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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 23, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 9germans want kingly touch on Unity Bonn Germany apr a popular Magazine said wednesday that a poll it commissioned shows nearly 60 percent of those questioned would like a German King again. The Glossy Munich based Magazine Bunte said a research firm had asked 2,128 germans what they thought about the return of a monarchy after last weekends much publicized reburial of prussian Monarch Frederick the great and his father. According to the Magazine 59.9 percent said they would rather have a King than a a a Mere president As head of the reunited German state. No margin of error was Given. Prussian Royalty has not had a throne since 1918. Prussia itself has not existed since the victorious world War ii allies condemning its militarism abolished it As a German state in 1947. Officials have been worried about a Rise in right Wing extremism and nationalism since German unification. However sentiment in Germany a country painfully aware of its history has been strongly against a return to the past. That was evidenced by the loud opposition to and political angst caused by the sem official reburial of the remains of Frederick the great and Frederick Wilhelm i. This Trio of dragons is part of the spectacle of  a annual Kiracs festival. The colourful pro-14 bus passengers killed by mine in Nicaragua from wire reports Managua Nicaragua a an anti tank mine exploded under a bus in Northern Nicaragua killing 14 passengers and wounding several others the Interior ministry said. The explosion Early wednesday occurred on a Highway in Jino Tega province 140 Miles North of the capital. At least seven of the 14 killed were reared former Contra rebels known As re contras the ministry said. The reared rebels accuse the government of failing to keep its pledge to provide former contras with economic Aid after they Laid Down their arms last year. Authorities had not determined whether the mine had been planted during Nicaragua a civil conflict when a Mara rebels were fighting to overthrow the previous sandinista  rocks India new Delhi India a an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale rattled the far northeastern state of megh Alaya on thursday morning but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage the press Trust of India news Agency  joblessness up Prague Czechoslovakia a unemployment in Czechoslovakia increased to 3.8 percent at the end of june leaving 300,800 jobless a jump of 223.8 percent from a year earlier the Federal statistical office said wednesday. The report carried by the official ctr news Agency said nearly 6.73 million people were employed on june 30. Cd clings arc expected to bring about 2 million visitors to the German City Over the . Team goes from wire reports Bangkok Thailand a a s. Military experts flew to Cambodia on thursday to discuss the status of 83 americans missing in action from the War in Indochina the . Embassy said. The team led by army col. William h. Jordan the main adviser to the defense Secretary on Mia issues flew to phenom penh Cambodia from Hanoi Vietnam where they had just completed Mia talks with vietnamese officials the embassy said. Of the 83 americans unaccounted for in Cambodia some Are civilians the statement said without elaborating. The two Days of talks scheduled to begin monday in phenom penh would be the second on the prisoner of War missing in action Issue and reflect increasing cooperation Cape town South Africa a after an anxious month stranded in the icy wilderness of Antarctica 174 Crew members from a soviet ship arrived thursday in South Africa following a harrowing Rescue. Chunks of ice dropped from the soviet transport Jet As it landed thursday evening in Cape town More than 24 hours after setting off for the Frozen continent. A we Are tired and Happy. We Are Happy about Gorbachev a or. Sergei Karekin said As he stepped off the plane referring to the soviet leaders return to Power after a failed coup. Karekin was one of 241 Crew members on the soviet research ship Mikhail Slomov which became stuck in ice last month. The ship was 35 Miles from the soviet research base of Molod Ethnaya but the Crew could not return to base because it was filled to capacity. More than 60 men remained on the Mikhail . Dependents to Start returning to philippine base Manila Philippines up a the first group of american military family members who fled to the United states after mount Pinatubo erupted is scheduled to return to the Philippines next week the Navy said thursday. A statement from Subic Bay naval facilities said 400 dependents Are expected to arrive thursday at the facility 60 Miles Northwest of Manila on the first flight from the United states. Navy officials have said some 3,500 military family members arc expected to return to Subic by mid september. Eruptions at mount Pinatubo which began june 9, wrought heavy damage on Subic a Navy repair and logistics Center and Clark a forcing the evacuation of 17,700 dependents. Subic now staffed by 5,600 troops has been restored to Normal operations while Clark has been closed. . And philippine negotiators agreed last month to extend the lease on Subic Lor 10 years after a 1947 treaty governing its tenure expires sept. 16. Clark however would be turned Over to the philippine government within a year. The agreement which requires ratification by the philippine Senate faces stiff opposition from Many senators who say the duration is too Long and the compensation of $203 million annually is too Low. By the cambodian Side. The previous meeting with the communist authorities was in september 1990. Last month . Personnel made the first investigation Ever into alleged sightings in Cambodia of missing americans. They concluded that some photographs that purportedly showed american prisoners were fraudulent. Meanwhile sen. John f. Kerry d-mass., said thursday in phenom pen that prime minister Hun sen has pledged to help resolve the fates of the missing americans. A a Hun has taken Steps in the past few Days and agreed to pursue the things i asked him to a said Kerry chairman of the new Senate select committee on Las. A i am very positive about the governments willingness to put this Issue to rest a with enough food to last three months. The rest squeezed into the cavernous Ilyushin-76 Jet which was filled to capacity. Those who  find space to lie Down fell asleep standing up. A a after delays caused by weather the Jet left Cape town Early wednesday and landed seven hours later on a Frozen Airstrip built this week for the Rescue. Valery Newmy Zajchenko from Moscow said the stranded group spent its time playing chess and watching films including american westerns. I he ship Hasni to budged in weeks and is packed in on every Side by ice. The planets cargo on the Way to South Africa included eight tons of vegetables and sheep carcasses left for the 67 crewmen who will remain on the ship. The rescued group Are to set sail for the soviet Union in a week. To Cambodia for talks on status of 83 my As 174 rescued from ice trapped ship  
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