European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse World9 Tiana men protesters released chinese say a from wire reports Beijing a China has freed nine More Tiana men Square protesters including one of the most wanted student leaders officials told an american human rights advocate. Wang Zhixin about 23, headed the list of those released said John Kamm. He is a Hong Kong based businessman and human rights activist who held several Days of meetings with chinese officials. Kamm said he was told that the nine were released beginning in late november. All had been jailed without trial some for 30 months. The releases appear to be part of an Effort by the government to win International Goodwill following the governments massacre of protesters on the Square in 1989. It was not Clear whether november a visit by . Secretary of state sunday january 26, 1992 the stars and stripes James a. Baker Iii played any role. Baker dressed the chinese to improve their record on Uman name tops list Jerusalem a the Muslim name a a Mohammedi was the most popular baby name last year in Israel which has an overwhelming jewish majority. Out of 101,000 babies born during 1991, 1,535 were named for the Prophet Mohammed the daily newspaper Edioth Ahro Noth said Friday. Second in popularity was Daniel named for a jewish Prophet chosen for 963 babies. Third was Ahmed a variation of Mohammed followed by the secular jewish name Tal. Mohammed is used most because arabs tend to choose traditional names a especially that of the Prophet a while jews use a wider Range of modern secular and biblical refugee found Sydney Australia a searchers have found another missing Man who was among 56 chinese boat people who came ashore in Northwestern Australia last month customs officials say. Customs spokesman Leon Bedington said the Man was walking along a Road when he was spotted by searchers in a helicopter. He was about 18 Miles from the area where 35 of the boat people first showed up 10 Days ago. Their wooden boat came ashore dec. 31. Most of the others were found last weekend in australians harsh Outback but two remained missing. The refugees survived by eating snakes Small crocodiles and lizards.5 killed in plane crash Munich Germany a five people were killed saturday when a private air plane crashed while attempting to land in dense fog at Riem Airport near Munich Airport officials said. The plane was on a flight from Zurich Switzerland to Augsburg in Germany about 50 Miles West of Munich an Airport spokesman said. The spokesman said the Pilot of the private Cessna aircraft had informed Riem Airport he was Landing at Munich rather than Augsburg prior to the crash but it was not Clear Why he had changed his destination. Dense fog had reduced visibility to about 433 Yards he said. The aircraft was destroyed when it hit the ground about 110 Yards South of the airports runway killing All five people aboard the spokesman said. Identities of those killed in the crash were not immediately released. 10 held in demonstration Frankfurt Germany a ten people were arrested saturday during a demonstration against an Ultra rightist party meeting in Frankfurt police said. Police said about 500 leftist protesters showed up in the City a suburb of Kalbach to demonstrate against a meeting of about 80 members of the Ultra rightist National democratic party. The arrests were made after a group of 100 mostly Youthful demonstrators some wearing masks to conceal their identity began throwing rocks shattering windows of buildings and cars police said. Several cars were overturned and two vehicles were set on fire by the demonstrators police said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Algeria fundamentalist held for putting up protest signs Algiers Algeria apr police cracking Down on Muslim fundamentalists said saturday that they had arrested an opposition Leader for putting up posters inciting soldiers to desert. Kou Adri Bashir head of the islamic salvation front in the Algiers suburb of Zeralda was arrested Friday along with two unidentified people police said. They were accused of putting up posters supporting recent remarks by a top islamic salvation front official that the government says were a Call to soldiers to desert police said. That official acting Leader Abdelkader Vachani was arrested wednesday. He was immediately replaced by Othmane Pissani a Muslim hard liner who had been acting vice president of the islamic salvation front and who is a slightly Aquino backs defense chief As successor More ardent fundamentalist than Vachani. The front was poised to take control of parliament after a spectacular Victory in first round free elections dec. 26, but the Runoff vote scheduled for last week was cancelled and a military backed government took Over. On Friday Security forces ringed mosques and fired warning shots at crowds during prayers. A decree by the new military backed rulers bans political activity at algerians 10,000 mosques which Are hearths of the fundamentalist movement. Several clerics and a a troublemakers a were arrested after delivering political speeches and a calling for violence at three Small mosques around Algiers the official aps news Agency reported citing police. Manila Philippines of Orsea former defense score. A president Corazon Aquino on saturday endorsed tary Fidel Ramos As her successor in an announcement expected to set off a mad round of political deals before the May 11 elections. Ramos a 63-year-old West Point graduate helped Lead the 1986 uprising that toppled his Cousin the late Ferdinand Marcos and propelled Aquino to Power. As military chief of staff and defense Secretary Ramos stood by Aquino through seven coup attempts. Already there Are 19 declared candidates including Marcos widow Imelda. The crowded Field has raised concerns that the next president will take office june 30 Ramos with a weak mandate. There is no Runoff. Aquino chose Ramos Over House speaker Ramon Mitra and Marcelo Fernan the former supreme court chief Justice. Both said they would stay in the race despite her Choice. Ramos has pledged to continue the spirit of the a people Power revolution a which restored democratic institutions after the 20-year Marcos kills Man at Istanbul s covered Bazaar Istanbul Turkey apr a bomb blew up in Istanbul a covered Bazaar on saturday killing a turkish carpet dealer and wounding five other people police said. Another bomb exploded at the fashionable galleria shopping mall 15 minutes later slightly injuring four people authorities said. No foreigners were known to be among the casualties. An Anonymous caller to the Istanbul daily Mil Wiyet claimed responsibility in the name of the a kurdish people. Mehmet Agar the Istanbul police chief said 30 suspects had been detained. The first bomb went off at 2 15 . In the covered Bazaar a major tourist attraction dating in parts to the 16th Century. The brightly painted Bazaar houses hundreds of jewelry carpet and antique shops. The time bomb was planted in a garbage can. Agar said. He said one of the injured was in critical condition. He said an earlier report that a passer by had also been killed was wrong. The shop owners calmed buyers preventing panic in the narrow streets of the Bazaar Agar said. At the galleria mall a sound bomb exploded in front of a food store on the basement level shattering shop windows police said. Among the four people slightly injured was a child. British magazines refusing to run Benetton and of dying aids victim London apr several leading British magazines have refused to print a new advertisement by the italian fashion retailer Benetton showing the dying moments of an american aids victim. Aids campaigners and several members of parliament demanded Friday that the advertisement be banned in Britain calling it tasteless and offensive. Magazine publishers pc and map metro whose titles include Marie Claire woman a journal and just 17, said they would refuse to carry the advertisement. So did cosmopolitan and Elle. A they have stepped out of Bounds of what is acceptable a said Maggie Alderson editor of Elle Magazine. A and what makes this so sickening is that they have touched up the photograph to make it look biblical because the aids victim resembles Jesus the advertisement is based on an award winning photograph by Therese Frare of 32-year-old David Kirby cradled by his father at a Home for aids sufferers in Columbus Ohio just before he died in 1990. The word Benetton is superimposed on it. A it is an incredibly moving image in the right context but to use it As an advertisement for a fashion store Selling jumpers sweaters is incredibly insulting a Alderson said. She said the two pages booked by Benetton in files March Issue will be left Blank except for an explanation. A spokeswoman at Benetton a italian Headquarters who refused to be identified said the photo is part of a new global publicity Campaign scheduled to Start at the beginning of March. The Campaign is to be presented to the Media in cities around the world including new York Paris and Milan sometime in mid february she said. For the moment Benetton had no comment on the British protests she said. A this caught us completely by Benetton is no stranger to controversy Over its advertising. In 1989, Benetton pictures of a Black woman breastfeeding a White baby and a Black Man and a White Man handcuffed together were banned in the United states and on London buses and subways. In july 1991, a Benetton image of a priest kissing a nun sparked outrage in Catholic countries and Drew a protest from Pope John Paul ii. Two months later i Tain a advertising standards authority ordered the removal of about 3,000 Benetton posters featuring a blood smeared baby with its umbilical Cord intact
