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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 26, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page Al the stars and stripes tuesday August 26,1986 Qadhafi used bogus firm to buy planes report says Paris up libyan Leader Moa mar Gadhof purchased two Airbus aircraft equipped with , made engines from British caledonian airlines for Loo million in a Deal involving a forced telex and a Dummy company a Magazine reported sunday be Point Magazine said the British company Hon ored an order for iwo Airbus a3ioairliners made by a telex message from two companies said to be working on behalf of a French firm Europe Aero service of the Southeastern cily of Perpignan. The Magazine said British caledonian Britain s no. 2 airline has sustained financial difficulties due to drop in tourism with North America. It said the airline has been looking for a customer to buy Airbus aircraft. Although the company insists it was hoodwinked by Qadhafi Washington is not convinced be Point said British caledonian delivered one plane to Amman Jordan and the other to Dubai United Arab emirates be Point said. It said one Airbus left Amman for Tri poli aug. 6 and inc second should have followed inthe Days that  the Deal was Worth $100 million. Pad to British caledonian by two Arab Banks and provided Qadhafi with iwo sophisticated airliners with engines made by general Elc Firic be Point said. The United slates has severed All Trade relations  thin in Tokyo an unusually thin in id or Hospital building stands sandwiched but attn an intercity express Motorway and a residential am in Tokyo the thinnest Side or the Tringle so bed building is Aholt u4 Meune bout one Luff foot vide. The opposite tide in about 19 Tutt. With the Qadhafi government and has urged British caledonian not o sell to Libya any Airbus planes wit the general electric motors. It has appealed to the airline to replace the engines with less sophisticated Rolls Royce engines if it must sell planes to Libya. British caledonian is not barred from exporting 10 Libya but would require an Export License for the . Made motors. A British government official said such a License Likely would not have been approved in Thi Scase. Be Point said two com panic. Cobra airways of Hong Kong and Charlie Bravo Trade and cargo of Zurich Switzerland told British caledonian in a telex april 21 they were representing Europe Aero service and wanted to buy iwo aircraft. The Magazine said Charlie Bravo Trade and cargo does not exist while cobra airways serves As a front for Qadhafi s Clandestine purchases. Tick x messages arc not usually used for deals involving $100 million. Be Point said the telex was signed by Georges Maurel president of Europe Aero service. Maurel in reaction to the article accused British caledonian sunday of disc ones negligence in fail ing to see through the ruse. He said his company had no connections with the to firms. Building of Church on nazi Camp site spurs protest letter Vienna Austria up nazi Hunter Simon wic sen Hal monday protested the erection of a Catholic Church at the site of a nazi extermination Camp in Poland without any reference to the 250,000 Lew murdered there. Wiesenthal who Heads a Center in Vienna that Doc air its nazi War crimes wrote a letter to archbishop Michela Cecchini of Vienna asking that his concern about the Church located at the site of the sob ibor extermination Camp in East Central Poland near Lub Lin be relayed to the Vatican and to the Catholic Bishop of  said according to reports 250,000 jews from across Europe were murdered in sob ibor. After the War the polish government put up a commemorative plaque on the grounds of the Camp. The tile bad originally included a Small Chapel which was convened by the nazis into a torture Cham Ber  said. In this newly erected Church there is no indication that it stands on the grounds of the extermination amp of sob ibor built for the sole purpose of exterminating jews he Taid. There is no inscription commemorating the  the polish Catholic Church has difficulty gaming permission from the government to erect new churches and Wiesenthal speculated the Church pulled Down the Liny Chapel to build a Large Church in order to avoid the polish bureaucracy. But it would have been of great importance for the historical consciousness and As a warning for All of a if this tiny wooden Chapel which the nazis defiled by torturing innocent people had been preserved Wie sent Alsaid. We arc hoping and wailing for actions which will do Justice to historical verily As Well As the opinion and feelings of the survivors of the nazi he concluded. Woh today half of Vietnam s children underfed surveys show Bangkok. Thailand a Survey in Vietnam show thai More than half of that country s children suffer from malnutrition but Only 1.5 percent suffer from severe malnutrition a vietnamese specialist was quoted As saying monday. The official Vietnam news Agency monitored in Bangkok quoted or. To Giay director of the Institute of nutrition in Hanoi As saying Institute surveys Over the past five years concluded that by International standards Only 48,3 percent of the vietnamese Chil Dren have grown up  4 hikers die in Austria Man s body recovered Salzburg. Austria a four hikers died on the weekend after rainstorms and a sudden cold snap caught them unprepared at High altitudes near Here and Rescue Crews recovered the body of a nun who had been missing for weeks police said monday three of the four weekend victims were germans participating in a group hike in the Pinz Gau Region said police. The fourth was an austrian. The missing Man had not been seen since july and was a German Ishii 70s, police reported. Rajiv Gandhi wife sign National Eye Bank pledge new Delhi India a prime minister Raji Gandhi and his italian born wife. Sonia signed a pledge monday id posthumously donate i hair eyes tothe National Eye Bank a spokesman said. Gandhi 42, acid his j5-year-Oid wife made the pledge at a ceremony with officials from the ministry of health the spokesman said. The ministry and various newspaper have been campaigning for Organ  9 million people out of india1 population of Iso million Are Blind and 45 million suffer from other serious Eye ailments according to official figures Singapore cracks Down on abuse of parliament Singapore up1 parliament monday a used a Bill stiffening penalties on members who abuse parliamentary privilege or show dishonourable conduct an contempt Parji Imant is not a circus or theater to  to the population aids Luu Balan Leader of the House in moving the Bill nor is it a Safe Refuge for members to undermine the Confidence in key institutions in our society by making defamatory statements and unsubstantiated  must not allow our parliament to degenerate into what it has become in some other countries. This government Hai no intention to allow such degeneration he said. Aids test May be required for travellers to China peking  
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