European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday june 6, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9 world Germany wants to Cut number of refugees from wire reports Bonn Germany a the lower House of parliament on Friday approved measures to reduce the number of refugees in Germany. Refugees have been pouring into the country at the rate of about 30,000 a month this year straining the country a social services and leading to a rightist backlash against the newcomers. Linder the new measures government officials would Speed up the reviews of Asylum applications and step up deportation of so called a economic those seeking refugee status would be kept in centrally located Camps to further Speed the process and to reduce the Burden on communities now housing the newcomers while their cases Are visits Angola Luanda Angola a Pope John Paul ii describing himself As a a Pilgrim of love and Hope a began a we Klong visit to Angola on thursday by urging angolans recovering from 16 years of civil War a to go ahead in peace and the 72-year-old head of the roman Catholic Church addressed the people of the West african nation during a welcoming ceremony at Luanda Airport where he arrived after a 3,300-mile flight from Rome. Thousands of angolan catholics staged an Impromptu african festival for the Pope singing and dancing to the beat of tribal honors aids group Oviedo Spain a the american foundation for aids research co founded by actress Elizabeth Taylor was awarded one of Spain a coveted Prince of Asturias prizes Friday a spokesman for the organizing body said. Felipe Escudero said the foundation was granted the International cooperation award for its investigative work into the epidemic of aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome. A Twete extremely thrilled. We were overwhelmed when Pamela Picasso daughter of Spanish artist Pablo first nominated us for the prize but we never thought we would win Given the stature of previous winners a foundation spokesman David Kirby said in a Telephone interview. The awards Worth 5 million pesetas each $50,000are considered the hispanic equivalent of Nobel in India kills 18 new Delhi India a a bomb detonated under a police vehicle in Central Adhya Pravesh state thursday killed 18 police officers and injured two others the press Trust of India news Agency said. The blast occurred near the Village of Kontal in Bastar District 750 Miles Southeast of new Delhi the news Agency said. The bomb was thought to be the work of Taxa Lites a left Wing maoist group which has been severely weakened in recent years because of police action against it the Agency to admit men Oxford England a Somerville College one of two All women Oxford colleges said thursday it would admit men in 1995 despite student objections. Somerville students had appealed to University Chancellor lord Jenkins to overturn a Surprise decision by the colleges governing body to admit men in the fall of 1993. In a 5,000-word judgment on the dispute lord Jenkins overruled their objections saying the 113-year-old College has suffered intellectually and financially in recent years because of its single sex policy. But he recommended a two year delay in admitting men saying this a would mean that with a very few exceptions the present undergraduates would All have gone and the Issue of their expectations legitimate or otherwise would have been disposed _ Japan May allow troops to be deployed overseas Tokyo apr opposition lawmakers protested inside parliament and demonstrators rallied outside Friday As governing lawmakers rammed through a Bill that would allow the first japanese troops to be sent overseas since world War ii. Three bombs thought to be the work of leftist protesters went off in Tokyo Early Friday morning. No one was injured. One of the explosions smashed windows in the office of education minister Kunio Hatoyama who favors a broader peacekeeping role for Japan said a police official speaking on condition of anonymity. The Bill would form a 2,000-Man corps for . Peacekeeping. It was passed by an upper House committee after a chaotic 16-hour session that again reflected How deeply the Issue of military Force has divided pacifist Japan. The Long debated measure still faces a vote in the rest of parliament where the governing Liberal democratic party commands a shaky coalition favouring the Bill. Despite shouting and sign waving by the leading court releases woman after 18 years in jail by the Washington Post London a an appeals court thursday overturned the conviction of a woman imprisoned for 18 years for bombing a bus for the Irish Republican army ruling that police prosecutors forensic experts and psychiatrists had withheld evidence in the Case. It was another in. A series of stinging judicial criticisms of Britain a system of criminal Justice. The three appeals judges ruled that Judith Ward now 43, had not committed the crime for which she had served 18 years 3 months and 5 Days even though she had confessed it. They threw out her confession As clearly unreliable and said scientific evidence that she had handled explosives was so flawed that it was useless. Government lab scientists they ruled had conspired to conceal evidence and present a a false and distorted pictures to the trial jury. The panel also forcefully criticized prosecutors calling their a non disclosure of evidence a a potent source of Judith Ward they concluded had been the victim of a a conviction to be secured by Ward will receive substantial financial compensation. But she told the bbl a i could have had children i could have had a family. You can to compensate for opposition socialist party the Bill was carried through the committee shortly before 4 00 . When the chairman Shinichiro Shimojo called an abrupt halt to debate. A a it Sall Over a an exhausted prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa said after emerging from the session. He called the reaction of the opposition a outrageous. Violence is the socialists and other leftist groups say the Bill will Lead to a revival of japanese militarism and that it violates the constitutional ban on using Force to Settle overseas disputes. Later Friday morning Japan s defense Agency chief Sochi Miyashita said he intends to Send a group of self defense Force personnel to Cambodia where .-led peacekeeping operations now Are under Way. The Bill is the governing party a third attempt to create a peacekeeping Force. The Effort was spurred initially by the International criticism that Japan received during the persian Gulf crisis for providing Only financial support but no manpower to the coalition. Judith Ward leaves the High court in London after appeals judges ruled she had not committed the crime for which she had served 18 years in prison. Swiss seek ban on fighter Purchase Geneva apr angered by the Swiss governments plans to modernize an air Force that faces no obvious threat backers of a pacifist referendum Are taking at military spending in this historically Neutral nation. More than 500,000 people a about 11 percent of the electorate a signed a petition endorsing a referendum on Banning the Purchase of Jet fighters through the end of the decade. The signatures were gathered in just 34 Days a an unprecedented turnout against a military project in a country that has defended its neutrality with a Strong armed Force. Swiss warplanes during world War ii shot Down at least seven intruding German fighters. The protest movement started with government plans to buy 34 f/a-18 fighters for $2.3 billion which parliament is due to debate next week. The main Issue in this Case is not neutrality but big spending at a time of a greatly reduced military threat. A coalition of leftist and anti military activists under the Banner of group for Switzerland without an army wants the Money used for Low Cost housing social Security or foreign Aid. The group led an unsuccessful Campaign in 1989 to scrap the Swiss army a which Hasni to fought a War since 1515. Thirty six percent of the voters favored eliminating the army. Defense minister Kaspar Villiger who has backed the eventual Purchase of 100 f/a-18s, called the popular outpouring a a impressive but said he would not Budge. Switzerland would be a vulnerable to blackmail without modernizing its air Force he said. The Swiss parliaments lower House seems Likely to vote for the f/a-18s despite the referendum campaigns Success. The upper House approved the order earlier. But voters will have the final say in a referendum. Buoyed by its Success the anti army group is pressing the government for a december referendum. The government wants to schedule the vote next june. Anti army group Leader Andreas Gross a social Democrat member of parliament has called warplane purchases a a political
