European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday february 21, 1992u.s. Sends Ira Man Back to Belfast Belfast Northern Ireland a former Irish Republican army fighter Joseph Doherty was quietly deported from the United states and returned to a Belfast jail Early thursday following a 10-year Battle for political Asylum police said. Doherty facing a life sentence for murdering a British Soldier in May 1980, was clandestinely taken from the Federal prison in Lewisburg pa., and put aboard a plane said a . Law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity. He landed at a . Air base in Suffolk in world Eastern England and was then flown in a British air Force plane to Belfast British police said. Dohertym a Long years fighting extradition made him a potent Symbol of resistance to British Rule in Northern Ireland. But in recent years he expressed doubts about the armed struggle and was disowned by some Ira supporters. Doherty 37, broke out of Crumlin Road jail with seven other inmates. He was awaiting sentence for murdering British army capt. Herbert Westmacott during a gun Battle at a House in West Belfast. He fled to new York in 1982 and was sentenced in his absence to life in prison with the judge recommending that he serve at least 30 years. Reports of his deportation provoked Sharp criticism from supporters which included 132 members of the . Congress who had signed a letter asking the government to reconsider his Case. Critics said Justice was sacrificed for the Sake of relations with the British government. A it is no coincidence that Joe Doherty s deportation was delayed until the Day following the new Hampshire primaries a said Paul of Dwyer former new York City Council president. Dohertym a lawyers were not notified of his predawn removal and said they were stonewalled when they sought to conium his deportation. A a Man in be represented for 10 years has slipped utterly from our grasp and the government will not Tell us anything a said attorney Mary Pike who took Dohertym a quest for Asylum to the . Supreme court. The High court ruled against him in last had been imprisoned since 1983 As an illegal awarded $161,000 in Job harassment suit from wire reports Oslo Norway a an appeals court has ordered an employer to More than 1 million Kroner $161,000 in damages to a worker for on the Job harassment. Two of three judges said it was the employers fault that Thor Sorum 43, suffered nervous problems and lost his ability to work. The third judge disagreed saying there were not sufficient grounds for damages. The ruling got nationwide publicity thursday after a nine year court struggle by Sorum against the Sawmill where he worked. Sorum a troubles started after he was named a work Security ombudsman and began pointing out Security risks on the Job. Court documents said a Foreman frequently corrected Sorum approaching him from behind and jabbing his fingers in Sorum a printers strike Paris a most parisian newspapers failed to appear thursday after a 24-hour strike by printers leaving the Field to the conservative be quotidian de Paris which appeared in a reduced form on Glossy paper. Quot the strike is seen As a warning shot aimed at the Syndicate de la Presse Parisienne which has just begun Complex negotiations Between management and unions. Be quotidian de Paris which appeared with the front Page headline a no newspapers today a was distributed to Paris Newsstands through its own Means according to the paper. Readers in the French capital were also deprived of International newspapers including the Wall Street journal and. The International Herald Tribune As Well As the British press which is widely sold in work oked Bern Switzerland a in a much disputed decision the Swiss government on wednesday announced it would lift the ban on Industrial nighttime work by women. Economics minister Jean Pascale de Lamaraz described the ban As outdated and said its lifting would help improve Switzerland a competitiveness. A 1990 decision by the International labor organization provided for individual countries to relax nighttime bans on women working in Industry. The Ilo draws up guidelines on labor standards. Since then there has been heated debate in Switzerland where women got the vote Only 21 years ago and sexual Equality became Law 11 years support urged Brasilia Brazil a defense Secretary Dick Cheney called on president Fernando Collor de Mello and High ranking brazilian military leaders to give greater support to the International War on drug trafficking. Cheney who arrived wednesday met 30 minutes in a closed meeting with Collor in the Pianalto Palace. Later Cheney met separately with the armed forces commander Gen. Antonio Luiz a Rocha venue and the army Navy and aeronautics ministers. Cheney asked the brazilian officials to give greater support to the anti drug Effort Rocha venue confirmed after his meeting with Cheney. Canadian official softens warning on Ozone Gap danger to children Toronto apr Canadas environment minister aroused concern when he warned canadians to keep children out of the Sun to avoid skin cancer but now he says people should act with prudence not alarm. The latest Rise in concern came when the . National aeronautics and space administration announced its discovery of record Levels of Ozone depleting chemicals Over new England Eastern Canada Greenland the British Isles Scandinavia and Russia. The atmospheres Ozone layer is Earth a protective shield against ultraviolet radiation. Excess radiation can cause skin cancer stunt crop growth and cause vision problems. Environment minister Jean Charest said earlier this month that people should generally a avoid the Sun As much As possible especially children aged 2 to 18 years old smog Levels soar again in Mexico City Mexico City apr the government wednesday ordered Many cars off the streets and Cut factory production after pollution soared to near record Levels for the third time this month Over one of the worlds most contaminated cities. Meanwhile engineers began studying a politicians plan to have Gargantuan fans blast poisons from the thin air Over this City of 16 million people. Five thousand factories were told to Cut production by 30 percent Asphalt plants were ordered closed and half of the governments official cars were ordered off the streets by the metropolitan commission for the prevention and control of air pollution. The commission acted tuesday afternoon when Ozone Levels hit 310 Points on an open ended government scale or about triple the . Standard and four times what California permits. On wednesday researchers at the National University a engineering Institute met to begin studies of a plan to blast smog out of the City with giant fans. Herberto Castillo an Engineer proposed building 100 fans each covering 2.5 acres to blast through the inversion layer that traps pollution in this 7,200-foot Valley ringed by volcanic peaks As High As 17,800 feet. �?o1 think the problem Isnit to disperse the pollution. The problem is not to produce it a said novelist Hom Ero Aridis head of the environmentalist group of 100, he said he was worried about what the fans might to do to air planes Birds Clouds and the atmosphere. Who Are very after an alarmed reaction by the press Charest toned Down the warning somewhat saying he did no to mean children must be kept inside 365 Days a year rather that parents should be careful and use common sense particularly with Young children. A actually the threat right now is worse in the Southern hemisphere a said Jim Kerr head of Ozone monitoring and research at the Canadian environment ministry. A being farther North we Are protected to some extent because Ozone values Are higher to Start with and the Sun does not get As High in the Nasa predicts the Ozone layer could be depleted 30 to 40 percent Over parts of Canada for Brief periods this Spring. Ing Home a Point Cree indians from Canada took to the Waterways of Amsterdam the Netherlands on wednesday to press their protest against a dam project in Northern Quebec that they say will destroy their heritage. The group climbed into its Canoe and paddled to the water tribunal a one week International forum on water disputes that is being held in the dutch City. Senegalese Call the Pope sacred visitor Dakar Senegal up a Pope John Paul ii arrived in the Muslim nation of Senegal wednesday and received an enthusiastic reception at the Start of his eight Day visit to West Africa with Muslim clergymen declaring him a sacred visitor. Thousands of people lined the route to the Airport outside the capital of Dakar to Greet the Pope with groups of Catholic priests and nuns joined by both christians and muslims who represent 85 percent of Senegal a 6.8 million people. In a spirit of cooperation and understanding authorities Hope will Mark the papal visit Muslim clergymen declared on National radio that the Pope was a sacred visitor not just for catholics but also Senegal a islamic Community. The Pope arrived in the senegalese capital of Dakai after a six hour 2,500-mile flight from Rome aboard a special a italia Airbus Jet. He was greeted at the Airport by president Abdou Diouf and other leading political figures. X it was John Paul a 54th trip outside Italy since he was elected head of the roman Catholic Church in october 1978 and his eighth to Africa where he has already visited 31 countries. After four Days in Senegal the Pope will spend 24 hours in the former British Colony of Gambia a Small Republic surrounded on three sides by Senegal and then two Days in Guinea which like Senegal is a former French Colony
