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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday May 19, 1989 w. Germany warns envoys after trial Frankfurt West Germany a West Germany has warned its Diplo Mats abroad to be on inc Alert for Possi ble retaliation after Twa Hijacker Mohammed Ali Hamadi received a life prison sentence a foreign ministry spokesman said thursday. Meanwhile the mass circulation Bild newspaper reported that West German Security authorities were on the Lookout for possible terrorism at Home following the lebanese terrorist s convict Ion. Foreign ministry spokesman Caincr Mueller said from Bonn that we have notified our diplomatic personnel of the Hamadi verdict and advised them to be on the  on wednesday a Frankfurt court convicted Hamadi of murder air piracy and other charges in the june 1985 hijacking of Twa right 847, during which . Navy diver Robert St hem was beaten and shot to death. Mueller also was asked about two West German Relief workers believed to have been kidnapped in Beirut Leb anon a Day before Hamadi was sentenced. He said the ministry has no in formation on who May have abducted Heinrich Struebig and Thomas Kemp scr. We have no direct Contact with any group and we cannot really say if they have been kidnapped but w c must As sume they were Mueller said. He said a staff had been set up to investigate the reported kidnappings. Struebig. 48. And Kemp tar. 2s, disappeared on tuesday from the Beirut Branch of the Asme hum Anitas Relief Agency along with West German nurse Petra Schnitzler. Schnitzler. 26, was later freed by amal militia from the trunk of a car during a search. On May 4. Schnitzler Struebig and another Samc hum Anitas Relief worker Markus Quint. 21, were also kidnapped and later freed. The three said i hair kid nappers had demanded a mild sentence for Hamadi. On thursday the Hamburg based Bild newspaper quoted an  Security expert in Bonn As saying that we reckon now with the Hamadi clan taking revenge with the help of Hezbollah and also syrian guided palestinian killer  however Security sources contacted by the associated press declined to com ment on the report. If we make Public our Security measures they arc no longer effective said one source who requested anonymity. After the Frankfurt court s decision on wednesday St them s parents said Smadi deserved More than the Maxi mum sentence he got while the . Government praised the verdict As a blow against International terrorism. Niger president named Only candidate for vote Niamey. Niger a Gen. Ali Saibour. Niger s president for the past 18 tenths has been named the sole candidate in what Are to be the first presidential election in nearly 20 years in this african country. Saibour was elected wednesday night As president of the National movement for a sonic la of development which was created last year As the first political parly sanctioned since a 1974 military coup. It remains the Only Legal  election to the party Post by 720 delegates to a convention Means Saibour also becomes the party s Candi Date for president of the country in december s election. Saibour. 49, is the third president this landlocked nation of about 7 million people has had since it became inde pendent from France in i960. Who Aims to Stop polio around world by 2000 Geneva a the world health organization s annual Assembly has approved a plan for ridding the world of polio by 2000, a drive aimed mainly at devel Oping countries. Only 60 percent of the world s children arc immunized against six major childhood diseases including polio though the rate is up from 5 percent in the mid 1970s, according to who. After recent successes Early targets arc for the americas to be certified free of polio and the transmission of the virus to be stopped in Europe and the Western Pacific by 1995. Who also expects significant advances by then in Many african and Middle East  plan which who delegates adopted unanimously Laic wednesday Calls for a rapid increase in worldwide immunization. Uranium enrichment Plant begins operations in Japan Tokyo a a Plant to enrich uranium for commercial use began full operation thursday in West Ern Japan officials  55 billion yen $400 million prototype Plant in Okayama prefecture can produce 1.6 times the amount of enriched uranium used by a 1 million kilowatt nuclear Power Plant said Tsuyoshi Ogawa spokesman for the science and technology  said the new Plant could bring Down the Cost of enriching uranium in Japan. Explosion at Hamburg refinery West German workers watch smoke billow from the Shell Oil refinery in Hamburg West Germany after an explosion and fire thursday killed at least one worker. Two others were injured in the fire that shot flames 100 Yards into the air. Shell manager Sieg mar act tar said the cause of the blast was not known. Man held in 50,000 harassing Calls Tokyo a a Man upset Over failing to gain admission to graduate school 14 years ago has been arrested for making More than 50,000 harassing phone Calls to a professor since then police said wednesday. Yoshikazu Hayashi 39, a forestry office employee in Western Kyoto was arrested on charges of intimidation after he admitted making the Calls a police offi Cial said. Every night Between 8 . And 2 . He made about 10 Calls to tsunami do shit i a former professor at Kyoto University the official said. Shit i s wife Yoshiko said her family received More than 100 Calls each on saturdays and sundays. In some Calls. Hayashi made such remarks As ill set fire to your House or How could you stand my Calls for 14 years police said. Asked Why shit i did not change the phone number his wife said it would cause a lot of trouble because of his work As a professor. She said the couple waited so Long to Call the police because they were reluctant to have Hayashi arrested. ,.-77, finally asked police to investigate in March. In 1974, Hayashi failed to pain admission to a Grad uate program with Kyoto University s agriculture department where shit i taught. Half of ethiopian army joins revolt seizes City Addis Ababa Ethiopia a thousands of soldiers who mutinied apparently held Ethiopia s Sec Ond largest City thursday and rebels in the Region called a cease fire to Aid troops trying to topple the marxist government. The Clandestine radio of Fth eritrean people s liberation front on thursday declared a two week cease fire to facilitate the successful outcome of Fth revolt that began tuesday. President Mengistu Haile Mariam culling Short a stale Visil to East Germany returned Home wednes Day to confront the biggest Challenge he has faced in 15 years of marxist Rule. In the capital of Addis Ababa state run radio urged people to return to work. The City was Calm but Loyal troops still guarded most key government buildings and the Airport remained closed. But Ethiopia s 2nd army a Force of some 150,000 men. Appeared to control Asmara the capital of the northernmost province of Eritrea. The soviet backed government with a military Force of 315,000 men has been fighting the eritrean rebels since 1962 in Africa s longest War. The rebel Lious 2nd army represents nearly half its strength. The revolt began in Addis Ababa just hours after Mengistu left for East Berlin. The revolt w As quelled after 24 hours of scattered fighting thai took the lives of at least two of the rebellious generals and the nation s defense minister. There were unconfirmed reports that a third coup Leader maj. Gen. Kuma Lachew Dziene Deputy com Mander in Eritrea also was hunted Down and killed by loyalist troops wednesday. The state run radio said another coup Leader min ister of Industry fanta Clai a former air Force com Mander had been arrested. Addis Ababa radio also announced the death of the defense minister maj. Gen. Hail Giorgis Haboc Mari am saying thai he d been Shol by the plotters tuesday Ualei he refused to join the coup attempt. The rebel radio in Eritrea said wednesday that it supported the revolt and discussed with their leaders the Best ways to intensify the struggle against. The common  after commandeering a radio station in Asmara the insurgents broadcast on thursday a Call for support from the rest of the military and also called on the eritrean rebels to join hands in ousting Mengistu  
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