European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday february 20, 1992 pan am bomb suspects make Tripoli appearance Tripoli Libya apr Libya produced two men the United states has accused of blowing up an american jetliner but insisted again tuesday they will never be surrendered for trial in the West. American and scottish authorities have charged Abdel Basset Ali Al Mezrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhi Mah whom they describe As intelligence agents with planting the bomb that blew up pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland in december 1988. The attack killed 270 people. Libya has opened its own investigation and said the men could be tried there. Foreign reporters were invited to Tripoli to attend what was announced As a Public hearing tuesday for Al Mezrahi and Fahimah. Instead reporters were taken to a news conference where the judge heading the investigation said there would be no Public hearing. A according to libyan Law it is forbidden to make an investigation Public a said the judge Ahmed Eltahir Al Zawis. The judge also insisted that under the Law the men could not be extradited for trial outside Libya. A if convicted in a libyan court and it is proven they blew up the air plane with the intention of killing those aboard the penalty of the libyan court is absolutely severe. It is death Quot Al Zawis said. Al Mezrahi and Fahimah were presented to journalists after the news conference but reporters were prohibited from asking questions. A i just want to say that we Are not guilty a Al Mezrahi said when offered the Chance to speak. Fahimah except for identifying himself remained silent. He was the manager of the libyan state airline office in Malta at the time of the bombing. A senior official of the Palestine liberation organization said tuesday night that a a year Plo investigation had absolved Libya in the bombing. He said the probe had determined where the bomb s timer was obtained and identified the bomb s maker. Bassam Abu Sharif provided no details but said the probe implicated a parties in the Middle the United states has said the timer was Swiss made and bought by libyan agents. In Washington state department spokesman Richard Boucher said a we think that a libyan investigation or a hearing is a travesty of Justice amounts to nothing More than another attempt by Libya to delay and to evade its the . Security Council demanded last week that Libya surrender the two men. It also demanded four other libyans be turned Over to France to face charges in the bombing of an Uta plane Over Africa in 1989 that killed 170 people. Western nations have raised the possibility of economic sanctions if Libya defies the Resolution. The United states and Britain also have not ruled out military action. Libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi has denied the two men Are government agents or were involved in the bombing. He has vowed not to hand them Over to the United states or Britain but has proposed a trial before an International body such As the world court at the Hague Netherlands. Big problem when officials with Mcdonald s Netherlands cooked up this and last year they forgot to Check its ingredients closely. And now the fast food company will pay a Price for the mistake. The oversight involves the chef pictured at left. It turns out that he is Paul Bouse the roving ambassador for Frances haute cuisine. Bouse said his picture was used without his permission and his attorneys said their client is seeking $2.7 million in damages. Yvette Mol a spokeswoman for Mcdonald a characterized the Blunder As a human error a and said All the posters have been destroyed. World fire destroys Pavilion at expo 92 in Spain from wire reports Seville Spain a a fire destroyed the second largest Pavilion of expo �?T92 on tuesday and organizers said they do not plan to rebuild it. The fire broke out around 2 . As workers were putting the finishing touches on the Structure. No injuries were reported. A my impression is that this Pavilion is totally ruined a said Jacinto Pellon chief executive of the International exposition. A i wont deny this is a great setback but there will be Many other things for people to although authorities had not yet determined the cause of the fast spreading fire they said it was accidental and might have been started by Sparks from a welding Torch or soldering Bill hits stands Stockholm Sweden a police have been ordered to search stores and Newsstands for issues of a popular Magazine that printed a 1,000-Kronor Bill and urged readers to Cut it out and spend it. Police raided the magazines publisher on tuesday and confiscated 500 copies of Gazette after several stores complained of receiving a a false Bills. A 1,000-Kronor Bill is Worth about $170.Gorbachev gets message Moscow a postal clerks in the siberian City of Chita have a word of advice for former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev get a mailing address like everyone else. Clerks at Chitas Central Post office refused to accept a letter from a group of teachers addressed Only to a Mikhail Gorbachev Moscow a the itar Tass news Agency reported tuesday. They insisted that since Gorbachev is now a an Ordinary citizen a letters to him should have a detailed address and zip code the news Agency said. The former president and his wife Raisa were Given a three room apartment on Kosygin Street near Moscow state University after the soviet Union s dissolution in officer s wife daughter die in head on crash in Italy san Vito Dei Normanna Italy a amps a head on collision on a Highway near san Vito Dei nor Manni air station on saturday morning killed an american and her daughter. Brenda Vaughn 35, the wife of chief Petty Ottimer Keven Vaughn jr., died at the scene of the crash. The couples daughter Sarah 8, died later at a nearby Hospital. Also in the Van was the couples 3-year-old son Keven who was listed in Good condition at the same Hospital according to capt. Lawrence Cox the base Public affairs officer at san Vito. No one on the bus was injured. Vaughn was attempting to pass two vehicles when her Van struck the bus head on about six Miles from the air station Cox said. Italian authorities arc investigating the leaders agree to review abortion ban Dublin Ireland a political leaders decided tuesday to re examine a constitutional ban on abortions As anger grew Oer the Case of a 14-year-old girl barred from seeking an abortion in Britain. Prime minister Albert Reynolds did not suggest a course of action but invited opposition leaders to discuss the Issue generally rather than a the special and tragic circumstances of the High court judge Declan costello ruled monday that the Irish Constitution left him no Choice but to bar the girl from seeking an abortion in Britain although she said she was raped by her Best friends father after a year of molestation. She has threatened to kill herself rather than give birth. It is the first time authorities have tried to prevent a woman from having an abortion in Britain a the Choice of about 4,000 Irish women in England and Wales in 1990. However the Case May not have a significant effect on that practice. Ireland More than 90 percent roman Catholic has the strictest abortion Law in Europe permitting Only a Quot morning after pills that will terminate a pregnancy within 72 hours following Intercourse. Addressing the Dail. The lower House of parliament at the end of his first week m office. Reynolds expressed sympathy Tor the girl and her family. A but he said attorney general Harry Whelehan viewed it As his duty to take any Steps necessary to protect the fetus. A i do not believe that the people of this country want or deserve a situation of nods and winks in the application of the Law Quot Reynolds said. An anti abortion amendment to the Constitution was approved by 2-1 1,1 a 1983 referendum. Workers party Leader Proi Sias de Rossa called for a new referendum the family s decision to seek a Legal abortion in Britain came to the attention of authorities when the family asked police whether to obtain tissue samples from the fetus for use in possible Crinna proceedings Over the rape charge
