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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 19, 1992 the stars and stripes a Pago 9 world newlyweds Sandra Van Jjck and Hans Van Wink walk  weds 6 months after Bulldozer rampage Beverwijk Netherlands a Hans and Sandra were finally married six months after he tried to win her Back with a Bulldozer. Their wedding thursday was almost As thunderous an event As the heavy equipment operators jealous rampage last summer through the neighbouring town of Heemskerk. Hans Van Wink 28, broke off his relationship with Sandra Van Wick 34, after he saw her with another Man on july 18. He grabbed his Earth mover and bulldozed everything in his Way along a four mile Trail to find her hiding in her Sisters House which he also rammed. The rampage caused about $1 million damage and landed Van Wink an 18-month jail sentence. He got thursday off for the  in Bangladesh Tongi Bangladesh a tens of thousands of pilgrims streamed into the Industrial town of Tongi on saturday for an annual Muslim gathering believed to be the worlds second largest islamic meeting after the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. More than 100,000 men gathered on the Banks of the River Turah. Organizers said the number was expected to swell to 1 million by monday. Tongi 15 Miles North of Dhaka has been the site of the annual gathering since the Early 1960s.celebration ends in death Taipei Taiwan a two men born on the same Day in the same City were killed in a traffic Accident while celebrating their first meeting authorities said Friday. Police in Waitung 150 Miles Southeast of Taipei said Lee Hsi lung and Lai Yun Kun both born in Waitung on june 25, 1973, died when their car smashed into the rear of a truck thursday. Police said Lee and Lai were introduced earlier thursday at a party arranged by Mutual  tourism up Rabat Morocco a about 3.2 million tourists visited Morocco in 1991, a 7.1 percent increase Over the year before the tourism ministry said Friday. The growth was less than in previous years because of reduced travel brought on by the persian Gulf War the ministry said in a communique. Two thirds of the visitors were from North Africa and the rest were mostly europeans the ministry said. Morocco earned $982 million from visitors.47 die in ferry Accident Lahore Pakistan a a ferry jammed with passengers returning from a religious festival capsized in the icy Jhelum River and at least 47 people were killed police said Friday. An additional 150 people were missing and feared drowned police said. They said 50 people swam to Shore after the boat overturned late thursday in an isolated Region of Eastern Punjab province. Seoul studies move to get Comfort girl compensation Seoul South Korea apr South korean foreign minister Lee Sang of said saturday that South Korea May demand compensation from Japan for tens of thousands of korean women forced to have sex with japanese soldiers during world War ii. It was the strongest statement yet by the government on the subject. It came hours after japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa left the capital of Seoul ending a state visit marred by protests demanding that Japan atone further for wartime atrocities. The foreign ministers remarks coupled with a Broad new investigation launched by the government seemed Likely to escalate the Issue of the so called a Comfort girls a and heighten anti japanese feelings in Korea. A unlike forced draftees the matter of a Comfort girls was not included in the discussions when South Korea and Japan concluded a Basic agreement normalizing relations in 1965,�?� the foreign minister told reporters. Historians say 70,000 to 200,000 Young korean women were forced into the Teishi Tai a corps that included sex slaves for soldiers of the japanese Imperial army in China Southeast Asia and Taiwan. A the first step is finding facts a Lee said. A on compensation the government will explore All possibilities on what it can  Japan apologized for wartime wrongs and paid $300 million in compensation when it opened diplomatic relations with South Korea a former Colony in 1965. Victims of world War ii forced labor Camps and others say it is not enough. Miyazawa apologized for War atrocities during his visit to Seoul and said the a Comfort girls Issue left him with a a deep sense of reflection and  Tokyo has maintained however that the Legal settlement is  Hope drug plan halts spread of aids in prostitutes arnhem Netherlands apr this drug plagued Border City wants to offer free heroin and methadone to Street prostitutes to help prevent the spread of aids. Since an estimated 80 percent of the streetwalker in arnhem Are heroin addicts the City believes that giving them free drugs would allow them to give up prostitution. A your no. 1 priority is to Stop the spread of aids a City spokesman Hugo Van der log said thursday. Although heroin Possession is illegal under dutch Law police generally turn a Blind Eye to its use As Well As Small scale dealing. The free drugs plan will be submitted to the ministry of Justice Tor a study on its legality Van der log said. The City has not worked out such details As How to ensure that the heroin is limited to addicted prostitutes. Van der log predicted the state might Compromise by limiting the program to methadone already being dispensed free to addicts in Amsterdam and other cities to combat drug related crime. But the City considers it More effective to give the prostitutes the heroin they already use rather than to offer an alternative. In the past Amsterdam has sought to offer free heroin to Stem Street crime by addicts but the plan was dropped because it would have violated dutch treaty commitments to fight illicit drugs. Only a handful of the 50 or so Street prostitutes in arnhem a City of about 130,000 people have the aids virus. But the City wants All Herom addicted streetwalker to take part in the distribution program. On wednesday the City shut Down the prostitution zone it had designated behind the provincial courthouse to help keep a lid on prostitution. Although the municipal health department was handing out free condoms the prostitutes were scared away by neighbourhood protesters. Because of its location on the dutch German Border arnhem is a Magnet for German heroin addicts drawn by the easy availability and Low Cost of the drug. In addition enforcement policies Are far More stringent in Germany whose government opposes the permissive dutch drug  . Embargo Vivian Stromberg director of the United state worn Jordan left week the new York City resident said her ends association Heads Tor Iraq in a track Laden with trip to Baghdad was being made to protest the . Food and medical supplies. Before leaving Amman embargo that has been in effect against the country  
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