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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, November 1, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 1, 1991 a woman loses her glasses in the crush of a crowd pressing to get food from a red Cross truck in Dubrovnik. Yugoslavs permit Relief ferry to Complete Dubrovnik trip Zagreb Yugoslavia apr a ferry with Relief supplies european Community officials and croatian politicians arrived thursday morning outside the besieged City of Dubrovnik after serbian forces blocked the ship Zagreb radio said. A the people of Dubrovnik gave a Joyful Welcome to the flotilla which brought their fellow citizens a the radio in the croatian capital reported after the ferry Slavija and other boats arrived in Gruz just outside the City. Dubrovnik has been under siege for nearly a month by serbian red Federal forces battling Croatia which declared Independence june 25. Boats have Only been allowed to bring Aid or pick up refugees fleeing the Adriatic port. But in an Effort to publicize the plight of the City hundreds of Dubrovnik residents tried to return in the flotilla. The Slavija and 28 smaller boats departed tuesday from split Northwest of Dubrovnik. But they were stopped Early wednesday by Navy patrol boats. The Federal military had ordered any ships trying to reach Dubrovnik be searched for weapons. The Mili airl1e Beach Australia a a 32-year-old Man with a High powered Rifle shot two vacationers sleeping in their car before Dawn thursday killing one and then committed suicide police said. Police said they found suicide notes at the gunman s Home. The assailant who police refused to identify attacked the two australian men at an oceanfront Park. One died of a head wound while in route to a Hospital while the other was wounded in the legs. The assailant fired about 50 rounds from a Semi automatic ski assault Rifle before turning it on himself police said. The assault in the resort town of Airlie Beach in Moscow apr two siberian Brothers hoping to become computer programmers set off in an inflatable raft across the frigid Northern Pacific for America but were picked up by a soviet nuclear submarine it was reported. The soviet news Agency Tass said wednesday that 21-year-old Andrei Vinogradov Sand his 18-year-old brother Pavel were picked up after setting sail from Petropavlovsk Kam Chatskis the main City on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Peninsula which dangles southward from is tary said the searches would continue until All croatian fighters in Dubrovnik agreed to Lay Down their weapons. The Slavija a 340 passengers included croatian Premier Franjo Greguric and Stipe Mesic the croat who is chairman of Yugoslavia a eight Man Federal presidency. Mesic and other opponents of Serbia stopped attending presidency meetings several weeks ago. The yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug said that a a certain number of Small weapons and ammunition were found during the search of the Slavija and that they were confiscated. It did not elaborate. Then for about Lour hours the ferry Captain and Navy officers debated Over radios whether the flotilla would be allowed to Dock in a Safe Harbor. The tense argument ended with the boats Docking in Salb Nara Bay about 15 Miles Northwest of Dubrovnik. Zagreb radio also reported that mortars had been fired overnight in two villages around the Western croatian town of Barlovac. Federal forces including warplanes attacked at least six Eastern croatian cities wednesday reports said. North Queensland state left cars and shop windows scarred with Bullet holes. Police said the victims had arrived in the town wednesday. There was no immediate indication that they knew the gunman. The weapon is similar to the Rifle used by Wade Frankum who killed eight people including himself when he went on a rampage through the St Rathfield shopping Plaza in suburban Sydney on aug. 17. Since then state police ministers have agreed to introduce Laws Banning the import and Sale of military style weapons. Beria is about 500 Miles West of the nearest inhabited . Point the Remote Attu Island. Tass did not specify where the Brothers were picked up what condition they were in or whether they were apprehended or simply rescued. It did note that a the Brothers have not lost heart and do not conceal their intention to reach America to become electronic computer programmers  before they can a they will have to meet an investigator first because attempt at illegal crossing of the Frontier is punishable under soviet Laws a Tass said. The stars and stripes a Page 9 world t i Qadhafi s brother in Law wanted in Jet bombing Paris a a French judge issued International arrest warrants thursday for col. Moa mar Qadhafi s brother in Law and three other libyan officials in the 1989 bombing of a jetliner Over niger that killed 170 people. Quot the warrants come four Days after France proposed lifting european Community sanctions against Libya for taking part in terrorism. The libyan leaders relative Abdallah Senoussi is considered the no. 2 Man in Libya s intelligence services. All the suspects Are believed to have organized the sept. 19, 1989, bombing of the jetliner Over the nigerian desert. The dc-10, flying from Brazzaville to Paris had just completed a Stopover in Chad. There were no survivors. Among the victims was Bonnie Pugh wife of the then-. Ambassador to Chad Robert  disguises found Moscow a a mfr the communist party catch an office Al Cowie August coup attempt it left behind shelves full of beards wigs makeup and bogus passports a newspaper reported. A russian official found the items in offices belonging to the party s International department which worked with foreign parties and organizations and advised soviet leaders on foreign policy the  Gazela Independent newspaper reported wednesday. A shelves full of Blank foreign passports mostly . And Western european were found in the building along with special presses to stamp the passports Quot the paper quoted the official As saying. The official who was not identified also found a a whole cupboard of fake mustaches beards sideburns hairpieces and various makeup a the paper  to leave Zaire Brussels Belgium a the government said thursday it will withdraw a was soon As possible the paratroopers it sent to Zaire last month to protect belgian citizens threatened by spreading unrest in the former Colony a the evacuation of belgian citizens should come to an end Friday a a government communique said. A thus the government ordered the withdrawal of the military detachment in  Belgium sent 1,000 paratroopers to Zaire soon after zairian troops mutinied on sept. 23. Joined by zairian civilians the troops started looting private property throughout the country. Malaysia May hire filipinos Kuala Bumpur a Malaysia May hire filipino workers from Subic Bay naval base to work at the Royal malaysian Navy shipyard in Lumuth if there is a shortage of local workers defense minister Mujib Tun Razak said thursday. Najib said the move would be taken in anticipation of . Warships being sent to1 Lumuth for repair and maintenance. But he added the United states had not yet accepted malaysians offer to use the Lumuth shipyard which will be privatized in january. Najib said the offer was made through the commander in chief of the . Pacific forces adm. Charles r. Larson when he visited Malaysia recently. The philippine Senate recently decided not to extend the . Lease on Subic Bay.4 top it. Everest Summit Katmandu Nepal a three soviets and an american have scaled mount Everest the world s tallest Peak the tourism ministry said wednesday. Team Leader Vladimir Baliberdin 42, a Mountain guide from St. Petersburg and Anatoli Buk Reev 33, a climber from Alma Ala reached the sum Mit oct. 6 from the West face. On oct. 10, two More team members roman Guiotha Chilili 54, an Engineer from Tbilisi and Daniel Mazor 31, a student from Waltham mass., climbed the 29,028-foot Mountain. Australia gunman kills 1, hurts 1 siberian Brothers daring sea escape thwarted  
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