European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes sunday May 24, 1992 a fasting in vote election protest philippine presidential candidate Miriam defensor Santiago charging vote fraud in May 11 National elections lies in a Hospital bed saturday after checking in to Start a fast. She vows to continue until the alleged Bangkok Thailand a embattled prime minister Suchinda Kra Prayoon retreated to a heavily guarded army Camp on saturday in the face of growing Public demands for him to resign following last weeks crackdown. Thailand a revered King tried to smooth the Way for Suchinda on Friday by urging him to resign and offering him clemency. Suchinda had not publicly agreed to step Down but his departure appeared inevitable amid the mounting pressure. Rumours circulated saturday that Suchinda was about to flee the country. Suchinda was the focus of the anti government protests because of his leading role in last years military backed coup and because of his Rise to prime minister without being elected to parliament. At least 40 people were killed Anil 600 injured in the protests after Suchinda allowed soldiers to open fire. The nations growing Middle class led the Demontra Chulson South Korea a three North korean soldiers killed in a Border gunfight with South korean forces were disguised and carrying  equipment including m-16 rifles grenades and explosives South korean officials said saturday. Two South korean soldiers were wounded Friday in the fight in which the South a troops hurled grenades and fired 1,200 rounds of ammunition officials said. It was the most serious firefight reported along the 155-mile-Long Frontier since 1980, and followed recent moves toward peace by the rival Korea. North koreans official Central news Agency monitored in Tokyo claimed saturday that South koreans report of a clash was a fabrication meant a to foil the North South dialogue which is now developing  in february the two sides concluded a reconciliation agreement and a nuclear arms ban treaty. But in a meeting saturday at the Border Village of Panmunjom they failed again to agree on reciprocal inspections of nuclear Sites under the treaty Otti vials said. A despite the recent changes in inter korean Urcla fraud ends. Meanwhile the Only authorized tabulation service said that with nearly 62 percent of the votes counted Fidel Ramos was leading with 3,493,522 votes or 24.35 percent. Santiago was third with 17.13 percent. Tons the most serious anti government unrest in Thailand in nearly two decades. Some people demand that Suchinda and military officials be prosecuted for their roles in the crackdown. Suchinda met with King hum Biol Adulya Dej late Friday and it was agreed that Suchinda should resign sources said speaking on condition of anonymity. The King signed an amnesty decree covering All demonstrators and Security officials. The decree a text of which was obtained by the associated press said the clemency was being granted a in order to have peace and Unity in the  Surin pits wan a senior official of the opposition Democrat party quoted government sources As saying that Suchinda was offered clemency a to smooth the Way out of Power. A the pressure is very much at a boiling Point a Surin said. Tons there is no change in the confrontational situation in the demilitarized zone a col. Lee Yong Sok commander of the 120 South korean troops involved in the incident told visiting reporters saturday. Chulson is in the area where four South korean army helicopters were fired on by North korean soldiers after they strayed into the 2.5 mile wide Doz earlier this month. Lee said the North korean infiltrators were dressed in uniforms similar to those of the South korean army and were carrying no identification. He displayed More than 200 items he said were taken from the bodies including three m-16 rifles and 9mm and .45-caliber pistols of the style used by both . And South korean forces. A source told the associated press that the dead men were wearing several layers of clothing including civilian and military apparel that could have been peeled off to allow them to blend in with South koreans. These included camouflage uniforms the source said. World top anti mafia fighter reported killed in blast from wire reports Palermo Sicily a a car bomb killed Italy Stop anti mafia crusader and three police officers saturday As their Convoy passed through a Tunnel state television said. Giovanni Falcone headed a Palermo unit of magistrates handling top mafia investigations. The officers killed were assigned to protect him. News agencies said dozens of people including falconers wife were injured in the explosion on the Highway Between Palermo and the Western City of Trapani. Rai television news director Alberto la Volpe said Falcone told him Friday that he was working on a very important mafia  collision kills 24 Nicosia Cyprus a a cargo train collided saturday with a passenger train in Southern Iran killing 24 people and injuring 25, the official islamic Republic news Agency reported. The cause of the 2 . Accident was not immediately known. The Tehran Ahwaz railway service was suspended pending the outcome of investigation.4 held in heroin Case Beijing a police in South China a fijian province have arrested four taiwanese As part of a ring attempting to smuggle heroin from the Mainland to Taiwan a news report said saturday. The state run liberation daily based in Shanghai said the Case in the coastal City of Xiamen was the most serious on record in fijian province which lies across the Taiwan Strait from the nationalist chinese ruled , guerrillas fight Beirut Lebanon a artillery duels rocked South Lebanon on Friday while angry shiite Muslim mourners vowing Swift revenge buried victims of israelis bloodiest air raids against guerrilla targets this year. Police said israeli and Allied militia gunners shelled suspected military bases in the Southeastern villages of Mashihara and Ein Al Tineh with howitzer fire wounding three civilians. Guerrillas of the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god hit Back with mortars and rockets targeting Maija Youn the provincial capital of israelis self styled a Security zone in South  extradited Guatemala City Victor Manuel Escobar became the second guatemalan to be extradited to the United states in less than a week Friday when he was flown to new York to face three Federal drug trafficking charges officials said. Authorities said Escobar who was unexpectedly flown North in a .-owned Light plane is an alleged accomplice of Arnoldo Vargas the former mayor of Zacapa who was taken to the United states on tuesday to face drug trafficking charges. The two men along with Otto Evelio Quiroz were captured by guatemalan police and . Drug enforcement administration officials in december 1990. They had been held in custody while attorneys sought to avoid extradition  earnings seized Bhopal India a a court has ordered the seizure of $2.1 million in dividends on stocks owned by Union Carbide corp., which the Indian government is suing for the 1984 Bhopal Gas disaster. On Friday the Bhopal chief judicial magistrate Gulab Sharma accepted a government plea to seize the dividends from 1984 to 1991 on the shares the Danbury  multinational company owns in its Indian subsidiary Union Carbide India Ltd. More than 4,000 people have died and about 20,000 were injured when they inhaled poisonous Gas from the pesticide Plant in Bhopal that was operated by Union carbides Indian subsidiary. Resignation May be imminent As thai Leader retreats to Camp n. Koreans reportedly disguised