European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday March 28, 1992missile hits Aeroflot passenger Jet Moscow apr an azerbaijani missile damaged an Aeroflot passenger Jet flying from the disputed Region of Magorno Karabash to the armenian capital of Yerevan on Friday officials said. But the plane was Able to land the armenian officials said. The Yak-40 Jet with 30 passengers and four Crew members was hit by a heat seeking missile Over the Kel Badzar District of Azerbaijan said Mikit Kazaryan a spokesman for the armenian Mission in Moscow. It was struck shortly after Takeoff from Stepan Akert the capital of Magorno Karabash Kazaryan said. Kazaryan and the armentress news Agency reported that the missile did not explode but damaged an engine on the planets Tail. The Pilot was Able to shut the engine Down and land in Yerevan on two engines they said. Some passengers suffered minor injuries the itar Tass news Agency said. The Agency quoting the Magorno Karabash government press Center hailed the Pilot so extraordinary skills in Landing the aircraft. Itar Tass described the weapon As a surface to air missile. It said that the aircraft caught fire but that firefighters at Yerevan a Airport put out the Blaze. The attack came As the two former soviet republics agreed to extend a cease fire in the disputed territory until peace talks can Start officials in the two former republics said. The cease fire brokered by Iran went into effect March 20 to allow . Special envoy Cyrus Vance to visit the Region. The caucasus mountains neighbors have been locked in a 4-year-old Battle for control of Magorno Karabash the mainly Christian armenian enclave inside Muslim Azerbaijan. More than 1,000 people have died in the fighting that escalated sharply with the breakup of the soviet Union. Despite the truce the two sides have shelled each other practically every Day. Itar Tass said that the East germans Tell westerners to stay away Zee sen Germany apr enter at your own risk a warns a sign on the Lawn in front of Bernd Drescher a rickety abode. A Dalmatian barks out an Alert straining against a Chain. A a it a a message to people trying to take this House a said Drescher one of Many Eastern germans defending their Homes against claims by former owners in Western Germany. The Drescher Home in Zee sen a Little City South of Berlin sits in a Jungle of weeds and refuse. The front part of the half remodeler Home is a crumbling stucco affair with a dirt floor and a bricked up window. Regina hemp of West Berlin says the House is hers and she wants it Back. Quot my Grandfather died in that House in 1964, and my father is giving it to me. I Only want what a legally mine. Hemp said. The Drescher hemp Home is among about 2 million properties in the former East Germany claimed by people who were either exiled or who moved voluntarily to Western Germany during the decades that the Eastern Section was a communist nation. The properties include houses businesses and vast tracts of land. The land Rush began in 1990, when the two German nations agreed that after unification dispossessed East German exiles would have the right to reclaim their Homes instead of accepting government compensation. Many of the property disputes have turned ugly. The weekly newspaper die Zeit told of one Eastern German buying explosives to blow up his House if he is ordered to leave. Another Eastern German has vowed to set his Home on fire the newspaper said. The Federal government claims that fur t by when Wessli is Das Beer Ltd Ibsen stress to we sail a a Tretow no Raj i Bernd and Karin Drescher stand by the no trespassing sign in front of their Home. Under the Unity pact most Eastern germans will not have to give up their Homes to the original owners As Long As they can prove they acquired the properties in Legal transactions. Renters Are also protected As Long As they have leases. Nonetheless nearly two years after unification Only about 3 percent of the property claims have been settled. Hemp and her father moved to West Berlin in 1952. Her Grandfather stayed behind in Zee sen. Upon his death the House was expropriated by the communists. Drescher said he refuses to move because apartments Are scarce in Eastern Germany and he a already spent a lot of time and Money improving the rear part of the House. A we have an indefinite lease and As far As in a concerned its still valid a said Drescher a Burly 45-year-old factory worker who has been renting the House from the local government since 1986. The Drescher said hemp has been harassing them. A just last week she was Here to say she wanted to make her own improvements to the House. Can you imagine the audacity a said Drescher a wife Karin hemp said that the dress hers work on the House is shoddy and that its headed for ruin. A i want to move immediately into the House and return it to its original condition Quot she said. Hemp also said she feels threatened by the sign planted in front of the House a trespassing of this property is strictly forbidden for people intending a hostile takeover Wessli. Enter at your own a owes six is a derogatory word used by Eastern germans for Western germans. Towns of Martini and Bashusen were hit by artillery fire Friday. A if it is a cease fire if the thing that exists can be called a cease fire it has been extended a said Ashot Antenya press Secretary to armenian president Levon Ter Petrosian. Quot Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to extend the cease fire in Magorno Karabash until talks begin a said azerbaijani government spokesman Arrahim Agayev in the capital of Baku. A now it is comparatively Calm in Magorno Karabash and if the cease fire is broken it will be entirely the fault of Azerbaijan s foreign ministry said it was prepared to open peace talks with Armenia but ruled out participation by residents of Magorno Karabash. Azerbaijan said that it was a prepared to Settle All disputes Between the two Independent states through negotiations on a bilateral Waite quits Church Post plans Book London up a former British hostage Terry Waite who is planning to write an autobiography has resigned As the archbishop of Canterbury a special envoy. Waite announced that he was giving up his official title of Secretary for anglican communion affairs after a 45-minute meeting thursday with archbishop George Carey at his official residence in Lambeth Palace. As the archbishops envoy Waite travelled widely attempting to secure the release of Western hostages in Lebanon. In 1987, he was taken captive there while trying to negotiate with the kidnappers. Since waiters release late last year it Nad been widely expected that he would step Down from the Post to which he was appointed by Carey a predecessor lord Lobert Runcie in 1980. Waite will remain on sick leave until the end of May. Next month Waite 52, will take up a Fellowship at Cambridge University to write a Book titled taken on Trust covering his life from childhood to his release from Captivity. A it is evident that this is the right moment for Terry to leave Lambeth. It is very sad for us but obviously he leaves with our very Best wishes for the future a Carey said in a statement. Waite red Cross pulls out of Iran under government pressure re Lymui f a / a re to a in a a a a j a r a a r Canon Roger Symon will take Over the position which he has handled since Waite was taken hostage. Geneva apr the International committee of the red Cross pulled out of Iran on Friday after the Tehran government ordered it to leave because of a critical human rights report. Quot the i arc deplores the decision of the iranian authorities and Calls on the government of the islamic Republic of Iran to allow it to resume its humanitarian activities without delay Quot said a statement from the committees Geneva Headquarters. The red Cross delegation of 15 members arrived in Geneva on Friday morning. On March 20, Iran ordered the expulsion of All foreign red Cross staff members within a week and froze the groups operations in Iran. The move came Days after Iran charged that the red Cross supplied information for a . Report this month that criticized Iran for human rights violations. The red Cross denied involvement in the report. On Friday the red Cross said it always acted in Iran in accordance with the standards it maintains everywhere in the world and worked openly with the iranian government. The red Cross said it was a extremely concerned about the Impact the dosing of its operation would have a in humanitarian terms in Iran. The red Cross also coordinated Relief operations in Iran which suffered an earthquake in 1990 that killed 40,000 people. 65 beached Pilot whales die Hobart Australia apr the second major beaching in less than five months left at least 65 Pilot whales dead Friday As wildlife officers battled to save five survivors. Parks wildlife and heritage spokesman Hans Wapstra said the pod of about 70 whales became stranded late thursday on Ocean Beach on the West coast of Tasmania an australian Island state Southeast of the Mainland. Wapstra said wildlife officers and volunteers were trying to move the surviving mammals Back into deeper water. In november 160 whales became stranded at Sandy Cape a treacherous and isolated stretch of Shore on Tasmania s West coast. The 51 survivors were shot after authorities ruled they could not be saved and were suffering. Wildlife authorities were notified of the latest incident shortly after a Pilot employed by a tourist operator spotted the stranded whales from the air. Wapstra described Ocean Beach As a a classic whale a a it a a very Flat shallow Beach Quot he said. A in that circumstance the sonar the whales use for navigation does no to return an Echo because there is nothing there to Bounce the sonar signal Back. A they Send the sonar signal Forward it hits the Sand and travels on. So As far As the whales Are concerned the Beach does no to
