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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 27, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 9 Athens bomb blast injures 11 police officers passer by Athens Greece apr a powerful Remote controlled bomb went off next to a police Van wednesday morning injuring 11 riot squad officers and a passerby. The bomb detonated at 6 40 . While the Van waited at a red Light near a subway station in the Thi Seo District of Athens. The subway station is located near the ancient acropolis. A the Remote controlled bomb was in a Public garbage bin next to the Street Light a Athens police chiefs Simon Papado Giorgos said. The explosion shattered windows in nearby Homes and hurled a Light Post into a nearby office. He said about 20 members of the riot squad were inside the Van when the bomb exploded. Three police officers were listed in serious condition at a Hospital. Jerusalem apr israelis supreme court hearing the Appeal of John Dema Njuki a nazi War crimes conviction on tuesday ordered a Hunt for a mysterious Kab file on a Man the defense claims was the real death Camp guard a Ivan the  Demjan Juk a retired Cleveland autoworkers was identified by witnesses As a a Ivan and convicted of crimes against humanity and against the jewish people in 1988. He was sentenced to death. But he insists he is a victim of mistaken identity and never set foot in the Treblinka Camp in nazi occupied Poland where a a Ivan ran the Gas Chambers. Some 850,000 jews perished in Treblinka in 1942-43. Defense attorney Yoram Sheftel has argued that the real Gas chamber operator at Treblinka was a Man named Ivan Marchenko who disappeared without a Trace after world War ii. Sheftel told the High court tuesday that he had received word that a thick file on Marchenko could be Sao Paulo Brazil apr a swarm of rican bees provoked by a Rock that smashed their hive attacked a group of soccer fans in Southeastern Brazil and fatally stung a 65-year-old woman police said. The incident occurred sunday afternoon in the town of Valentim Gentil about 300 Miles from Sao Paulo. Police chief Ali Hassan Wassal said tuesday that 30 residents had gathered to watch an Amateur soccer police at first thought terrorists fired an anti tank rocket at the Van. They later found remnants of a bomb. Witnesses told police three men fled the area in a car after the attack. Police later found the stolen car nearby. The riot squad was ready in Case trouble broke out at a nearby Public bus depot where Drivers Are on a on Day strike police said. No one claimed responsibility for the attack but police sources said the bomb bore the Hallmarks of the november 17 terrorist organization. The Urban guerrilla group Greece a deadliest is the Only group known to use Remote controlled bombs and anti tank rockets in its attacks. Found in the basement of the Kab secret police in the ukrainian capital of Kiev. Sheftel said the file contained 40 depositions by Treblinka guards who identified Marchenko in a picture and said he was the Gas chamber operator at the death Camp. Those depositions would be in addition to testimony already submitted to the court by 31 guards who the defense maintains All identified a a Ivan As the mysterious Marchenko. As he has at every hearing in the Case since August Sheftel asked the court to free Demjan Juk on bail on the basis of the new evidence. The court again rejected his plea. Tie ukrainian born Demjan Juk 72, sat impassively his arms folded Over his Brown prison sweater during the three hour hearing. An interpreter translated into ukrainian Dema Njuki a native language. In a break Demjan Juk joked in hebrew with his guards. Game when a Farmer hurled a Rock at a hive underneath a water Tower. The bees swarmed out and attacked the people who ran to a bus parked nearby Wassal said. But they caught up with the woman. He said she was stung by thousands of bees and died almost immediately. Four men were briefly hospitalized. World avalanches bad weather leave 30 dead in Turkey from wire reports Ankara Turkey a avalanches killed 24 people wednesday in Southeastern Turkey and six military officers died when a Rescue helicopter crashed in the area because of bad weather officials said. The latest deaths put the number of fatalities due to avalanches at More than 200 in Turkey this month. The military Rescue helicopter crashed during an overnight flight through foggy weather in the  Region killing six officers on Board the state radio said. The radio said the chopper crashed when it was unable to continue its flight because of dense fog and tried to land in an uninhabited area. Heroin hidden in Luggage Bangkok Thailand a an american woman with More than 7 pounds of heroin in her Luggage was arrested tuesday at Bangkok International Airport customs officials said. The woman identified As Jackie Lynn Sample of Texas was stopped by customs officers As she prepared to Board a bulgarian airlines flight to Sofia according to the customs department. No Hometown was Given for the 38-Ycar-old woman. The heroin was found in concealed compartments of her suitcase officials said. They estimated the drugs value at $24,000 in Thailand or $240,000 if sold  to Crown debated London a Queen Elizabeth ii arrived Home wednesday from an eight Day tour of Australia where the prime minister questioned whether the former Colony should continue to be Loyal to the Crown. Prime minister Paul Keating brought the debate into the open monday by telling parliament in the Queens presence that Australia was moving away from its traditional tics with Britain. He also offended protocol watchers and British tabloids when he touched the Royal Waist As he guided the Queen through 800 assembled guests. His dutch born wife Aonita failed to curtsy to the Royal visitor again provoking irate reaction from  Motherly love Amsterdam Netherlands a Tanja the prolific but overprotective Hippo Mother smothers her babies with so much love they die. So Zoock Epurs at the Artis zoo have put the amorous 6,540-Pound Hippopotamus on the Pill so that she and her mate Joop cannot produce anymore doomed offspring. So far Only five of Tanjay a 15 baby hippos have survived her care. So tuesday Tanja got an inject Able contraceptive administered with a blow Dart and will be reunited with Joop next week. A a they la be Happy to see each other. We just Hope there wont be another Little one on the Way a a zoologist  to Iraq alleged Bielefeld Germany a five German businessmen have been arrested for allegedly Selling Iraq equipment to build rockets prosecutors said tuesday. Since the persian Gulf War Germany has sought to crack Down on companies accused of supplying Iraq with arms and nuclear technology. Prosecutor Karl Heinz Schneider said three executives of he Metal form a company in Dren Steinfurth in Northwestern Germany were arrested monday on suspicion of violating Germany a Export Laws. Peter Wechsung chief prosecutor in Mannheim a Southern German City said two executives of the Neue magdeburger machine tool company in Sinsheim were arrested Friday on suspicion of shipping rocketry equipment to Iraq. A convicted John Demjan Juk sits Between guards during his Appeal hearing tuesday in israelis highest court. Demjan Juk s defense says Kab file will reveal real Ivan the terrible african bees kill soccer fan in Brazil  
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