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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 25, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9 world italian court reduces convicted american s term from wire reports Bergamo Italy a an aspiring Model from South Carolina who is serving a prison term for the murder of an italian Playboy will be set free next month after time was shaved off her sentence for Good behaviour. Judge Giancarlo Zappa a office on Friday confirmed news reports that he had approved feb. 22 As the release Date for Terry Broome 34. Broome who has been allowed to work outside of Bergamo prison As an English teacher during the daytime for More than two years was quoted in a newspaper interview As saying she planned to Settle in California. A i have some friends there who have offered me Job opportunities. I want to Start a new life a she told the Milan daily ii Gizmo. A in jail i had a lot of time to think to put my head and life in order. What i want right now is to return Home and embrace my parents and my Brothers and  Broome was convicted of the second degree murder in 1984 of Francesco do Alessio a roman Racehorse owner and Playboy. First sentenced to 14 years in prison in 1986, she saw her punishment reduced to 11 i years upon Appeal after the second jury ruled that she was acting under the influence of cocaine when she  collide 3 killed Hanover Germany a two local passenger trains collided head on near Hanover on Friday killing three people and injuring at least 23. The Accident occurred at the train station in Lehrter a Hanover  of the 23 people Hurt had serious injuries police said. Police said one of the engineers apparently ignored a signal. Further details were not immediately  bombs explode London a two bombs exploded in Northern Ireland Early Friday causing a train to derail and setting fire to two buses but causing no injuries according to the police in Britain a troubled Northern province. 1 the Royal Ulster constabulary said that one bomb exploded on the main railway line Between Limavady and Londonderry partly derailing a train. Later a device exploded in a bus depot in Londonderry. The constabulary said there had been no claim of responsibility for either explosion. Both bore the hallmark of attacks by the Irish Republican  bans some implants Rome a Italy a health ministry on thursday imposed a three month ban on several types of silicone gel breast implants to allow further scientific study of them. Authorities said the ban applied Only to several models in which it appeared the gel might leak. The . Food and drug administration has called for a voluntary moratorium on the devices while further study is done. The move came after critics charged that Dow Corning co. Had not sufficiently tested its implants. The company denies the  banker convicted Athens Greece a a former banker whose alleged embezzlement of $210 million led to a scandal that brought Down the government in 1989 has been convicted of forgery. George Koskotas former chairman of the Bank of Crete was sentenced thursday to five years in prison the maximum for a Misdemeanour. He will be tried later on embezzlement charges. Former socialist Premier Andreas Papandreou was cleared of corruption charges last week in the Bank scandal. Koskotas had testified that in 1988 Papandreou ordered state companies to Deposit funds with the Bank and took bribes from stolen Money. Troops join plundering of Clark base officers say Clark a Philippines apr convoys of trucks carrying fuel furniture and other goods Roll out from this former . Air Force base ostensibly bound for philippine military Headquarters in Manila. Instead most of the trucks head for Clandestine warehouses where their contents Are unloaded and transferred through an elaborate fencing network for Sale in local shops. Filipinos Are systematically plundering the former base one of the oldest and largest . Military installations abroad until it and its contents were turned Over to the philippine military last november. One filipino officer said looting is common in his country. He and fellow officers provided details in interviews this week. They requested anonymity because they fear reprisals from commanders. They said the plundering also has involved filipino and american troops As Well As local businessmen who see nothing wrong with Selling stolen property. A we  be Selling these items from Clark if base officials were not allowing them out a said Perla Abrea a local merchant. A Why should we be blamed if they allow the items to be taken out a Brig. Gen. Leopoldo Acot philippine commander of Clark a admitted that some troops May be involved in looting but denied that senior officers have participated. Evidence of the pillage can be seen throughout the Israel fines Arab for conducting loud prayer Calls Jerusalem up a a an israeli court for the first time applying a local noise ordinance to religious worship fined a Jerusalem moslem prayer Leader thursday for a making unreasonable noise during his Early morning Call to the faithful. The prayer Leader Walid Disi from Arab East Jerusalem a sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood was fined $100 and warned he would face a much stiffer Fine if he persisted in violating the ordinance. Disi was also instructed to Point the mosques Loudspeaker away from the nearby jewish neighbourhood of maalox Dafna. Amir Che Shin an adviser to Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek endorsed the court decision saying there had been Many complaints by maalox Dafna residents against the loud Call to prayer. A noise pollution is a criminal offence a Che Shin said. But moslem leaders criticized the City noting that previously authorities did not interfere in the daily operation of mosques. A this decision is very dangerous and is against our Freedom of worship a said Adnan Husseini who oversees moslem holy Sites including the sacred shrines on Jerusalem a Temple mount. Husseini said the court decision did not take into account Jerusalem a status As a holy City for Many faiths. Jerusalem police say the prayer Leader was charged after dozens of complaints were filed against him. Officers said that since the beginning of the palestinian uprising the volume of the Call to prayer has risen on mosque loudspeakers especially during the night and on saturdays the jewish Sabbath. Base so Miles North of Manila and in shops near the 106,000-acre facility. At a former . Military housing area near the a Pang Bato Community Only the Walls and roofs remain. Gone Are the doors windows appliances bathroom fixtures electrical outlets and wiring. Looters have also made off with water pumps electrical cables computers vehicles and gasoline. Those goods Many still marked a property of the . Government a Are for Sale in markets in Mabala cat Dau and other local communities. Small time vandals ordinarily look for toilet bowls Heaters Light switches hinges and electric wires which arc easy to carry. Some of them can earn up to $4,400 a Day in a country with a per capita income of $800 a year. The looting began in june As the americans prepared to abandon the base because of damage suffered during eruptions of the mount Pinatubo Volcano and the devastating landslides that followed. Many looters come from impoverished surrounding villages. At night they climb Over the Wall ringing the base and make off with whatever they can carry. More than 700 filipino troops patrol the base and apprehend an average of about 20 looters each night Many repeat offenders. But officials said they account for a relatively Small percentage of the thefts. Walid Disi stands under the Loudspeaker used to Call muslims to prayer in East Jerusalem. Mayors blamed in rising crime rate Brussels Belgium apr Interior minister Louis Tabback responding to a surge in robberies last year has accused Brussels mayors of obstructing police to protect their own Power base. Nationwide robberies shot up to 2,350 cases last year compared with 1,552 in 1990, with half of them being committed in the capital statistics released thursday showed. Other violent crimes also Rose. Over the last month Street crime in the capital of 1 million reached its highest level in sue years the newspaper de Standard reported and police forces Are unable to Cope officials said. The 19 communities that make up greater Brussels have coordinated their anti crime efforts but with Little effect Tabback said. A whatever the decision May be there Are always objections for political reasons Tabback told de Standard. A these mayors meet not to look for solutions but Only to make sure they do not lose the least bit of Power. This is sabotage. Over the last month 356 arrests were made when offenders were caught red handed during a special police action. The total is often three times lower when fewer police patrol the streets. Fighting Street crime was a Central theme in the november elections and extreme right Wing parties used the Issue to score a big Success  
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