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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes monday september 2, 1991philippines warned on Subic Bay lease Porac Philippines up a . Rep. Stephen Solarz d-n.y., said sunday the United states will probably move its naval facilities to other areas in the Pacific if the philippine Senate rejects an Extension of the . Lease on Subic Bay naval air facilities. The philippine Senate committee on foreign relations will begin Public hearings today on whether to ratify or reject the agreement signed tuesday to replace the 1947 bases treaty expiring sept. 16. In remarks at an evacuation Center in the town of Porac heavily damaged by world the eruption june 9 of mount Pinatubo Volcano Solarz said he Hopes Friendship Between the United states and its former Colony would remain even if the philippine Senate rejects the treaty. A the United states will probably look for other areas in the Pacific once the Senate rejects the treaty Quot Solarz said. �?o1 would not be so harsh As to predict the votes of the Senate but i certainly Hope that whatever happens Friendship Between our two countries  the agreement reached in is months of negotiations allows the United states to withdraw from Clark a Home of the 13th air Force and remain for 10 More years at Subic a repair and logistics Center for the 7th Fleet. Both facilities were severely damaged by the eruption of mount Pinatubo 60 Miles North of the capital. The new Basing arrangement requires a two thirds vote of the Senate where a majority has indicated opposition to the lease. Opponents say the term is too Long and the $203 million annual compensation too Little. President Corazon Aquino told Solarz that a a definite and Concrete debt Relief assistance from the United states is crucial to the ratification of the  she said during a Call by Solarz the continuing eruption of mount Pinatubo now in its third month underscored the importance of easing the debt Burden of $29 billion to enable her to Channel Money for rehabilitation. But Solarz who Heads the House subcommittee on asian and Pacific affairs said philippine Senate approval of the treaty would a significantly enhance philippine requests for Aid. Scotland Yard suspects Ira planted store bomb from wire reports London a Scotland Yard said sunday that investigators suspected the Irish Republican army planted a firebomb found at a Bookstore on a Busy London Street. A we think the Ira is responsible. Quite what they re up to we Arentt Clear Quot said a spokesman for Scotland Yard which issued an Alert Over a possible new terror Campaign in Britain. Police cordoned off streets on saturday night around bargain books at Charing Cross Road. The incendiary device which was in a cassette Box on a shelf was found by a store worker. Heroin found in truck Trieste Italy a customs police recovered 17 pounds of heroin hidden under the Drivers bed and inside the engine compartment of a Long distance truck. The truck was carrying Cotton that had been driven from Turkey officials said saturday police said they arrested the Driver identified Only As a 36-year-old Turk on Friday night after finding the drugs Worth about $2.3 million. Soviets say weapons gone Moscow a All soviet nuclear weapons have been removed from Germany the new soviet defense minister said saturday. Marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov made the statement to German ambassador Klaus Blech said soviet defense ministry spokesman Vladimir Nikonov. The soviet Union earlier this year reported that All nuclear weapons had been withdrawn from former East Germany. But German offi Ciulis later Learned some remained my kills 2, wounds 5 Taipei Taiwan a a dispute Over whether a military police guard could Arink while on sentry duty erupted into a blood Bath sunday morning with the my killing two people and shooting five others press reports Saia. Chen Shi Tiung 20, shot and killed fellow police guard Zhu Shang we 22, in the Taipei suburb of Wuhu after Zhu criticized him for drinking on duty according to local press reports. Officials did not identify the beverage. Residents flee sex guards on trial during their sunday afternoon stroll near berlins Reich Stag building people look at crosses commemorating East germans killed by Border guards while trying to get Over the Berlin Wall. Four sex guards go on trial today in the fatal shooting of the Walls last victim who attempted to escape feb. 6,1989. Volcano activity Tokyo up a an earthquake and 40 volcanic tremors Shook mount Unzen on sunday prompting hundreds of nearby residents to evacuate their Homes As massive flows of soldering debris poured Down the northeastern slope. A spokesman for the mete logical Agency said the number of flows had increased to nine including one from the East Side of the rapidly expanding lava dome. Mud reached the Mizu Nishigawa River the scene of the most disastrous flows in May and june when eruptions left 40 people dead. Waves of hot Ash and rocks have ignited Small Forest fires in the last five Days with scientists fearing a dangerous lava dome is forming in the Crater in Southern  Nakada a geology professor at Kyushu University said the flows have forked into Eastern and northeastern zones. A even if the flow channels Are split it does not mean there is less danger Quot he warned. Officials in Shimbara a town of 44,000 at the foot of the Volcano said 585 people were evacuated when threatened by scorching molten lava and gases. The evacuation advisory was issued by the disaster countermeasures office in Shimbara which has issued warnings for seven straight Days. Meteorologists who observed the increasing activity from helicopters said a flow of debris was expanding at a Pace of 7 to 10 feet a Day possibly triggering huge flows along the northeastern slope. The Volcano on the Western coast of Japan a southernmost main Island of Kyushu started erupting in late May after lying dormant for nearly 200 years. Man s Best Friend gets help in Italy Rome apr while Many a Best a Ami Cir May not have a a Dolce vital in a country that often Abandons them dogs in Italy gained new protections saturday under a Law which forbids killing healthy strays. The Law which went into effect with its publication in the official state Gazette forbids City kennels from killing stray dogs and cats whose owners can to be found. Kennels Are also forbidden from turning Over the animals for scientific experimentation. Owners who abandon cats or dogs now risk fines of $230 to $750. The state this summer has been running television and newspaper ads of soulful eyed dogs reminding italians to take care of their pets. Animal lovers have Long denounced a fairly common italian practice of abandoning pets before going away on vacation in the summer. It is not uncommon to see forlorn Loo Long dogs wandering City streets or highways in vacation season. The new Law does allow for a gravely ill incurably or clearly dangerous animals to be put to sleep. Bhutto says Pakistan can build a bombs Binazir Bhutto Islamabad Pakistan up former prime minister Binazir Bhutto on saturday confirmed Long held suspicions in the West that Pakistan is capable of building a nuclear weapon. A Pakistan has the information and the capability to build a nuclear bomb in the event of a threat from India a she told reporters. A but there is no need for us to Cross that  Pakistan has maintained that its nuclear facilities Are for peaceful purposes Only. But it has been widely suspected of developing nuclear weapons to compete a with India which exploded a nuclear device in 1974. The two countries have fought three wars since 1948. Reports have said Islamabad accelerated a program to build an atomic bomb after the flare up in january 1990 of a dispute with new Delhi Over the Northern Region of Kashmir. Kashmir is claimed by both countries but divided Between the two sides by a  cease fire line. The fears led the United states last year to suspend billions of dollars in Aid to Pakistan. Bhutto served As prime minister for 20 months until her government was ousted by president Ghulam Ishaq Khan in a gust 1990. The army backed government of prime minister Nawaz Sharif was elected two months later. Bhutto said Washington halted the Aid a because of the stupidity of the present government and described As a hog Wash the Contention that Pakistan needed nuclear weapons to deter any threat from India. She called for a a scamp David like Summit Between India and Pakistan to sort out the nuclear Issue in South Asia. A a great Deal of problems in Pakistan arise because of hostile relations with India a she said. A there is an urgent to need to address these   
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