European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 c the stars and stripes sunday december 8,1991 Qadhafi the . Basher praises president Baker Cairo up a in a major overture to the West libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi in a newspaper interview published saturday praised president Bush As a Veteran politician and said he did not Rule out meeting him. Qadhafi also said he would accept a Neutral committee to investigate the pan am explosion Over Lockerbie Scotland three years ago Ana said his country no longer had relations with the Irish Republican army. The libyan ruler in unusually warm rhetoric for Western leaders praised Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii As a Quot Wise and balanced Man. �?o1 believe that president Bush is a Veteran politician and does no to do anything without thoroughly studying it and calculating the results a Qadhafi told Ibrahim Nafa editor of Cairo a leading sem official newspaper Al ashram in the second part of a lengthy interview. The first part was published Friday in which Qadhafi said he would never accept . And British demands that he hand Over the two libyan intelligence agents accused of masterminding the pan am bombing. Quot there has been animosity Between me and former president Ronald Reagan but the assurances i have received from egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and King Hassan ii of Morocco As Well As a number of Arab leaders indicate that Bush is completely different from Reagan a he said in saturdays instalment. A i agree with this a the libyan Leader said a and i have said publicly before that Bush is an intellectual president and is not suffering from an inferiority Reagan launched a military strike against Libya in april 1986 that reportedly narrowly missed killing Qadhafi after the United states accused Libya of bombing a Berlin night club frequented by . Service members. Qadhafi a a remarks appeared aimed at avoiding similar . Retaliation if he continued to refuse to hand Over for trial the two libyans the United states and Britain have named As its suspects in the Lockerbie bombing. The libyan Leader said he believed it would be possible to meet Bush if Bush succeeds with current .-and soviet led efforts to achieve a negotiated peace in the Middle East. A if he Bush succeeds in the present peace March we will meet him one Day and i believe we can reach an understanding a Qadhafi said. Qadhafi in what seemed at least rhetorically to be a major shift in his policy toward the United states had even stronger Praise for Baker who made numerous trips to the Middle East following the persian Gulf War to arrange the peace talks. A despite the collision Between us a Qadhafi said a i am satisfied that the state department in America is led by a Wise and balanced give Honecker Chance to live quietly soviet newspaper urges Moscow apr pravda made an impassioned front Page Appeal Friday that ousted East German Leader Erich Honecker be allowed to stay in the soviet Union. A a there has been much tragedy and injustice in our history. Do we need to add to it a the daily newspaper asked. A a let a Stop and give our former Friend the Chance to live quietly throughout the rest of the Honecker 79, has been in Moscow since being spirited away in March from a soviet military Hospital near Berlin allegedly for medical treatment. The exact nature of his illness has never been disclosed. His flight blocked efforts by German authorities to try him on charges of issuing shoot to kill orders to guards at the Berlin Wall and along the Border of formerly divided Germany. Germany has been pressing the soviet government to extradite Honecker since he arrived in Moscow. The russian government earlier decided to expel Honecker from russian territory but soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev has opposed his extradition citing a moral russian federation president Boris n. Yeltsin has since said that Honecker should be allowed to resettle in Chile where his daughter lives. A Erich Honecker is the head of former East Germany a hero of the fascist counteroffensive a Man who dedicated his entire life to ideas which not Long ago were a our ideas a pravda said. A now he is once again in Russia thanks to our help. He has no Home no motherland he lives in Russia and he a not Only our guest. He belongs to our history As Well As to All of the 20th Century history of humanity with All its Margot and Erich Honecker take a stroll in a Park near their Moscow Home. Train crash in Tunnel injures 100 London up a two trains crashed saturday inside a four mile Long Tunnel under the Severn River Between England and Wales injuring about 100 passengers whom emergency workers had to evacuate. The British broadcasting corp. Said one train slowed into another that had stopped about two Miles inside the Severn Tunnel at 10 40 . Near Bristol some 95 Miles West of London. Emergency workers used breathing apparatus to evacuate passengers in the Tunnel where rescuers tried to determine the extent of the casualties. Nick Wolf of the Bristol ambulance service told the bbl that 100 people and possibly More were hurl. Quot Only about three of those arc reported to be serious injuries. The rest Are Able to walk and hopefully can be brought out by train from the incident to the surface Quot Wolf said. One person was trapped in the wreckage but no deaths had been reported he said. A however an incident of this kind is obviously quite involved and a lot More information will emerge later a Wolf said. British rail said the two trains were travelling Between Paddington at London and Cardiff Wales and Portsmouth England to Cardiff. The Tunnel runs under the Severn River near where it Broadens into the Bristol Channel Between Avon England and Gwent ales. A Independent radio news said one of the seriously injured included the Driver of the Paddington train which apparently crashed into the Back of the stationary card if train. Officials did not say Why the train had stopped. World albanian Leader oks Force to Stop food riots from wire reports Tirana Albania a president Ramiz Alia saturday authorized the use of army troops to quell food riots in the Northern Truje District. Panic buying and rioting were set off by socialist Premier Ylli Bufis announcement wednesday that food reserves particularly bread Grain reserves were Only Good for a week. Alia issued a special decree saying that if police Are unable to protect food shops factories and other facilities from rioters the army was authorized to intervene and restore order. The government said at least two people have been reported killed in rioting in the District. Albanian state television reported that in Lac a town about 40 Miles North of Tirana hundreds of people attacked restaurants food shops and bakeries Friday. They also ransacked and destroyed a local food processing Plant Bambi near deportation Toronto a a Canadian judge on Friday cleared the Way for the deportation of Wisconsin prison Escapee Lawrencia Bembenek when he dismissed the former policewoman a latest Effort to stay in Canada As a refugee. Bembenek 31, known As a a Bambi to her supporters escaped in july 1990 from Wisconsin a Taycheedah correctional institution where she was serving a life sentence for murder. She was arrested in october last year in Thunder Bay Ontario. She is seeking refugee status in Canada on grounds that she was framed for the 1981 killing in Milwaukee of the sex wife of her then husband Elfred Schultz. An Ontario court judge dismissed a motion by Bembenek a lawyers to Stop deportation hearings on grounds they were a disguised form of extradition. Bomb victim moved Belfast Northern Ireland a a schoolmaster who has been in a coma since he was injured by an Ira bomb four years ago was taken from the Hospital for the first time Friday. Noreen Hill moved her 60-year-old husband Ronnie to a 16-resident care facility she purchased in suburban Holywood. Ronnie Hill was injured in an explosion that killed 11 people in Enniskillen on nov. 8,1987. The Irish Republican army bomb was planted near a world War i memorial. It exploded during remembrance Day ceremonies held to Honor people killed in world War i world War ii and Northern Ireland a sectarian for cigarettes Calgary Alberta with Canadian a sin taxes sending the Price of cigarettes As High As $7 a pack using a car or truck to crash into a store to steal cigarettes is a growing trend police say. Lee Riege owner of a convenience store was the latest victim of a crash and enter break in in Calgary. The theft Early thursday was the 12th break in in four years for his store and the second time thieves used a vehicle. A a it a awfully frustrating a said Riege who is considering installing Concrete pillars to prevent another wants Job Back Paris a a Dwarf known As a mister Skyman wants the French government to drop its ban on Dwarf tossing so he can have his Job Back. The 4-foot Manuel Wackenheim went to the Interior ministry on Friday and tried unsuccessfully to meet with minister Philippe Marchand. Wackenheim a Job was to be a human projectile with customers at bars or night clubs seeing who could fling him the farthest onto an inflatable mattress. But publicity a and protests a surrounding mister Skyman a career prompted Marchand to Issue an order last month Banning the sport As an insult to dignity. Wackenheim 24, was paid about $1,800 per appearance said his attorney Serge Pautot. He said Wackenheim makes use of his Handicap to have a career. A today he a had his Job taken away a Pautot said
