European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes saturday october 13,1990 burying their brother a the unidentified Sisters of Irish Republican army gunman Desmond grew carry his coffin during somber funeral services held thursday in Armagh North Ern Ireland Drew was shot by soldiers of the special air service during a Security operation earlier this week in Armagh. Gunmen on motorcycles kill Egypt s parliament speaker Cairo Egypt apr attackers on motorcycles Friday killed the speaker of the egyptian parliament and three Security men in a Hail of gunfire outside a downtown hotel police and witnesses said. The attack came after Egypt a Interior minister warned of possible terrorist reprisals for his nations stand against Iraq in the persian Gulf crisis. But there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Rifaat Elmahgoub 64, speaker of the Peoples Assembly and the second ranking politician after the president was shot As he sat in the rear of his chauffeur driven Mercedes a police lieutenant said. The shooting occurred outside the hotel semiramis inter Continental a Block from the . Embassy. The speaker had been heading for a hotel to meet a syrian delegation police said. The governments Middle East news Agency quoted witnesses As saying four assailants on two motorbikes attacked the ministers Mercedes and an accompanying Security car and then fled. It also said the gunmen opened fire on police who tried to Stop them at the Entrance to a nearby Bridge. No casualties in that confrontation were  women quit Everest try Katmandu Nepal up a two member French women a climbing team led by Annie beg Hin 42, abandoned its attempt on 29,028-foot mount Everest on oct. 6 because of difficult climbing conditions the ministry of tourism said Friday. Five of nine expeditions on the worlds tallest Peak have succeeded this season. The results of three bids Are still awaited. Earlier the worlds first couple from Yugoslavia climbed the Peak with another couple a . Woman with her russian husband. Also the first father son team climbed Everest this fall. Jean Roche 41, with his son Bertrand 17, climbed Everest on oct. 4 and his son was the youngest person to climb the mount. The previous record was held by Sambhu Tamang who climbed Everest in 1973 with an italian team at the age of 18. A 12-member italian team led by Alberto re 53, abandoned its attempt on 22,349-foot Ama dab am from the Southwest Ridge on oct. 4 because of Dan Ferous ice and Snow conditions after reaching a High Point of 20,013 feet the ministry said. The shooting occurred 90 minutes before the speaker was to have briefed reporters on the outcome of a National referendum thursday the balloting was to decide whether president Hosni Mubarak would be allowed to dissolve the Peoples Assembly and Call new elections. Egyptians were warned before the vote that iraqis and other arabs had infiltrated the country to destabilize the government through terror attacks including assassinations. Egypt has led Arab opposition to iraqis annexation of Kuwait. It was unclear what effect Elmahgoub a assassination might have on the projected election process. The Constitution provides that elections must be held within 60 Days of certification of the referendum results. Mubarak scheduled the referendum because the nations highest constitutional court had declared illegal the election Laws under which the parliament was seated. Under Egypt a Constitution Elmahgoub a As parliamentary speaker a was the second ranking official because Mubarak has not named a vice president. A political moderate Elmahgoub had been speaker since 1984.3 More men arrested As sex Stasi suspects Karlsruhe Germany apr the chief Federal prosecutors office announced Friday the arrest of three More alleged former spies for East Germany the latest in a series of captures. The prosecutors office identified the alleged spies Only As or. Stefan  And Gunther  From Berlin and Gerd  From Hannover. Stefan e., 36, was responsible for preparing intelligence reports and was the control officer for Klaus Kuron a top spy who turned himself in on sunday the prosecutors office said. Kuron started naming names. His testimony led to the arrest of eight other alleged spies. According to the prosecutors office Stefan  Tried to persuade Kuron to work for the soviet Kab just a week ago. Gunther n., 53, also worked for the Stasi As the East German Security service was called and was involved in working with Kuron. The prosecutors officer said that Gerd k., 40, had been trained in the intelligence services. The office did not provide details As to the nature of Gerd  crimes. Chancellor Helmut Kohls government has appealed to former East German spies to come in from the cold they Are Likely to receive lighter sentences if they give up and Start talking. The prosecutors office said there is a Pool of 8,0000 former East German spies Loose. The arrests could continue for months. World today russian Plant rejects order for armoured Limos Moscow up a a state owned Auto Plant has rejected an order from the russian Republic for a Mored limousines for Boris Yeltsin and the russian prime minister an official said russian vice president Ruslan Kha Bulatov told the republics parliament the order for four limousines was rejected by the Gorky automotive works and the soviet automobile Industry minister because Kab permission had not been granted for building the cars. Yeltsin the populist who is effective president of the russian Republic As chairman of its parliament had previously rejected the idea of Riding in a special limousine but the Republic ordered the cars for him and pome minister Ivan Ilayev after Yeltsin was injured in a traffic Accident sept. 21. Dozens of Pilot whales die in new zealand Wellington new zealand apr More than 40 Pilot whales have died near new zealand a co Romandel Peninsula Over the past few Days after beaching themselves officials said. Volunteers and conservation officers managed to coax Many of the whales Back to sea but some returned to the Peninsula on the East coast of new zealand a North Island or were too exhausted to survive. More than 20 Pilot whales died on great Mercury Island just off the Peninsula after a Colony of about 47 was found beached the night before said Warwick Murray operations manager for Auckland conservancy. Local residents and conservation officers were Able to steer All but five of the survivors Back to sea but another nine later washed ashore dead. Many of the survivors were still a a groggy and might die Murray said. On saturday about 36 whales became stranded or were in trouble in shallow water South of the Peninsula. At least a dozen  trip takes students on free Jaunt to Island Auckland new zealand apr students from the three Kings primary school May have a hard time Topping their latest Field trip. The 23 children accompanied by their parents and teachers took a 3,000-mile round trip to the South Pacific Island of Niue. The trip was a gift after Niue airlines discovered it had 40 vacant seats on the flight to the tiny Island. The airline offered to take a group from the school provided they had passports. After a four hour flight from Auckland the children were greeted with garlands of Flowers appeared on Niue television had a swim and were seen off by Premier sir Robert Rex after their whirlwind 1 i hour  increases Security against terrorist attacks Athens Greece apr Greece has taken extra Security precautions at airports harbours military installations and other possible terrorist targets Public order minister Yannis Vassiliadis has said. Vassiliadis said Security authorities had received warnings from abroad that terrorist attacks could occur. He did not elaborate. The threat of terrorism is linked to the Gulf crisis. Pro iraqi groups have warned that they will strike against american and other Western targets in the event the .-led multinational Force in the Gulf engages in War with Iraq or harms any iraqi planes while enforcing a blockade by air and sea. The United nations ordered a Trade embargo on Iraq and Kuwait following iraqis invasion and later annexation of its Small  to France Germany planned by Gorbachev Moscow a president Mikhail s. Gorbachev will visit France later this month and Germany next month his spokesman has said. Gorbachev was invited to Paris for a visit concerning bilateral relations Between the soviet Union and France. French foreign minister Roland Dumas had spoken of such a trip while in the soviet Union earlier this year but no Date was fixed. A i believe late october is a feasible Date you May rely on a Gorbachev spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko said. He said Gorbachev will visit Germany in november although no fixed Date was set for that either