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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world b the stars and stripes thursday april 30, 1992saddam goes to party on his 55th birthday from wire reports Nicosia Cyprus a Saddam Hussein received gifts from government officials and Diplo Mats and attended a Baghdad children a party in Honor of his 55th birthday tuesday Baghdad radio reported. The official radio monitored in Nicosia said Saddam skipped an official Celebration hosted by his lieutenants in his Hometown of Cikrit North of Baghdad which he attended last  Lanka rebels kill 51 Colombo sri Lanka a tamil Tiger rebels shot and hacked 51 Muslim villagers to death in a Midnight massacre in North Central sri Lanka a police official said wednesday. Dozens of rebels in camouflage uniforms first attacked a nearby police Post forcing Security men to flee said a police official reached by Telephone koreans Burn . Flag Seoul South Korea a about 1,000 students burned a . Flag and 300 others sat in a main Street tuesday to denounce alleged american involvement in the 1949 assassination of a revered korean Patriot witnesses said. The self confessed Assassin of Kim Kun a korean Patriot during Japan a colonial Rule of Korea in 1910-1945, recently said he killed Kim at the suggestion of South korean and . Military intelligence agencies. The remarks by Ahn Doo Hee then an army officer touched off an angry reaction by Radical students and dissidents who contend that Washington meddles in South koreans Domestic affairs to maintain a pro-.  suspect picked up Paris a the suspected treasurer of the violent Basque separatist movement Eta was arrested tuesday at an Airport outside Paris As he prepared to Board a flight to Mexico police said. The suspect was identified As Sabino Euba be Naruze Beitia 55, police said he was carrying a false passport when apprehended at Charles de Gaulle  protester arrested Hamburg Germany a police on tuesday arrested an israeli orthodox jew after he tried to Block a truck at the site of a shopping Center being built on the grounds of a jewish cemetery. Police said the Man sat in front of a truck that was taking part in the construction of the shopping Center in Hamburg where protesters have gathered for several weeks strike closes museum Paris a the orsay museum was shut tuesday because of a strike for higher wages by 18 employees who operate its information booths.6 slain aboard bus Johannesburg South Africa assailants with automatic weapons stopped a bus ordered the women to get off and then fired on the men killing six and wounding eight police said  Dies while attending army school in Virginia Wurzburg Germany a amps a 3rd inf div Soldier died of a heart attack tuesday while attending an army school in the United states a division spokesman said wednesday. Sgt. Gregory g. Lawson 30. Who was assigned to co a. Kith engr in in Bamberg died from a heart attack while attending the Basic non commissioned officers course at fort Lee vu., capt. Edward Haiti said. I a son a Supply sergeant Lor the Engineer unit is survived by his Wile and two children who lived with him in Germany Hartl said. A memorial service Lor the Soldier is scheduled for t30 . Monday at the loth engr in theater in Bamberg. This Pentagon photo shows the Hole in an air Force c-130 drug surveillance plane hit by peruvian gunfire on Friday. Lawmaker urges reassessment of anti drug Effort with Peru it a  / a dts ill incl critic Chin Nurt Ionn rpt warnings to in nil Washington api a the United states should review its andean anti aug Campaign following Peru a attack on a . Surveillance plane the chairman of the House foreign affairs committee said tuesday. A unfortunately this attack is not an isolated incident but the latest in a Long string of such events a said rep. Dante Fascell a Fla. A the peruvian government has demonstrated that it does not share our interest or priorities in combating drug  the House appropriations committee on wednesday was scheduled to act on a Bill that would among other actions Cut off $39 million in planned . Military Aid to Peru this year the Bush administration already has suspended further Aid to Peru. Fascell noted peruvian president Alberto Fujimori a military backed seizure of the country a government and cited past instances of non cooperation with . Anti drug efforts. Two peruvian air Force jets fired on a . C-130 transport plane on Friday killing one crewman and wounding two others. Peru said the planets Pilot had ignored warnings to land. A i see no Way in which we can continue with business As usual a Fascell said in a statement. �?�1 think it is time for the administration to reassess the fundamental premises of its andean strategy before further lives arc lost that strategy provides up to $2.2 billion in military and economic Aid Over five years to Peru Bolivia and Colombia the main producers of the coca Leaf from which cocaine is produced. The . Drug enforcement administration has some two dozen agents in Peru about half of whom work in the upper Hua Llaga River Valley in coca interdiction and eradication efforts dubbed operation Snow Cap. Despite those efforts Fascell said a there has been no Impact on the amount of cocaine entering the United states we must now face the fact that drug trafficking has so permeated Peru that we can no longer have meaningful cooperation in anti narcotics  Cheney says . Won t replace bases after leaving Philippines Jakarta Indonesia apr Secretary of defense Dick Cheney said wednesday that the United states will not seek alternative military bases after withdrawing from the Philippines. A we do not require traditional military bases As in the past in order to carry out our responsibility for peace and stability a be told reporters after meeting with president Suharto. But Cheney said the . Withdrawal from philippine bases will not create a vacuum. He said the United states hoped to continue discussion on the possibility of using repair facilities in Indonesia for . Vessels on a commercial basis. The indonesian government has offered its shipyard facility in East Java for the repair of . War vessels. Cheney a visit was aimed at reassuring the regional countries of the United states continued commitment to Security and peace in Southeast Asia he said. Bombs threats shut 57 Mcdonald s Taipei Taiwan apr a bomb exploded and injured two employees at a Mcdonald s restaurant in suburban Taipei on wednesday a Day after two other bomb explosions and several bomb threats at Mcdonald a restaurants police said. The explosions and threats believed to be the work of extortionists prompted Mcdonald a to close All of its 57 fast food restaurants in Taiwan. One of tuesdays explosions killed a policeman who was trying to defuse a bomb. On wednesday a Mcdonald s manager and one other employee were injured when they went to inspect a bomb that another Statler discovered on a men s room ceiling police said. One of the men was seriously injured they added but no customers were Hurt in the blast at 2 . In the Taipei suburb of Youngho two hours later police were called to defuse a Bonab at another Mcdonald a restaurant in downtown Taipei but no further details were immediately available officers said. Still another Mcdonald a in Taipei was the target of the fatal bombing tuesday. That bomb also was discovered in a menus room. Tuesdays other explosion was in a Telephone Booth across Irum a Mcdonald s in downtown Kaohsiung not Southern Taiwan. No one was injured  
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