European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 16, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 7 . Arriving in Cambodia for ambitious peace Effort phenom penh Cambodia apr a top . Official arrived on sunday to officially launch the world body a largest peacekeeping operation and declared his Mission was to end a two decades of War and suffering in Cambodia. Yasushi Akashi Heads the United nations transitional authority whose 22,000 troops police and other officials will demobilize the country a four warring factions that signed a peace Accord in october. A we face an historic Challenge a the japanese Diplomat said on arrival. A Hunt a will be the largest most complicated most ambitious and i am afraid most expensive operation in the 47-year history of the United  Akashi said that the operation will Cost close to $3 billion and that there continued to be a serious problems with the operations financing. His Mission was to a put an end to two decades of War and suffering a he said. The first members of the . Force began arriving in recent Days to begin implementing the Accord. The pact also Calls for the repatriation of some 360,000 refugees now in Thailand and for . Control Over key areas of the state prior to .-conducted elections in 1993. One of the first challenges for the . Operation will be coping with a last minute offensive by Khmer Rouge guerrillas in the North. The fighting marked the most serious cease fire violation since the signing of the Accord. Khmer Rouge military commander in chief son sen greeted Akashi at the Airport. The military Leader said he ordered his troops on saturday to abide by the cease fire. Senior . Military officers said there were no reports of fighting on sunday. 6 die 5 missing As helicopter goes Down off Shetland islands Aberdeen Scotland apr rescuers saved six of the 17 men aboard a helicopter that crashed into the North sea off the Shetland islands while ferrying Oil Rig workers. The coast guard said the search for More survivors was called off sunday. Six were confirmed dead after the saturday night crash and five others were listed As missing Aberdeen police said sunday. The helicopter of a Type not identified had a two Man Crew. It was transporting 15 men from a Shell Oil platform to an accommodation Barge 200 Yards away when it crashed about 60 Miles Northeast of the shetlands which Are North of Scotland. Aberdeen coast guard said a surface search by Oil Industry vessels from platforms in the area was called off at 9 . A that was shells decision in consultation with ourselves. We were not expecting to find anybody now a said coast guard spokesman Matthew Mace. A a they be been in the water for 15 hours and that is a Long time at this time of year and up there a Mace said. A water temperature is not too bad at 7 degrees cel helicopter crash Shetland islands United kingdom Sius 45 but even with a survival suit on you  last too  John Parkin the surgeon treating four survivors who were taken to Gilbert Bain Hospital in the shetlands said one survivor was the cause of some concern. A i gather he was recovered from the water unconscious but he improved on the Way to us and he has improved since he reached us. I think he should be All right a said Parkin. A the others Are not in any danger but they Are very shaken and very  flight it. Andrew Nelson of the Raf pit Reavie at Dunfermline near Edinburgh which coordinated the Rescue said there had been a Strong wind of around 50 Miles an hour at the time of the crash. A but it was a steady wind and that Isnit usually a problem for helicopters a he said. London so a Japan a newest Bullet train the Nozomi left lines up with its predecessors at a railway depot in Tokyo. Japanese introduce faster Bullet train Tokyo apr a new faster Bullet train named a Nozomi a or Hope began service saturday Between Tokyo and Osaka running at a top Speed of 169 Mph. The new train makes the 322-mile journey Between Japan a two largest cities in 2vi hours 19 minutes faster than the previous Bullet train Model. The 16-car Nozomi is the first completely redesigned Model for the Bullet train which is officially called the Shink Ansen a or new main line a since it began service in 1964, the year of the Tokyo olympics. The Nozomi a maximum Speed is 30 Mph faster than its predecessors but below the French Tiv or train a Grande Viesse that travels at 188 Mph. Instead of the previous Bullet like nose the Nozomi has a rounded wedge shape that reduces wind resistance and increases traction according to its designers. The train took $770 million to develop including funds for improvements in the track and signalling system. Engineers say the Nozomi a Speed is limited mainly by its curvy track bed which runs through Hilly terrain and residential areas and was originally designed for maximum speeds of 130 Mph. Designers were forced to reduce noise and vibration because of houses located near the tracks. World Israel denies arms sales says leaks Are slander from wire reports Jerusalem a israeli politicians blasted the Bush administration on sunday for engaging in a a deliberate Campaign of slander by leaking reports that Israel was illegally Selling . Weapons technology to China South Africa and other nations. The stories were particularly embarrassing to israeli defense minister Moshe Arens who is on a we Klong trip to the United states. Deputy minister Benjamin Netanyahu who spent most of the weekend denying the stories to television cameras said the reports were part of an orchestrated Effort to discredit Israel. A this deliberate Campaign of slander against Israel is intended to undermine israelis position in the american Public and the american Congress a he  not yet free Beirut Lebanon a Interior minister Sami Khatib said sunday that a last minute hitch prevented the release last week of two German hostages the last westerners still held in Lebanon. A the German hostages were about to be freed last week but something went wrong and hindered their release a Khatib told reporters in his Hometown of Jib Linneen in the Bekaan Valley. Heinrich Streubin 50, and Thomas Kemptner 30, two Relief workers for the German based Asme hum Anitas organization were kidnapped in South Lebanon on May 16,1989.catalonia holds election Barcelona Spain a voters went to the polls sunday in this northeastern Region of Spain with opinion surveys showing that the moderate nationalist conver Gencia i unit Ciu would maintain its majority in the 135-scat catalonian regional parliament. Ciu Leader Jordi Pujol head of Catalonia a autonomous government since 1980, was widely expected to gain his fourth consecutive term in an election that promised   in furniture Rome a police announced saturday the seizure of 86 pounds of pure cocaine found hidden in a shipment of peruvian furniture at Rome a Leonardo a Vinci Airport. Police said a trained dog used by the customs police anti drug squad sniffed the cocaine during a routine Check in a storage depot at the Airport. They said the cocaine was Worth at least $20 million on the Street  rally in Russia Moscow a thousands of communists and other hard liners rallied in Moscow St. Petersburg and in nine other russian cities on sunday raising red flags and demanding the resignation of president Boris n. Yeltsin. The protests came two Days before a major demonstration and a session of the former soviet Congress planned by the anti government forces in Moscow. In the capital some 500 hard liners marched to red squares Lenin mausoleum raising red soviet flags and placards demanding the resignation of Yeltsin and Moscow mayor Gavriil Popov. The hard liners oppose Yeltsin a harsh economic reforms and blame him for the disintegration of the former soviet  called off Johannesburg South Africa president . De Klerks son and his mixed race Girlfriend have called off their engagement and broken up a newspaper reported sunday. A a it a finished a Enca Adams 25, was quoted As saying in the sunday times newspaper. Adams and Willem de Klerk also 25, were living together in London and last year announced their engagement newspapers reported. The sunday times quoting unidentified friends of the couple said the relationship ended largely because of pressure from . A Klerk and his wife Marike. De Klerk declined to comment on the matter last year and has not said anything about the latest report