European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 14, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 13 iranian sets self afire in apparent protest from the associated press Soest Netherlands an iranian Asylum seeker was being treated for second and third degree Burns wednesday after setting himself on fire in City Hall. The 33-year-old Man whose Asylum request is still being processed walked quietly into the City Hall on tuesday morning and threw his identification card on the reception counter then set himself afire in the hallway. He then ran outside and jumped into a nearby Pond according to police spokesman Lutsar Dijkman who said the Man was burned Over a third of his body. His identity was not disclosed. Police said they Don t know what triggered the incident. . Decries arrests Jakarta Indonesia the United states deplores the arrest of 43 students demonstrating last week against the government s closure of three publications the . Embassy said wednesday. The 43 were among some 100 students who gathered to support three others staging a hunger strike to protest the government s ban june 21 against weekly magazines Tempo and editor and the tabloid newspaper Zetik. We have encouraged the. Indonesian government to lift the ban on the three publications at the earliest possible Date an embassy statement said. The government shut Down the publications following a warning by president Suharto Over their reports on government corruption and sensitive political subjects. Fish poisoned in Iran Nicosia Cyprus a six mile stretch of the River Tajan in Northern Iran was blanketed with tens of thousands of dead fish after poachers poured in a deadly Poison Tehran television reported. The broadcast tuesday quoted a report from the Mazandarany fisheries research Center As saying the Poison entered the River in Sari province about nine Miles from its Estuary on the Caspian sea. Quake hits Vanuatu port Vila Vanuatu just As the new american ambassador was presenting his credentials a powerful earthquake rocked the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on wednesday sending officials running to safety. The afternoon quake cracked Cement Walls and sent frightened office workers scurrying Home. No injuries or major damage were reported . Ambassador Richard Teare had been about to present his credentials to president Jean Marie Leye Lenel Gau when the quake struck an official said. Department of geology and mines director Stanley Remakon said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6,5. Bear attacks 2 Hiroshima Japan a Bear attacked one Man in his bed and another on a City Street before a Hunter shot and killed the animal Early tuesday police said. The 127-Pound female Bear which apparently wandered Down from mountains near Hiroshima broke into a House through a screen door and attacked a 73-year-old Man As he was Reading in bed police official Yoshihiro Takashima said. The Man drove the Bear away with kicks but was hospitalized with bites on his leg and scratches Over his body Takashima said. Ltd by f i res top spy masters cracks Down on politicians Rome a the government has dismissed the chiefs of three spy agencies that have Long been suspected of such misdeeds As widespread theft and plot Ting  said the dismissals were an attempt by prime minister Silvio Berlusconi s government to assert control Over the intelligence  minister Roberto Maroni announced the shake up tuesday along with the disclosure that the secret serv ices had kept files on scores of political figures and parties. Baronf named 21 politicians and 45 parties and movements whose files were uncovered. They Cut across the spectrum of italian politics. The politicians include president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro sex Interior minister Nicola Mancino and former prime ministers belting Praxi and Giovanni Spado Lini. Maroni said most of the files were part of efforts to protect them. Anyway it s inadmissible that Politi Cal parties. And their exponents be put under surveillance without telling those involved Maroni said he did t state the purpose of the files unrelated to Protection or to those kept on the parties. The government named new chiefs to the military and civility intelligence agencies and a third Agency that coordinates the Vork of the two branches. For the first time in 16 years the government appointed a military officer to head the civilian Agency. He is Gen. Gae Tano Marino of the paramilitary Carabi Nieri. The Rome newspaper la Republica said the moves were aimed at Hunhing ing once and for All All the old Intelli gence assets. Final objective More Ern ment control on the spy  also on tuesday a special court heard testimony from former Interior ministers accused of receiving illegal payments from the civilian Agency. Seven former Agency officials Are on trial in a separate Rome court in connection with the pay ments which came from an alleged slush fund of tens of millions of dollars. Quick reference the rest of us  i ".ir5sp a s go As i fris its j just id books Many titles available. Reg $16.95 $19.95 id books selection varies by store available at most stars and stripes bookstores