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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, November 10, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 10, 1991 the stars and stripes c 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 s 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 $1,000 in development Aid from the economic Community and the United Britain for each returning boat person. Demonstrators March near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin carrying a Banner proclaiming Solidarity with  Mark anniversaries with rallies supporting foreigners Berlin apr More than 100,000 people marched through German towns and cities saturday protesting against recent attacks on foreigners on the anniversary of the Savage nazi pogrom against the jews. It was also the second anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. That opening and the resulting fall of communism unleashed a wave of nationalism and pent up hatred of foreigners in Eastern Germany. Yet even As unions Church leaders and others led the rallies for More tolerance of foreigners Germany could not escape the rightist wave that has gripped it for two months. About 300 extreme rightists and Neo nazis marched through the Eastern German City of Halle. According to the Frankfurter Mundschau newspaper right Wing radicals there have taken Over an apartment House As a Headquarters. Police stormed another House in Halle on saturday afternoon arrested five people and rounded up weapons. Further details were not immediately available. Ultra leftist counter demonstrators chanted a nazis out of Halle and a Down with nazi terror and hatred of  in Wismar another Eastern German City right Wing youths clashed with foreign students at a University cafeteria and dormitory. Police said they fired warning shots to break up the fight adding that 10 people were injured in the Melee. In an interview with the Welt am sonntag newspaper Domestic intelligence chief Eckart Werthebach said he estimates there Are 40,000 extreme rightists in Germany. He said those in Eastern Germany had formed two major criminal organizations that were under surveillance. Virtually All of the demonstrators on saturday demanded greater tolerance and acceptance of foreigners in Germany As they recalled the 53rd anniversary of the nazi rampage against the jews that came to be known As Krista nacht or Crystal night. Many of saturdays marches which encompassed More than 100 towns and cities ended with rallies that included foreigners on the list of speakers. Berlin police said 50,000 people marched through the German capital while 20,000 marched in Saar Brincken near the French Border. More than 4,000 people rallied in downtown Munich. Police reported 4,000 people demonstrated in the Rhine River City of  French actor Dies of a stroke at 70 from wire reports Paris a Yves Montand the outspoken French Singer and actor who was always Quick to express his opinion on everything from Fine cuisine to the Gulf War died saturday. He was 70. Montand died of a stroke said sources close to the stars family. A Singer dancer and actor italian born Montand often used his popularity As a forum for his Liberal pacifist ideas. He was Best known overseas As an actor appearing in films with Edith Piaf Simone Signoret who later became Nis wife Shirley Montand Maclaine Marilyn Monroe and barbra Streisand. Montand Best known to american audiences for the films lets make love and a was married for 33 years to Signoret who died in 1985. In 1988, at 67, he became a father when his Girlfriend Carole Amiel gave birth to a  brew kills 42 More new Delhi India a 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 beverage tuesday night. A police spokesman said most were suffering from stomach disorders and vomiting. Many were gradually becoming Blind he  May probe Kkt Karlsruhe Germany a a the Federal prosecutors office announced saturday that it is considering an investigation into the activity of the Kun flux klan in Germany. Spokesman Hans Jirgen Forster said the office has reports that the  organization is Active in Germany. German Media have reported that american members of the klan have begun recruiting in Germany and Are appealing to racists who have been waging violent campaigns against . Soldiers taunting panamanian police chief says Panama City Panama up a Panama a acting police chief on Friday accused . Service members of trying to provoke police amid increasing tensions three Days after a 19-year-old . Soldier was shot to death by a panamanian policeman. A we have reports from last night of provocations by what we presume Are american soldiers a maj. Darrio Arrue acting 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 four . Soldiers. Shortly afterwards the same car 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. He was identified by . Army officials As Hail Mikael Childs of Detroit. Childs was in a car with three other off 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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