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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 19, 1992 i world the stars and stripes a Page 11bhutto arrested in pakistani protest Rawalpindi Pakistan apr police arrested ousted prime minister Binazir Bhutto on wednesday after she and supporters broke through police barricades to Lead a banned anti government protest. About 200 police surrounded Bhutto and took her into custody along with other political leaders who once opposed but now supported her bid to oust the government of prime minister Nawaz Sharif. They included former prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi who replaced Bhutto after her government was abruptly dismissed two years ago on corruption charges. A my arrest wont make any difference. The struggle will continue a she told 30,000 to 40,000 emotionally charged supporters who endured steady bursts of tear Gas to listen to her Brief address. She urged them to March on parliament until Sharif s government is ousted. After her arrest the angry crowd battled thousands of riot police in the dark narrow streets. Before being arrested Bhutto and about 10 party leaders managed to make it through barbed wire and past hundreds of officers to reach waiting jeeps. She was arrested As she went ahead with her plans for a 10-mile March from Rawalpindi to the capital Islamabad. Public protests Are banned. Bhutto said Sharif s conservative islamic government is corrupt repressive and came to Power through a rigged election in october 1990. She urged pakistanis to join her March against Sharif who commands a solid majority in parliament. Charging Bhutto is trying to incite rebellion Sharif called for unprecedented Security in Islamabad and ordered her arrest. Bhutto supporters and police clashed in two other cities As Well and police arrested the former prime ministers Mother Nusrat in the Eastern City of Lahore while she was travelling to Islamabad to join the March. Along the planned route to Islamabad were thousands of government troops who set up barricades every 100 Yards. Armoured vehicles moved slowly firing tear Gas canisters every 10 Yards to prevent people from gathering. At the Rawalpindi Park where Bhutto a supporters planned to Start the March riot police used tear Gas and Batons to disperse about 500 Rock throwing students. Former prime minister Binazir Bhutto in White Scarf is surrounded by supporters before her arrest. Bhutto was dismissed from Power by president Ghulam Ishaq Khan in August 1990, accused of corruption nepotism and abuse of Power. He established one judge tribunals to try her administration for alleged corruption and mismanagement. If convicted on any count Bhutto could be banned from politics for seven years. She insists she has done nothing wrong. From 1977, when her father was overthrown in a coup until she went into self imposed exile in England in 1984, Bhutto was frequently jailed or placed under House arrest by president Gen. Mohammed Ziaul Iraq for her demands for elections. Zia who ordered former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto hanged in 1979, died in a plane crash in 1988. Bhutto returned to Pakistan in april 1986 and in August of that year was jailed for a month for launching Street protests against  not real Germany minister tells israelis Jerusalem a German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel said wednesday that his government Felt shame Over the attacks on foreigners and jewish memorials in Germany but he asked jews around the world to judge his nation fairly. A i believe i can say that the Large majority of the germans despise Ana reject what has happened a Kinkel said after meeting with israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres. A we Are not a xenophobic  Neo nazis and right Wing extremists have made More than 1,000 attacks on foreigners and jewish memorials in Germany Over the past three months and 11 people have died. The violence has raised great concern in Israel now Home to tens of thousands of survivors of the nazi holocaust in world War ii. A i expressed to Peres How much we regret the events. 1 expressed my shame As Germany a foreign minister a Kinkel said. A but along with our shame we arc really trying to Deal with this problem and i wanted to make this Clear especially to Israel and the  he said his government was doing everything it could to Stop the violence. Kinkel also was scheduled to meet with prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and other israeli leaders before leaving today. He planned to Stop in Tunis Tunisia and Rome before returning  from Hanau Library Given to Eastern germans Hanau Germany a amps a a collection of 12,000 books that made up the defunct Hanau Fliege Horst Cavern Library were donated monday to the City Library of Schwerin in the Eastern German state of Mecklenburg Vor Pommert. The books were presented by . Ambassador to Germany Robert m. Kimmitt and Gen. David m. Maddox commander of the . Army Europe. The Fliege Horst Library closed recently As a result of the military draw Down in Europe. More than 280,000 books from 19 libraries already have been donated by the . Army and air Force to libraries in the Eastern German states. Refugee jammed ship limps into Ade weekend furniture Sale planned at bad Kreuz Nach defense re utilization and marketing office officials have announced a Sale this week in bad Kreuz Nach Germany. Household furniture will be sold from 9 . To 1 . Saturday at Mennick Cavern. The Sale is open to the Public and dollars or German Marks Cash Only will be accepted. Purchases must be removed by 2 . The Day of the Sale. Aden Yemen apr a dilapidated freighter crammed with thousands of refugees from Somalia a civil War steamed into Aden on wednesday after eight Days at sea with Little food or water. Refugees were jammed against the rails of the rusting Samaa-1. They shouted and clapped their hands As Relief officials in Small boats approached the ship to inform them they would receive Good care after a perilous journey including three Days without food or water. A we were drinking water from the sea a said Omar Saleem 35. A we were about to  the pakistani Captain Nisar Ahmed said he had More than 2,000 passengers. Tens of thousands of somalis have fled clan fighting and a famine that has left at least 300,000 dead since january. An estimated 2 million face imminent starvation. People on Board the ship some of them resting on piles of stinking garbage said no one died but about 300 were weak or sick from hunger or exposure. Some who had water were Selling it for about $4 a quart they said. Three babies were born since the 1,600-ton Samaa-1 departed from Somalia More than a week before they said. Banners in arabic and English were draped Over the sides As the ship approached the Dock. A please help us a one said. An official with the . High commissioner for refugees took a boat out As the ship approached and used a megaphone to Tell the somalis not to panic and jump overboard to try to swim to Shore a . Spokeswoman said. Yemenite authorities have agreed to take in the refugees As Long As the . Relief Agency cares for them. In june the economically struggling country which already harbours 62,000 somalian refugees tried to prevent hundreds of somalis aboard another vessel from coming ashore. At least 150 of the 3,300 people on Board that ship died during the voyage from Somalia or drowned when they jumped overboard off Aden in an attempt to swim ashore the refugees aboard the Samaa a were Given 10 tons of drinking water and 4,700 combat rations monday after the ship reached the yemenite port of Mukalla 300 Miles Northeast of Aden. But yemenite authorities insisted it proceed Down the coast to Aden the main port on the southwestern tip of the arabian Peninsula where International Relief organizations have the facilities to help them. The . Refugee Agency worried about health conditions among the somalis after eight Days at sea braced for another onslaught on a Camp near Aden that already holds 16,000 somalian refugees. A a it san emergency again and we cannot let the Camp deteriorate a said Taufiq Ouanes the Agency a head of operations in Yemen  
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