European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday March 7, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9azerbaijani chief quits under pressure Agram Azerbaijan apr president Ayaz my Galibov a career communist who held onto Power in Azerbaijan despite the soviet collapse resigned Friday. Muta Libov quit amid recent military setbacks by Azerbaijan in its fierce fighting with neighbouring Armenia Over the disputed mountainous enclave of Magorno Karabash. Since thursday when azerbaijani lawmakers met in an emergency session thousands of people have rallied outside the parliament demanding that Muta Libov resign. The 53-year-old president seen by some As a stabilizing influence in Azerbaijan As its former party Leader had been under pressure in parliament to step up the Battle Over Magorno Karabash. A i done to want to shed the blood of my people a the turan news Agency quoted Muta Libov As saying As he submitted his resignation to parliament. Afghan Mamedov of the azerbaijani foreign ministry in the capital of Baku confirmed by Telephone that Muta Libov had resigned. Muta Libove a resignation apparently will mean the escalation of the 4-year-old Battle for Magorno Karabash a mostly armenian enclave that Muslim Azerbaijan has controlled since 1923. More than 1,000 people have died since 1988 in the bloodiest ethnic conflict in the former soviet Union. A of course the War would escalate a said an official at the azerbaijani Mission in Moscow who spoke on condition of anonymity. A the Muta Libov is a restraining Factor holding Back the Muta Libov seemed to be bowing to the pressure in a speech to lawmakers thursday by calling for the liberation of armenian held land in Magorno Karabash for strengthening his country a Borders and for creating a Well equipped National army the aze inform Tass news Agency reported. A your lands and towns which have been occupied by brigands must be liberated a Muta Libov told the session. But his speech apparently did not go far enough and he spent Friday meeting with members of the parliamentary opposition discussing his offer Compromise on elephants Tokyo apr four Southern african nations that Are key elephant habitats said thursday that they would continue to follow the global ban on Ivory trading if they Are allowed to sell such elephant products As meat and hides. South Africa also agreed to maintain the Ivory Trade ban in a statement issued at a conference of the convention on International Trade in endangered species in Kyoto Japan. The ban on Trade in All elephant products has been criticized by nations such As Botswana Malawi Namibia and Zimbabwe. The four say they should be allowed to profit from their wildlife resources As Long As the resources Are not extinguished. But on thursday the four nations said that maintaining the Ivory moratorium a would allow time to put in place a trading system that would not encourage any illegal opportunities for Ivory earlier the four sought to ease the ban on Ivory Trade. Environmentalists in Southern Africa said profits from the Sale of elephant meat and hides could be slowed Back into wildlife management. Richard Leakey director of the Kenya wildlife service described the four nations offer As a a significant step in the past he has said any relaxing of the elephant Trade ban would endanger fragile populations in Kenya and elsewhere. Simon Leyster of the world wildlife fund also praised the offer but said other measures were needed to assure that of the plight of the african elephant the four Southern african countries who were attempting to overturn the worldwide ban on Ivory trading have agreed to continue the ban if they Are allowed to sell other elephant products. South Africa also agreed to maintain the ban. Numbers below Are estimated elephant populations in the Pilot ejects safely before crash Kuala Bumpur Malaysia map a . Marine corps Jet crashed in to source african wildlife foundation rican countries respected the Ivory ban. Leyster noted that a panel of experts at the convention had recommended that a total elephant Trade ban remain in effect for two of the countries Malawi and Namibia. Opponents of relaxing the Ivory ban a Martha p. Hernando said poaching and smuggling Are widespread in Southern Africa. A report last month by the London based environment investigation Agency charged that South african and zimbabwean involvement in Ivory smuggling was leading to a a poaching Hore state South of the capital Friday after the Pilot ejected from the single seat plane the . Embassy said. The av-8b harrier crashed shortly after taking off from the Paya Lobar military Airport in Singapore for Japan the embassy said. The cause of the crash is not known and a Board of officers will investigate the embassy said. The Pilot who was not immediately identified was hospitalized for observation after he ejected into Johore Strait which separates Malaysia and Singapore. He was picked up from the sea by a Singapore air Force helicopter. The embassy said the aircraft was flown to Singapore for the Asia aerospace exhibition that ended sunday. It was returning to base at the Marine corps air station in Iwakuni official to visit Poland Baltic states Brussels Belgium a amps nato Secretary general Manfred Worner will visit Poland and the Baltic states next week where he will meet with High level government officials including polish president Lech Walesa. Worner will spend thursday and Friday in Warsaw Poland where he will open a seminar on Security in Central Europe. He will later meet with officials in Riga Latvia on Friday Tallinn Estonia on saturday and Vilnius Lithuania on student admits he tried to Gas his rival enschede Netherlands a a University student has been charged with attempted murder after admitting he tried to Gas a fellow student who stole his Girlfriend police said Friday. The suspect 23, told police that he drilled a Hole through the Wall of his rivals apartment and piped Carbon monoxide Gas into his bedroom last saturday night. But his intended victim was unable to sleep because of a cold went outside for fresh air found the Gas Cylinder and called police. If the attempt had succeeded the student planned to kill himself with the remaining Gas police spokesman Piet Hendriks said. The suspect said he was obsessed with jealousy after the other student started going out with his Girlfriend of three years Hendriks added. None of those involved was identified in line with dutch police practice. The jilted student was arrested sunday. Russia vows that germans will get Honecker when he leaves embassy Bonn Germany apr Russia has promised to deliver Erich Honecker to German authorities As soon As the former East German Leader is ousted from his chilean embassy Refuge a spokesman for the German foreign ministry said Friday. In a meeting thursday evening Moscow a again made Clear that the decision of the russian government to return Honecker to Germany remains in effect a said ministry spokesman Hanns Schumacher. According to the spokesman the russians have also formally asked the chilean ambassador to refuse further Sanctuary to Honecker. Last year the 79-year-old former communist Leader was flown from Germany by soviet forces. Since december he has been holed up in the embassy of chilean ambassador Clodomiro Almeyda who was Given Refuge in East Germany during Chile a 1973 right Wing military coup. Honecker is wanted in Germany on manslaughter charges in connection with shoot to kill orders the East German government issued to guards at the Berlin Wall and East German Border. More than 200 people died trying to flee to the West in the three decades that guns and mines separated the two Germany. Following word from chilean officials in Santiago that an examination of Honecker revealed no major illness Germany stepped up this week its War of words to get Honecker Back. Honecker a attorneys had contended he was dying of cancer. On thursday Germany issued a demarche a strongly worded diplomatic note to officials in Santiago and Moscow. A the government cannot accept that Honecker a stay in Moscow is being handled As a private matter of the chilean ambassador a said the demarche which was to be handed to the chilean foreign minister in Santiago on Friday morning. A there is no justification whatsoever for Honecker a stay in the
