European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 c the stars and stripes monday april 13, 1992 world japanese legislator Dies in stabbing daughter held from wire reports Tokyo a Shinjiro Yamamura chairman of the powerful House of representatives budget committee was stabbed to death by one of Nis daughters Early sunday a police spokesman said. Yamamura 58, died of Stab wounds inflicted by a Kitchen knife to his neck and Chest at his Home in Sahara 45 Miles West of Tokyo officials said. Police arrested Kirio Yamamura his 24-year-old daughter on suspicion of killing her father. Police knew of no motive for the killing but Yamamura a wife told them Kirio who was found wandering nearby in her pyjamas had been undergoing psychological treatment at a hits group killing 4 Remagen Germany a a speeding car slammed into a Palm sunday Midnight procession late saturday killing four people and injuring 18, police said. The Driver was arrested on suspicion of Drunken driving. Police said sunday that about 50 people had taken part in a procession from the roman Catholic Community Center in Remagen to a nearby Chapel. The Accident occurred As the group assembled at the end of their , kurd protest Bonn Germany a about 20,000 people most of them turks demonstrated in Bonn on saturday to protest what they called pro kurdish policies of the Bonn government while kurd demonstrated elsewhere in Germany against the Ankara government. In Berlin a group of 40 kurd said they had started an unlimited hunger strike. Meanwhile in Hamburg 500 people took to the streets to protest the turkish army a recent bombing raids in the predominantly kurdish Southeast of the country. The German authorities recently suspended All military deals with the Ankara government after the turkish armed forces attacked villages in Southeastern Turkey in a crackdown against kurdish Dinar shrinking Belgrade Yugoslavia a the Federal government announced sunday that it would devalue the yugoslav Dinar reflecting inflation that has rocketed above 170 percent. As of monday one German Mark to which the Dinar is pegged will buy 200 dinars compared with 85 dinars previously. The Economy of Serbia the dominant Republic is in ruins. Authorities there have financed the yugoslav army s War against croatian Independence by printing new resume in Kuwait Kuwait a the trials of More than 100 people accused of collaborating with iraqi occupation forces opened saturday resuming a process suspended last year after Sharp criticism from human rights groups. The three judge state Security court adjourned after hearing claims of innocence from two of the seven defendants at the opening session. No Date was set for the next hearing but judge Salah Al Fahed said it would be held before the end of the month. It was the first hearing on suspected collaborators since martial Law was lifted last june and the civilian tribunal took Over the cases from a special military court. Unlike the martial Law courts defendants can Appeal rulings by the civilian judges. Libya to Cut links with world for 24 hours before embargo Tripoli Libya apr Libya announced sunday that it will sever All Contact with the outside world for the 24 hours before . Sanctions take effect in a confrontation Over the bombing of pan am flight 103. Arab leaders meanwhile continued efforts to find a Way to head off the sanctions which would include embargoes on arms sales and commercial air traffic. The official Jana news Agency distributed a statement saying Libya would Cut All International travel and communication links tuesday As a sign of mourning for a 1986 . Air strike that killed 41 libyans. The . Security Council has Given Libya until wednesday the sixth anniversary of the air raid to surrender two alleged intelligence agents. The men Are charged in the bombing of a new York bound pan am jumbo Jet in 1988 Over Lockerbie Scotland that killed 270 people. Libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi apparently chose to observe the air raid anniversary a Day Early to avoid the . Sanctions overshadowing his gesture. Libyans foreign minister Ibrahim Al Bishari met saturday with . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali in Geneva and said he offered proposals for ending the standoff. He refused to provide any details. Jana said president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt arrived in Tripoli on sunday for a meeting with Qadhafi. Qadhafi has always marked the Day of the . Air raid which killed his baby daughter in his House in the capital. But this would be the first time he has taken the drastic step of virtually shutting Down the country. Washington said the raids on Tripoli and Benghazi were it retaliation for libyans involvement in the bombing of a Berlin discotheque frequented by american soldiers. Two people were killed and 200 injured in that attack. Major adds women to Cabinet labor Leader Kinlock May quit from wire reports London a prime minister John major has named a new Cabinet bringing in two women and dropping several senior figures in a big shake up following his conservative party s fourth straight election Victory. Major assembled a 22-member lineup that is somewhat More Liberal than his previous Cabinet. It had been largely inherited from Margaret Thatcher whom he succeeded 16 months ago before leading the party to Victory in thursdays National election. -1 a meanwhile Neil Kinlock Leader of the main opposition labor party was set to announce his resignation today after his second general election defeat the British broadcasting corp. Reported sunday. Kinlock whose party lost to the ruling conservatives on thursday said Friday he would make a statement on his future As Leader today. The bbl said this was certain to be an announcement of his resignation. A the party is anxious to see a smooth succession to minimize the damage and uncertainty surrounding the party after the trauma of its defeat a the bbl said a Neil Kinlock. Is certain to announce his resignation Kinlock 50, has led labor since october 1983. Bottomley major in making his announcements saturday dropped the former defense Secretary Tom King 58, and the former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker 57. The More Liberal shift in the Cabinet was particularly reflected in the dismissal of Baker a right Winger and Strong critic of the november 1990 political revolt against Thatcher. Major named Malcolm Rifkind 46, a prominent scottish conservative and former transport Secretary As new defense Secretary and Kenneth Clarke 51, As Home Secretary a key Job that includes responsibility for immigration and Law and order. The two women health Secretary Virginia Bottom Ley 44, and employment Secretary Gillian Shephard 52, Are the first women in the Cabinet since Thatcher was ousted in a party revolt in november 1990. In her 12 years As prime minister she Shephard named no other women to Cabinet posts. Bottomley is a former Deputy health minister and the most prominent new appointee from the Liberal Wing of the party. Shephard was a Treasury minister in the last conservative administration. The foreign Secretary remains Douglas Hurd 62, who has had the Post since 1989. Winnie Mandela witness reportedly lied Johannesburg South Africa apr a co defendant and key defense witness in Winnie Mandela a Kidnap and assault trial says he lied in court to protect the activist a newspaper said sunday. John Morgan said that Mandela a Alibi was a farce and that she led the vicious assault on four Young men in december 1988, Johannesburg a sunday times reported. One of the victims later died and Mandela ordered Morgan to a a dump the body the paper quoted Morgan As saying in an interview. Morgan said he lied in court out of fear and because he was ashamed of not reporting the incidents to police when they happened the newspaper reported. It a Morgan was now seeking indemnity from prosecute and Protection from the government. The reported statements follow new allegations to Mandela ordered the murder of a prominent Doc who would have been a key figure in the Case. In lib of those claims police have begun re examining t doctors death which was treated As a robbery relat murder Winnie Mandela the wife of african National pre Dent Nelson Mandela has attributed the allegations bitter and unreliable enemies and says she is Innocci of wrongdoing. Mount Etna lava passes 2nd Barrier threatens Village Zafferano Etna Sicily a River of steaming Black lava that has been creeping Down mount Etna for months spilled Over a second earthen Barrier Early sunday and approached this Village officials said. Italian soldiers fighting against time prepared to set off explosives on the Side of Europe a most Active Volcano to try to shatter the Wall of a canal the Iava has formed. However foggy weather was slowing the operation according to an official at the Volcano crisis unit in Zafferano Etna. Scientists say the canal has funnelled the lava allowing it to maintain its High temperatures and liquidity and move Forward at up to 50 feet an hour. Meanwhile powerful . Helicopters from nearby Nas Simonella lugged about 30 huge Concrete anti terrorism barriers to the site in preparation for dropping them on the lava canal the civil Protection ministry said in a statement. A the countdown has begun a said Nicola Capria the civil Protection minister. Holse in?,ka.pph0�?ohl?a i,01 prefer s office said Only the offs people officials said amp a a a a he he a use asked be the occupants helped by italian soldiers rushed boxes of household goods into their car. The army sent dozens of trucks to Zafferano Etna on sunday to help in a possible evacuation. But the official at the Volcano crisis unit who worked for the
