European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday february 21,1989 news update space station link Moscow a space officials plan to link an additional two modules to the Mir space station where a team of cosmonauts Mon Day marked the third anniversary of its launch radio Moscow an the Tass news Agency said. According to radio Moscow two modules will be sent aloft late this year in addition to the single module that is currently attache to the space research Center. The station which has been permanently manned for the past two years was Home for a full year for cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Musa Sanarov holders of the world s record for space endur Ance. Since the space station was launched in 1986, four soviet Crews have lived aboard the Craft. Belgian kidnapping be Touquet France up former belgian prime minister Paul Vanden Boey Nants released by kidnappers last week was held captive in an isolated House near the Northern coast of France investigators said sunday. Authorities said investigator searched the House saturday and found identity papers and Medica Tion belonging to Vanden Boey Nants along with a weapon an newspaper articles about his kid napping. Authorities said the House rated in an isolated wooded Loca Tion about 54 Miles from the Bel Gian Border had been rented for six months by a couple whose identity was not released. French police acting on information from belgian authorities arrested a yugoslav at a train Sta Tion in Metz last week for questioning about the kidnapping. Vanden Boey Nants refused today How much Ransom Money his family had paid for his release. Armenian quake Moscow a the Earth quake that struck the armenian Republic last december caused More than $16 billion Worth of damage and completely destroyed 58 villages and towns the Tass news Agency said monday. The earthquake which struck dec. 7, killed 25,000 people and injured 19,000, the Armenia committee on statistics said in a report published by the news Agency. More than 20 towns and 342villages were affected and 58 of them were destroyed Tass  thousand bodies and 15,000 survivors were pulled from under the rubble. A total of 19,000 people were injured it said. Damage from the earthquake mounted to 10 billion rubles $16.2 billion according to the statistics. Eleven percent of Armenia housing Stock was lost the report said. A total of 130 factories had to Stop work and 299 government owned and cooperative farms  press Breaks Down because of press problems sat urday night certain areas including Bremerhaven did not receive their sunday morning stars an stripes. He was 1 of hooded hijackers on to news tape Hamadi says by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt West Germany confessed Hijacker Mohammed Ali Hamadi monday said he was one of two hooded hijackers who held a Beirut Leb anon news conference in 1985 announcing the release of the last of their hos tages. Hamadi is facing a life sentence for the 1985 hijacking of Twa flight 847 during which . Navy diver Petty offi cer 2nd class Robert Dean Stethem was murdered. Hamadi told the court he was the silent hooded Man in a lbs video of the june 30, 1985, news conference shown tothe court. During the conference the hijackers announced the release of the remaining 39 american men who had been held 19 Days in various spots in Beirut. Hamadi told the court he and his accomplice were picked up at their Homes by agents of lebanese Justice minister Nabih Bern taken to the Airport and Given a statement to read to the International press. The statement threatened the United states with further terrorist actions if i did not fully meet the terrorists de mands. The statement was read by Ham Adi s accomplice in the hijacking identified by authorities As Hassan Ezzeddine. Hamadi refuses to identify the Man but he claims it was his accomplice who Hussein Mohammed Hariri. On trial in air Frique hijacking shot Stethem. There were no witnesses tothe death of the Navy diver who was shot to Back up the hijackers demand that the Airliner be refuelled. Berri who Heads the moslem Ama militia put 12 men on the plane during the course of the hijacking and later claimed he ended the ordeal without fur ther bloodshed. Berri also took credit for the release of More than 700 moslem from israeli prisons a Short time after the hijacking. On monday the chief judge Heiner Guckenberger told the court that four of five greek passengers summoned As wit Nesses have refused to testify in the trial which began last july. A fifth witness greek pop Singer demos Roussos had not yet been reached Guckenberger said. Also on monday the trial of Hussei Mohammed Hariri a lebanese shiite extremist began in Lausanne Switzer land. Hariri 23, is charged with the 1987hijacking of an air Frique jetliner and the shooting death of a French passenger in an attempt to secure the release of terrorists held in Israel and Western Europe including the Hamadi Brothers in West Germany. Abbas Hamadi an older brother of Mohammed was Given a 13-year sen tence by a Dusseldorf court for attempt ing to smuggle liquid explosives into West Germany. He also was charge with engineering the kidnapping of two West German businessmen in Lebanon to prevent the West German government from extraditing his brother to the United states. The businessmen were released Las year. Navy Captain did t Rescue refugees because boat seaworthy court told Subic Bay naval facilities Philippines a the skipper of a Supply ship testified monday that a . Navy Captain accused of abandoning vietnamese refugees wanted to Rescue them but did not because their Craft was seaworthy. Capt. Bruce Butterfield Captain of the Navy Supply ship Kilauea gave his Testi Mony at the court martial of capt. Alex Ander Balian former skipper of the Dubuque. Balian 48, of los Angeles is accused of failing to adequately assist More than 80 vietnamese refugees encountered by the Dubuque in the South China sea Las june 9. . And Navy officials say 31 of the vietnamese died before survivors were rescued by filipino fishermen on june 27. Survivors said they ate five of the dead including two who were murdered for their flesh. Butterfield said his ship was accompanying the Dubuque at the time of the encounter and remained about 2 Miles away while Balian mane Vered around the vietnamese Craft. Butterfield said that after Balian gave the refugees food and water he told him he wanted to take them aboard the Dubuque but did not because their vessel appeared seaworthy. He expressed to me some remorse Butterfield said. He quoted Balian assaying he was sorry about having to leave the vietnamese but those Are the Rule sour Superior made for  regulations leave the decision on picking up refugees to the Captain based on his assessment of their condition Butterfield said. Butterfield said Balian asked him to pick up the vietnamese if he found them on his Way Back to Subic but the vessel was not seen. During our ensuing conversation Balian Felt that although the criteria were sufficient for providing assistance he was under the impression that the Craft was seaworthy that there were no signs of health problems aboard and the people were in need of food and water Butterfield said. He provided the assist Ance and with that he carried on with his  Butterfield said he also believed the vietnamese Craft was seaworthy. He de scribed Balian As one of those rare Birds that you can depend upon to be right  during Cross examination Butterfiel said Balian would have liked to embark them and drop them off at some Haven but he did not because of his judgment that the boat was seaworthy. They did t need pickup under the guidance of the operations order criteria butter Field said. Balian was relieved of command of the Dubuque last August after the Viet namese reported the incident to . Officials in the Philippines. He waived appearance at an Admiral smart where a Flag officer is the sole administrative judge and requested court martial instead. The trial began at the Subic Bay facility on feb. 10. Last thursday the judge capt. Jame Freyer acquitted Balian of one of three charges failing to Render assistance to vietnamese who drowned. Palestinian cleared of weapons charges Piraeus Greece a a Palestin Ian sought by the United states for the1982 bombing of a pan am jumbo Jet was cleared monday of illegal weapons charges in connection with a makeshift knife and a file found in his prison cell. A Misdemeanour court in this athe sport City acquitted Mohammed Rashid 39, and sent him Back to the  where he has been jailed since his arrest Here last May. I had it the knife because i fear Formy life. I also fear they May extradite me to the United states Rashid told re porters in the courtroom. Prison guards found a makeshift Stilet to and a file in Rashid s cell during a random search of his prison Block Las Friday. I Don t think the objects found in his cell could really be used to harm any one prosecutor Zacharias Kokkinakis told the court. A bomb threat received during the hearing forced the evacuation of the courthouse surrounded by dozens of police officers and Security officers  guns. Rashid is wanted by . Authorities on charges of planting a bomb aboard a pan am jetliner Over Hawaii. A japanese teen Ager was killed and 15 people were injured in the blast. The greek supreme court has twice delayed a decision to extradite Rashid. The Case had another delay last month when three supreme court judges involved in the Rashid affair resigned. Their resignations came shortly after a left Wing terrorist group responsible for killing a supreme court prosecutor threatened to take action against court officials if Rashid was extradited. Three leading court officials were shot by local terrorist organizations in a two week period last month. Two including supreme court prosecutor Anastasios Vernardo died As a result of the attacks