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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday september 9.1989 . Says Panama jamming broadcasts to americans Quarry Heights. Panama a the . Southern come on thursday accused Panama s armed forces of jamming English language radio and television broadcasts aimed at the american military in  said in a communique that the jamming could potentially thwart . Forces canal defense missions or endanger military and civilian personnel if it pre vented the reception of emergency command advis  panamanian defense forces spokesmen were not available for comment. Jamming occurs when there arc news reports about Panama or related stories a Southern come official  Southern come network to station carries local National and International news and other pro Grams for the . Forces and their dependents in pan Ama. The signal is beamed from a Hill in the former . Canal zone and can be received up to 50 Miles away no opposition news Media Are allowed in Panama. Arabs suspected of co Laboray no killed in Gaza Jerusalem a the bodies of three palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel were found in the occupied a a strip despite a warning by uprising Lead ers against killing fellow arabs reports said Friday. In another development israeli military officials accused Syria of being behind two recent attacks along the israeli jordanian Border. Israeli radio and three newspapers reported. The body of 30-year-old Niman Abu Hilal was brought to Nasser Hospital in Gaza after he was beaten to death by masked palestinian youths at his Home in the town of Rajah Arab reports said. Late thursday the body of Jasser Al Kri Nawi 24, was found stuffed in a Well in the Magazzi refugee Camp reports said adding that he had been stabbed to  were suspected of collaborating with israeli authorities. An army spokesman said soldiers found the body of Tinawi who had been reported missing Early in August. The spokesman said four Arab suspects were in custody. The spokesman also confirmed the death of a 30 year old Arab Man in Gaza. He said the Man had been brought to the Hospital after suffering a fatal beating and Stab wounds. Police were investigating said the spokesman who declined to give further details. The deaths raised to 109 the number of palestinians killed by fellow arabs since the Start of the uprising against israeli Rule nearly 21 months ago. Most have been accused either of collaboration prostitution or drug dealing. In its latest leaflet the underground leadership of the uprising urged caution in killing collaborators say ing that accusations should be cleared with the leadership and that suspects should be Given an Opportunity to repent and Reform. At least 559 palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers or civilians since the Start of the rebellion 39 israelis also have died in the violence. Katusha rockets fired from Jordan hit israeli farm land thursday and a stray rocket apparently landed on jordanian soil the army said. No damage or injuries were reported. Israel radio reported that the marxist popular front for the liberation of Palestine based in Syria was believed responsible for the attack. Last saturday a suspected palestinian guerrilla infiltrated Israel from Jordan. He killed two israeli sol Diers and wounded another before being shot to death. Zeev Schiff a military analyst for the Haartz daily said that Syria May be encouraging palestinians to penetrate the Border through Jordan to punish Jor Dan s King Hussein for helping Iraq move weapons to Lebanon s embattled christians. Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said thurs Day we still do not think that Jordan s policy of ensuring the Security and quiet of the Border Between us has  however he called for greater Cau Tion and alertness by Jordan to prevent further prob lems. Nearly 14.000 . Soldiers and their dependents arc based at installations under the Southern come. Under terms of the 1977 Panama canal treaties the bases May remain until the end of 1999, when Panama takes full responsibility for operation and de sense of the waterway. Panamanian-. Relations have been tense since two . Grand juries indicted Panama s do Facto Leader. Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega on drug trafficking charges in february 1988. As head of the armed forces he is the most powerful Man in Panama. The Southern come also complained of jamming of its to programs before and after the May 7 presiden tial election. At the time the panamanian government denied it was jamming the broadcasts. International observers said the opposition won the election which Noriega had annulled. In another development hundreds of University Stu dents staged a Brief anti government protest thursday by forming a human Chain on Campus but no violence occurred. They were protesting the arrest of three Stu dents during disturbances last month. Mather Teresa Mother Teresa has heart attack Calcutta India a Mother Teresa the Nobel prize winning roman Catholic nun known for her work with the world s poor suffered a heart attack Friday morning her doctor said. The 79-year-old nun s condition had stabilized and was improving however said or. A. Pardhan. He refused to give further details. The official All India radio reported she was Alert and was visited briefly by the governor of West Bengal stale. Nuns at the missionaries of Charity which Mother Teresa founded nearly 40 years ago said she was Prog Ressing Well. Her heart is much better and her temperature is practically Normal said one nun speaking on Condi Tion of anonymity Mother Teresa became ill sunday night but insisted on attending mass on monday. Her condition continued to deteriorate and on tuesday she was admitted to the intensive care unit at Woodlands Hospital suffer ing a High fever and an irregular heartbeat. Bom in Skopje Yugoslavia Mother Teresa became known for her work with the poor in Calcutta an Eastern Indian City. In 1950, she founded the missionaries of Charity an order of 3,000 nuns in 87 countries. Mother Teresa won the Nobel peace Pruc in 1979 and has travelled widely since then. She also has received the Nehru award the Kenned prize the Albert Schweitzer award and the presidential medal of Freedom the highest civilian award bestowed by the United states. World today thieves overdo explosives blow up Post office Siua Norway a thieves trying to break into a Safe Friday misjudged the explosives needed and blew up a norwegian Post of fice the mail and much of the Cash they wanted to steal reports said. No one was injured and police apprehended no suspects after the break in backfired in the Silja Village Post office in Southern Norway the state radio station Erk reported. Silja District sheriff Tormod Thorbjorn san told the news Agency Nib that charred currency and letters were strewn through the heavily dam aged building. Police did not know if anything was taken. 224 suspected radicals arrested in sri Lanka Colombo. Sri Lanka a Security forces have arrested 224 suspected sinhalese radicals in the latest crackdown against the anti govern Mcnol guerrillas military officials said wednesday. The anti rebel sweep was launched monday said officials who cannot be identified under briefing rules. Since monday they added 153 extremists have also surrendered. Sinhalese extremists of the people s liberation front arc waging a Campaign of terror and assassination in Southern and Central sri Lanka the sinhalese heartland in a bid to topple the government. The latest military sweep came after 237 peo ple were reported killed Between aug. 28 and sept. 4. The government blamed most of the deaths on the front which accuses pro govern ment death squads of the killings. American missionary ordered to leave Kenya Nairobi. Kenya a an american missionary whose organization was banned last year after accusations of wrongdoing Friday was ordered to leave the country said Kenya s chief immigration official. The action followed a Day of interrogation of the missionary Richard Hamilton of Medford,ore., about a meeting he had recently with a controversial kenyan Bishop. The immigration official Frank Winga re fused comment on whether that meeting sparked Hamilton s expulsion but said the 51-year-old director of the East african Christian Mission in Kenya will be required to  Winga said that As far As he was concerned Hamilton and his wife Jane should have left the country in july 1988 when their Mission was . He would not say when Hamilto would be required to leave or whether the order also applied to his wife. Mrs. Hamilton said her husband was being used As a Scapegoat in a local scandal. Film director denounces survivor of Auschwitz Paris up one of France s Best known film directors launched a violent anti semitic attack in an interview published in the septem Ber Issue of the left Wing Magazine Globe. Claude Autant Lara 88, who was elected to the european parliament this year on an extreme right Wing ticket accused former euro Pean parliament president Simon veil of using her past As a nazi concentration Camp survivor for political gain. She plays it like a violin Autant Lara said. But she came Back did t she and she s Fine. So when people talk to me about genocide i say in any Case they missed that woman veil " veil former president of the european parliament and former health minister of France was deported from Nice during world War ii and spent nearly two years at the nazi death Camp at Auschwitz. Autant Lara is the prize winning maker of More than 20 films  
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