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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes Friday april 15,19bb fog causes problems for transport plane a photo Lara and officials lock Over he wreckage after a do it hrs 73 transport plan rot Els Wing stuck in the grass next to a runway at Frankfurt International air part wednesday. Confused by fog operators of the air Craft mistook the Taa Way for the regular runway As the plane prepared for Light to new York the four Crew members on Board the plane which belongs la the Afri can reunify of Gabon were not injured Ivorid today grabbing of reputed drug King triggers Honduras investigation Tegucigalpa Honduras Al _ the honduran  began hearings on the deportation of a reputed drug Baron its the United slates that caused violent protests and forced the government to impose . The emergency decree was issued for Tegucigalpa and san Pedro Sula on april 8 after 2,000 demonstrators enraged Over the forced extradition of Juan Ramon Malta burned Hie . Consulate and . Information service office in the capital. The decree was lined wednesday after tension subsided. Police and soldiers arrested Malta in a predawn raid on his Tegucigalpa Home april 5 and deposed him to the United Sutra by Way of the dominican Republic the following Day without a passport. The honduran Constitution forbids the extradition of honduran citizens. Malta 43. A honduran citizen is being held at a Maxi mum Security Federal prison in Marion iii., on drug trafficking charges. He also was wanted for questioning by . Authorities in connection with the 198s torture slay ing in Mcnico of . Drug enforcement administration Deguil Enrique Camarena Salazar. Co. Lionel Riera Junatti. Commander of the Public Security forces testified behind closed doors for Mare tin two hours on wednesday before a congressional commission investigating the deportation. Ramon Rufino Mejia chairman of the hearing said gaps detected in called natural by Moscow up soviet scientists thursday Dis missed Western fears that Earth s protective Ozone layer is being destroyed saying the gaps detected in Antarctica arc probably natural. The Tass news Agency report from the Molod Yowh Naya Aerial meteorological Center in Antarctica said the soviet discovery might frustrate the Hopes of those thrilled by the Ozone Hole sensation " Western scientists alarmed by their detection of gaps in the Ozone layer Over Antarctica have called for Bann ing production of freon. A Gas used As a propellant in aerosol cans. Ficon destroys Ozone which Shields the Earth from harmful solar radiation. Riera Junatti testified he had broken into Malta s Home at the orders of superiors. Ricara Lunati stated the armed forces were responsible for the operation. Rufino Mejia said. Judge Saul , mho issued the search warrant authorizing the break in also testified before the panel on wednesday. We have begun a serious investigation into the affair because we consider that no functionary be he military or civilian is above Flo Duran Laws Rufino my Jia said. Five hondurans died in the rioting last week. The . Embassy located in the same Complex As inc burned offices was not damaged. Police detained at least 70 people believed involved in the attack said maj Manuel Antonio Urbina chief police spokesman. Honduras is a staunch . Aily but some hondurans protested the presence of . Soldiers in their country and joint .-honduran military exercises. Honduras was used As a base by .-supported Contra rebels who fought the leftist nicaraguan government until last month s signing of a cease fire pact just before that agreement the United states sent 3,200 soldiers to Honduras after Nicaragua troops reportedly pursued contras into honduran territory. The Ozone layer soviet scientists Alexander Chetverikov a director of the research program said that the Ozone Content did decline sharply Over Antarctica during its be Pimber october Spring but the process stopped by late november and was now Normal. The researcher disagreed that the phenomenon should be viewed As anomalous Mill less catastrophic saying that most probably it was Only another Dis Linc live feature yet to be studied of atmospheric circulation in the Region Tass said. Tass said the soviet scientists would stay through the Winter that is just beginning to carry out the first comprehensive program of monitoring Ozone Over the Eastern Antarctic. 5 miners die in explosion at Zimbabwe Copper mine Harare Zimbabwe a five miners died and two were injured in an underground explosion at 3 Copper mine 115 Miles Nort Heisl of Harare it wat reported thursday. The Herald published by the stale owned Masi Media Trust quoted Isadore Matu hire underground manager at in Angara Copper mines saying it was believed an accidental detonation of explosives caused the blast on tuesday night. The two injured miners were reportedly in satisfactory condition. Spain Portugal expected to be invited to join we London a the Western european Union which is committed to closer european cooperation on defense is expected to formally invite spam and por Tugal next week to join the seven nation forum Jane t defense weekly reported thursday. The Mig Zinc said the invitation will be extended at the organization s two Day semiannual meeting Starl ing monday in the Hague Netherlands. The move would Lead to negotiations on the Lermy of entry for the two countries which have previously indicated their interest in joining the european de sense group made up of West Germany. France Brit Ain Italy Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg. Spain ends its monopoly on television broadcasting Madrid Spain and the Spanish parliament voted thursday to end the 32-year state monopoly on television broadcasting by passing a Law authorizing the creation of three private to networks. The vote in the 350-Scal lower House was 168 in favor 111 against and three abstentions. The remain ing 68 deputies were not present for inc Vole which received Only the support of the ruling socialist party the Law lakes effect following its publication in the official slate bulletin. There Are currently two state controlled National television networks in Spain and three More local net works controlled by the regional governments focal Icia the Basque country and Catalonia. Spanish National television the was founded in 1956 during the authoritarian regime of Gen Francis co Franco. Spaniard watch More television than Cili runs of the other 11 european economic Community member nations except Britain. Yugoslav students Boycott National defense classes Belgrade Yugoslavia a slovenian Stu dents at Ljubljana University s philosophical faculty have begun boycotting classes on National defense claiming icy arc uninteresting and unnecessary the Belgrade daily Politika reported Tiu Sjay. The classes were introduced by party decision rather ban its a result of True needs of future intellectuals. They arc sheer stupidities the paper quoted lit boy copters As saying. Classes on defense and social self Protection have been part of the curriculum in at yugoslav institutions of learning since 1968, in that year the country Felt threatened by the Soviel invasion of Czechoslovakia and sought to turn every Able bodied yugoslav including housewives. I to combatants in ease of aggression. The students conference in Ljubljana the capital of Slovenia is now moving to poll other University students on whether they want the classes drop cd or revised. Belgian Frenchman share Sweden s Craford prize Stockholm. Sweden a Sweden s Royal Academy of sciences has named mathematicians from Belgium and prance As co winners of the $270,000 Cra Foord prize for their research in algebraic geometry. The prize was awarded to Brussels born Pierre Del Jene a professor a the Jansi Tiute for advanced study at Princeton n.j., since 1985, and to Aleiandro Ore inc Dieck of the univ site Des sciences it techniques do Languedoc in . France. The Academy s decision was announced Laie wednesday and inc prizes will be Given in a ceremony Here in september. Jan Erik Roos of the awarding committee said the research by Deligny and  contributed to understanding garbled satellite communications disrupted by Long distances  
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