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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, March 30, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes monday March 30, 1992 thai party threatens to sue Over . Drug accusation Bangkok Thailand up a 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  Tancharoen a spokesman of the Justice Unity party in an interview with  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 s party won the largest number of seats in the March 22 general elections. Suchart said the suit a would show that the United states has made a groundless allegation without evidence. That is Why it does not dare reveal evidence or  the party spokesman said the . Accusation has gained Public sympathy for  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 narcotics. Walesa urging German investors to Back Poland Bonn Germany apr polish president Lech Walesa arrived Here sunday to woo German investors and seek help in turning his impoverished country into a Commer Cia link Between Western and Eastern Europe. Walesa a five Day visit is the first by a polish president since 1918. Walesa said before leaving Poland that the purpose of his trip is not to seek handouts but persuade German investors to do business with Poland. A i done to want Money. I just want to advise the germans where they can do Good business Quot Walesa told the Frankfurter Mundschau newspaper. Walesa will also be seeking to solidify the two nations efforts toward reconciliation. Ill will persists among poles Over nazi Germany a 1939 invasion of their country. And Many people in Germany Are still bitter that German controlled land was ceded to Poland after world War ii. Remembering the sad past is one facet of Walesa a visit. On monday he is to Lay a Wreath at a Bonn memorial for victims of the nazi tyranny. On wednesday Walesa plans to visit the former nazi concentration Camp in Dachau outside Munich. Walesa has also scheduled talks with Chancellor Helmut Kohl president Richard von Wei sticker foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher finance minister Theodor Taigel and Heads of the major political parties. On thursday Walesa plans to visit Frankfurt an Der Oder an Eastern German City sitting on the polish Border. 4 missing in Navy copter crash Manama Bahrain apr a . Navy helicopter crashed at sunday off the somalian coast with 18 people on Board the . Central come in Tampa fla., said. Fourteen were rescued but four were missing officials said. Chief Petty officer John Kenney speaking from aboard the flagship la Salle said the helicopter was a ch-46e Knight from the 13th Marine expeditionary unit. The crash which occurred during routine operations was approximately 60 Miles off the somalian coast at about 9 30 a.m., Kenney said. He said four of the survivors suffered Burns. The search and Rescue operation was being conducted by helicopters from the amphibious assault ship Okinawa and ships in the area Kenney said. An investigation of the crash was under Way. Names of those aboard the helicopter were withheld pending notification of next of Kin. M world Jamaica elects lawyer to succeed ill Manley from wire reports Kingston Jamaica a governing 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 minister Michael Patterson 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 m 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 Paris. 15 workers contaminated Madrid Spain a 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 reported Spain a leading daily Al pais. Filipino 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  question Story of forced birth baby theft Rio de Janeiro. Brazil a police cast doubt sunday on the Story of a woman who said baby traffickers stole her Newborn child after kidnapping her and inducing labor. The tale shocked Brazil where traffickers reportedly sell thousands of children to foreigners every year. Isabel a Silva Santos 42, told investigators she was kidnapped outside her in Laws Home thursday blindfolded and taken to what she believed to be a medical clinic. There her abductors induced labor she said. Santos who was nine months pregnant told police she heard her baby Civ ing after the birth but never saw the child because her head was covered. Santos said she was tied up late Friday dropped off on a quiet Street and Given cab fare to return to her in Laws Home where she was staying with her husband during the final Days of her pregnancy. A doctor who treated Santos said the delivery had been performed by professionals. Quot she a Fine physically but very disturbed emotionally a or. Marcelo Pozzi said. Santos has refused to speak to reporters but on saturday appeared in the window of her family a Home and begged for the return of her child. The Lead investigator in the Case nem Ezio Vidal Garcia was quoted in sunday newspapers As saying he believed a family acquaintance or family member might be involved. The investigators id ii was possible that the abduction was faked to cover up the Sale of the Santos baby to child traffickers. The Case has heightened fears about gangs that sell brazilian babies to foreigners. Last year a Federal police report said 3,000 brazilian children Are a a exported per year Only half through Legal adoptions. The others Are kidnapped or bought from poor mothers and sent abroad for $8,000 to $20,000, the report said  
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