European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday March 20, 1991greeks holding Achille Athens Greece up a Greece has arrested a palestinian convicted in absent a of the 1985 hijacking of the italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean. Italy is seeking his extradition. The suspect identified As Khalid. Abdul Rahim 50, was arrested along with three greeks. They were found in Possession of 12 Sticks of dynamite in a Central Athens office of March 5, police said monday there was no explanation Why authorities waited two weeks to announce the arrest or what the men were doing with the dynamite. Police said the italian authorities asked Athens to extradite Rahim whom they identified As Abdul Rahim Khalid to stand trial in Italy for his part in the 1985 hijacking Leon Klinghoffer 69, a wheelchair bound jewish american tourist was shot and killed during the ordeal greek government spokesman Byron polydoras con world British pursue nazi crimes Bill from wire reports London a. The House of commons has approved for a Sec Ond time a War crimes Bill that would bring to trial suspected nazis who have taken Refuge in Britain. The Bill passed 254-88 late monday must be approved by the House of lords Winch Defeated the same measure last year 207-74/ parliamentary member Edward Heath the former conservative prime minister opposed the Bill saying it would Lead to a show trials of old  suspect held. Bayonne France. A a suspected Leader ii the Spanish  separatist group Eta was arrested near the Franco Spanish Border in connection with a bomb blast that killed a policeman French authorities said tuesday. Jose Arauz Arana a who is reportedly the right hand Man of the group s military chief Francisco Mugica Garmendia a was apprehended monday night while driving a car police said. Six other people suspected of being Eta sympathizers or group members were also detained the same night they  Patriot Sale. Seoul South Korea a South Korea has decided not to buy  Patriot missiles despite a potential threat from North koreans soviet made scud missiles a newspaper reported tuesday. The Joo Ngang daily news quoting an unidentified government of tibial said the . Missile system despite its effectiveness against Iraq attacks on Israel and saudi Arabia during the persian Gulf War is not considered effective on the korean Peninsula. A in Korea the distance to the harder is Short which makes any system like Patriot operationally ineffective a Joo Ngang quoted the official As saying. Museum planned Cairo Egypt a egyptian officials have finalized plans to build a $300 million museum funded by the japanese to House King tutankhamen a treasures an egyptian newspaper reported. The newspaper Al Akbar said the designs to build the museum had been completed and that the Cost of construction had been re Sci cd in a Grant from Japan. Firmed Rahimz a arrest but said that he was a charged with offences committed in Greece and that Athens had not receded an official extradition request from Rome. Four terrorists claiming to be members of the Palestine liberation front hijacked the italian cruise liner on oct. 7, 1985, As it approached port said in Egypt and threatened to blow it up unless 50 palestinians held by Israel were freed. They shot Klinghoffer and threw his body overboard but surrendered oct. 9 to egyptian police after being assured of Safe conduct out of Egypt. It was later Learned that the four hijackers surrendered on the orders of Elf chief Mohammed Abdul Abbas. On oct. 10, the egyptians put the hijackers plus Abbas and an aide on an egyptian Airliner bound for Tunis Tunisia along with several Ordinary passengers. Four . Navy Jet fighters intercepted the plane and forced it to land at a nato base on Sicily. . Forces tried to seize the palestinians but were held off at gunpoint by italian police pending a decision by the italian government. The italians arrested the four hijackers but Abbas his aide and about 16 other passengers were allowed to Fly to Rome. Italy rejected a . Request for extradition on grounds there was no positive identification of Abbas and his aide Andon oct. 12, they were allowed to Fly to Yugoslavia but at the 1986 trial of the hijackers the court sentenced Abbas to life imprisonment in absent a. In 1987, a court in Genoa Italy also tried Rahim in absent a and convicted him of using a false passport and false name while helping to plan the hijacking. Police said Rahim was arrested with three greeks there was no immediate word on the connection Between the greeks and Rahim. Protesting against hard times More than 70,000 people thronged the streets of several Eastern German cities monday to demand an end 10 their economic misery. Above More than 30,000, some carrying signs at tend a demonstration monday night in Leipzig. The sign at right says a streamline instead of shut Down a referring to the Many plants that have closed since German reunification. Mexico shuts polluting refinery Mexico City up the mexican government monday ordered the permanent closing of the Only Oil refinery in the Valley of Mexico a move Long called for to fight growing pollution in the nations capital. The refinery located in the Northwestern part of the sprawling City was built in 1933. It has been a major pollutant of the capital. Francisco Rojas director of petrol eos Mexicanos said the state owned Oil Mo-1 no poly had studied ways to reduce the refinery a pollution with the environment ministry. A we have come to the conclusion that the Best Way to diminish or eliminate the finery s environmental Impact is the definitive suspension of All its operations a a Rojas said. Rojas made the recommendation to mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari who approved the closing effective monday. Rojas estimated it would Cost $500 million to shut the Plant. Other refineries in Mexico will make up for the production shortfall and the refinery a 5,300 employees will be Given jobs at other Lemex installations he said. The announcement was made at a ceremony to Mark the 53rd anniversary of the nationalization of Mexico soil Industry. The closing comes on the heels of some of the worst atmospheric pollution in Mexico City a history. In Early March the metropolitan Aii Quality Index recorded a highly danger Ous Quot pollution Levels a the most seven classification. The same week proles signal soccer players collapsed from effects of the pollution during a National televised  hailed the decision but said that closing one refinery Wouk not solve the City a pollution. A a it a a positive step but it must be followed by others a said Gabriel Sanches Dicz of the ecological party Mexico i equivalent of the environmentally minded Green party of Europe. 1st phase of Vietnam peace village7 opens Bangkok Thailand a the first phase of an american sponsored a peace Village Quot built to help Vietnam a War victims has opened at China Beach the official Vietnam news Agency reported monday. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 /marines stormed the Beach near the Central Vietnam City of Danang in a major escalation of the War. The news Agency said the projects initial phase built for $62,500 on less than 1,000 Square Yards was turned Over thursday to vietnamese red Cross officials. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Village was held March 26, 1990. The . Organization East meets West foundation raised Money through private donations for the Center. A a the Center will Aid vietnamese who fought on both sides during the War and victims of wartime mines that continue to take their toll on civilians. The project is headed by Lely Hayslip. Who was Jonm in a Village Danang and As a teen Ager initially c elaborated with the communist v Cong. After a series of harrowing a time experiences she married an ame can and went to the United states. Construction started in january on acres. When completed in five years at estimated Cost of $3 million the pea Village will include a rehabilitation cd Ter orphanage a medical Center a Trade school