European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday april 21, 1992 panamanians rethinking withdrawal of . Troops by Shirley Christian the new York times Panama City a with less than eight years to go until the United states ends nearly a Century of military presence in Panama Many panamanians Are beginning to doubt the Wisdom of letting the 10 remaining bases close and the troops depart. In today a rapidly changing world they say they Are no longer As nationalistic As they once were and the United states is no longer As Colonia Listic. That has removed the tension that led to killings angry demonstrations and Flag burnings in the .-occupied area bordering the Panama canal in the 1950s and 60s. Oen. George a. Joulwan chief of the . Southern come in Panama and Bernard w. Aronson assistant Secretary of state for inter american affairs both say that the United states is not seeking to stay. A we intend to comply with the treaties which Means cambodians sign . Agreements on human rights phenom penh Cambodia a the Khmer Rouge and the other cambodian factions signed two . Conventions on human rights monday. . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali who was present at the signing ceremony urged nations to give $593 million for immediate Aid and rehabilitation efforts in Cambodia which is emerging from two decades of civil War and bloody revolution. One of the conventions covers civil and political rights and the other economic social and cultural rights. Signing were members of cambodians supreme National Council which groups leaders of the four cambodian factions a the vietnamese installed government and three guerrilla groups a under a .-Brokercd peace Accord. The Council will Lead Cambodia before elections scheduled for april 1993. Boutros Ghali said the factions must do their utmost to implement the conventions and a overcome the serious mistakes of the past a a Clear reference to the Khmer Rouge Rule from 1975 to 1978. During that Rule the communist regime attempted to radically restructure cambodian society. Hundreds of thousands of people died in slave labor Camps execution Chambers Ana purges. The . Transitional authority in Cambodia sent to phenom penh under the terms of the peace pact will Monitor implementation of the human rights conventions Boutros Ghali said. That we have a plan that takes us to Zero by noon on dec. 31, 1999,�?� Joulwan said in an interview. Plans for the Transfer to Panama of the canal itself Are proceeding on schedule according to panamanian Ana . Officials. But a number of panamanian politicians and officials said they believe something will be worked out to keep some . Presence in Panama. A in private the state department implies another thing from what it says publicly a said Leo Gonzalez a National legislature member who supports keeping the bases. A the state department always says its not going to do something until it decides to do it a he said. A a week before the invasion in 1989, it was saying the United states would never invade  the United states invaded in december 1989 after a period of increasing tension that led former panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega to declare that a a state of War  memories philippine presidential candidate and former first lady Imelda Marcos places Flowers sunday at the foot of a Monument in Honor of her late husband former president Ferdinand Marcos. The giant bust was erected in the Early 1980s at mount Pugo in the Philippines. Saudi envoy to Yemen freed after being held by gunman san a Yemen apr yemenite commandos on monday freed the saudi ambassador after he was held in his office for 19 hours by a gunman described As desperate and apologetic. The gunman fired twice As he was overpowered but no pne was Hurt. The gunman who was also armed with a grenade and had claimed to have a bomb demanded a $1 million Ransom for ambassador Ali Kassidi. There was no immediate word on the Fate of the attacker. Kassidi in a Telephone interview from his Home said he was freed at 8 . He said the Man had raced past yemenite guards outside the embassy and broke into his office about 1 . Sunday seizing him and his Counselor Abdul Aziz Fathi. The gunman later freed Fathi. Kassidi said he talked with the gunman throughout the night and eventually persuaded him to order breakfast. On monday morning a commando disguised As a waiter entered the ambassadors office and threw a cup of hot Tea into the gunman a face Kassidi said. A first it was the waiter then suddenly the room was full of yemeni Security a Kassidi said. He said the Man made a desperate attempt to reach a bag he claimed held a bomb but the commandos held him Back. A it All happened very fast and two shots went off from his gun a Kassidi said. He added that he was uninjured and believed no one else had been Hurt. The official yemenite press Agency identified the gunman As Ahmed Mathar Gat Neel Al qatari. Kassidi described him As a yemenite in his 30s who told him that he was sorry a but that he was doing what he did because he badly needed the  Kassidi said the Many a motives May have been political because the gunman said he needed the Money for a group he did not identify. A we talked All night but the Man was nervous and confused Quot Kassidi said. The official saudi press Agency in Riyadh carried a statement by the saudi government strongly denouncing the incident As a a terrorist act Quot and Quot flagrant violation of All diplomatic  the yemenite foreign ministry denounced Quot All acts of terrorism. And All attempts to Mark the brotherly relations Between the two  world Istanbul gunmen kill 2 in anti police Campaign from wire reports Istanbul Turkey a gunmen shot and killed a policeman and a civilian monday in the latest of a series of terrorist attacks targeting the police the Anatolia news Agency said. The two were waiting at a bus Stop in an Industrial District when three suspected terrorists opened fire with pistols about 8 ., the Agency said. In the ensuing Chase the police wounded one of the attackers who died in route to the Hospital the report said. The other two escaped. There was no immediate claim of responsibility in the  Gas prices soar Moscow a gasoline prices Rose 400 percent in Moscow on monday further straining Consumers already paying much More for everything from clothes to cabbages. Regular fuel jumped to 6 rubles a liter from 1.20 rubles the itar Tass news Agency reported. That a Only 5 cents at the current Exchange rate but a significant increase for russians who earn an average of $8.30 a month. Diesel fuel Rose to 5 rubles a liter from 70 Kopek itar Tass said. It said the increases were ordered by the russian government last week.2 die in ship explosions Hong Kong a a series of explosions rocked a Hong Kong owned Oil Tanker in the South China sea on monday killing two Crew members Rescue officials said. The 26 other Crew members of the 30,000-ton sea Star were rescued and were in satisfactory condition said Trevor Berry a Hong Kong Marine department spokesman. The liberian registered ship was burning but still afloat about Halfway Between Hong Kong and Manila Philippines he  population dips Beijing a China a population hit 1.16 billion by the end of 1991 As the growth rate in the worlds most populous nation fell for the first time in six years according to an official report monday. The slight drop was not expected to help China curb its growth. The total number of babies born last year was 1.25 million fewer than in 1990, the China daily quoted the state statistical Bureau As saying. It did not give the total  kill iranian cattle Nicosia Cyprus a leftover mines Laid by iraqi troops during the eight year Iran Iraq War have killed 28,500 head of cattle along the Border in Iran a Western Bakh Taran province Over the past year the islamic Republic news Agency reported sunday in a dispatch monitored in  site vandalized Halberstadt Germany a unknown vandals marred a new memorial to holocaust victims by smearing Stone monuments with nazi swastikas police said sunday. The memorial outside a Christian Church in Halberstadt near the East German City of Magdeburg was dedicated just last  hits Taiwan area Taipei Taiwan a a Strong earthquake Shook a wide area of Taiwan on monday causing landslides in the Eastern part of the country. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The Centra weather Bureau said the quake struck at 2 32 . And had a Reading of 5.6 on the Richter scale