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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes monday june 15, 1992 libyan Congress refuses to Bend to world pressure by the los Angeles times Sirte Libya a the general Peoples Congress struck a defiant tone saturday against handing Over for trial two men accused in the bombing of pan am flight 103. Meanwhile Leader Moa mar Qadhafi facing one of the most serious crises in his 23 years of Rule lashed out at a a bankrupt and weak International order. Meeting to debate libyans response to the standoff Over the accused bombers in the face of threats of More International sanctions Congress leaders stressed libyans right to deny extradition of the two men accused in the 1988 Airliner bombing which killed 270 people. It also criticized the United states for trying a to harness the entire  Qadhafi looking Haggard and tired also struck out at the International Community. A the prevailing language now is that of military option embargo siege and economic Boycott. We see a map of the world which is laughable and ridiculous and should the world continue in this manner the Berlin apr delegates on saturday re elected a former nazi is Soldier to Lead the far right republicans which registered surprising gains in a recent state election. Franz sch Huber was elected to another two year term by 445 of the 503 delegates meeting in the German City of Deggendorf. About 250 demonstrators marched outside the meeting Hall to protest what they Call the republicans racist philosophy. Sch Huber 69, was chosen to Lead a party trying to lose its image As a Radical fringe party though he Cam China heaps Praise Beijing apr Mcdonald a pizza hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken got a Pat on the Back saturday from an unlikely source a China a communist party. The party newspaper the Peoples daily praised the . Fast food chains for bringing in much needed foreign capital to help develop China a service sector. A Kentucky Fried Chicken is Here pizza hut is Here Mcdonald a is Here a the paper said in the opening lines of its editorial. The investment a has a positive effect on speeding the development of our nations service  the Peoples daily Long a voice for China a hard Globe will be turned into a colossal prison Quot he told an environmental conference convened in his Hometown of Sirte. He said the . Security councils 2-month-old embargo against Libya had created a an International prison zone in North Africa like others in Iraq Ana the Balkans. Qadhafi a a remarks were reported on libyan state radio. Witnesses said he appeared exhausted and at one Point in the Middle of his speech walked off the stage for several moments. The convening of the Congress comes at a moment when Qadhafi is under great pressure from overseas and at Home where there Are signs that Many libyans favor ending Libya s defiant isolation and forging better tics with the West. In an unusual series of special editions printed during the past four Days a1 a Mairiya the Organ of libyans revolutionary committees that normally comes out once a week has urged Qadhafi to abandon the cause of Arab nationalism and look after libyans own interests which it said lie with the West. Raigns against Germany a Liberal Asylum Law Schon uber insists he is not against foreigners in general. In april the republicans won 10.9 percent of the vote in Baden Wiir Temberg state and a place in the state legislature. They campaigned on a platform that blamed immigrants for Job shortages budget problems and crime. During the last Baden Wiir Temberg elections in 1988, the party won Only 1 percent of the vote. Sch Huber volunteered for military service in 1942. He was assigned to the is and served in Eastern Europe and France during the  fast food eateries line leaders in recent weeks has adopted a More Liberal tone in keeping with the Reform drive that senior Leader Deng Xiaoping began Early this year. The editorial came two months after Mcdonald a opened its first outlet in Beijing just Down the Road from Tiana men Square where chinese troops crushed the budding pro democracy movement in 1989. Kentucky Fried Chicken was the first to break into China a fast food Market five years ago opening its largest restaurant in China just off Tiana men Square. It now has four outlets in Beijing and pizza hut has two. Worlds. Africa tensions mount As demonstrations near from wire reports Johannesburg South Africa a accusations and threats increased sunday Between the government and the african National Congress Over the Black groups upcoming protest Campaign. The Anc has planned 70 demonstrations nationwide on tuesday a the anniversary of the Start of the 1976 Soweto student uprising a to launch its mass action Campaign against White minority Rule. It announced the plan last month after negotiations with the government and other groups deadlocked Over How to draft and approve a new Constitution. Constitutional development minister Roelf Meyer criticized the Anc plan As Quot dangerous disruptive and with no moral  plan protested Beijing a a rapidly growing chinese citizens group on sunday strongly denounced japanese plans to Send peacekeeping troops abroad and vowed to form a civic committee to demand world War ii reparations from Tokyo. The preparatory committee for japanese compensation said it has gathered almost 50,000 chinese signatures in a nationwide petition drive. The goal of the group is to collect 100 million signatures. Organizers said they have received a steady flow of new petitions and fresh stories of atrocities committed during the 1930s and 1940s by japanese occupation troops in  Airlift under Way Nairobi Kenya a the . World food program said saturday it had begun an Airlift of emergency food to kenyans drought stricken Northeast where the government estimates 1 million people Are in need of Aid. The Rome based Agency in a statement sent by telex to news organizations in Nairobi said the operation began thursday and would deliver nearly 200 tons of wheat donated by the european Community to the hardest hit  atrocity remembered Prague Czechoslovakia a hundreds of people gathered saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the nazis revenge destruction of Lidice which killed More than 300 civilians and shocked the world. Quot they died so that others could live in Freedom and dignity a president Vaclav Havel said. Lidice a Village of 500 near Prague was burned after members of the czechoslovak resistance assassinated Reinhard Heydrich a third Reich official in Prague. Heydrich was shot in Prague on May 27,1942, and died eight Days  criminal killed Ajaccio Corsica a two masked men raked a crowded bar with machine gun fire saturday killing one of Frances most notorious criminals police reported. Jean Baptiste remit 54, died in a Hail of bullets sprayed by the gunmen through a window of the bar just before lunchtime. His wife and two other patrons were wounded. Remit gained nationwide notoriety in february 1984 when he staged a spectacular escape from Ajaccio a Palace of Justice during a trial for armed robbery. Pulling a handgun from his undershirts remit took the trial judge hostage and escaped from the heavily guarded  collapses Yaounde Cameroon a a grandstand set for 400 official guests collapsed at the funeral of an exiled roman Catholic priest injuring 50 people Cameroon radio said sunday. No deaths were reported. The official radio said the Accident occurred during the burial of monsignor Albert Ndongo on saturday in the Central Cameroon town of non Samba. Of what a wedding night a swedish Bride and Groom run to safety after being caught in a riot started by English soccer fans in downtown Malmo Sweden on saturday night. The English fun were in town to attend sundays match Between England and France in the european soccer championships. Nine people were arrested and at least 27 injured when violent fights broke out Between soccer fans and police. See Story on Page 21. Former is Soldier to head party  
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