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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes thursday september 26,1991foreigners flee Zaire in boats planes Brazzaville Congo a foreigners in Zaire jammed boats and i Ianes wednesday As european soldiers de evacuations from the nation where military led unrest reportedly has claimed More than 30 lives and injured More than 1,250 people. In Washington the Pentagon said it loaned several transport planes to France to help carry additional troops to Zaire after three Days of riots. More than 1,000 French and belgian paratroopers Are in Zaire to protect embassies and help foreigners flee. Rioting and looting by mutinous zairian soldiers subsided wednesday in the capital Kinshasa but other areas were a really tense a belgian foreign affairs spokeswoman Francoise Gustin said. France meanwhile pressed Zaire a ruler for 26 years Mobutu sese seko to accept a multiparty democracy to ease opposition protests and the unrest caused by angry soldiers who have not been paid for several months. Doctors without Borders an Aid group based in Brussels Belgium said wednesday that Between 1,250 and 1,750 people have been wounded in the Kinshasa area since monday but that Only 250 have been Able to make it to hospitals. Thousands of foreigners sought safety or escape routes from the former belgian Colony. Some of the 7,000 belgians living in Kinshasa were escorted by belgian paratroopers across the Congo River to Brazzaville the capital of Congo Gustin said in Brussels. More than 4,000 belgians live outside Kinshasa Many in the Mineral Rich area of Shaba. Some have fled to Zimbabwe and South Africa she said. France sent at least 150 More soldiers into Zaire on wednesday bringing to 600 the number of troops in the nation. Sev eral . C-141 military transport planes have been loaned to France to ferry More soldiers supplies and equipment to Zaire French officials said. A the sole purpose of this activity is to assist in the Protection and evacuation of americans and other foreigners a said a Pentagon statement. A it does not constitute an involvement in the internal affairs of  about 4,000 French nationals live in Zaire. Greece Italy Portugal and Sweden also were planning to evacuate their nationals. A swedish official in Stockholm said some Homes of swedes in Zaire were looted. Mobutu in a speech broadcast Early wednesday said the pillaging would have a grave repercussions for Zaire a bankrupt Economy. He claimed that Kinshasa has been left without food or Medicine. Gustin said pillaging continued wednesday in some cities. Chao Chen Ping Cente wearing a White shirt Battles legislator Huang Tien Shang wearing  erupts in Taiwan legislature Taipei Taiwan apr legislators crawled at the podium and Premier Hau Pei Tsun was forced to deliver his speech from behind protective plastic Shields tuesday when Taiwan convened a new session of parliament. No one was seriously injured. News reports said about 50 legislators were involved in the fighting described As the worst outbreak of legislative violence. The fistfights erupted when Yeh Chu Lan 41, of the opposition democratic progressive party tried to deliver what she described As a a declaration of War that challenged the government to debate the abolition of sedition Laws. Chao Chen Peng of the governing nationalist party shoved her aside and punched opposition legislator Huang Tien Sheng who rushed to her Rescue. The oppositions 16 other legislators immediately leapt from their seats and battled other nationalist members. About 100 Security guards rushed into the chamber to protect Cabinet ministers. When order was restored Hau tried to deliver his speech but was interrupted by opposition legislators who banged their desks with shoes and books and shouted a abolish sedition Laws and a Thau Pei Tsun  the opposition says the sedition Laws suppress political dissidents. The nationalist party says the Laws Are needed for National Security but that it is willing to revise them. Several tossed documents at Hau 72, a former general who took office last year. Hau appeared unperturbed and raised his arms to signal Victory when he finished his 35-minute speech. In his speech tuesday Hau told the 211-member parliament that Taiwan must work toward stability economic development democracy and the eventual reunification of China and Taiwan. The two have been divided since 1949, when the chinese communists Defeated the nationalists in a civil  body May be 500-year-old Warrior Innsbruck Austria apr scientists Are studying the Frozen Corpse of what May be a centuries old Warrior discovered in a Glacier by hikers trekking High in the austrian Alps. Experts who conducted an initial examination said tuesday that the Corpse was incredibly Well preserved and could be up to 500 years old. However Konrad Spindler of the Institute for Early history at the University of Innsbruck said a Metal a and leather from what seems to have been spats found near the body could Date the death to the late 1800s. Hikers stumbled across the body in a Glacier sept. 19 in Austria a Tirol Mountain Region at an Elevation of about 10,000 feet. The body which has been flown to Innsbruck for study shows injuries on the Back and head. But there was no indication of exactly How the person died. The skin is intact and the Corpse still has its front Teeth. Aside from deterioration of the tip of the nose the face is remarkably , . Investigating stabbing death of sergeant Crail sheim Germany a a Soldier with the 44th air defense arty was found dead near his Home in Lan Stuhl on saturday the victim of numerous Stab wounds according to information from military officials. The death of sgt. Darryl v. Willingham with the 44th�?Ts he Btry 3rd in is being investigated by the joint Security Force in Vogel Weh German criminal police and american military police a statement from v corps said wednesday. The 28-year-old Hampton va., native was a Forward area alerting radar operator who was serving As part of his units rear detachment during its move from Ramstein a to Crail sheim. He is survived by his wife Amira and the couples son Jermine and daughter Habiba. A memorial service will be held at 10 . Today at the Crail sheim  veterans must Exchange worn out clothing by monday Furth Germany a veterans of operations desert shield or storm entitled to Exchange worn out military clothing Are reminded to do so by monday according to the military Exchange service. Soldiers with excessive Wear or damage on clothing such As Field jackets boots and Battle dress uniforms May replace them at local military clothing sales stores said Barbara Kirsch a spokeswoman for the army and air Force Exchange service. Those interested should Contact their command Supply sergeant for personal clothing requests a form  
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