European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 7, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 it on Cut in blows Singapore apr with the lashing of an american teen Ager for vandalism Over some in Singapore debated Friday whether their government sent the wrong signal by agreeing to reduce the number of strokes from six to four. A we tried to take a diplomatic Way out. But it was wrong in principle a said businessman Tan Peng Choo. A your ties with the United states should have no bearing on the Issue Here which is a question of Law athe government licensed Straits times which usually reflects official thinking devoted much of its front and editorial pages Friday to the debate Over the Case of 18-year-old Michael p. Fay. Fay received four lashes with a Rattan Cane in Queenstown prison on thursday a Day after the government Cut the number of strokes in response to appeals from president Clinton. A statement from the prisons department afterwards said Fay was in satisfactory condition. Fay smother and Stepfather Are to visit him again May 17. The times said a the gut feeling of Many singaporeans based on Calls to the newspapers office and interviews with people on the Street a seems to be regret that the government was a giving in to american  a a in wanting to meet president Clinton part of the Way As the government says it has dismayed a Section of singaporean opinion which holds that the authorities should have stuck it out As it has the commanding Heights in moralist and jurisdictional rights a the paper said in an editorial. A routine form of punishment in this City state caning the Bare buttocks Breaks the skin takes weeks to Texas woman flogged for prostitution in Nicosia Cyprus apr an american woman convicted of prostitution in Iran has been flogged in Public and ordered deported to the United states a Tehran newspaper reported thursday. The Farsi language newspaper Kayhan identified the woman As 35-year-old Mary Jones of Texas. It did not give her Hometown. The report did not describe the flogging. But traditionally it is administered with a whip and not a Cane like that used in Singapore on thursday on an american teen Ager convicted of vandalism. In addition the whipping probably was done with restraint to avoid violating Hijab a modesty in women a dress. The paper said Jones who it said had  illegally in Iran for 11 years was picked up while drunk in a Tehran Park about two weeks ago along with her pet dog. Alcohol consumption and. Prostitution Are illegal under Iran s islamic Laws. The paper said Jones confessed to engaging in prostitution and was sentenced to 80 lashes in Public and a Fine equivalent to $6. The paper said the lashing was carried out publicly about two weeks ago. It did not say when she would be deported a the report said Jones regularly prowled Parks and other Public places looking for Young men a to  the lashings come amid a government Campaign against Western influences. Iranian leaders blame drug abuse prostitution arid a Host of other social vices on the West. Heal and leaves permanent scars Clinton called the punishment a mistake not Only because of its severity but also because of doubts that the youths confession was Given voluntarily. . Nathan Singapore a ambassador to Washington was summoned thursday to the state department to hear expressions of . Disappointment. But the state department signalled the punishment will not have a significant Impact on .-Singapore relations. In a Survey of 40 educators Community leaders and politicians the Straits times said 18 Felt strongly that the authorities should not have reduced Fay a sentence. Most of the other 22 in the papers sampling said reducing the number of strokes was a difficult but diplomatic decision that showed compassion. Fay of Kettering Ohio has lived in Singapore since 1992 with his Mother and her new husband Marco Chan they plan to return to the United states As soon As Michael is freed. With time off his four month prison term for Good behaviour he could be released about june 21.he pleaded guilty to vandalizing cars with Spray paint but later said the police bullied him into a false confession. Police have denied the accusation. Statement that his nation was t aggressor by Deutsche Presse Agenter. Tokyo a under pressure from his prime minister Justice minister Shigeto Nagano backtracked Friday on remarks that the japanese had not been aggressors in world War ii. He also withdrew statements that japanese forces had not massacred thousands of chinese civilians in Nanjing then commonly transcribed As banking in 1937. A. The remarks on the War and Nanjing prompted indignant protests this week from China and other asian countries. A a a -. A a a it. On Friday Nagano said at a hastily called news conference that the statements should not have been a made. \ 1 a a. Quot a my remarks regarding the historical incident which i made the other Day were inappropriate a he told the packed news conference. A so i would like to withdraw  Quot a a Quot. Meanwhile two japanese opposition parties the social democratic party and the Japan communist party called for Nagano a resignation. The social democrats said Friday that it would insist on Nagano a dismissal unless prime minister Tsutomu Hata fires him  71, graduated from an elite japanese military Academy. He belongs to Hatas Shi seito Japan renewal party and was appointed Justice minister Only a week ago. Nagano contended in a newspaper interview this week that he had visited Nanjing after it was taken by. Japanese forces and had seen no signs of any massacre. He also said Japan s invasion of its asian neighbors in the 1930s and �?T40s did not constitute  Hata who was on a tour in Europe when the remarks appeared reportedly was stunned at the statements and phoned Nagano to express his displeasure Hata appointed april 26, is scheduled to return to Japan today after a six Day visit to Italy France Germany and Belgium. Nagano told the news Confer ence. Prime minister Hata said in. Paris concern. Ing our country a history that our country a invasion and colonial Rule inflicted unbearable sullen no and sorrow on Many people. Therefore each japanese citizen must recognize these historical incidents and share the re solve not to repeat these  Shigeto Nagano. Remarks a a inappropriate Globetrotter travel service presents destinations May special until 14 june a her 15 August High season 15 june to 14 August Boston. New York Washington do 729. Do 889. Do 889. Do 999. Do 1135. Do 1054. Do 1135. Atlanta Chicago do 789. Do 999. Do 1160. Do 1112. 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Northerners whose stronghold is the ancient City of san a Are battling Southern forces led from the port of Aden. The government run san a radio monitored in Cyprus said Southern army and police units were defecting a in Large numbers to the Northern army command As fighting raged across the country for a second Day Friday. It gave no details. The 301-seat parliament met late thursday and dismissed vice president Ali Salem Al Beith a southerner san a radio reported Friday. The parliament called Beith part of a a separatist clique that had pushed the armed forces and the nation into a Bloodbath a the radio said. President Ali Abdullah Saleh a northerner declared a 30-Day state of emergency and a nationwide curfew the radio said. The country a airports remained closed Friday As foreign embassies planned to evacuate their nationals. Some reports said boat shuttles were being arranged from Aden to Djibouti across the Gulf of Aden in cast Africa. 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