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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, December 24, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rage 8 a the stars and stripes tuesday december 24, 1991 cambodians vow More rallies despite closure of campuses phenom penh Cambodia a the government closed universities monday in an attempt to Stem a mounting tide of student demonstrations that have erupted in violence and disrupted efforts to rebuild the country after a Long civil War. But angry students gathered outside campuses and vowed further protests. Pro democracy activists said they Are upset by corruption in the outgoing vietnamese installed government of prime minister Hun sen and oppose the inclusion of the fanatical Khmer Rouge in the interim government that is to set up elections. The capitals streets were Calm monday after five Days of unrest in which officials say six people were killed and nearly three dozen Hurt. Students on monday gathered in Small groups outside their closed campuses and vented their anger at police who they said overreacted by opening fire on Rock throwing demonstrators Over the weekend. A everybody is very angry with the police and we will demonstrate today or tomorrow to demand the release of the students they have captured Quot said a 20-year-old student who identified himself Only As Peak. He was with 200 other students outside the Institute of agriculture. A we Are angry but we done to have guns so it is difficult to fight the police. But we will demonstrate again Quot said a student outside the Institute of economics Campus who requested anonymity. One official defended the use of gunfire to control the unrest. A if there is another demonstration there certainly will be More shooting Quot said a senior cambodian official who spoke on condition of anonymity. A the order is there to shoot the Green Light is on. The government has no Choice now but to show that it is in control or it will  army troops called in to restore order returned to the Barracks sunday night. Hundreds of police fanned across the City to enforce the 6 p.m.-5 . Curfew imposed sunday. Red tracer bullets floated Over the sky monday morning and automatic Rifle bursts occasionally punctured the Calm apparently from nervous police officers firing into the air As vehicles violated the curfew. Prince Norodom Sihanouk who Heads the interim Council issued a statement sunday appealing for Calm and urging the government not to use Force against demonstrators. But Sihanouk is a figurehead Leader with no actual Powers. At least six people were killed and 16 injured during the unrest from wednesday to sunday according to accounts from doctors witnesses and Relief workers. The government said 18 police officers were  it Cool Down under while people in most other countries Are shivering this Sydney Santa Claus finds the australian heat difficult to stand up to for hours on end. A bubbling Fountain gives his hot feet some temporary Relief along the Christmas delivery  brings dream Holiday to halt in Albania murres Albania a the a Holiday of a lifetime has gone sour for 95 South asians who say what they planned As a grand tour of Europe has turned into weeks of frustration in impoverished Albania. The group of 85 sri lankan and 10 bangladeshis has been Cooling its heels for three weeks in murres walking disconsolately around the hotel grounds with Only an occasional volleyball game serving As their main diversion. The ports Only recent claim to Fame is serving As a jump off Point earlier this year for tens of thousands of desperate albanians who clambered aboard ships and sailed to Italy hoping to find a More prosperous life. The South asians arrived in Europe five weeks ago. A we. Paid up to $3,000 for a Holiday of a life time Quot said groups spokesman Tisaj Raja. The 35-year-old Salesman said the idea was to visit As Many european countries As possible. All members of the group insisted they were not trying to use the trip to stay in Europe and find work. But Many were Young single men who appeared to have Little idea about the geography of the continent and what spots they would seek out As tourists. The group had booked tickets to Albania and was supposed to pick up tickets and visas for other european countries in Zagreb. But the yugoslav civil War got in the Way. A we got to Albania via Athens and spent four very Nice Days Here Quot Raja said. The trouble began in Yugoslavia. A when we left by bus to get to Zagreb we were stopped in Sarajevo by the yugoslav army who told us to go Back to Albania Quot he said. A nobody told us that the War was so serious in  Back in Albania the bewildered asians with passports confiscated by albanian authorities in lieu of a guarantee that the hotel will be paid and with no return air tickets spend much of the Day in the lounge of the luxury Adri Aku hotel. Two weeks ago a Tel fax arrived from the new York office of the sri lankan travel Agency where they booked promising to pay the hotel and to charter a plane to get them out of Albania. Meanwhile they Are still waiting but nothing has happened. No killed in crash son seriously injured Raf Alconbury England a amps a an air Force staff sergeant was killed and his 5-year-old son seriously injured when their car collided with a sem truck saturday afternoon according to local police and base officials. Staff sgt. Devron Wimbley 26, died after the Accident that occurred at 3 26 p.m., saturday on the a604 near Raf Molesworth about 12 Miles from Raf Alconbury a Cambridgeshire police spokesman said. The son Devron l. Wimbley ii was taken to Hinchin Brooke Hospital in Huntingdon where he was listed in critical condition As of monday morn ing according to a Hospital spokeswoman. The Driver of the sem truck Paul Thomas Fox 36, was injured slightly said the police spokesman. While the Accident is still under investigation by local police and air Force authorities it appears that Wimbley who was driving a Vauxhall Chevetta was in the process of passing another sem truck when the Accident occurred the spokesman said. Police Are looking for the Driver of that truck As Well As any other witnesses to the Accident. Anyone with information is asked to Call the traffic police at Peterborough 0733 63232. Agreement paves Way for Aristide s return port a Prince Haiti a Jean Bertrand Aristide accepted the Senate s Choice of the communist party Leader to be prime minister breaking a deadlock in talks Over Aristide s return to Power officials said sunday. Senate president Dejean Belizaire said communist party Leader Rene Theodore would head a new government that would prepare for Aristides return. He gave no indication when that might occur. The announcement came after two Days of negotiations Between Augusto Ramirez Ocampo envoy of the organization of american states and haitian political and military leaders. Ramirez Ocampo said Aristide authorized him to announce that he would accept Theodore As prime minister a if it is the will of the parliamentary  Theodore a moderate is widely respected by haitian politicians. Aristide previously had been reluctant to accept the politician who accused Aristide of abuse of Power and encouraging mob violence during his seven months in office As Haiti a first democratically elected president. Victor Benoit a Leader of a pro Aristide coalition and possible Choice for prime minister said he had a Strong doubts that Aristide acceded to Theodore a selection. A until we hear directly from the Mouth of president Aristide that he has chosen Theodore and not Victor Benoit we of the National front for change and democracy consider Benoit to be Aristides Choice Quot Benoit himself said  
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