European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes sunday april 19,1992afghan rebels trying to stave off rivals Kabul Afghanistan apr a rebel Leader negotiating with Afghanistan a new army backed government ordered his fighters to ring Kabul on saturday to protect the capital from rival guerrillas threatening to March on the City if the government does no to surrender a spokesman said. The army a sudden ouster of communist style president Najibullah on thursday following a string of rebel victories in the 14-year-old civil War has heightened fears of a bloody showdown in the capital and an inter rebel Power struggle. No shooting was heard from the capital by noon saturday and no new fighting was reported. The United nations was said to be negotiating for Najibullah a passage out of the country. The soviet installed dictator was staying out of sight. On Friday night tracer bullets and explosions flashed in the surrounding mountains As the government sought to negotiate with Muslim fundamentalist rebels besieging the capital. Rebel commander Ahmed Shah Masood a More moderate Leader orchestrated the Swift five Day offensive that ended Najibullah a six year Rule. On saturday Masood ordered his fighters and dissident soldiers who joined them to move from their Northern bases and form a protective ring around Kabul the spokesman said. Masood and his Jamiat i islami group were trying to keep rival rebel groups from storming the City said Abdul Rahim the commanders Pakistan based spokesman. A a Masood is establishing a Security zone around the City a Rahim said by Telephone. Quot he does no to believe in capturing Kabul with bloodshed. He a ordered his fighters not to enter the  Masoodi a group held talks Friday with the government. In a sign that Jamiat i islami May be forming a powerful coalition with the government Jamiat spokesman Najibullah Lafray said saturday that the groups fighters joined with demoralized militia to seize Herat capital of a Western province of the same name. Firebrand guerrilla Leader Gul budding Hematyar of the group Herb i islami issued an ultimatum to the government and the army on Friday a they should surrender or his fighters would attack Herb i islamic a Pakistan based spokesman Saeed Quibar said today that thousands of fighters were poised on the Southern Edge of Kabul and columns of tanks were moving from the North West and East toward the City. The United states and other countries that supported the Muslim rebels War against a communist style government urged the guerrillas to seek a peaceful  Hopes terrorists letter is turning Point by the new York times Bonn Germany a the red army faction has surprised Germany by announcing an end to its 20-year Campaign of violence. In a letter issued last week the guerrilla group said it would now Quot reflect about what we did  Justice minister Klaus Kinkel called the letter Quot a completely new development and hopefully a historic turning  Kinkel suggested that he will support Early release for at least some of the groups imprisoned members in response to the letter. A forgiveness is a basis for moral and ethical behaviour and a principle of Christian thought Quot Kinkel told the Magazine Der Spiegel in an interview. The red army faction carried out a Campaign of bombing and killing in Germany As part of Quot the struggle against imperialism and monopoly  the United states was also a frequent target of red army faction terrorism including a june 1979 attempt to assassinate Gen. Alexander m. Haig then the nato commander. In 1982, the organization bombed the Headquarters of . Air forces Europe at Ramstein a injuring 18 american and two West germans. A month earlier two anti tank grenades were fired in Heidelberg at the car of Gen. Frederick Kroesen who was then commander of . Army Europe. The Home of the . Consul general in Frankfurt was firebombed As was a . Airfield at Heidelberg in january of 1985. And in August 1985, a car bomb exploded it Rhein main a killing two people and injuring 13. The letter said that since 1989, after the collapse of european communism the group a has not become politically stronger but instead  although the letter did not say so the guerrillas were apparently responding at least in part to a Public initiative by Kinkel. In several interviews in january he urged them to Lay Down their arms and said the government was a prepared for  the red army faction emerged from the radicalism of the 1960s. Leaders intended it to function like Urban guerrilla groups in latin America. In the 1970s and �?T80s, red army guerrillas carried out spectacular attacks killing a total of about 50  women prefer abortions Over birth control Bucharest Romania up a two years after Romania lifted a communist Era ban on abortion and birth control the country a women still rely overwhelmingly on the surgical termination of unwanted pregnancies rather than contraceptives. A most women in Romania equate abortion with contraception a a health ministry official said. According to ministry statistics abortions outnumbered births in the country 886,934 to 300,000 during 1991. A this Means that three out of four babies were killed during pregnancy a said loan Alexandru Deputy of the Christian and democratic National peasants party abortion and contraception were legalized in january 1990 following a ban on both during the strict years of the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. But officials said family planning programs have been slowed since then by Public reluctance to accept condoms or birth control pills. The government recorded a total of 862 self provoked abortions in 1991, including 182 that ended in the woman s death. Although the number of deaths resulting from illegal abortions or complications following them has dropped since the process was legalized romanians figures remain among the highest in Europe. A it s not hard to understand Peoples attitudes a said or. Mihaela Badea head of the government launched health rehabilitation program. A a Legal abortion costs merely 500 Lei $2 a he said before abortion was legalized doctors were charging 3,000 Lei for the operation. A deaths caused by so called a obstetrical risks Are 10 times higher than elsewhere in Europe Quot Badea said. Alarmed by these figures the world health organization and the world Bank will contribute $1.2 Milliot souvenir shopping in Sicily . Marines from Nas Sigo Neifa Sicily take a break from work at mount Etna Volcano to Check out souvenirs at a Mountain hut Friday. Bad weather has forced the marines to Stop their efforts to control the flowing lava. The town of Zafferano Etna appeared to be out of immediate danger Friday and residents planned to go ahead with a Good Friday  general takes Over provide Comfort to promote family planning in Romania and educate the population in the use of contraceptives officials said. In the meantime Many Romania doctors said they have become abortion experts. A most of us finish the Job in three minutes so what a the problem a said or. Ion Drimba Reanu head of a Bucharest maternity Hospital that performs 100 abortions a Day. In Ciurlik a Turkey a Brig Gen. James i. Mathers took command of the combined task Force operation provide Comfort on saturday replacing Brig. Gen. Glenn a. Profitt according to a news release. Mathers served As a special assistant to the 16th air Force commander in Torrejon a Spain prior to saturday. Profitt will be reassigned in Germany according to the release. The task Force continues to Fly armed reconnaissance missions Over Northern Iraq in support of provide Comfort. Forces from France Turkey Britain and the United states comprise the task Force. The Force flies a variety of aircraft in support of the operation including a los f-4s, f-16s and f-1 us