European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse World Spain bans autos from Alhambra from wire report Granada Spain a cars were banned monday from the a Ham Bra Spain a biggest single tourist attraction. The ban should help Lessen the damage from exhaust fumes to the moorish fortress pal aces stonewalls. Cars have been Able to drive within the fortress Walls right up to the Side of the 14th-Century Arab Palace. The new measure ensures that vehicles will get no closer than a Large parking lot at the Edge of the site. The Alhambra is considered the Best surviving expression of Muslim architecture in Spain. The surrender of the fortress to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492 signified the end of nearly eight centuries of Arab Rule in parts of hits staff Seoul South Korea a president Roh Tae woo carried out a partial shake up of his administration and personal staff monday. The move a which affected two Cabinet members the Seoul mayor and the senior presidential Secretary for administrative affairs a a was prompted by a housing scandal in which five lawmakers and four other people were arrested Philippines quake Manila Philippines a a Strong earthquake measuring-6.2 on the Richter scale hit the Central Philippines on monday. Authorities said there were no reports of injuries or damage. The temblor at 10 38 a.m., was Felt in Many Central and Southern towns and expressed London a amnesty International has expressed fear that four kenyan government critics on trial for sedition May be unfairly convicted and called for an impartial investigation into allegations of torture. The trial entered its sixth week in a Nairobi court amid allegations the defendants were tortured to Force them to sign incriminating documents. The four were among hundreds arrested in july 1990 after Demon sir atoms and riots followed the detention of six prominent democracy activists. Amnesty International called for an impartial investigation into the torture allegations saying reports of ill treatment and denial of Access to lawyers and medical treatment were consistently dismissed by the kenyan judiciary without any proper to spread Lima tru a health experts expect the cholera epidemic that has killed about 100 people in Peru to spread to other latin american countries. Scientists say the spread of the disease is inevitable because up to 75 percent of those infected with the bacteria will show no signs of sickness. To Cate no cholera cases have veto a i red outside Peru since lot care t epidemic was identified on Pec 4 health officials said Fri Cey mat 13.768 cholera cases had a been treated in Peru. About one thud of the 100 dead were in the lure a area. Tuesday february 19,1991 the stars and stripes Page 7 killed in bombing at Colombia bullring Bogota Colombia up a Anonymous callers said assassins employed by drug traffickers set off a car bomb outside a Medellin bullring killing at least 21 people and wounding 120, to avenge the police slayings of some of their comrades. Authorities confirmed sunday 12 policemen were among the 21 people killed saturday when the device was detonated apparently by Remote control As thousands of people left the la Macarena bullring in Medellin 160 Miles Northwest of Bogota. Health workers said six of the .120 wounded were in serious condition sunday As doctors fought to save their lives. Police said the 440-Pound bomb was packed with shrapnel that had an effect Over a 50-Yard area. The blast flattened Street vending stands that offered food and liquor to spectators celebrating after the bullfights. 6 30 . Explosion left a Large Crater in the Middle of the Street ripped through Power and Telephone lines and destroyed perhaps 24 cars in the area. A statement from the presidential Palace said the government rejects and condemns with indignation the criminal terrorist act.�?�. Anonymous callers contacting Mede Liri radio stations said the bombing was aimed at a police patrol stationed near the Bull ring. A a. A a a a a this is revenge for the assassinations of our comrades at the hands of the police a said one Man who called. The. Callers identified themselves As members of a gang of Brothers that police said work for the More violent sector of the Medellin cocaine Cartel. Two Brothers of the gang were killed in a shootout with police on Jan. 22. Police officials said they had no doubt of the authenticity of the Calls and one police spokesman blamed the bombing on the drug ring run by former congressman Pablo Escobar. Searching for icy death police teams probe for the bodies of a brother and sister Ages 7 sunday Outing on a Lake in West London England. 1 he bodies and 13, who drowned after the ice broke beneath them during a trapped beneath the ice were later recovered by divers. N. Korea cancels talks with Seoul Seoul South Korea apr communist Norih Korea cancelled High level talks with South Korea on monday saying Seoul was undermining dialogue by holding joint military exercises with the United states. South Korea immediately urged North Korea to reconsider. The premiers talks were scheduled feb. 25-28 in the North korean capital of Pyongyang and would have been the fourth round of meetings since last september. North Korea accused Seoul officials of a a turning their Back on the hard won the North also said the United states was bringing the dialogue a a to the Brink of rupture with the annual joint military exercises. The announcement came in a statement carried by the korean Central news Agency. Official radio Pyongyang carried a similar report. North Korea had threatened to Boycott the talks if the annual exercises went ahead. The Maneu vers which began Jan. 25 with about 140,000 troops from both nations were to run through mid april. The North has boycotted inter korean dialogue to protest the exercises in recent years. South Korea says the Maneu vers Are defensive but North Korea claims they Are preparations for a nuclear War. In Seoul South korean officials said the premiers talks might reopen in late april or Early May when the two nations Are expected to hold inter korean soccer matches to choose a joint team for a world blast death toll reaches 171 Bangkok Thailand a the death toll after the explosion of an overturned truck Laden with electric detonators has risen to 171, police said. The truck overturned Friday in Southern Thailand and exploded about an hour later killing Many and injuring 116 among a crowd who gathered to watch the Accident. The detonators were bound for a Stone Quarry. Police had earlier described the trucks Load As dynamite. The provincial police chief col. Dam Rong a Iravani said 171 people died in the explosion based on the number of bodies recovered and others whose relatives said they were killed. He said almost everyone within 100 Yards of the explosion including those in. Their Homes were killed by the blast. Witnesses said the crowd around the truck had ignored police requests to disperse. The dead included four policemen investigating the Accident which occurred at a Sharp Bend in the Road in Phang Nga province 400 Miles South of Bangkok. The blast also destroyed about 50 houses. Government run radio Thailand said buildings within a radius of 300 Yards including a school and a health station were blown apart. Damrong said the 10-Whccl truck and its trailer were carrying 1.35 million elec Trie detonators and most of them exploded. He quoted thai military experts As saying they could have been ignited by a cigarette by a motorcycle or by an electrical Short circuit in the truck. V k i
