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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday april 8, 1992u.s. Suspends after Fujimori Lima Peru apr in the Wake of president Alberto Fojt Morin a Power seizure the United states on monday called Fujimori a action a regrettable Quot and suspended military and economic Aid. The . Postponed $45 million of the $237 million in 1991 military and economic Aid to Peru that had yet to be disbursed. Peru a legislators were locked out of Congress by soldiers after Fujimori announced late sunday that he was dissolving the body. Lawmakers struggled tuesday to reverse Fujimori a action but there was Little protest from the peruvian people who Are burdened by poverty and frustrated by ineffective government. In Washington the organization of american states expressed outrage. Organization of american states members called for an emergency meeting of the hemispheres foreign min Art Casrto Deal with the situation. Quot Fujimori is simply an instrument for the armed forces to assume Power a a said Rafael Caldera Venezuela s president from 1969-74. But Fujimori did not appear to be budging. He had the foil support of the military in suspending the con London apr a a lord Quot in a Jungle print suit and top hat a portly Brothel keeper and 300 followers of a maharishi Are making wild pitches for votes in Britain a National election on thursday. Eighty four parties Are putting up 2,903 candidates in 651 constituencies although Only the two major parties have a serious Chance of forming Britain a next government following thursdays elections. Anyone who can afford to lose a Deposit of $850 can run a except for convicted criminals and members of the House of lords. There is the Forward to Mars party campaigning to put a briton on the planet the unashamedly hedonist Funsten mentalists and the up the Creek have a party organizations and the Justice from British rail party which is fighting for prompt train service. A lord Quot David Sutch 51, also known As screaming lord Sutch campaigned monday in Trafalgar Square. Trafalgar Square was nowhere near any of the three districts in which Sutch is running but was convenient for an australian television Crew who followed him around in a pouring rain. A fall those on that no. 11 bus vote for the loonies Quot Sutch and his yellow and Green Clad followers in the official monster raving loony party bellowed through megaphones. Sutch is the grand old Man of pointless election Eer Aid to Peru Power grab Stit ution censoring the Media and detaining politicians and journalists. On monday Fujimori named a new prime minister and shuffled three other of the 14 Cabinet posts to create an a emergency  a a it a necessary that we make it Clear that this is not a coup do eat. Its a change in direction a Fujimori said late monday night. Fujimori a political outsider elected in july 1990, said he acted to give himself a Freer hand to stimulate the Economy Battle drug traffickers and defeat the shining path the hemispheres most violent guerrilla movement. His new prime minister Oscar de la Puente said he would fire All judges deemed corrupt or biased. The judiciary has been accused of freeing accused guerrillas on technical grounds. Shining path guerrillas on monday fatally shot a policeman his son and Driver in Lima. Nearly 25,000 people have died in political violence since the maoist inspired movement took up  in 1980. Ing having participated in 31 parliamentary special elections. The rotund publicity hound has used coffins and gorillas As props. He has never earned the return of his Deposit by exceeding five percent of the vote though his party has won five seats on a local Council. A when i first stood for parliament in 1963, i campaigned for votes at 18, for commercial radio stations and for pubs to be open at landlords discretion. A people laughed at me but All of it came True a Sutch said. Later monday he appeared on an australian talk show sharing a hospitality Van with Brothel keeper Lindi St. Clair alias miss whiplash who Heads the corrective party and campaigns for legalized prostitution. Rock Singer Annie Lennox who was also scheduled for the talk show declined to go on after discovering she would be appearing with a Loon and a libertine. The natural Law party an offshoot of the world government of the age of enlightenment founded by the maharishi Mahesh Yogi modestly promises a a disease free crime free problem free country that will move towards heaven on  the party based in the Leighton Buzzard District of Bedford is sponsoring 313 candidates. World dutch unions threaten weekly strikes Over pay from wire reports Amsterdam Netherlands a a nationwide rail strike clogged highways for a second straight Day tuesday As unions threatened weekly stoppages unless pay and staffing demands Are met. Workers were scheduled to return to work at 5 . Today following the 48-hour All out strike. But the unions said they would Call random strikes every monday starting next week until their demands Are met. Highway backups tuesday totalled 125 Miles across the country three times longer than normal.8 miners rescued Selby England a rescuers on tuesday led to safety eight Coal miners trapped half a mite underground when a mine Tunnel roof collapsed a spokesman for their Union said. The Tunnel roof at Stillingfleet Colliery in North Yorkshire Northern England caved in shortly before 5 . Monday. Rescuers worked through the night using their Bare hands to Clear rubble said Mark Davies Secretary of the local Branch of the National Union of mineworkers. The men eventually were released around 8 ., he  clash with police Madrid Spain a police clashed with striking cleaners at Madrid a International Airport Early tuesday slightly injuring three and permitting alternative Crews to sweep two weeks accumulated trash from the terminals. Strikers demanding higher wages got into a shoving match with police assigned to protect the alternative cleaners said Rafael Chavarri a government spokesman. The Airport subway stations and other Public buildings Nave been piled High with garbage since the strike began 16 Days ago nearly three months into Madrid a designation As Europe a cultural  stash reported Berlin a former East German communist Leader Erich Honecker 79, reportedly stashed $146 million in a secret Swiss Bank account the Berliner Morgen Post newspaper reported tuesday. The former hard line Leader began making currency deposits into the secret account in Zurich shortly after coming to Power in 1971, the newspaper said. State prosecutors investigating East German government corruption found documents which reportedly prove Honecker a payment of $146 million into the numbered Swiss account according to the newspaper report. Berlins Justice ministry spokeswoman Jutta Burghart refused to comment on the  stresses celibacy Vatican City a Pope John Paul ii in a major document published tuesday stressed the importance of celibacy and continuous training in the preparation of Catholic priests for their role in the modern world. In his 224-Page apostolic exhortation the Pope said the Church considered the preparation of priests and the updating of their pastoral commitment to be among its most important  Bull causes ban Calcutta India a businesses have banned bulls from a crowded shopping Square near Calcutta after an enraged animal attacked bystanders. Police superintendent . Singh said a Bull apparently irked by 100-degree temperature saturday rampaged through the main streets of a Chi Para Village outside Calcutta. Four people were hospitalized with serious injuries Singh said. Over the years Mach Para had tolerated animals wandering in the Market gorging on vegetables and fruits of sidewalk shops or an occasional handout from religious persons who say bulls bring Good Luck. A lord Quot David Sutch Center is surrounded by supporters of his official monster raving loony  politics prevail on eve of National elections in Britain  
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