European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a the stars and stripes monday March 30, 1992 thai party threatens to sue Over . Drug accusation Bangkok Thailand up Thailand a largest political party plans to sue the United states for allegations by the state department that its Leader was involved in narcotics trafficking a party spokesman said sunday. Suchart Tancharoen a spokesman of the Justice Unity party in an interview with army television Channel 5, said the party will file the lawsuit against the United states if the . Government fails to substantiate charges against the party Leader Narong Wong an. He said the lawsuit would particularly target Margaret Tutwiler a spokeswoman for the . State department Tutwiler in a state department briefing last week said that Narong who has been nominated to head a five party coalition As Thailand a next prime minister spanning the years hundreds of thousands of people pack the Roadway of the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Australia on sunday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Bridge. People walked shoulder to shoulder from the North to the South approaches to the Bridge while it was closed to traffic for three hours. Was denied a visa in july 1991 on grounds of involvement in narcotics trafficking. The . Accusation has led for Calls to find another candidate for prime minister even though Narong a party won the largest number of seats in the March 22 general elections. Suchart said the suit Quot would show that the United states has made a groundless allegation without evidence. That is Why it does not dare reveal evidence or facts.�?�. The party spokesman said the . Accusation has gained Public sympathy for Narong. Suchart said he did not know whether the suspicion was based on fact. Narong in an interview with the Bangkok Post published sunday said his family was so wealthy it did not need to Trade in warns Germany Syria on aiding kurd Ankara Turkey apr turkish Premier Suleyman Demirel warned its nato ally Germany As Well As Syria on saturday to not fuel kurdish unrest. He also pledged to continue a hard line policy against turkish kurdish separatists. Demirel reiterated charges that guerrillas of the outlawed kurdish labor party or pkg maintain bases in the syrian controlled Bekaan Valley of Lebanon. A a Syria a permission for pkg terrorists to have bases in Bekaan is not acceptable a Demirel said. Demireles comments came one week after the worst fighting of the a Kkt a eight year Campaign. The group wants an Independent state in Southeastern Turkey Home to about half of the country a 12 million kurd. Turkeys i itary actions against the kurd have drawn criticism from some Western allies. Demirel said Turkey would continue its Cross Border operations against rebel sanctuaries in irate. A you can to get rid of mosquitoes by killing them one by one. You have to destroy their Breeding grounds a Demirel said. Turkeys crackdown prompted Germany to suspend arms shipments Friday. German officials said Turkey had Usea German supplied weapons to quell the protests. Turkey denied the charges. Demirel said Turkey valued Germany a Friendship. A it is easy to damage a Friendship but hard to repair it a he warned. He said that Turkey which Borders the former soviet Union As Well As Iran Iraq and Syria was also important to Germany. Radioactive spill contaminates 15 Madrid Spain apr fifteen workers were contaminated with High Levels of radioactivity last week after a leak at a private medical Laboratory news reports said saturday the employees of Medgenis Espana s.a., in the tres cantos Industrial area 12 Miles from Madrid showed signs of external and internal contamination after thursdays spill of radioactive molybdenum Spain a leading daily Al pais reported. They were Given decontamination treatments. A this in t a chernobyl a said tres cantos acting mayor Jose Luis Rodriguez Eyre referring to the 1986 nuclear Accident near Kiev Ukraine. A a it a a Small leak in a Laboratory with minimal consequences that Only affected people working Medgenis officials failed to Contact the National nuclear safety Council after a vial containing molybdenum-99 a a radioactive form of the substance a was broken in the Label pais said. A neighbouring Laboratory detected the radioactivity and reported it Friday to authorities who sealed off the building Al pais said. In world Jamaica elects lawyer to succeed ill Manley from wire reports Kingston Jamaica a governing a leaders saturday selected former finance ister pm. Patterson As prime minister to Lead Jamaica through one of its most painful economic periods. The vote also officially ended the Manley family a control of the Peoples National party since its founding in 1938. Patterson a British educated lawyer who also served As Deputy prime minister promised to continue the free Market. Reforms supported by prime Patterson minister Michael Manley who is resigning because of poor health. A a there a going to be no Radical change in direction a Patterson 56, said saturday. He was scheduled to be sworn in today society without Hope Vatican City a the Vatican newspaper assailed Italy on saturday for its declining birth rate and said the drop in child rearing showed italians were becoming self entered. In a front Page editorial la Osse Vatore Romano noted that a recent census showed Italy a population had increased by Only 0.3 percent in 1981-91, one of the lowest rates in Europe. A what future can one imagine for a a healthy society that refuses children and neglects its elderly a the editorial demanded. A a future of egoism. Italy today May be More prosperous but a society with a Zero growth rate is a society without Hairdresser Dies in wreck Paris a Claude Maxime a leading Hairdresser whose clients included Brigitte Bardot and first lady Danielle Mitterrand was killed in a traffic Accident Early saturday her associates said. She was 55. The crash occurred near her Home in ram Bouillet outside hit Security zone rash Ayya Lebanon a guerrillas fired 20 Katusha rockets into israelis a Security zone in South Lebanon causing damage but no casualties a radio station said sunday. The voice of the South run by the South Lebanon army a predominantly Christian militia trained and financed by Israel said the rockets crashed overnight in the Western sector of the Security campaigner killed Manila Philippines a gunmen shot dead a Campaign Leader of president Corazon Aquino a favored successor sunday in the Northern Philippines in renewed violence tied to general elections May 11, officials said. Authorities said armed men gunned Down Ramon Calindas a top supporter in the Northern Philippines of former defense Secretary Fidel Ramos in front of his House in stolen after abducted brazilian forced to give birth Rio de Janeiro Brazil a three men kidnapped a pregnant woman induced labor and stole her baby police said saturday. Authorities believe the child was taken by baby traffickers who sell infants to couples overseas. A Federal police spokesman who asked not to be identified said Isabel a Silva Santos 42, was kidnapped thursday outside her in Laws Home in riots poor North zone blindfolded and driven to a medical clinic. The suspected traffickers used a drug to induce labor. Santos who was nine months pregnant told police she heard her baby crying after she gave birth but never saw the child because her head was covered throughout the ordeal. Later she was tied up dropped off on a quiet Street and Given cab fare to return to her in Laws Home where she and her husband had been staying. Santos who checked into a Hospital afterwards returned Home saturday. She has not spoken to reporters but her Hus band Jorge Xavier Santos said saturday that she was taking Tranquili Zers but was other wide in Good condition. A i just want to find my baby a she tearfully said. "1 can to eat 1 can to sleep or do anything. He said that his wife had recently had a Sonogram and that the couples doctor had told them the baby would be a boy. On thursday her Mother in Law received a Call from a Man who said a we have Isabel and she wont be Hurt. We Only want the baby because we need six and Only have last year the Federal police released a report that said 3,000 brazilian children Are a a exported annually a just half through Legal adoptions. The others Are kidnapped or bought from poor mothers and sold abroad for prices ranging from $8,000 to $20,000, said the report. Police say 80 percent of the illegally obtained babies Are sent to Italy and France with the rest sold in the United states Israel Belgium the Netherlands Sweden and Germany
