European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes sunday May 26, 1991 Early Rains add woe cd i1ttagong, Bangladesh a Nurul Haq stood in thigh deep water watching rain Pelt his battered House which was damaged in last month s Cyclone and then lost its roof in an Early Monsoon. The Monsoon brought heavy flooding across Southeastern Bangladesh and Riew misery to Haq and his countrymen struggling to rebuild their lives after an april 30 Cyclone that killed 139,000 people and shattered the Economy. Prom the safety of a relatives porch Haq a 40-year-old Butcher wondered aloud what will happen next month when the real monsoons  that time every year thousands of Homes around Chazak Bazar one of the main food markets in this port City of 3 million Are flooded because the nearby Chaklai canal is so clogged with Silt that excess water can to Drain. The canal the largest in the City empties into the Kar Napuli River. It Haq and his older brother Shamsul who lost his Home in the Cyclone said that already this has been the worst year for flooding. As they spoke Rainwater was being collected in jugs at the Edge of the porch. Clean water  difficult to find since the Cyclone and there has been no electricity. Schools Are closed and the Price of desperately needed building materials has soared. A it Hope Allah the almighty will conic up with a solution a said Shamsul. 50, a messenger struggling to support his wife and id children. A two hour walking tour through sometimes Waist High water revealed countless such stories of despair. Hundreds of people Young and old huddled under any Shel Ter t hey could find their threadbare sarongs and saris drenched. Water up to a foot High covered the floors of some houses ruining scarce food clothing and personal treasures. A a a a a a Small Bridge that had collapsed in the storm dangled in the canal. One of the few outdoor toilets in the Over crowded District was submerged its contents mixing with the Muddy foul smelling floodwater. For some work went on. Men hauled of carts loaded with bricks and furniture and bicycle rickshaws peddled through the floods their passengers covered with plastic sheeting. The meteorological office said 8.8 inches of rain Felt Between 3 . And 3 . Friday. Winds gusted at up to 35 Runph. In extreme monsoons 12 inches of rain will fall Over a 24-hour period. A this year the Monsoon is a bit Early so it e Are suffering a said Jainab Begum a White haired grandmother born when Britain ruled what is now Bangladesh. Twenty years ago she said she bought two houses. One which she rented out was damaged in the Cyclone so she now has no income. Incr son in Law Shajan Mia a fishmonger and the family a Only other breadwinner has been unable to work because there is no fish coming to Market. A v a so Many men died in the sea. There arc no nets and boats. And people Are worried about disease from the fish Quot two Young girls seek a dry spot in a collapsing hut in a poor area of Chittagong. A. A. A a a. A. A. A a said  problem will be gone a Leeth chattering and body shaking residents of hit dugong have been re from the chill rain Mia said he still Hopes ceiling promises for 10 years that such for a Good future if the government takes work will be Donev but nothing has Hap proper action. A a Pence he said. Asked what the government should do a team from the world Bank has sur he replied a who will listen to our s us Voyed the 10-mile canal and committed Gest Ion we Are poor men. \ funds to re excavate it. The first phase a in my idea a though my opinion is was completed last year but the main sex valueless a if the canals dug property Cavatio has not yet begun. World lift bin on Rice imports Japan businesses urge from wire reports f in Okyon Japan a most Power fill business group has urged the government to end the a country a Long refusal to allow Rice imports in order to help restart crucial talks on global Trade. Japanese businesses fear a protectionist backlash by lire United states and Europe if their country fails to open up the Rice Market. The federation of economic organizations adopted a Resolution Friday urging the government to allow Rice imports to restart the stalled Uruguay round of talks held under the general agreement on tariffs and  kills dutch hiker Invercargill new zealand a 24-�.year-old dutch hiker died from exposure after suffering incapacitating injuries in a fall from a Snow covered Bluff police said Friday. The body of Erik Schutten of Emmel Oord the Netherlands was discovered thursday on the Dorc pass Alpine route in fiordland Quot on the Southwest Side of new zealand a South  workers strike Madrid Spain a an estimated 175,000 Spanish workers struck for higher pay Friday cancelling airline flights and rail service and disrupting Telephone service. Spain s two key socialist and communist unions organized the one Day strikes to press for a 4 percent pay raise. The strikes coincided with the final Day of campaigning for City and regional elections set for sunday. Managers at state run companies have sought to hold pay raises to near the socialist government s target of 5 percent. Spain a 16 percent unemployment rate is among the highest in the 12- nation european Community. Veins tighter i Tbilisi. . Apr Thi Tiron listed Leader of Georgia Eon rident of Victory in sunday s presidential election in this Southern soviet Republic is tightening his grip on Power and setting out a plan for be. Cession. Oviad Gamsa Hurdia a fierce nationalist whose party won control of Georgia a parliament last fall is favored to defeat five opponents on sunday reaffirming his Rule Over the muh ethnic Republic. Gamsa Hurdia was chosen acting president in april when the parian sent declared Independence from the Kremlin. News reports say he will Likely use a Victory to justify his harsh policies and press for Independence in talks set for tuesday with soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. He already has begun to act us though he had been elected. Llis supporters in parliament on thursday approved a Law prohibiting any criticism or. Insult that would malign the presidents a Honor and  those convicted face a six year jail term and a Tine the state news Agency Tass reported. Parliament last week again extended its state of emergency in the Northern enclave of South Ossetia whose pro Krem in separatist population has been fighting Georgia s nationalist militia for months leaving scores dead. A a Panisak Hurdia a supporters in parliament also have changed the election Law a to keep anybody under official investigation from running for Public office Tass reported. That eliminated at least one opponent Dejaba Iose Liani who had been arrested in a sweep by the militia which supports Gamsa Hurdia a to disarm rival groups a a Quot a a on saturday opposition activists gathered for a meeting in a Central Tbilisi Hall but found Power in the building bad been shut off. Gamsa Hurdia was widely blamed for ordering the electricity Cut As leaders of the a Freedom tribunal sat in a blackened auditorium discussing whether to con tinge their work or find another locale to continue their meeting before balloting begins sunday. Voting stations open at 6 . And balloting ends in the Early evening with first results expected tuesday georgian election . Death toll 19 in Lesotho rioting Maseru Lesotho apr soldiers and police patrolled saturday after at least 19 people died in race riots sparked by the beating death of a Black woman who was accused of stealing  shopping Center run by indians and chinese. A spokesman at the . Embassy said an american professor was among scores of foreigners attacked this week by angry mobs in this tiny country inside South Africa. The spokesman identified the american As Roger Swagler of Athens ga., a professor of economics at the National University of Lesotho. He escaped serious injury when his car was shot at. It was not known when the attack occurred. Maseru a police commissioner maj. Gen. T. Pinda appealed to foreigners not to be frightened and said the situation was under control. Cities were under a dusk to Dawn curfew and no new unrest has been reported since thursday. A riots broke out monday after a Young Black woman was beaten to death. She had been accused of stealing from a store in a shopping Center run by indians and chinese from neighbouring South Africa. Police said three people including two shop employees had been arrested in the woman a death