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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 10. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9hong Kong deports vietnamese refugees Hong Kong apr vietnamese refugees some carried or dragged half naked and screaming were packed on a plane and deported to their communist Homeland saturday. The group of 59 vietnamese represents the first group of boat people forced Home under an agreement signed oct. 29 Between Britain and Vietnam that could result in the forcible return of More than 50,000 of Hong Kong a vietnamese boat people. The operation Aims to persuade thousands of boat people to leave squalid Camps and return Home voluntarily. As Many As 10 Security officers at a time hauled struggling men and women up a ramp and into the rear of a Hercules c-130 transport plane. Several vietnamese men were shirtless and shoeless. One woman ripped off her shirt in protest and had to be covered by a Green Blanket. At least seven women police officers were injured in the first flight of operation orderly return. There were no immediate reports of injuries among the refugees. Despite the intense opposition Robert Van Leeuwen the head of the . High commissioner for refugees in Hong Kong said he hoped that More boat people would Volunteer to return. But so far that message has failed to reach Many vietnamese. As the forced repatriation flight carrying the 20 men 16 women and 23 children took off for Hanoi on saturday More than 7,000 vietnamese in the Colony a largest detention Center held a three hour demonstration against forced repatriation. It was the biggest demonstration in More than two weeks of almost daily pro world tests at the Whitehead detention Center Home to 25,000 boat people. Clinton Leeks Hong Kong a refugee coordinator said the police handled the two Day operation a was sensitively As they could. This is the Way sadly that deportation is done All Over the  under the British vietnamese agreement Vietnam has promised not to persecute or Hurt the boat people. In return it will receive ,000 in development Aid from the economic Community and the United Britain for each returning boat person. The Wall came tumbling Down saturday marked the second anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the world is still reeling from Eastern Europe s shake up. Little is left of the Wall and officials Hope to protect it from latecomers seeking souvenirs. This september photo shows a boy at a memorial that features a fenced in Section of the Wall. Beirut bombing sets Back efforts of Lebanon to restore Western ties Beirut Lebanon apr a car bomb that destroyed a landmark american University building has dealt a severe blow to government efforts to encourage westerners to return to Lebanon after 16 years of civil War. The pre Dawn explosion at the Seaside Campus of the 125-year-old University was the first major car bombing in the capital since March. At least one person Library employee Munir Salha 41, died after being buried under the rubble. A syrian Soldier was apparently shot to death by terrorists to it before the bombing. Four University employees and four students at women a dormitories were Cut by flying Glass. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Speculation at first focused on iranian backed shiite factions who had vowed to strike . Interests to protest the Arab israeli peace talks begun last month in Madrid Spain. But shiite Muslim clerics and an iranian official blamed the explosion on Israel. Interior minister Sami Khatib said the terrorists packed a Volkswagen Van with up to 176 pounds of int triggered by a timing device. University president Fredric p. Herter speaking by Telephone in new York said the car bombing was a an attack on the United  a this is an obvious Way of just making a statement a Herter said. Defense minister Michel Murr said after a meeting with intelligence officials that he had ordered All Security agencies to a spare no Effort to find those responsible. Syria has nearly 40,000 troops in Lebanon and its soldiers were patrolling the University Gates at the time of the attack. The body of a syrian Soldier was found outside the Campus with a single Bullet wound in his head said a Security source who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Campus emerged physically unscathed from the civil War but its foreign teachers and administrators became targets for kidnappers. Two americans affiliated with the 125-year-old school Thomas Sutherland and Joseph Cicippio remain held hostage by  brew at hindu fest kills 42 More revellers from wire reports. Liw Delhi India at least 42 More people died Friday after drinking a brew containing contaminated alcohol at a hindu festival raising the death toll to 160. The state run Doo Darshan to network said at least 105 others remain hospitalized in critical condition after consuming the toxic beverage tuesday night. A police spokesman said most were suffering from stomach disorders and vomiting. Many were gradually becoming Blind he said. They were among hundreds of revellers who consumed the concoction called a Sura Quot or wine an imitation of a Well known appetite stimulant that has been banned Lor years because of its High alcohol Content. It is popular among poor people As a cheap substitute for whiskey. The alcohol in this ease was tainted with poisonous methanol police reported.011 worker saves rare Bird Oslo Norway a a North sea Oil Rig worker saved a rare wild Merlin twice once from Oil pollution and once from bureaucracy a newspaper says. Arne Sandvik found the Merlin injured and covered with Oil on his drilling platform 00 Miles from land. He cleaned and cared for the Bird for 12 Days Rog lands Avis reported in the port of Stavanger. On thursday Sandvik and the Merlin reached Stavanger by helicopter and customs agents ordered the Bird destroyed because it lacked norwegian import papers. An animal Protection group stepped in while Sandvik and the Bird waited and persuaded the agriculture ministry to waive the Rule. Marianne Christiansen of the ministry a veterinary Section said it was an unusual Case As a we did no to have any rules covering Birds that fall out of the  Sandvik said he would keep the Bird at Home m Kristiansand on Norway a West coast and release it when other Merlin return in the spring.12 killed in bomb blast Bombay India a a bomb exploded on a commuter train killing 12 people and wounding at least 39 others railway officials said saturday. There was no indication of who was responsible for the Friday night blast. The train was bound from Victoria terminus in Southern Bombay to the Northern suburbs. It had pulled into he station at Kalyan when the bomb went off inside a passenger coach officials said. Kalyan is 35 Miles Northwest of Victoria terminus. The blast ripped a Hole in the floor of a second class compartment they said.. Soldiers taunting panamanian police chief says a Anama City Panama up lamas acting police chief on Friday used . Service members of trying to woke police amid increasing tensions be Days after a 19-year-old . Sol a  shot to death by a panamanian lineman. A we have reports from last night of vocations by what we presume Are Merican soldiers a maj. Darrio Arrue Ling police chief for the nation said on local television Friday. He said a Man was observed by Panama City police late thursday waving a pistol out of the window of a car carrying what appeared to be tour . Soldiers. Shortly afterwards the same ear was seen with another car driving the wrong Way Down a one Way Street he said. The cars were not stopped by Panama a .-trained police. A . Service member stationed in pan Ama was shot to death by a panamanian policeman Early tuesday lie was identified by . Army officials As Llamile Mikut Childs of Detroit. Childs was in a car with three other Oft duty . Soldiers going the wrong Way Down a one Way Street when he was shot. Panamanian and . Officials appear to disagree Over whether the policeman should have fired four shots from his military assault Rifle into the car. The car had allegedly failed to Stop for police after being observed driving against the flow of traffic with its headlights off. . Ambassador to Panama Dean r. Hinton has filed a formal protest Over the alleged excessive use of Force. Although Hinton had said that panamanian president Guillermo Endara had expressed regret Over the incident tuesday Endara has since indicated the shooting might have been justified  
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