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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday november 15, 1991thousands cheer Sihanouk s return phenom penh Cambodia a cheered and showered with Flowers Prince Norodom Sihanouk returned thursday from 13 years in exile to heal his Homeland from the wounds of civil War and legacies of a fanatical communist revolution. Tens of thousands of Flag waving cambodians lined the boulevards As his White 1963 Chevrolet Impala passed on its Way from the Airport to the Royal Palace where he will again reside. A Long live peace a some chanted. Others held up portraits of the 69-year-old onetime King who will now head an interim reconciliation Council composed of cambodians four warring factions. Dancers in glittering traditional costumes threw Flower petals and Buddhist monks offered blessings after Sihanouk emerged from the aircraft that brought him from China a capital of Beijing to phenom Penhos Poch Entong International Airport. As the convertible approached the Palace Entrance he held hands with am paying cambodian prime minister Hun sen in a gesture of Triumph blew kisses and pressed his hands together in the Buddhist sign of respect. Sihanouk still widely revered in his own country was instrumental in focusing International attention on cambodians plight and painstakingly hammering out a Compromise among the factions. The result was a peace treaty signed last month in Paris which has already set in motion a massive . Effort to Monitor the cease fire and pave the Way for general elections in 1993. The Sihanouk led supreme National Council includes the phenom penh communist government and three guerrilla factions which have battled it for the past 13 years a two non communist groups and the extremist Khmer Rouge which is widely detested for its mid-1970s reign of terror. The Khmer Rouge Are suspected of trying to stage a murderous comeback. There Are contradictory reports whether Khmer Rouge leaders will arrive in a Prince Norodom Sihanouk and his wife Princess Monique Bow to Well wishers in the traditional Buddhist greeting upon their return to Cambodia on thursday. Phenom penh this month to attend a meeting of the Council. The Hanoi installed phenom penh government said earlier that some were arriving sunday but official vietnamese Media reported the officials would not come this month. On the eve of Sihanouk s return a senior phenom penh military official denounced the chinese backed Khmer Rouge for violating the peace Accord. A they Are placing mines attacking roads and using their forces and artillery to attack us. People Are being killed and injured almost every Day a said Gen. Preap Tam Deputy political director of the defense ministry. Sihanouk a role will be one of peacemaker among still bitter enemies and a prodded of foreign Powers to maintain their interest in guaranteeing cambodian peace. The United states China soviet Union France Indonesia Thailand and other countries played major roles in the years of negotiations that led up to the peace treaty. But some analysts fear Cambodia May conveniently be dropped into the Lap of the United nations. Cambodia will also need Large infusions of foreign Aid to rehabilitate a shattered Economy and infrastructure. By almost every yardstick a per capita income child mortality prevalence of disease a the country is among the world s most deprived nations. Having suffered two decades of violence Many in Cambodia looked Back longingly to the Sihanouk Era forgetting its corruption and autocracy and remembering the  leave puerto Rico in dark world san Juan puerto Rico apr sabotage felled Power pylons and feeder lines and blacked out much of puerto Rico beginning at Daybreak wednesday Utility officials said. They said Power outages would Likely continue until thursday. There was suspicion the sabotage was related to the bitter 30-month contract dispute Between the Utility workers Union and the government run Power authority on the Island a . Commonwealth of 3.6 million people. The Union denied responsibility. The puerto Rico electric Power authority said about 500,000 households and businesses throughout the Caribbean Island or about half its customers were affected for periods of up to three hours. The authority said it was cutting Power selectively for two to three hour periods because of reduced capacity and would continue doing so at least until Friday while repairs were made. Huge traffic tie  were reported at the 6 . Rush hour in san Juan the capital and Home to about 1 million people. The Power authority a executive director Jose Del Valle said two transmission towers and two poles supporting feeder lines were damaged and that inspectors determined the equipment had been vandalized. Del Valle would not speculate on who was responsible. The damage was first discovered shortly after Midnight monday but the full Impact began at Dawn with selective Power cutting due to reduced capacity. The 6,000-member electric Power Industry and irrigation workers Union has been accused in the past of sabotaging facilities during contract disputes but Union president Jose Valentin denied any Union involvement. Negotiations have bogged Down Over salaries benefits and a plan by the authority to use Independent contractors to clean up Asbestos at contaminated Power stations. Bombs cause damage in Holland Amsterdam Netherlands apr bomb attacks claimed by a leftist terrorist group caused extensive damage wednesday to the Interior ministry and the Home of the Deputy Justice minister. There were no injuries. The revolutionary anti racist action said in a communique delivered to the dutch National news Agency that the blasts were retaliation for the governments increasingly restrictive policy toward those seeking Asylum. A 3 . Telephone Call alerted police to the bomb placed at the House of and Kosto the Deputy Justice minister outside Amsterdam in the Village of groot Schermer according to Justice ministry spokeswoman Anjo tempelman. The bomb exploded about an hour later blowing out windows and wrecking part of the Interior of the Brick Home. Police had warned Kosto and his wife and also evacuated the houses of their neighbors. An army squad did not arrive in time to defuse the bomb. Security guards at the building housing the Justice and Interior ministries in the Hague were alerted to the bomb there about the same time the bomb at Kos to s House exploded. The second bomb exploded in a second floor lavatory in the Interior ministry an hour after the first.2 . Service members die in chopper Accident from wire reports Seoul South Korea a two . Service members were killed and two others were Hurt in an Accident involving two ah-1 cobra helicopters on a night training Mission the . Military said thursday. The Accident happened around 9 35 . Wednesday North of Sukcho about 95 Miles Northeast of Seoul on South koreans Eastern coast the military said. Local reports said the two helicopters collided and crashed. The aircraft were from the 5th in 501st aviation regt. The unit is stationed near the South North Korea Border the military said. The Accident was under investigation and victims names were being withheld until their families Are notified the military  arrested in rape Metz France a police arrested two turkish men wednesday on suspicion of picking up two american students hitchhiking in Eastern France last weekend and raping them. Yildiz Metin 21, and acer Hasan 23, both labourers were arrested at the transient residences where they live in nearby Thionville and Zameck police reported that the american women whose identities and hometowns have not been disclosed identified the pair in a police lineup As their attackers  
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