European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday october 6, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3georgian body meets in special session Moscow api a georgian president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia called his parliament into emergency session saturday after at least one person was killed and More than 80 were injured in clashes Between his forces and opponents. In Azerbaijan missiles were fired at an armenian Village in continuing ethnic strife. And in the Republic of Tad Histan a protest against president Rakhman a Aziyev entered its 12th Day the Tass news Agency reported. Gamsa Hurdia called an emergency session of parliament to quell the latest violence in Georgia the republics Mission in Moscow said. The clashes in Tbilisi the capital came despite a government Promise Friday to pull Back from confrontation. Rebel National guardsmen have refused to Lay Down their arms. They defected last month to the opposition which includes former Gamsa Hurdia aides and two dozen parties who accuse the president of ruling like a dictator since being elected last May on a pro Independence platform. Fighting broke out in Tbilisi Early sat urday when thousands of opposition forces marched toward parliament where thousands of Gamsa Hurdia supporters were gathered a report by the presidents press office said. The opposition forces a burst into several buildings attacked several guardsmen and then tried to break into parliament a the report said. It said armed bodyguards of a National Independence party Leader then fired at a backers. There was shooting until after Dawn the report said. It quoted the republics health ministry As reporting one person dead of gunshot wounds and 81 people injured including 17 suffering tear Gas inhalation. The Independent news Agency Irinda said hand to hand fighting broke out shortly after Midnight Between the opposition and National guardsmen Loyal to the president. A to disperse the crowd presidential National guardsmen began shooting in the air a the report said. A two hours later there was again shooting near the government so a Mother Rosebud a Rosebud a Dachshund found something to do with the milk her body was producing during a false pregnancy and these pot bellied piglets Are glad she did. Their Mother did no to have enough milk when she gave birth to five piglets last month forcing these babies to seek outside assistance. Owner Diane Alley in Madison Ohio says the piglets will be returned to their Mother when they finish nursing. Filipino rebels threaten attacks Manila Philippines apr communist rebels saturday criticized president Corazon Aquino a plan to give american forces three years to leave a . Navy base and hinted they May attack . Troops if they done to leave soon. The National democratic front an umbrella organization of 14 marxist groups issued the warning in a statement sent to news agencies. The groups include the communist party of the Philippines and its armed Wing the new Peoples army. The philippine Senate last month rejected a treaty lie Oei Iai iu31 la Tuimil u i Vui ii Viii my congressmen admit bouncing Check blunders f a. Clip it Taxt / a a Cmur of o a rather Miccu Cit nation with the United states that would have allowed . Forces to stay at Subic Bay naval facilities. Under the rejected agreement the United states would have returned its other major installation in the Philippines Clark a by 1992 but hold on to Subic for 10 More years in Exchange for $203 million in annual Aid. Aquino had earlier said she was supporting a a people Power referendum to overturn the Senate rejection but backed Down after Many supporters and opponents called the plan budget role handed to Dod medical official by Chuck v1nc1i Washington Bureau Washington a the Pentagon will centralize top level management of its huge Yealth care system while also giving local medical commanders More Freedom to decide How Best to provide care to their beneficiaries officials said thursday. The changes will probably have Little or no immediate effect on beneficiaries particularly overseas said Pentagon spokeswoman Susan Hansen. A How this will All shake out Down to the local level remains to be seen a Hansen said. A it will take a while to work out the but the main thrust of the move gives or. Enrique Mendez jr., assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs a stronger voice in How the services run their medical departments. The directive signed oct. 1 by Deputy detente Secretary Donald Atwood gives Mendez responsibility for managing the services medical budgets. Mendez will have to decide How to slice the total medical budget for the military services and the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services or champs Hansen said. Pentagon spokeswoman Susan Hansen. Although the plan greatly reduces the authority of the service surgeons general the services will still be responsible for administering health care both in peacetime and wartime. Operating Battlefield contingency hospitals in Europe for example will remain a service responsibility although Mendez May have some Impact on the personnel and equipment of those facilities through his new control of military medical resources. Atwoods memo also lays the groundwork for a system of a coordinated care requiring medical commanders to accommodate beneficiaries in their areas through a locally tailored mix of both their own military personnel and facilities As Well As champs. Hansen said coordinated care will be set up initially in the United states and May be studied for possible implementation overseas later. Washington a embarrassed congressmen who bounced checks closed accounts at their private Bank while others turned sour after discovering their Money had been used to cover their colleagues financial blunders. A a in a one of the suckers that kept Money in the Bank that they used to cover bad checks a said rep. Joe Barton a Texas. A it makes those of us that try to do the right thing and do do the right thing on Friday the number of members of Congress admitting writing rubber checks at the members Only House Bank grew to 45. Among those who said they would close their accounts Are rep. Peter Kost Mayer d-pa., who wrote 19 bad checks Over one year and rep. Christopher Shays r-conn., who said he wrote 18 overdrafts in four years. In a part of a pretty Messy situation now. Its my fault a Shays said. A this kind of thing. Gives discredit to the institution and discredit to facing a torrent of criticism House members voted thursday to close the Bank by the end of the year and Send its records to the ethics committee for investigation. The Bank which dates to the last Century covered the bad checks by using Money from other depositors members said. Rep. Charles Hatcher d-ga., said he wrote checks without sufficient funds because he understood the Bank would cover the difference until his next paycheck was deposited. A general accounting office report last month found that House members had bounced 8,331 checks at the Bank in the year ending june 30, 1990. Lawyer fined for frivolous suit Over i s uncovered Knees Lahore Pakistan a a judge on saturday dismissed a lawsuit against an islamic cleric accused of defaming islam for allowing the Princess of Wales to enter a mosque with her Knees exposed. Instead judge Ausaf Ali Khan accused the lawyer who caused a stir Over Princess Diana a visit sept. 25 to the ancient Badshah mosque of filing a false and frivolous complaints and fined him $80. Sohaib Roomi a 32-Ycar-old lawyer alleged in his lawsuit that mosque cleric Qadir Azad had insulted islam by allowing Princess Diana into the 300-year mosque while wearing a Green dress that was slightly above her Knees. Muslim women arc covered from head to toe before they enter a place of worship. Roomi also alleged Azad desecrated islam by presenting a copy of the Muslim holy Book the Koran to an a infidel a or unbeliever. Before throwing out the lawsuit the judge read a lengthy ruling defending the cleric and accused the lawyer of misrepresenting islam. A fall the charges arc false and frivolous a the judge ruled. A the Maulana cleric neither desecrated islam nor defiled islam or the he also said it was wrong to Label Princess Diana an infidel. A she is not an infidel. She is a Chri Sitan for whom islam has shown a great respect a he said
