European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars  stripes Friday february 7, 1992it�?Ts a Gamble just to earn a living a photo economic Bard times in Russia Are forcing its citizens to do what they can to keep body  soul together. At left a woman runs a gambling business on the streets of Moscow  invites a bystander to participate. Although gambling is illegal several appear ready to take the Chance to win some Cash. At right vendors in the Center of Moscow Are gambling that their meat  milk will bring in some much needed Money. Soaring prices for most goods Are making people sell whatever they can  military vehicle bombed killing 5 Madrid Spain apr a car bomb exploded next to a military minibus in Madrid on thursday killing five of its occupants  injuring six in what appeared to be an attack by the Basque separatist group Eta officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Defense minister Julian Garcia Vargas told Spanish National radio that three army officers an enlisted Man  a civilian employee were killed in the blast which created havoc in the capitals his world topic Center. A municipal police official said All the victims were inside the minibus. The 8 30 . Blast near the military Headquarters damaged buildings  caused residents to vacate their Homes. Authorities evacuated a municipal tax office because of a bomb threat following the explosion the radio said. Seconds after the blast resident Ivan Calabuig said the area was filled with acrid smoke broken Glass  screaming people. A everybody was completely hysterical a he said. Quot i saw two cars completely destroyed. There were people inside actually it was just pieces of people. A there were soldiers screaming with machine guns in  the explosion occurred several Days after reports that Eta was preparing to Stop its attacks for several months to set the stage for talks with the government of prime minister Felipe Gonzalez Marquez. Since it began armed attacks in 1968 aimed at forcing the government into negotiating the Independence of the three province Northern Spanish Basque country Eta has claimed responsibility for the deaths of nearly 700 people. Many of the victims were military officers who died in car bombings. Eta is a Basque language acronyms standing for Basque Homeland  Liberty. The organization has vowed to disrupt major events scheduled in Spain for this year including the summer olympics in Barcelona  expo �?T92 in  depot bombed in latest act of violence from wire reports Belfast Northern Ireland a an explosion in a Belfast bus depot slightly injured one person thursday morning continuing a spiral of political  sectarian violence in Northern Ireland that has claimed 26 lives this year. Twelve people have been killed since sunday  political  religious leaders said there is a new climate of fear  hopelessness in the protestant  roman Catholic communities. Despite appeals for an end to violence police said a device exploded in the main bus depot in the mainly Catholic Ardoyne District in North Belfast on thursday morning. The explosion came a Day after two protestant extremists opened fire in a crowded Belfast betting shop killing five catholics  wounding seven others. Police said two remained in critical condition  prosecutor slain Istanbul Turkey a two gunmen on thursday killed an Istanbul state Security court prosecutor his Driver  his bodyguard the Anatolia news Agency said. The attackers escaped after fatally wounding Asar Gunaydin  his two companions in their car at the coastal District of Kum Kapi the Agency said. Special state Security courts were set up in big cities after the 1980 military coup to try terrorist suspects. Germans agree to pay millions for treasures taken by go in 45 Berlin apr the heirs of a . Soldier who took ancient treasures from a German mine Shaft in 1945 Are to receive nearly $3 million to return the Cache. City officials from que Linburg in Eastern Germany  representatives of the Berlin based cultural foundation of German states signed the agreement on wednesday in que Linburg a statement from the foundation said. The agreement Calls for a settlement of a somewhat less than $3 million to be paid to the heirs of former . Soldier Joe Meador of Whitewright Texas the statement said. A we look Forward to completing the settlement very quickly a said Alan Harris an attorney in Dallas for the lutheran Church in que Linburg. After Meador died in 1980, the objects went to his brother Jack  his sister Jane Meador Cook of Mesquite Texas. The German Church sued them for return of the works which Are considered to be of great histories value. The treasures include a Case decorated wit Gold Silver  precious stones with relics from Kin Heinrich i dating Back to Between . 919  936  a Golden comb belonging to the King. Officials said Joe Meador apparently took the item in 1945 from the mine Shaft where they had been stored during the War. The whereabouts of the missing treasure came to it Light in 1990, when a priceless 9th-Century manuscript of the gospels that also belonged to the que Edinbur collection was traced Down by the cultural foundation in Berlin. The foundation said at the time that it had paid a a finder a feel of $3 million for the gospels. It did no say precisely who received the fee. Further investigation led to Meador  the Missin treasures were eventually locked up for safekeeping a the Dallas museum of Art pending attempts by the germans to have them returned. Zurich shuts Needle Park despite protests Zurich Switzerland up a police closed Down Switzerland a notorious a Needle Park wednesday amid assertions that the move would Only drive drug addicts onto the streets. Hundreds of drug abusers  dealers were forced at the prodding of police Batons out of plat Spitz Park which is less than half a mile from Zurich a i meant City Center. The closure of the Park for at least a year led to pro tests from civil libertarians particularly after Swiss Tele vision showed displaced addicts injecting heroin o streets less than a Quarter of a mile away. Spokesmen for various organizations that have provided  for addicts in the plat Spitz said the closing c the Park would simply drive the problem elsewhere. Needle Park As the plat Spitz became known i generally Home to a transient population of More tha 1,000 drug dealers  addicts a Day