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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, April 20, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world the stars and stripes monday april 20, 1992ex-soviet dissident plans to run for Knesset seat from wire reports Jerusalem a Natan Sharansky the former dissident who emigrated to Israel after years in a soviet prison has shifted political gears and announced plans to run for the Knesset israelis parliament published reports said sunday. Sharansky gave few details of his plans to set up a new political party beyond saying it would not be composed exclusively of immigrants. The daily has Aretz newspaper said he was waiting to gauge the reaction to his announcement before proceeding further.2 peruvians charged London a British authorities charged two peruvian men with drug smuggling saturday British customs officials said. Customs officers seized 220 pounds of cocaine with an estimated Street value of $28 million in a raid on a West London warehouse late thursday. The drug allegedly concealed in a Quot consignment of Coffee was believed to have been shipped from Peru to Liverpool. Police tailed the shipment when it was transported to a warehouse in West London where customs officials backed by armed police moved  still undercover Berlin a the German authorities have uncovered Only a fraction of the total number of former East German spies and As Many As 1,000 Are still in government ministries and private companies the Federal prosecutor said in an interview published sunday. Alexander von Stahl said Only 200 former agents of the now defunct East German ministry for state Security had been uncovered in Germany since unification on oct. 3,1990. He said More than 1,000 former East German spies still held jobs in ministries and private companies but added he was convinced they would of uncovered within one or two  semifinals adjourn Linares Spain a former world chess Champion Anatoly Karpov and briton Nigel Short adjourned their fifth round match of the candidates tournament semifinals in the 61st move saturday. The adjournment after six hours of play left Karpov and Short with two incomplete games in the first half of the 10-round tournament. They adjourned round four thursday leaving Short with the advantage after 60 moves. They were scheduled to Complete that match on  Hairdresser Dies London a a Teasie Weasie Raymond the flamboyant Hairdresser who created the Pageboy. With the family and styled Vivien Leigh a hair for gone wind has died a Friend of the said saturday. He was 80. Barbara Henderson said Raymond died Friday at his Home in Berkshire after a Long Battle with cancer. Born in London to an italian Barber and a French Mother he was christened Raymondo Pietro Carlo. At 26, he opened his first May air Salon in exotic style with a Champagne Fountain so his clients including the Duchess of Windsor could have a a a bubbly  blamed for deaths Siracusa Sicily a killers gunned Down three men in a bar on a Road outside this City saturday and police blamed the slayings on the mafia the italian news Agency Ansa reported. L he attackers escaped the reports said. Grenade at easter mass leaves 5 dead 80 injured from wire reports Iligan Philippines a an unidentified Man lobbed a grenade into a crowd attending easter sunday services at this City a roman Catholic Cathedral killing five people and injuring nearly 80, police said. Two of the dead were children police said. More than 3,000 people were crowded into the Cathedral when the blast occurred about 3 55 . Near the Entrance to St. Michael a Cathedral. Another 7,000 people were outside the Cathedral police said. Panic swept through the crowd after the blast. Worshippers trampled one another while racing for the exits witnesses said. Officials said Many of the injured were seriously Hurt some losing limbs. Local radio stations broadcast appeals for blood donations. No one claimed responsibility but police said they detained two people both muslims for questioning. Police capt. Edito Sharip said the attacker mingled with several worshippers before making his Way to a platform where a religious procession was expected to Fujimori s up returns to Peru to fight takeover Lima Peru apr an opposition Leader returned to Lima from the United states on saturday night to try to rally peruvians to the Campaign against president Alberto Fujimori a takeover. A we will rebuild the country Stone by Stone a Maximo san roman Fujimori a first vice president and former ally told about 40 supporters who greeted him at his Home after his arrival late saturday. Peru a lawmakers want to swear in san roman As president in place of Fujimori who with the military a support dissolved Congress and shut the courts april 5. Lawmakers said they would hold the ceremony tuesday and indicated they plan to set up an opposition government in another peruvian City. San roman was out of the country when Fujimori began his crackdown. Last week san roman led a rival peruvian delegation to a meeting of the organization of american states in Washington. The Oas demanded that Fujimori restore constitutional Rule. . And other Aid to the impoverished andean nation has been suspended. Fujimori said he acted to fight judicial and legislative corruption and fight terrorism and drug trafficking. He has found Broad support among peruvians frustrated by the weak Economy and perceived government paralysis. Fujimori has not publicly stated whether he still considered san roman his vice president. But he has said san roman need not fear returning to Peru. Diplomats said 20 to 30 opposition members were detained by the armed forces following Fujimori a action. San romans departure from Miami on saturday was delayed. Airline officials said they needed More time to review Security information regarding san roman. They did not elaborate but both the airline and Peru denied government involvement in the delay. Arrive. A the suspect pulled the pin of grenade and threw it at the makeshift stage where participants of the processions were re enacting the resurrection of Christ a he said. Sharip said several of the victims were children and elderly women who were participating in the procession. Higan mayor Camilo Cabili speculated that the blast could be in protest of philippine participation in . Sanctions against Libya which heightened tension Between Manila and the country a volatile Muslim minority. A i would like to believe that the incident is connected with the crisis in Libya to gain International Media mileage a he said. The . Sanctions were designed to press Libya to turn Over suspects in the bombing of pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland in 1988 and Garner libyan cooperation in an investigation of another jetliner bombing in 1989.3rd . Dry Dock towed from Subic for site in Japan Subic Bay naval facilities Philippines up a the United states hauled the last of three floating dry docks from its naval facility at Subic Bay on sunday completing a major step in its withdrawal from the Philippines. The resourceful with a lifting capacity of 17,200 tons was towed toward an american repair facility in Yokosuka Japan on easter sunday morning naval officials said. It. Cmdr. A1 Twyman said the British made dry Dock would be overhauled in Japan. A after that decisions will be made where it will be transferred a he said. President Corazon Aquino ordered the americans to leave Subic after by year end following the philippine Senate a rejection of a proposed 10-year, $1 billion lease on the facility. Philippine officials had hoped the . Navy would leave behind at least one of the three massive dry docks which they said were crucial to government plans to convert Subic into a commercial port and repair facility. The two other dry docks the machinist and the adept were towed to Hawaii and Guam respectively earlier this year. Aquino said last week that she would leave to her successor the appointment of members to a new government authority overseeing the development of Subic and nearby Clark a the former Home of the 13th . Air Force. The delay in naming committee members until after general elections slated for May 11 could hold Back government operations until the Navy has nearly finished its pullout from Subic analysts said. Few germans would take up arms to defend nation in War Survey says Bonn Germany up a Only a minority of germans would take up weapons to defend their country if War broke out and Many feel that the . Military presence in Germany is no longer necessary the newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported quoting a military Survey. The weekly Magazine quoted the Surv a As saving that a the american presence in Europe is increasingly considered not to de necessary a Quot it said that Only 10 percent of the citizens interviewed in Eastern and Western Germany would he prepared to take up arms if w a broke out. I he defense of the whole of Gei Niani figured at the Bottom of the list of political priorities in the eyes of most interviewees who said they were far More concerned about jobs and Protection of the environment. Most said they wanted military cuts to go beyond current plans to reduce troops and spending. But the Survey which has not been officially released also said that most of the germans thought no North Atlantic treaty organization remained important for Germany a Security. The Survey compiled by the military Academy Lor information and communication said two thirds of the germans interviewed favored a professional Arnn rather than the compulsory conscription system  
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