European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 c the stars and stripes monday december 16.1991 paper reports Maxwell cheated Mother Theresa London up a publisher Robert Maxwell committed suicide by jumping off his yacht and did not die of a heart attack the sunday Mirror reported sunday while the rival sunday express said the tycoon cheated Mother Theresa out of thousands of pounds. A crooked publisher Robert Maxwell committed suicide according to a new investigation a said the sunday Mirror in a a world exclusive on its front Page. It added a medical evidence shows he did not die of a heart attack As previously claimed. Insurance detectives Are now convinced the newspaper tycoon jumped overboard from his luxury Maxwell disappeared from his yacht and his body was found floating in the Atlantic Ocean on nov. 5, off the Spanish administered Canary islands. The sunday express said Maxwell opened an Appeal fund through his Mirror newspapers with Nobel peace prize Winner Mother Theresa during her visit to Britain in 1988. She had come to help provide Homes a for the unloved the lonely the sick and the the paper also claimed Maxwell deprived starving famine victim in Ethiopia of 235,000 pounds $423,000 in donations that could have brought life saving food supplies. Three years after Maxwell launched the homeless fund with Mother Theresa the sunday express said not a Penny had reached her missionaries of Charity. Captive released industrialist Antonio Ghidini and wife Laia on saturday Greet their daughter Roberta who was found chained in an italian Villa by police. The 19-year-old was snatched by a gang last month near Brescia. Police say an intensive manhunt led one of the captors to Call authorities with information on the woman a whereabouts. . Seeks extradition of libyans linked to bombing Over Lockerbie Jidida saudi Arabia apr the United states wants the immediate hand Over of two libyans implicated in the Lockerbie plane explosion and does not take seriously Tripoli a own trial of the two men a . Official was quoted As saying sunday. Peter Burleigh in charge of coordinating counter terrorism at the state department made it Clear in an interview with the saudi arabian daily Ashaq Al a sat and its sister English language Arab news that the . Government has ruled out any political settlement or mediation with Libya Over the december 1988 pan am bombing that killed 270 people. A there is no role for political mediation. This is a criminal Case and we expect the government of Libya to respond on its own and directly to us a Burleigh said. Burleigh confirmed that some governments from the Region had attempted to act As mediators. A what we suggested to them is that they Best use their influence with the leadership of Libya to convince it that this is a highly serious matter and that what is required is not a political mediation but fully and prompt cooperation with the criminal investigation a lie said. He did not name the countries. Libyan envoys have been in saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries in recent weeks with messages from libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi to bolster his nations position in the affair. Libyan officials have also repeatedly stressed that their courts planned to try the two men implicated in the bombing. There is no extradition agreement Between Libya and the United states but Burleigh said that if Libya wanted to cooperate it could do that by getting in touch with the american and British courts. World buried ancient statues see Light of Day in Egypt from wire reports Cairo Egypt a construction workers digging a foundation for a Post office in an ancient egyptian town struck a Long hidden statue of Ramses the great antiquities officials said. Egyptology its later discovered the face of a second colossus staring up at them. A so far we done to know who it is but the face is huge a Yahya Elmasri antiquities director for Middle Egypt a Sohag District said saturday. A the first statue has the markings of the Granite statues were discovered three weeks ago at Akhim an ancient provincial capital across the Nile from Modem Sohag 290 Miles South of Cairo. Both have been covered Over to prevent vandalism. The statues were found 33 feet apart. The discovery gives Strong evidence that the new Post office was going up where a Temple Complex stood during the reign of pharaoh Ramses ii whose 67-year Rule ended in 1224 . Ira strikes London again London a a firebomb exploded Early sunday in the Bookstore at the National gallery causing slight damage police said. A a Small device exploded in the bookshop of the National gallery. The remainder of the premises have been searched and we Are satisfied there Are no other devices in there a police inspector Philip Gough said at the scene. In a statement issued in Dublin Ireland the Irish Republican army claimed responsibility for the bombing and for saturdays fire bombings at a North London shopping Center. The Ira waging a violent Campaign against British Rule in Northern Ireland Nas admitted placing similar devices in other stores in London Manchester and Blackpool Over the past two weekends. Sundays bombing follows similar incidents saturday when two firebombs caused Small fires in a major shopping Center. 50,000 left homeless Nairobi Kenya a about 50,000 people were left homeless by a fire that gutted a town in Southeastern Ethiopia ethiopian radio reported. The broadcast saturday night quoted an official in Bare about 403 Miles South of the capital Addis Ababa As saying the fire raged for several Days because there was no firefighting equipment. Two quakes Jolt Iran Nicosia Cyprus a earthquakes struck two areas of Iran about nine hours apart the official islamic Republic news Agency reported. The Agency said one tremor jolted the Village of Kuhn Ash and surrounding areas in lore Stan province 250 Miles Southwest of Tehran at 6 01 . On saturday. A no report is yet available on possible losses a Irna said. The Agency reported saturday an earthquake struck the Eastern City of Kashmar in Khorasan province at 9 24 . The epicentre was 370 Miles East of Tehran. The news Agency monitored in Nicosia said there were no reports of casualties or damage from that quake. Both earthquakes measured 5 on the Richter scale Irna said.2 sex hostages disagree on role played by Waite London Apex hostage Thomas Sutherland said sunday his former cellmate Terry waiters efforts to free Western hostages May have prolonged their Captivity in Lebanon. Sutherland told British broadcasting corp. Radio that waiters negotiations could have worsened the situation. A i think it is quite Likely that it did indeed prolong the Captivity of All of the hostages because. The shiite captors were extremely angry with Terry at the time that he disappeared a Sutherland told the bbl. Sutherland said his guards Lold him they thought Waite was an american agent who a was trying to dupe them into giving up one Man after another without giving them speaking on the same bbl program freed hostage David Jacobsen said waiters negotiations did not prolong the Captivity for Western hostages held in Lebanon. A their Captivity was extended because of the demands by the real culprits in All this a Jacobsen said. A Iran is the great satan of terrorism in Lebanon. A they ordered Terry Waite to be kidnapped because when i came out in november 1986, speculation began right then that he was an agent or a front or a cover of the United states government a Jacobsen told the bbl. Jacobsen was freed As part of the arms for hostages Swap engineered by former . National Security aide Oliver North. Waite was on hand for Jacobsen a release in november 1986. But the Church of England envoy has vigorously denied any involvement in North a scheme. Waite is on vacation in Scotland and could not be reached for comment. His brother David has said he left instructions not to be disturbed. Sutherland a remarks have contrasted with freed hostage Terry Andersons Praise of Waite. A the risked his life for me a Anderson said after his release from More than six years in Captivity. A i never heard him express a word of regret or bitterness. Head do it again tomorrow i know it
