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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, May 23, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                At a glance Pope John Paul ii appeared at his Hospital room window Tor the pub lies first glimpse of him since he was admitted for hip surgery in late april. Sec Story on Page 8.commuters miffed police in Illinois snarled Rush hour traffic for hours when they surrounded a greyhound bus with sharpshooters evacuated and frisked passengers arid fired tear Gas to ferret but a murder suspect who was actually Miles away.�?�. A. A Page 5 gloomy gathering the largest annual convention in the world tourism Industry is going on in Miami but the spate of crimes against tourists in Florida has clouded the gathering and raised fears among some booking agents. A pages a t. _ a a a. A a a a on the Road again Chevy has brought Back the impair name unused since 1935, and the is designation which Means Quot super sport Quot and Hasni to appeared on a Chevy since 1969. A Page 10another try . And japanese Trade negotiators agreed to extend efforts to break a three month deadlock. A Page 14love at first sight when a 13-year-old boy told classmates that supermodel Cindy Crawford was in love with him they did no to believe it a that is until Crawford said on nationwide to it was  Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers 21 m a a a a b 1 automotive. 10 classifieds. 22-25 comics. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword. 21m 1 faces a no places 20focus. 15-17 Horoscope Jumble. 24 letters. Money matters. 14 sports. .26-32 to listings. -------31 weather.�?11 reassuring . On Rome up a italian foreign minister Antonio Martino travelled sunday to Washington for talks with Secretary of state Warren Christopher in an Effort to reassure the United states that Italy a new right Wing government has no links with fascism. Martino will highlight Italy a continuing partnership with the United states in foreign policy following the election Victory of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi a Freedom Alliance in March. Critics fear the right Wing coalition could cause Italy to withdraw from a unified Europe and damage Italy a standing with the United states. . Diplomatic sources already have relayed the official position of the White House on the new italian government saying the . Administration was Happy with the election results. President Clinton made Contact with Berlusconi a week ago through Reginald Bartholomew,1 the . Ambassador in Rome. The president said he was looking Forward to developing a deeper cooperation Between the United states and Italy. In his message Clinton outlined three areas that he wanted to see strengthened in relations Between the United states and Italy the enlargement of the democratic Community of nations the in Hance Cut of economic growth and the promotion of collective Security Clinton is scheduled to visit Rome from june 2 to 3 for world War ii anniversary commemorations and again from july 8 to 10 for the group of seven Summit of the worlds top industrialized nations in it a Navy from Page 1 Over its suspected nuclear arms program says it bought the russian submarines for scrap. A. A but Sharpe said that some of the submarines bought by North Korea the Golf class were capable of  missiles and were decommissioned Only four years ago. A a it is therefore possible that the missile tubes May be adaptable for other weapons a the editor wrote. Another Likely development is that spare parts from russian Romeo class submarines sold to North Korea in the same Deal will be used to refit North koreans own obsolete Romeo class submarines he said. Golf and Romeo Are nato Alliance terms used to designate various types of submarines. But Sharpe said the strength of the North korean Navy remains its ability to carry out Clandestine inshore operations with midget submarines and Low profile attack Craft optical electronic detection technology helps counter this Type of threat a but the potential effectiveness of this Force should not be underestimated a Sharpe warned. A _ a the build up of maritime forces in Southeast Asia is accelerating and matches the economic growth of the countries of the Region a Sharpe reported. Turning to the United states Sharpe said a the decline on numbers of operational warships continues in most Western navies but is most marked in the United states and the United  he said that in february the . Navy reported it had 184 vessels including five carriers and 35 submarines deployed worldwide. They represented 42 percent of the total . Naval Force of some 438 vessels then available. A this is a powerful example of the Pax americana at sea and an unambiguous revelation of the United states super Power status which has been used so successfully to maintain the Security of International Waters and shipping routes a Sharpe said. But he said next year the effect of the current draw Down to a . Fleet of 373 Battle Force ships will be starkly revealed. . Navy personnel numbers Are scheduled to drop below 500,000 by the end of the year for the first time since 1951, and the present medium term aim is for a naval strength of 394,000 by the end of the decade he  before reducing your naval services too far you had better be sure that an in ability to control or influence what happens at sea is not going to threaten your military or economic survival for the foreseeable future a he warned. A sea borne Trade is currently running at Over 4,000 million tons a year some 12 times greater than in 1950, and is still rising. The ships that carry it Are increasingly vulnerable. For maritime nations upon the safety of that Trade does the Well being of the state  from Page 1 terminal As the last boxes were unloaded from their trucks. A a we re All going to die hungry. I have five people i have to feed. Now the Only thing i can do is  the new sanctions would place a Trade ban on All but food humanitarian supplies and Medicine. It stiffens a fuel and arms embargo that went into effect in october after military rulers reneged on an agreement to step Down. Other sanctions that took effect May 6 include a ban on All foreign travel by 600 military and police officers and their families a freeze on their foreign assets and a ban on All noncommercial passenger flights to and from Haiti a intended to Stem drug trafficking by the country a military rulers. . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali cleared the Way for the tighter Trade ban Friday when he declared that Haiti a military rulers have not complied with . Demands to restore Aristide who was toppled in a 1991 coup. President Clinton meanwhile signed an executive order to carry out . Participation in the Trade embargo. His order bars the importation of any goods or services originating in Haiti other than material a needed for the free flow of  some business people expect to Start relying on leakage through the dominican Republic Border. Black Market gasoline Al children outside St. Josephus hospice in port a Prince wait for their plastic bags to be filled with food saturday hours before stronger sanctions against Haiti took effect. Sister Ann Weller of St. Joseph said the food the hospice provides is bought on the Black Market at inflated prices. Ready has flowed generously across the Border since the fuel embargo began. In other news the . Coast guard repatriated 86 refugees picked up Friday in the Windward passage Between Haiti and Cuba the . Embassy said. Since May 13,1,110 intercepted haitians have been shipped Back. On May 8, Clinton announced a new policy not yet in effect to Grant boat people offshore interviews to ensure political refugees Arentt returned. On sunday the . High commissioner for refugees said the Agency has decided to help the Clinton administration screen refugees fleeing  from Page 1 genuine disagreements. Its a complicated subject. But we can surmount these obstacles Quot he said. A we can get it done this . In a Republican response to the radio address sen. Malcolm Wallop r-wyo., asserted that a the Public does not agree with the presidents direction from health care to foreign  Quot despite nonstop campaigning sup part for his health care plan slips by the week a Wallop said. He cited a enormous costs hooked to the Clinton  Clinton told the Mcclellan fab audience that Congress should be Able to make a the same Tough decisions Quot on health care Reform that leaders of the armed forces face when called upon to make military decisions. The speech was the first in a series of talks Clinton was to make to Honor world War ii veterans and to focus on the role of the military in the present. He will elaborate on the theme further wednesday when he addresses graduation ceremonies at the . Naval Academy in Annapolis md., aides said  
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