European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday March 8,1992 Salinger Abc balk at order by British to release tapes by the new York times London a British anti terrorist police officers investigating the 1988 bombing of a pan american world airways jumbo Jet Over Lockerbie Scotland have demanded that Abc news and its senior european editor Pierre Salinger hand Over tapes and notes of interviews with the two prime libyan suspects Salinger said Friday. A Abc and Salinger said they would resist the demand. Britain and the United states backed by the United nations have demanded extradition of the two suspects Abdel Basset Ali Mezrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fahimah accusing them of responsibility for planting the bomb that brought Down pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie on dec. 21, 1988. All 259 aboard the plane and 11 people on the ground were killed. Libya has refused to hand Over the two men. The country a Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi has insisted that they could testify or be tried in Libya . And British officials have dismissed the gesture. Detectives from the London metropolitan police a anti terrorist Branch handed Salinger a subpoena on wednesday demanding that he and Abc news produce a audio and video recordings internal records statements photographs or other notes of interviews Prost Mikhail Gorbachev got a Little taste of Bavaria on Friday. During a visit to the hol Breuhaus in Munich Germany the former soviet president donned a bavarian hat adorned with a Brush of Chamois hair while watching some drinkers raise their steins in a Toast. He had with the two libyans in Tripoli in november. Salinger said Friday that he had interviewed Mezrahi on nov. 26 and Fahimah on nov. 27, each for about 40 minutes. The Abc news program world news tonight broadcast Brief excerpts on the 27th, Salinger said. In the interviews he said Mezrahi and Fahimah denied that they had anything to do with the Lockerbie bombing or any connection with libyan intelligence. In the United states a subpoena for information of that kind could be resisted on the ground that it is protected by the first amendment which guards against infringements of Freedom of speech or of the press. But in Britain where there is no written Constitution and no formal safeguards comparable with the first amendment the chances that the authorities will get the material they want Are greater. Asked Friday to give a reason for the subpoena one of the British inspectors who handed Salinger the subpoena said Only it s called a production Salinger called it a a Short Cut to extradition. A the libyan government invited both the scottish police and american investigators to come to Libya and do their own interviews a Salinger said. A my Point in resisting the subpoena is that since i did the interviews Why can to they a senators Cis discuss disposal of nuclear arms Moscow apr a . Senate delegation opened four Days of talks Friday on converting russian defense plants to civilian uses and dismantling the nuclear Arsenal of the former soviet Union. The delegation is scheduled to meet senior government officials in Russia Ukraine and Belarus a three of the four members in the Commonwealth of Independent states that have strategic nuclear weapons a during a five Day visit. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., praised Ukraine a pledge to Transfer All of its nuclear weapons to Russia for dismantling by july. Ukraine Aims to become a nuclear free country. A a it a our understanding that Ukraine has no intent of retaining nuclear weapons and we Are interested in How that a being carried out a Nunn told reporters after arriving at Moscow a Sheremetyev Airport. Nunn the chairman of the Senate armed services committee said the delegation also wants to work with the republics to avoid proliferation of nuclear chemical and other High technology weapons. He said the senators were interested in How Commonwealth members were centralizing control Over their tactical and nuclear weapons. He said they also hoped to encourage democracy and free Market reforms. Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana the ranking Republican on the Senate foreign relations committee said the delegations visit comes at a time when the United states wants to underline the importance of its relations with the Commonwealth. Also in the delegation Are Sens. John Warner r-va., and Jeff Bingaman . Graf irate Over published nude photo Frankfurt Germany apr a picture of Steffi Graf sunbathing in the nude at her Florida Home a snapshot that enraged the Tennis Star has seen the Light of Day in a German Magazine. The Munich based Bunte a news and lifestyle Magazine printed what it said was a photo of Graf lounging by a swimming Pool at her private Polo club Home in Boca Raton. Graf is playing in the Virginia slims of Florida women s tournament being held at the Polo club. The hazy picture shows two unidentifiable women one sitting in a lounge chair and another on a Lawn cot looking skyward and holding what appears to be a red Towel in an attempt to cover up. Bunte said the seated person in the picture was grass 47-year-old Mother Heidi. The photos were published late thursday the same Day Graf blasted what she said was a photo taken of her from a helicopter 11 Days ago. A the Only got my Back thank god Quot Graf said. Graf a frequent target of the lurid German popular press denounced what she said was an invasion of her privacy. A the people doing that i think they should be really punished Quot she said thursday. A they have no right to do those kind of things. If you re not Able to do whatever you want at your Home i think that a pretty in the photo the Pool is surrounded by Palm Trees and a Blue and Pink inflated boat is floating on the water. Bunte described the photograph As a a it elegance into a Only the Sun kisses Steffi Graf 22, under the Palms at Pool Side a the Magazine said. World new zealand bar May be serving live fish in drinks from wire reports Wellington new zealand a animal activists Are investigating complaints that a Wellington bar is serving live goldfish in cocktails. Reports say bartenders at the route 66 bar drop the fish into a Glass with tequila and Lemon according to the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. If the allegations Are True said Spca director Ross Mclauchlan the group will file charges under the animal Protection act. Lawyer Keith Jefferies who represents bar owner Lance Burt confirmed Friday that live goldfish were a a occasionally dropped into patrons drinks a for a accused of killings Dhaka Bangladesh a burmese troops raided a Muslim Village in Western Burma and kilted 35 youths after herding them into nearby Jungles with their hands tied a Bangladesh newspaper reported saturday. The Young men were separated from other residents blindfolded and taken outside Boro Gojiro Beel Village on wednesday the bang Lar Bani daily reported quoting villagers who fled to Southeastern victims critical Lugano Switzerland a a woman and her Young daughter remained in critical condition Friday after a shooting spree that left six people dead six wounded and a Southern Swiss Village numb with Shock. In the worst mass killing in Swiss criminal history Erminio Criscione drove to four apartments in the Lugano area rang the Doorbell and then gunned Down residents with a semiautomatic Kalashnikov. Investigating magistrate Jacques Ducky said the 37-year-old italian planned wednesday nights rampage and had checked the victims addresses several weeks ago. He knew them dealer arrested Paris a an american Art dealer wanted in new York for Art fraud was arrested at his Paris apartment police said Friday. A judge in new York had issued an International arrest warrant for Theodore Robertson 46, for swindles involving Art objects police bans Book Sydney Australia a final exit a Book on suicide published by the Hemlock society of the United states was banned from Sale Friday by australian censors. The office of film and literature Gass Ifica Tion decided the Book should be declared a prohibited import and Reft ised classification. Final exit was published in 1991 by the pro suicide group Ana submitted to Haines office for classification late last year. Australian Law provides a jail sentence of at least 12 months for anyone assisting in a May reach Germany Paris a French and German transport ministers Paul builds and Gunther Krause on Friday negotiated an agreement they Hope will be signed at a Summit in May that would extend Frances High Speed train to Frankfurt Germany and Munich Germany. _ France is studying the Cost of extending the Tiv or train a Grande Viesse through northeastern France to the German Border. The French tvs average about 200 Mph on the tracks dedicated to them. They also travel on conventional lines though at slower shakes Costa Rica san jos6, Costa Rica a a powerful earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale Friday caused panic and plunged almost the entire country into darkness. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. Tie quake entered 26 Miles Northwest of san Jose struck at 7 55 p.m., said the governments Vulcan logical Observatory
