European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 b the stars and stripes monday february 17,1992 pan am 103 blast linked to non libyans Plo says Cairo Egypt up a a senior Palestine liberation organization official said sunday that the Plo had conducted a secret investigation into the midair explosion of pan am flight 103 and concluded that Middle Eastern parties a but not Libya a were involved. Bassam Abu Sharif senior adviser to Plo Leader Yasser Arafat told the British broadcasting corp. From his Headquarters in Tunis that the organization was ready to hand Over the names of those involved in the blast. The pan am Airliner exploded dec. 21,1988, Over Lockerbie Scotland killing 270 people a the Plo has documents containing names of the Middle East parties involved in the incident but Libya is not among them a Abu Sharif said. A we Are ready to hand Over these documents to an International committee Given the task of investigating the Abu Sharif gave no further details on How the Plo Mother Teresa Back in Hospital Rome apr Mother Teresa has been hospitalized again but her doctor said sunday this time its to rest. He denied reports the missionary sister was critically ill. A a she a Here for a Little rest. There Are no important problems no serious problems a said Vincenzo Bilotta an internist who specializes in geriatrics and cardiology. Asked when Mother Teresa might be discharged Bilotta replied a i Hope one of her Sisters of Charity in Rome said she and a few other nuns visited the 81-year-old Mother Teresa in the Hospital saturday. A a she a Well. She was feeling a bit Lousy. So Many people come to visit her she can to rest. She Felt cold a said the sister who declined to be identified. A a she a just a Little tired. She needs rest a added the sister who said Mother Teresa was admitted to the Hospital a few Days earlier. The statesman newspaper of Calcutta India reported sunday that Mother Teresa a Nobel peace prize Winner suffered a heart attack last week and that officials tried to keep the news secret. In january Mother Teresa was released from the Scripps clinic and research foundation in la Jolla calif., after three weeks of treatment for bacterial pneumonia and heart problems. She suffered heart attacks in 1983 and 1989. Gathered its information and which Middle East parties were named. Earlier reports suggested that syrian and iranian backed groups May have been involved. In a related development Libya said saturday night that two libyans implicated in the explosion by the United states and Britain would be tried in Tripoli on tuesday. The report was carried on state run libyan radio monitored in Cairo. The radio announcement came Days after the Washington Post reported that the suspected libyans had either vanished or been executed. The report was denied by libyan authorities and by the British lawyer defending them. The statement gave no further details. The United states and Britain have continued to insist that Libya extradite the two suspects to face trial in the West. Swiss reject plan to tightly restrict animal research Bern Switzerland apr Swiss voters on sunday Defeated a proposal to outlaw All animal experiments apart from those essential for medical research. Preliminary returns from a National referendum showed that majorities in More than half the country a 26 cantons or states had voted against the proposed constitutional amendment a away from animal the vote dashed the Hopes of animal welfare groups for drastic restrictions in animal testing. Final results were expected late sunday. The four party coalition government the country a powerful drug Industry and medical charities had urged voters to reject the plan to slash animal experiments. The proposal was sponsored by a group called Swiss animal Protection. Pharmaceutical giants Ciba Geigey Sandoz and Roche had warned of huge economic repercussions if they were forced to shift research facilities out of Switzerland. Opponents of the initiative said continued animal experiments were necessary to find cures for human ailments and warned that its passage would be a huge setback for medical research. In particular government and Industry leaders were worried that animal rights groups would gain the Power to Appeal against individual experiments on the grounds that they were not essential. This could Lead to lengthy court cases that could delay new research for years. Most in Beijing must donate blood Beijing up a the City of Beijing citing a critical shortage of local blood supplies approved a Law saturday making blood donations mandatory for most adults in the capital the official Xinhua news Agency reported. The Law which is to take effect in july was approved by the ruling standing committee of the Beijing municipal people s Congress a nominal City Council. The Law requires that All men aged 18 to 55 and women aged 18 to 50 in Beijing a who meet required health standards must donate blood a Xinhua reported. The measure covers not Only the City s residents but also the so called transient population hundreds of thousands of people who do not have official Beijing residency but have lived in the City for More than one year. The City has 11 million official residents. Quot in recent years the demand for blood has greatly exceeded the City a available blood Supply a Xinhua said noting that in 1990, local donations met Only 51.5 percent of the City a needs. The Xinhua dispatch did not say what sanctions would be taken against those who refuse to give blood. It said people who donate will receive a nutrition payment a Day off from work and priority for receiving blood in medical emergencies. Prospective donors will first undergo health screening in order to a guarantee the Quality of donated blood a the dispatch said. World sex prime minister s wife to have brain surgery from wire reports Sydney Australia a Hazel Hawke wife of former prime minister Bob Hawke entered a Sydney Hospital sunday for surgery to remove a suspected brain tumor the family said in a statement. Bob Hawke waved away questions about his wife a condition As the couple arrived at St. Vincent a Hospital but the statement said the tumor was expected to be benign. According to Media reports sunday the surgery stems from tests Hazel Hawke conducted last week. The Hawke family concerned about Hazel hawkers health had urged her to take the tests. She had not fully recovered from surgery in november to remove an ovarian cyst. Lawmaker kills himself Berlin a a German parliament member and former communist hanged himself saturday in the Wake of allegations he worked for the sinister East German secret police his party a spokesman said. Gerhard Riege killed himself during the evening said Hanno Hamisch spokesman for the party for democratic socialism the successor to the defunct East German communist party. Riege was elected to the United German parliaments lower House the bundestag during the first Post Unity elections in october 1990. The 61-year-old was a former Law professor and member of the communist party. He had a wife and three children. His party released no other details about his death. Briton wins Marathon to Chi Minh City Vietnam a British runner sunday won Vietnam a first major Marathon which attracted about 70 americans and some disabled veterans. The weekend of races was organized by the communist government As part of its search for International support and tourism Revenue to help its Economy sagging under a 17-year-old . Embargo. The Winner was Tim Vautar a 36-year-old briton living in Hong Kong who finished in 2 hours 3 minutes 26 seconds in 90-degree heat. American runner Bill Rogers 44, led for much of the Way but dropped behind with about two Miles to go. He finished Back in the pack. Crash kills 14 in Egypt people were y when their avoid an on coming car police said. Forty two other people were injured Sai police official who spoke on condition of a nym Ity. The official said the bus Driver crashed into a tree after he swerved off the Road to avoid hitting the oncoming car. The bus was on its Way to Cairo from the Village of Bilbeisi 33 Miles Northeast of the capital. Said a Ano Lenin museum using capitalist tricks to stay in business Moscow a the Lenin museum still attracts thousands of die hard believers who gaze at a tiny jacket the bolshevik hero wore and Black shoes encased in Glass. But now swept by the democratic tide deprived of government funding and served with closure orders the museum has turned to capitalism a and a truer picture of Vladimir i. Lenin a to save itself. A Lenin is neither a Vampire nor a god. Whether you idolize Lenin or trample on him the 20th Century is the Century of Lenin a said director Vladimir Melnichenko a former communist party Central committee official. A we Are Only approaching the real Lenin and we will discover Many unpleasant and simply evil features. Personally i am very critical of the museum has just opened a new show Quot the drama of a Leader the drama of an image Quot featuring exhibits that had been banned by the now disbanded communist party. But Melnichenko has much More in store a hard currency restaurant run by the museum a cultural Center and a publishing House in the basement. Be red Square museum has More than 700,000 items including tens of thousands of Lenin images. Back rooms hold Many surprises never exhibited before. The museum still looks like the communist shrine it has been for 55 years red carpeting is everywhere in its 34 exhibition Halls Lenin is depicted in Marble statues writing a fiery article and speaking to fascinated children. There is even Lenin a death mask. Since the failed August coup that led to the soviet unions demise a we have been fighting for our survival a said Melnichenko. J
