. The appointment aimed at reassuring Middle class koreans who Are weary of five weeks of protests suggested Roh did not intend to give in to opposition student demands for sweeping talks stall on future flights. Spain a leading daily Al pais reported Friday the bilateral negotiations failed because the United states was attempting to Slot Continental airlines in the new York Madrid route. Spain opposed the move because state held Iberia air lines already faces Competition on the route against Twa pan am airlines. Al pais said the . Is planning to retaliate by not allowing the National Spanish airline Iberia to land in new York Miami. . Embassy spokesman . Gillespie declined to confirm the reports saying that Quot discussions Are now in
