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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday september 27, 1991evacuation stepped up in Zaire France Belgium using some . Planes Crews Brazzaville Congo a Belgium and France sent hundreds More troops to Zaire on wednesday to help evacuate foreigners As the pillaging and violence that has claimed at least 30 lives appeared to be spreading. Europeans who escaped to this neighbouring country told of killings rape and looting by the zairian troops who started the rampage monday in Kinshasa the capital because they Hadnot been paid. The european Relief group doctors without Borders said that As Many As 1,750 people had been wounded in violence in Kinshasa alone and Only 250 had been Able to get to hospitals. Thirty people have been reported killed in three Days. France and Belgium Zaire a former colonial ruler reiterated Calls for president Mobutu sese seko to move toward multiparty democracy after 26 years in Power. In Brussels on wednesday the belgian government decided to Send 500 More troops to Zaire to protect its nationals joining 500 already there. France sent at least 150 More soldiers bringing to 600 the number of its troops in the nation. Several . C-141 military transport planes and their Crews Are being used by France and Belgium to ferry More soldiers supplies and equipment to Zaire officials said. . European come spokesman cmdr. John Woodhouse said that All c-141 planes and Crews arc based in the states. The first planes left wednesday from Rhein main a Germany for Zaire. Opposition leaders charged that Mobutu incited the troops to Mutiny to provoke intervention by Western forces. Twice in the 1970s, Western troops intervened to keep Mobutu in Power when dissident zairian attacked from marxist ruled Angola. In the 1960s after Zaire gained Independence fighting instigated by regions seeking to break from Kinshasa left hundreds of thousands dead. Mobutu agreed in april 1990 to hand Over Power to a democratically elected government within a year. But no Date for elections has been set and a National conference that was to schedule them has broken up. In a speech broadcast Early wednesday Mobutu said the pillaging would have a grave repercussions a for Zaire a bankrupt Economy. He claimed the capital had been left without food or Medicine. Belgium asked for urgent Aid for Zaire from the 12-nation european Community. No amount was specified. In Washington state department Deputy spokesman Richard Boucher said the first charter flight for americans was scheduled to leave thursday. Europeans meanwhile were fleeing As fast As possible. Hundreds of foreign nationals mostly women and children jammed into boats and air planes to Cross the Congo River from Kinshasa to Brazzaville the Congo a relative hugs two French women upon their arrival at a Paris Airport from Zaire. A Lese capital. By midday wednesday at least 700 people had been evacuated across the River. The refugees reaching Brazzaville included French belgian american Canadian and lebanese nationals. Greece Italy and Sweden also were planning to evacuate their citizens. A swedish official in Stockholm said some Homes of swedes had been looted. British and belgian officials meanwhile reported that the violence had subsided in the capital but was spreading to outlying areas. Britain a ambassador in Kinshasa Roger Westbrook said belgian and French paratroopers had restored Calm in the capital but a much of the City a infrastructure has been totally  he said the soldiers were engaged in a systematic  Frozen Corpse dated to Bronze age world Vienna up1 a austrian scientists joined by colleagues from All Over the world said wednesday a 4,000-year-old Corpse freed from Glacier ice last week is probably the most important anthropological find since the discovery of neanderthal Man. A until now it is the Only body from this period. It is As important As the discovery of Early Homo Sapiens and neanderthal Man a professor Konrad Spindler of the Innsbruck University said wednesday. The Frozen body was discovered sept. 19 in the ice of the Simi Laun Glacier on the Border of Austria and Italy nearly two Miles above sea level by a German Mountaineer. Scientists at the University have since dated the body As coming from the South Middle european Early Bronze age about 2,000 . A there has never before been a body found in Glacier ice in such Good condition and with such equipment let alone one 4,000 years old Quot Spindler said. Although the sex of the Corpse had not been determined Spindler said he believes it is the body of a Man Between 20 and 40 years old. He said the Teeth worn Down by chewing were typical of the period. From the Type of garments and equipment found with the body scientists say All indications Are that the person came from a Well developed society. It was dressed in a leather and Felt Type garment sewn together by a skilled craftsman. The body wore boots of leather and fur and strapped As eskimos today fasten their footwear according to one official who saw it shortly after it was found. Both the garment and boots were stuffed with Hay for insulation. Adorning the body were threaded Stone jewelry and a Belt with a Pouch containing Flint and other stones for lighting fires. The body was accompanied by a Bronze a that Schindler has i scribed As unmistakably from the Early Bronze age a knife with a Stone Blade and remains of what is thought to be a Bow. Injuries to the Back of the head were easily visible but their cause had not been established. Greece prepares to sell 35 islands Athens Greece apr the conservative government said wednesday that it will proceed with plans to sell 35 islands if it can to find other ways to Shore up the Economy. A the possible Sale of the islands will be conducted out of necessity because of the crushing debts inherited by the present government a government spokesman Vyron polydoras said. He added that a there has been no final or definite government decision on the Issue of the possible Sale of certain Rocky  National Economy minister Efthimios Christodulou confirmed reports monday that Greece was preparing to sell the Rocky and mostly Barren islands As part of a plan to increase government revenues. He did not say which islands would be put up for Sale. The plan Calls for state owned property to be sold to private investors through a Bond Issue. Except for the islands other property includes the area formerly hous ing the . Navy communications base at Nea Makri on the outskirts of Athens. Polydoras told reporters that if funds Are secured elsewhere a then the decision to sell the islands May not be  the announcement Drew fire from opposition parties and some members of the ruling new democracy party. The government has said it Hopes the Sale of land Bonds will bring in $3.9 billion but no Bonds have been issued yet. New democracy took Power in april 1990, promising to revive an Economy saddled with a total Public debt estimated at $105 billion and a 22.3 percent inflation rate in 1990. Harsh austerity measures reduced inflation to 17.4 percent by the end of August but the governments inability to curb Public spending May Lead to a budget shortfall As High As $42  pact reached to end Al Salvador s War from wire reports United nations a new pact that could end Al Salvador a 12-year civil War would purge the army of notorious human rights abusers incorporate leftist rebels into the police Force and Grant land to guerrilla families. Seventeen months of  talks bore fruit wednesday when . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar announced that the rightist government and the rebels had reached agreement on a Broad Accord. Perez de Cuellar said the a new York accords broke a deadlock in the talks. He said the pact would Lead to a cease fire and a Resolution of the War that has killed 75,000 people mostly civilians in the Central american nation of 5.2  crashes in Germany Kiel Germany a a Small executive Jet carrying an italian television Crew crashed while attempting to land at Kiel Airport on wednesday. A woman was killed and nine people were injured police said. The plane apparently approached the Airport too High and too fast missed the runway and crashed into a Forest on the military part of the Airport. The Falcon 20 Jet had 10 people on Board nine italians and a German police said. They declined to give the identities of the passengers. The crash occurred shortly before 4 30 . In bad weather they said. The plane was carrying an italian television Crew slated to interview Boom Engholm Leader of the opposition social democratic party and min ister president of Schleswig Holstein state. The Jet took off from Milan Italy and made a Stop in Braunschweig Germany before continuing to Kiel  
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