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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday november 28,1988pag28 Swiss red Cross staff members begin leaving Lebanon Beirut. Lebanon a the inter National committee of he red Cross began withdrawing its Swiss staff from Lebanon on. . 10 Days Afler a Delegate Wasilj kidnapped in South Leb anon. Sources 31 lift 1crc in Birm re questing anonymity said the Organiza Tion will shut Dawn he All Swiss organisation s operation throughout Lebanon if Peter Winkler was not released by nest saturday dec. 3. \ three staffers icel saturday for Geneva leaving about 28.in the country. The three had worked in i Crit office in Sidon which was closed Down. Wednes Day to protest Winkler s abduction there. The Sidon office helped the War disabled and visited detainees held by is Rael. The i arc staffers arc the Only group of foreigners that has stayed on in mos Lem West Beirut and South Lebanon de Spile he Waves of kidnappings Llinat forced All foreigners out of the country in the last four years. Winkler 32, was kidnapped by three unidentified gunmen nov. 17. No group has claimed responsibility. Polacc have theorized that Winkler was kidnapped for a Trade off with Hus Sein Hariri a lebanese shiite moslem air plane Hijacker held in Switzerland. Hariri 22, a member of the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god commandeered an air Frique jetliner on a flight from Rome to Paris and forced it 10 land in Geneva july 24,1987. He killed a French passenger before he was overpowered and arrested. Hariri s trial set for this fall at the Swiss supreme court has been postponed until feb. 20. Shiites Start cease fire v -.-. J after warning by Syria Beirut Lebanon up rival Shi Ilc moslem militiamen locked in a five Day War agreed on yet another cease fire in As Many Days. The agreement came after Syria warned both sides saturday to Stop the Bloodbath and withdraw from the streets of Beirut and its sprawling Southern suburbs police sources said. Hours before the latest cease fire the rival syrian backed and pro iranian shiite groups battled fiercely in West Bei rut. Nine people were reported killed Saf ii Day including two amal Security officials raising to .11 least 16 the number of dead since the clashes i erupted tuesday in Beirut . More than 50 put Plo were wounded in the violence Luen stitched to moslem West Dei rut Fri Ray �. The syrian backed and a More secular amal def Fulcd the iranian meaning Hezbollah in South Lebanon last Feril after a four Day Battle in which 62 people were killed and 150 others were Wounde. The pro iranian moslem fundamentalists retaliated one month later and after three weeks of fighting Captur Cak most of Beirut s Southern suburbs. At least 300 people were killed and 1,000 others wounded in Battles that ended with a syrian deployment there. Jogging along president elect George Bosh and his daughter Dorothy Leblond take an of Mcmoon jog through �. Wooded area near Bush s Oceanside Retreat in Ken Nerbun Luport Maine. Keeping Pace with them is hit family dog Millie. Arafat from Page 1 tour would have a comment until after he read the text of the slate  s statement said Bassam Abu Sharif a spokesman with the Plo Leader. But Abu Shaf told reporters the untied states had made a big a mistake by breaching the agreement. Between the United nations As an institution and the United states  in new York Nasser Al Kiowa the Plo s second lop representative to the ., called the decision an other Clear violation of the 1947 Host country head quarters agreement to allow  Diplomats and guests to come and go freely. He said he thinks virtually All member nations will support the Plo to hold a special session of the Assern Bly in another place such As Geneva or Vynna to let Arafat address it. A in Jerusalem israeli foreign minister Shimota parcs praised the decision sending a Telegram of App Cucia Tion to Sulu according to a spokesman. V a spokeswoman for .sccretary-ocncral Jantek. Perez de Cullar said to would not comment on the decision until after Reading a text of the statement. The . Government has been under intense Domestic pressure from jewish leaders and others to deny a visa to Arafat. Jewish groups praised the decision but Arab americans condemned a. The whole civilized world was shocked when he wore a gun upon last addressing the United nations and we see no reason to think that he is any less supportive of terrorism or any less an enemy of Israel than he was then said Ira Sslverman executive vice presi Dent of the american jewish committee. James Abourezk american Arab. Anti discrimination committee chairman said it is embarrassing and shameful that Shutlz would allow Israel to Dic Tate whom the american people can or cannot  Arafat  in Kuwait he would Call for  Debate on palestinian issues to be moved to Geneva if the United Stales rejected his request. There was no immediate response from  Of i ., and the new York a United nations the United Stales is obligated by the 194 ?  Headquarters agreement to allow people to enter the United states on . Business. ". But Congress has stipulated that the United Stales has the right to bar entry to aliens to safeguard the nation s Security. In this regard . Law excludes members of the Plo from entering the United slates because the organization engages in terrorism. Bui the Plo has observer status at the  And some Mem Bers Are granted visa waivers. Gorbachev from Page 1. V within the framework of he democratic process who seek to encroach on Normal functioning of glasnost and soviet democracy he said at a meeting of the presidium of the supreme soviet. A full session of the National legislature con -. Venes tuesday under Cor Bachey s political and eco nomic reforms Strong nationalist move ments have emerged in Azerbaijan arme Nia soviet Georgia and the three Baltic republics of Latvia Estonia and Lithuania. Gorbachev also rejected a constitutional amendment adopted in Estonia nov. 17 giving the Baltic Republic the Power to overrule National soviet Law. His denunciation of the estonian legislation spells certain doom when the amendment comes up for a vote before the supreme soviet. There were no new reports of violence saturday in Azerbaijan and Armenia a night Long curfew was imposed in Urban areas wednesday a Day after ethnic unrest erupted in the two republics and streets were patrolled by soviet troops tanks and armoured personnel carriers. Officials in the armenian capful of Yerevan and in the azerbaijani capital of Baku reported that demonstrations and strikes continued for a fifth Day saturday but that violence bad subsided under the curfew and patrol by soviet soldiers. Tjie demonstrations and strikes stemmed from a 10-month dispute Over who should control Magorno Karabash an autonomous mostly Christian arme Nian enclave of 177,000 people situated in moslem dominated Azerbaijan. Residents of Ragomo. Kara Baui and their supporters Are demanding that the. Enclave be made part of Armenia while the azerbaijanis demand adherence to a june decision by the soviet parliament. Barring Transfer of control to Armenia. Police known As local militias apparently did nothing to Hall violence that left three soviet soldiers dead and More than 125 injured wednesday and ended in the arrest of at least 150 people on charges. Ranging from hooliganism to Possession of i illegal weapons the red Star military newspaper said. An armenian and an azerbaijani also died in ethnic clashes thurs Day officials reported. ,  
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