European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes tuesday March 24, 1992 Early returns show albanians voting out sex communists world Tirana Albania apr boosted by the bitter discontent of impoverished albanians the opposition democratic party appeared headed monday for a landslide election Victory Over the former communists initial returns showed. The Strong democratic showing in sundays nationwide balloting represented a firm Public rejection of the party whose leaders for decades forced albanians to live under stalinist oppression and in International isolation. With results in from 18 of the country a 100 districts the democrats captured More than 72 percent of the vote election commission officials said. That would give them a comfortable two thirds majority of seats in the new parliament and the ability to enact constitutional Reform. The socialists the renamed communists won 20.7 percent of the vote the commission said. The result will Likely mean the resignation of president Ramiz Alia the last former communist holding a High government office. A the scale of the Victory is totally unexpected. We a major supporter former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher joins her successor John Mjor at a conservative rally in London on sunday. Mjor the party a Leader is campaigning for the april 9 general election. Generally thought that we would not get More than 55 percent a said Gene Ruli a leading Democrat. Enthusiastic democratic party supporters drove through Tirana streets for much of the night honking their horns in jubilation As the first results became known. Thousands More massed outside party Headquarters Many breaking into tears As party officials announced District results. Election officials said about 80 percent of the country a 2 million voters cast ballots. Runoff elections will be held next sunday in districts where no candidate gained a majority. The results stemmed from bitter discontent with the socialists who ruled the country by Force until last year when they bowed to Public pressure for democratic elections after growing unrest. Albania is a land of desperation surviving on foreign Aid that Many thousands would like to leave. More than half the Small country a work Force is jobless and the population lacks even the most Basic necessities. Food riots have been common and heat and electricity Are sporadic even in cities. Hangings return to South Africa despite protests Johannesburg South Africa apr ignoring the objections of civil rights groups and the main opposition african National Congress the government announced monday that it is resuming executions after a two year moratorium. Seventeen convicted killers whose appeals have been exhausted will be hanged the Justice ministry said without giving a Date for the executions. It said executions Are being resumed under a new appeals process established in 1990, for people sentenced to death. The 17 to be executed Are among 290 people on death Row. Before the moratorium South Africa had one of the highest execution rates in the world. The last execution was carried out in november 1989. The Anc denounced the governments move As cruel and called its timing a just Days after South africans Whites voted to end apartheid a particularly disturbing. A we repeat our firm opposition to the death penalty and insist that there should be no resumption of hangings a the Black opposition group  race and sex of the 17 condemned was not announced. Dubai police seize record drug haul Dubai United Arab emirates up United Arab emirates police have seized a record 30 pounds of heroin amid growing concern the country is being used As a smuggling transit Point. The drugs were smuggled into Dubai hidden in Cartons of dates and stored at a port warehouse police said sunday. Two asian expatriates were arrested after they tried to sell the drugs to undercover police officers for 3 million United Arab emirates dirhams $815,000police said. Police said the haul had a Street value of Between $1.9 million if sold in the United Arab emirates and $14 million if sold in the United states. They said they were tipped off five months ago that dealers were plan Ning to smuggle in a Large Quantity of heroin. Officials fear the United Arab emirates is being used by smugglers As a drug transit Point to other persian Gulf countries which in 1989 seized a total of 4.3 tons of hashish heroin cocaine khat and other drugs. International drug smugglers have stepped up their activities into the persian Gulf because of its proximity to narcotics producing areas officials said. A we Are witnessing a steady increase in drug smuggling and the size of quantities seized a United Arab emirates police chief Mohammed Khalifa Al Mualla said earlier this month. A if the current rate continues drug crimes will double this  kurd damage turkish firms in Germany Frankfurt Germany a kurdish groups in three German cities staged anti turkish protests monday ransacking several turkish offices police said. In Bremen protesters roamed the streets after Midnight smashing windows of turkish businesses including a Bank several travel agencies and an Export office. Bremen police said a 17-year-old kurdish youth was the Only person arrested. Some 18 other protesters were released after their identities were noted. In Hannover police said that about 80 kurd occupied a turkish Bank in that City smashing computer terminals and furniture and throwing fruit against the Walls. Damage to the Bank was estimated at $30,000, police said. In Frankfurt about 100 kurd including women and children took part in a peaceful demonstration occupying a building at the Fles Sische Rund Funk radio Complex. In neighbouring Switzerland kurdish protesters caused More than $67,000 in damage monday to offices of two turkish firms in Zurich Scenter police said. In All cases the kurdish groups said they were demonstrating to Call attention to violent clashes in Southeastern Turkey Over the weekend in which 45 kurd were reportedly killed. Civilian military crashes in Russia leave 13 dead from wire reports Moscow a an an-30 passenger aircraft crashed monday in Central Siberia killing All 11 people aboard the itar Tass news Agency said. The news Agency also reported that a military helicopter on a training Mission crashed monday in the Rostov Region killing two crewmen. Itar Tass said the an-30 twin engine Turboprop with a 28-passenger capacity went Down in the siberian Region of Yakut a 1,700 Miles East of Moscow. Five Crew members and six passengers were killed in the crash itar Tass said. The news Agency said an Mi-2 helicopter flying a training Mission from the City of a Makhty to Volvo dons in the Rostov Region 800 Miles South of Moscow crashed and burst into flames. It said the flight Engineer died in the crash and the Pilot later died of Burns in a Hospital. Lebanese bomb kills 3 Tyre Lebanon a three militiamen of the israeli Allied South Lebanon army were killed in a bomb explosion just North of the israeli Border before Dawn monday Security sources said. The sources requesting anonymity said the 3 45 . Blast occurred in the Village of Aaita Roun about two Miles from the israeli Border in the jewish states self styled a Security zone in South Lebanon. In Beirut the lebanese communist party claimed responsibility for the explosion. The blast came As tension Rose in South Lebanon. Residents there anticipate a major israeli military blow to avenge the March 17 bombing of the israeli embassy in Argentina in which 28 people were killed. Captive s Rescue probed Manila Philippines a the Senate opened an inquiry monday into a violent police Rescue of a kidnapped . Executive amid charges that some of the abductors were executed by Security forces. T police denied the charges at a hearing of the Senate committee on National defense. They contended that the 14 suspects killed in the raids died in combat when Security forces stormed hideouts to free Michael Barnes 42, of Long Beach Calif. Barnes vice president of the .-owned philippine geothermal inc., was seized Jan. 17 near his office in the financial District. He left the country for California on sunday and is unlikely to return his company said. Blast kills officer s son Madrid Spain a a car belonging to an army officer exploded monday in a residential neighbourhood in the Spanish capital killing his 26-year-old son police said. Although no one claimed immediate responsibility for the bomb it appeared to be the work of Basque separatists. Police said Juan Jose Carrasco Guerrero son of an army lieutenant colonel was seriously injured when the bomb was triggered and the car exploded upon ignition. He was rushed to a Hospital where he died. Failed rocket studied Beijing a Crews on monday began dismantling and examining a rocket that failed to blast off and carry an australian satellite into orbit setting Back China a Young International launch business. The Long March 2-e rocket was to have lifted off sunday with China a second foreign commercial payload. But a live television broadcast showed that the rocket ignited then failed to move. A an abnormal thrust in the first stage of the rocket triggered an emergency shutdown of the engines a the state run Xinhua news Agency monday quoted an unidentified official As saying. Monks unwelcome at fete Teotihuacan Mexico a angry nahuatl indians ousted a group of tibetan monks from the Pyramid of the Sun this past weekend during celebrations marking the beginning of Spring. The indians accused the monks of prof Aning an ancient holy site with foreign rituals the daily la Jornada reported sunday