European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday november 29,1991 it opposition members protest a vote called in Japan s parliament to pass a controversial peacekeeping corps Bill. Japanese legislators delay vote on peacekeeping Force Bill from wire reports Tokyo a Japan a ruling and opposition parties agreed late thursday night to put off a parliamentary session that threatened to boil Over for a second Day. But legislators were expected to meet soon to pass a Bill that would permit the country a soldiers to be sent abroad for the first time since world War ii. Japan a leading opposition party the social democrats vowed to halt parliamentary action on the legislation which would allow the prime minister to dispatch troops to . Peacekeeping missions. The opposition threatened extreme countermeasures if a plenary session of the lower House were called. But the parties agreed late in the evening not to Convene thursday night. The social democrats hailed the decision. A we said from the beginning it  have been held today a said a social democratic spokesman. The Victory May be Short lived with the governing Liberal democrats expected to push for convening parliament As Early As Friday morning. The dramatic turn followed a violent Brawl in parliament wednesday night that broke out after the governing Liberal democrats and a Small opposition party rammed a Bill through committee. The two parties called a halt to the deliberation of an and hoc committee and forced a vote. When the Melee London a four . Air Force f-16 fighters and a British airways aircraft narrowly avoided colliding Over Scotland in april according to a civil aviation authority investigation released thursday. The joint air miss working group which assesses incidents for the authority said the main cause was the a late sightings by the f-16 pilots. It also blamed the air traffic controller at the Royal air Force base at Lossiemouth Scotland who mistakenly advised the pilots there was no traffic. This followed a misunderstanding by the controller who thought the British airways flight would head South not North. The British airways twin prop us 74s with 26 people on Board was in route from Aberdeen Scotland to Kirkwall in the Orkney islands. The f-16s were on an exercise when the incident took place april 5 about 4�?T/2 Miles from Inverness Airport at an Altitude of 2,500 feet. Was sorted out the tousled committee chairman declared the Bill approved As a ring of Security guards protected him from Seething legislators. A we intend to Block the Bill a said a spokesman for the social democrats thursday before the session was cancelled. He insisted the passage by the and hoc committee was invalid. A if it comes to a vote Well protest by walking to the ballot Box in a cows walk a he added using the japanese expression for snails Pace. The technique is Japan a equivalent of the filibuster. The spokesman denied press reports that his party planned to physically prevent Yosio Sakurauchi the speaker of the lower House from entering the diet Japan a parliament. He also said the party would press for a vote of no Confidence in two Cabinet ministers As a Way to stall. But the lip stands a Good Chance of getting the Bill approved because with its ally the Komei party the two control a majority in the lower House. The measure provides for creating a peacekeeping corps of up to 2,000 self defense forces members a Japan a military a and some civilians. The corps is Japan a answer to Western criticism that it has shirked its political responsibility As a major beneficiary of the global trading system. Such complaints stung the government during and after the persian Gulf War despite their pledge of $13 billion in  reports the report in the authority a quarterly air miss bulletin said the British airways Captain reported a the had seen one of the f-16 pilots helmets As the Jet fighter passed about 100 feet in front of him. Two other f-16s were heading directly at him but broke off to pass close behind him at the same height the Pilot said. A there was no time to avoid them it was very very close and the Crew was shaken by the incident a the British airways Pilot said. According to the report one f-16 Pilot requested radar guidance from the controller at Lossiemouth but was told he was a unable to do  shortly afterwards while flying at More than 460 Miles per hour he said he spotted the British airways plane within 1,000 feet a and immediately began a pitch up to avoid  the working group said that although the f-16 Leader had seen the British airways plane in time to take avoiding action Quot the group assessed that there had been a possible risk of  world japanese court upholds forced overtime with pact from wire reports Tokyo a the supreme court ruled thursday that companies can Force employees to work overtime ending a rift lasting nearly a Quarter of a Century involving electronics giant Hitachi Ltd. And a former employee. The ruling came As the government considers How to reduce the number of hours japanese work including cutting the Normal six Day work week to five Days. Workers in Japan put in More hours per week than in any other industrialized country. The supreme court decision ended a 24-year-old dispute Between Hitachi and Hideyuki Tanaka 50, who was dismissed from a Hitachi factory in october 1967 when he refused to work extra hours. The current Law says managers can Force employees to work overtime a anything More than eight hours per Day or 40 hours per week a if an agreement is reached ahead of time. However they cannot be punished for making employees work extra hours without an  tossing banned Paris a Interior minister Philippe mar Chand on wednesday banned Dwarf tossing in France calling it an a intolerable attack on human dignity. The spectacle throwing a Dwarf in protective gear As far As possible onto an inflated mattress has become popular in Australia. It is often staged in bars along with other entertainment such As female wrestling and topless boxing. Marchand said his order was based on the european convention to safeguard human rights. Michel Gillibert state Secretary in charge of the handicapped equally condemned the practice calling it a exploitation of the image of the  fun productions a French events company based in Nice signed a contract with about 40 establishments by the end of october to stage Dwarf  sighting in .s.r. Moscow a . Diplomats Are continuing to press for permission to visit a Region in the Central soviet Union to Check out a reported sighting of a . Airman who had been shot Down in Vietnam a spokesman said wednesday. A two embassy officers were unable to obtain permission to visit Sar Shagan a a military test site in the Republic of Kazakhstan embassy spokesman John Ohta said. The two officers travelled to Kazakhstan and Back to Moscow last week to investigate a report published by the weekly Kommer Sant newspaper that a . Pilot was taken to kazakh capital of Alma Ata in september 1967 after being shot Down in May of that year. The Pilot was not identified by name. A the embassy requested High level authorization for a visit and we Are continuing to press for a visit a Ohta said. The Region around Sar Shagan is controlled by the soviet military. It lies within Kazakhstan one of the few soviet republics not to declare outright Independence from the soviet  help in drug Case Bern Switzerland a Swiss authorities have ordered a precautionary freeze of three Bank accounts following a . Request for Legal Aid in a Case involving alleged drug Money laundering. Swiss Justice ministry spokesman Jorg Kistler said wednesday it was possible the freeze would be extended to other accounts. He said the american Legal assistance request involved amounts of less than $10 million. A . Attorney on monday said authorities had smashed an International ring that laundered up to $500 million during the past two years from the colombian based Cali Ana Medellin cocaine cartels. He said about 25 Banks were involved in the United states Switzerland England Colombia and the Caribbean. The alleged head of Day to Day operations Stephen Saccoccia was arrested with his wife Donna at Geneva Airport on sunday pending a . Extradition request. Saccoccia is a Rhode Island precious metals dealer accused of having tics with organized crime. . F-16s almost hit plane Over Scotland