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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Sunday february 13, 1994 Clinton Hosokawa fail to mend fences on Trade Washington a Japan prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa is heading Home from his first Summit meeting with president Clinton lacking a new Trade Accord and facing the possibility of . Trade sanctions. Hosokawa and Clinton announce Friday that negotiators were unable to break an impasse that for eight months has bedevilled efforts to secure a More open japanese Market for american and other foreign products. Leaving aside the usual diplomatic niceties Clinton made no Effort to hide the depth of their disagreement an said no agreement was better than an empty  nevertheless both leaders stressed the Overall Good relations Between the two countries and Clinton said head mired Hosokawa for his Effort to bring political and economic Reform to Japan. Hosokawa also was holding a news conference saturday before flying Home. Clinton invited Hosokawa for breakfast at the White House but no further Trade talks were expected. White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said that the breakfast was purely social and that Clinton wanted to express his hospitality to the prime minister and his wife during their Brief time in Washington. . Officials said that while Hosokawa had wanted to schedule More talks to get Over the Trade hurdle Clinton was not interested in going Back to the table president Clinton looks on As japanese prime minister Morihiro Hoso Kawa answers a question during a news conference Friday. Until Tokyo changed its posture on the Issue of objective criteria for measuring whether Japan was opening its markets More to foreign goods. Senior officials who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity said that the administration has prepared a full list of options to pursue against Japan to pressure for More open markets but that no decision has been made on what to do. They declined to say How soon action might be taken. Retaliatory Trade sanctions were under consideration officials said. Sanctions against n. Korea under review by Japan . Washington a president Clinton and Japan s prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa talked Friday about seeking punitive sanctions against North Korea i that country refuses to allow International inspection of its nuclear facilities. With Clinton at his Side Hosokawa told a news con Ference his country harbours a very Strong deep con Cern Over nuclear issues. He pledged that Japan will put in place All possible measures if the . Security Council agrees to impose sanctions against North  inspections Are intended to ensure that nuclear facilities Are not being used for military  Korea denies that it is attempting to develop a nuclear weapon and says that the International atomic Energy Agency s inspection demands Are too intrusive. Clinton said the United states Japan South Korea and China All want a non nuclear korean Peninsula and for North Korea to abide by the inspection requirements of the Iaea. We re All consulting to see what our options Are but obviously sanctions is one option Clinton said. During negotiations with . Officials in december North Korea  cooperate on nuclear inspections. But in subsequent talks with the Iaea North Korea has been unable to agree on procedures for the inspections. The Issue is expected to be addressed in about 10 Days during a meeting of the Iaea  Clinton administration has said it will seek sanctions if the Iaea declares the North koreans not to Bein compliance with Agency inspection requirements. Very soon this Issue will reach a Climax Hosokawa said expressing Hope that North Korea will move in a different  . Officials believe North Korea already May have one or two nuclear weapons but there Are doubts on whether the North koreans have a delivery , South korean foreign minister Han Sung Joo said Friday after talks with a number of senior . Officials that he would be concerned about the possibility of a nuclear arms race in Northeast Ashaif the North korean question is not resolved amicably. But he said the notion in some . Circles that crisis situation exists is not realistic. The sense of crisis and War scare is not warranted by the existing situation Han said. He also hinted that China May under certain circumstances support a . Security Council Resolution against North Korea its longtime  China will vote will depend on North Korea s japanese Leader rejects development of nuke arms Washington a Japan has no intention of developing nuclear weapons prime min ister Morihiro Hosokawa said Friday rejecting accusations by North Korea. I see no possibility that Japan would decide to become a nuclear Power. Such a policy would be against Japan s National interest Hosokawa said in a speech at Georgetown University in Washington. 4 North Korea s foreign ministry said recently that Japan was planning to produce nuclear arms by securing Large amounts of plutonium and that this was creating an obstacle to the process of  on the korean  a British newspaper citing British intelligence sources said last month that Japan had acquired All the parts needed to make a nuclear weapon. In the face of Sulci accusations Japan has maintained it strictly upholds its decades old pol icy not to possess produce or introduce into Japan any nuclear weapons. In the speech Hosokawa noted recent reports that Japan might change its policy should North Korea  itself with nuclear  he said people who write such reports should come to Japan and then they would realize How deeply we feel about this  opposition to nuclear weapons runs deep in Japan the Only nation Ever attacked by atomic bombs. Own attitude and if China is convinced the rest of the International Community has done everything possible to resolve the Issue through dialogue. There is Ever reason to believe we have done  republicans have criticized Clinton s handling of the Issue. Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kan Sas said thursday that North Korea is determined to become a nuclear Power As the West offers it an Ever expanding bundle of  Man admits to killing son Over doctor Bill officials say. From wire reports Kansas City to. A Man apparently upset Over his 3-year-old s doctor Bill strangled the boy and threw the body into a River then wrote a Letier to police confessing to the crime prosecutors said. Police received a letter wednesday with what appeared to be a confession by James Propheter telling How he killed his son Sean. The 24-year-Oidkansas City Man was charged thursday with first degree  was in the Jackson county jail Friday on $75,000  stated the victim has had pneumonia in the past and the doctor Bills have totalled about $450and he has t had the Money to pay for the doctor Bills said a criminal complaint filed by the Jackson county prosecutor. Wounded Man s trial starts Athens Texas an unarmed 28-year-Olddallas Security guard who was caught on police videotape fighting with officers before they shot him in the Back was on trial Friday for aggravated  Colston who is paralysed in one  from the shooting faces a maximum 10 years imprison if convicted in the Athens court about 60 Miles Southeast of Dallas. The department of Public safety videotape shows trooper Bryan Barnhart and sheriffs Deputy Jim Langford clubbing Colston after he refused to Geton the ground Colston swinging at the officers and All three struggling on the ground. The videotape next shows Colston freeing himself standing up and bolting toward the camera followed by three popping sounds and Colston collapsing. Gas blast destroys Home Detroit Mother and daughter were literally blown out of their Beds and onto the front Lawn Friday when a natural Gas explosion levelled their House in Madison  inside was the father who was injured in the ensuing fire. He was not blown Clear by the explosion s Force. Officials said the Mother and daughter we retreated at local hospitals for minor injuries. The father suffered Burns to his legs and was taken to the University of Michigan Burn unit in Ann  fire official said the explosion might have been caused by a leaking natural Gas feeder line beneath the Street in front of the one Story Home. Student protest ends Amherst mass. A 14 a hour student occupation of the admissions building ended Early saturday when administrators at the University of Massachusetts said they would try to keep tuition Down v about 100 students rushed into the building at noon Friday saying they would stay until University officials changed their minds about increasing tuition and fees. Several dozen remained inside until they worked out the agreement wit Chancellor David Scott at about 230 . Scott promised to try to keep tuition at the Amherst Campus from going up next year provided the state legislature increases funding to meet the inflation rate of 3 . William f. Weld has said he does t plan to give the University system More than the $322 million it received this year. Limbaugh sued Over Book Louisville by. A nurse claims Rush Limbaugh ruined her reputation by calling her a transsexual  Sherrol Miller 45, claims in a lawsuit that the conservative commentator lib eled her in his Book see / told you so. Her lawsuit filed last week seeks unspecified damages. Limbaugh s Book Drew on a Wall Street journal article that appeared last year under the headline a transsexual lesbian finds herself much in demand on Geraldo and the  was mentioned in the article having appeared on the talk show circuit for a different reason. The self described transsexual lesbian was identified As Kate Bornstein of san Francisco. But Limbaugh apparently mixed up the two in passage in his Book that was removed from a later printing. The lawsuit says Limbaugh and his publisher Simon & schuster inc., continue to permit the Sale of uncorrected copies  
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