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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes thursday october 24,1991 world9 killed 36 wounded in South Africa violence from wire reports Johannesburg South Africa nine Blacks were killed and 36 wounded wednesday morning when assailants shot and stabbed terrified commuters at two Soweto train stations police said. The attacks in the township outside Johannesburg were the latest in a series that have undermined a recent peace treaty signed by the government and leading Black groups. More than 150 Blacks have died in factional fighting in the five weeks since the Accord was reached. A people Are Cut and shot to bits. Some bodies Are in pieces a one unidentified witness was quoted by the Independent South african press association As  Leader elected Istanbul Turkey a the Eastern orthodox Chuich elected a new spiritual Leader wednesday the Church announced. Metropolitan Bartho cameos was elevated As patriarch following the death of patriarch Dimi trios i earlier this month. The Church claims 300 million members worldwide. Bartholo cos 51, once served As metropolitan of the town of Philadelphia in Turkey. His most recent position was in Chal Codon the ancient name for inc modern City of Kadi by on the asian coast of Istanbul. The title metropolitan is similar in rank to the title Bishop used in other Christian  evacuations go on Brussels Belgium a belgian paratroopers continued for a second Day wednesday evacuating europeans from the zairian mining City of Lubumbashi a foreign ministry spokeswoman said. A about j,000 europeans want to leave Lubumbashi Quot said spokeswoman Francois Gustin. A no new pillaging was reported today but the situation remains unsafe a she said wednesday. There were no reports of injured europeans. Gustin said 280 belgians were flown tuesday in military transport planes from Lubumbashi to the congolese capital of Brazzaville after soldiers rampaged through the City. She said five planes would shuttle Between Lubumbashi and Brazzaville. Lubumbashi is about 1,100 Miles Southeast of the capital of  Accord reached Seoul South Korea a North and South Korea said in a Surprise announcement wednesday that they had agreed in principle to adopt a comprehensive Accord aimed at casing four decades of hostility. The announcement in Pyongyang the North korean capital was the first sign of Progress after a series of meetings Between the countries prime ministers the highest level talks since Korea s division in 1945. The declaration however sidestepped debate earlier in the Day Over nuclear weapons and the presence of . Forces. The North wants a nuclear weapons ban and a . Pullout while the South accused the North of developing nuclear weapons and demanded that Pyongyang open its research facilities to International inspection. Cuban president Fidel Castro Fields questions tuesday As mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari  makes at Summit of Cozumel Mexico apr cuban president Fidel Castro arrived tuesday to meet with the presidents of Mexico Venezuela and Colombia who reportedly Hope to push the communist Leader toward democratic reforms. Mexico a president Carlos Salinas de Gortari issued a Surprise announcement earlier in the Day that the cuban Leader would take part in the group of three Summit that was to Start wednesday on this resort Island off the Yucatan Peninsula. The group includes Salinas de Gortari and presidents Cesar Gaviria Trujillo of Colombia and Carlos Andres Perez Rodriguez of Venezuela. Mexico and Venezuela have a powerful lure for Castro a Oil to replace the desperately needed supplies he has lost from the soviet Union. But the two countries so far have refused to include Cuba in an arrangement under which they sell Oil at concessionary rates to Central american countries. Colombian foreign minister Luis Fernando Jaramilo Surprise visit latin leaders to told the Caracol radio network that the presidents would seek to convince Castro to accept democratic changes in Cuba one of the last hard line communist states. A the last thing we want to see is a Bloodbath in Cuba. Even if it would be in order to turn to a democratic system a Fernando Jaramillo said. Because of that we will make every Effort so that the mediation of these three countries can produce fundamental changes on the Island a he said. Castro ended a cuban communist party Congress last week with an emotional vow to continue along his one party path despite the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe the loss of its main East bloc supporters and trading partners has devastated cubans Economy. But Castro declared that Cuba was already More democratic than capitalist countries and he rejected claims of rights abuses on the  stage huge strike in Italy Rome apr transportation banking and other services were disrupted for up to four hours tuesday by a general strike called by Italy a main unions to protest the governments proposed Cost cutting measures. The state run Rai to said hundreds of thousands of workers took part. Union officials put the figure in the millions. Buses halted their runs immediately after the Rush hour and air and train traffic also came to a halt. The strike blocked publication of the Days newspapers and halted trading on the Milan Stock Exchange Italy a largest for an hour. The unions which claim 10 million members called the general strike to protest cuts in next years proposed budget which Union leaders claim come mainly at the expense of salaried workers. The proposals Call for citizens to pay for up to half the Cost of prescription Medicine. The government now picks up nearly All the Cost. Premier Giulio Andreottis coalition has been trying to Stem a budget deficit mainly through Revenue increases. The government estimates this years deficit at $100 billion. _ _ a Jiuu Nunnun. Mass grave of monks reported in Mongolia London api a or it Nin. 1. A. 1london apr a mass grave con Taining the remains of thousands of Buddhist monks who were killed by communist rulers in the late 1930s has been discovered in Mongolia the bbl reported wednesday. The British broadcasting corp. Said one of its documentary teams filmed the discovery of a grave that contained the remains of about 5,000 people on the outskirts of Moron on the soviet Border. The bbl s Brian Barron said the expedition to the Northwestern Mongolia graveside was led by or. M. Yinchin head &mmi�hc�?zcrn.lyv-a.l?,d Csc Quot Ltd a a i would Herd them into a lord and hold commission Tor victims of the repression. Them Down As they were shot to death. To not a Cmunt is suet wednesday by there was no Justice in Mongolia then Imp in h Jfe Plum a Yinchin As say most of those executed had committed no act pc were kill cd and or my at All Quot the Man said through an interpreter. His name was not Given. Buried in similar fashion across the nation. 1 he doctor added that some people believe the figure could be higher. In the television documentary Barron said each victim in the mass grave had been shot through the head. Barron interviewed an 83-year-old Man identified As the chief of dictator marshal Choi Balsano a extermination squad. Government officials said the Man personally put 15,724 people to death. In the late 1930s, the Buddhist Faith was the Only rival to the revolutionary government installed by Moscow. In 1936, Cho Balsan began using his secret police with help from the soviet Kab and red army forces to liquidate people and destroy hundreds of monasteries the bbl reported. Cho Balsan was in Power for 17 years. He died in 1952 in the soviet Union. The bbl said the secret police Headquarters in ulan Bator contains a room with files of 30,000 people wrongly executed. Half of the people were Buddhist monks the bbl said. A across Mongolia there Are scores of mass Graves to be uncovered a Barron reported. A once the Winter is Over the reformist government will Send a High level team to examine the one we   
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