European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes saturday May 23, 1992 higher death toil feared in thai demonstrations Bangkok Thailand apr hundreds of relatives searched Friday for missing pro democracy protesters amid fears that the death toll from four Days of violence May be far higher than the 40 reported by the government. No new violence was reported but about 500 people demonstrated peacefully Friday at democracy Monument which was wreathed in Black and ringed with memorial Flowers for those killed during the protests. Some government workers wore Black. The military controlled parliament meanwhile was mane vering to delay amending the Constitution As called for in a Compromise that ended the violence thursday the Bangkok Post reported. A delay would be another setback for the protesters who confronted army truncheons and gunfire earlier this week to demand the immediate resignation of prime minister Suchinda Kra Prayoon. Anger at the governments harsh crackdown and the Compromise arranged by King hum Biol Adulya Dej continued to simmer. He quelled the demonstrations thursday when he called for a constitutional amendment that would require the prime minister to be an elected member of parliament. Democracy advocates unhappy with the military a continued involvement in politics have insisted that Suchinda resign because he was not elected. Suchinda was appointed by a coalition of pro military parties. Anger also surfaced Over the missing. Earlier in the week demonstrators were inflamed by reports that the by the los Angeles times London a the British parliament voted overwhelmingly thursday night to approve the controversial maastricht treaty that provides for closer economic monetary and political ties in a future Europe. The vote Means that a major hurdle has been overcome in ratifying the treaty signed at a european Community Summit in the dutch City of maastricht last december. The next Barrier perhaps the last will be the danish National referendum on the Issue june 2. Only Denmark and Ireland Are holding National plebiscites on the treaty. Other countries approve it through government or legislative action. British prime minister John majors government army was dumping bodies in abandoned vehicles and burning them. Others reported secret cremations of bodies in a Large Buddhist Temple near the scene of the most violent protests. The stories could not be confirmed. Student activists and newspapers Friday set up hot lines to track Down those still missing a Day after the government released More than 3,000 demonstrators from prison under an amnesty. One hot line at the National Institute of development administration recorded More than 300 cases of missing people who could not be located in City hospitals said Kanita Dit Kamon a student Manning the lines. A some of them might still be prisoners a she said. A but i think Many Are  the government says 40 people died and 600 were wounded in the four Days of protests. Kaset Rojan Anil director of the military Security forces during the protests attempted to defend his troops behaviour saying a everyone must be jointly  but asked How military commanders could explain to relatives of the dead Why soldiers sprayed gunfire at the crowds he replied a i done to know  a in self defense. When the Bloodthirsty mobs came near the soldiers they had to  their guns Low and fire to intimidate them a he said according to the nation newspaper in new York. Won treaty approval in the House of commons by a vote of 336-92. The final vote was a rejection for former prime minister Margaret Thatcher who at the last minute had sharply criticized the agreement which was reached after much haggling by major at maastricht. The document draws the nations of Europe closer under a european Community umbrella administered from Brussels Belgium. Among other matters it would provide for a single currency by january 1999, and for closer cooperation on foreign policy and Security. In a thursday newspaper interview Thatcher warned that approving the agreement would involve a a a colossal shift of Power to Brussels which is already the seat of the european commission the executive  of the european Community. World. Korean gunmen killed in gun Battle on Border from wire reports Seoul South Korea a three armed North korean infiltrators were killed in a Border gun fight with South korean Security guards the american led United nations come said Friday. A command announcement said one South korean Soldier was wounded in the gunfight that occurred near the Central korean Border at 11 30 . Friday. It denied a report by the state South korean television lbs that two North korean soldiers were captured and another  plans satellite Jerusalem a Israel is Likely to launch its own spy satellite before years end an israeli newspaper reported Friday quoting unidentified defense officials. The satellite would be the third in israelis a of eke horizon series the respected has Aretz daily said. Israel has launched two experimental satellites ofek-1 and ofek-2, since 1988. The ofek>2, launched in 1990, was termed a communications satellite by Israel. 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The Novosibirsk regional court found Alfred Schoenberg guilty of illegal smuggling and tax evasion the news Agency said.42 die in iranian floods Nicosia Cyprus a floods in Iran killed 42 people washed away Rural roads and thousands of houses and damaged vast expanses of Farmland this week Iran a news Agency reported thursday. The islamic Republic news Agency monitored in Nicosia quoted Rasoul Zargar head of the department of natural disasters at the Interior ministry As saying 17 of Iran a 24 provinces were hit by heavy  can bomb kills 1 Moscow a a bomb exploded near St. Petersburg a largest Railroad station thursday afternoon killing one person and injuring 12, City officials said. Maj. Vitaly Kurochkin of the railway police said the bomb apparently had been placed in a trash can near a ticket office outside the station. Good to the last Stop the Northern italian City of Bolzano lured Public Hopes of increasing use of the system. 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