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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . May 3. 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9 world German mine found off England s Northeast coast from wire reports London a divers Are examining an a detonated 2,000-Pound German mine irom world War ii found at the Bottom of the North sea the Royal Navy said Friday. A Royal Navy Survey ship found the mine thursday about 15 Miles East of Grimsby on England s Northeast coast. It was Only inches from a new Gas pipeline a Royal Navy spokesman said. Royal Navy divers will use inflated buoyancy bags to float the mine to the surface said the spokesman who requested anonymity. The mine a i sate Are a a will be towed to a area and  hero to head country Abidjan Ivory coast a coup leaders in Sierra Leone named a ruling military Council Friday to replace president Joseph Momoh. Who fled to Guinea and promised to hah the Border War that brought Down the government the new Man in charge is it. Col. Yahya Kami a War hero described As a ruthless but fair disciplinarian whose concern for the welfare of his troops prompted the coup. Kanu who trained at Britain a elite Sandhurst of Leary Academy promised thursday that the soldiers were a absolutely in favor of a return to multiparty  to get new Coin London a a new 10-Pence Coin smaller than the existing one will be introduced in september the government said Friday. It will Complete the Treasury a 5-year-old program to lighten Britain s heavy coinage. The new 10-Pence 18 cents Coin will have the same design As the existing version to Aid its recognition and it still will be made with cup Onickel an Alloy of Copper and Nickel the Treasury said. Wild cats attack Man Moscow a wild cats at a dump site in a ural mountains town attacked a passer by who intruded into their territory the russian information Agency reported Friday. R1a said the Many a heavy clothing protected him. A the Man was saved by swamp boots and a Tarpaulin storm coat it said. No further details were Given about the incident which occurred in Krasno Kamsky a City near the regional Center of Perm in the ural  s to reopen Taipei Taiwan a Mcdonald a plans to reopen some of the 57 fast food outlets it closed after killed a policeman and injured four of Ute David Sim a a director of Mcdonald a Taiwan said the Chain planned to take such Security precautions As installing electronic detectors a restaurants that will reopen today. Police said the explosions began tuesday about 10 hours after extortionists demanded about $240,000 from the Chain based in Oak Brook Iii. Meanwhile Taiwan a Kentucky Fried Chicken resumed service at a its 35 outlets but customers were not allowed to eat in the restaurants or use restrooms. The outlets closed thursday after a caller threatened that pfc would be the next bombing target. The threat was apparently linked to  Trade friction.3 killed in midair crash Versailles France a two Small air planes collided in midair saturday morning West of Paris killing the three occupants aboard police the planes a single seater and a four seater crashed into a residential area of Taisir near Versailles police said. The smaller plane crashed into a Garden and the larger one hit a Plaisir Street but they caused Little damage they said. No one on the ground was Hurt. But police said the three occupants whose identities were not immediately known were killed on Impact Federal army joins Battle As War rages in Sarajevo Sarajevo. Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Muslim and croatian fighters battled the Federal army in Central Sarajevo on saturday in an upsurge of violence in battered Bosnia and Herzegovina. There were indications that a major Battle was taking shape in the streets of the City where world War 1 started with the assassination of austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. Sarajevo also played Host to the Winter olympics in 1984. The fighting broke out even As european Community foreign ministers meeting in port Purl were trying again to find a solution to the Republic s bloody ethnic conflict. There was no indication about what touched off the fighting but it was the first time the army was brought into fighting in the Center of the bosnian capital. Mortar and Cannon fire hit buildings on a main Sarajevo Boulevard. The bosnian Interior ministry was on fire. Members of the bosnian territorial defense Force Wahidi consists almost entirely of muslims and croats surrounded a building housing a dub of the serb dominated Federal army. Police reports indicated the Bosnia Japan initiates 5-Day workweek Tokyo apr a five Day workweek for government employees started saturday in Japan and senior officiate saw the change As Likely to help shorten working hours for japanese in general. In 1987, japanese worked an average of 2.150 hours a Vear compared with 1,924 hours for americans and 1.655 hours pm West germans. Japanese working hours declined to an average of 2,006 hours last year the labor ministry says and the government Hopes for a reduction to 1,800 by next year. In recent years Banks financial markets and major businesses have adopted a five Day workweek. But employees at Many smaller companies still work on saturdays. Government employees who used to work half Days every saturday have seen granted two saturdays off a month since january 1969. The change to a uniform five Day week had been planned for june but prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa started the program a month earlier to coincide with Golden week a a Span beginning april 29 that includes four National holidays. In a Survey conducted by Kyodo news service 38 division Heads of government ministries police tax and defense agencies generally agreed that the five Day government workweek would be instrumental in helping bring Shorter working hours for other japanese. Most of the division Heads saw no likelihood that the five Day week would Lead to a deterioration in services to citizens Kyodo said Friday. Ans were ordering soldiers to leave or the building would be levelled. No deadline apparently was Given but the bosnian were calling through loudspeakers for soldiers to surrender. Bosnian fighters carrying rocket prop Clied grenade launchers a Etc seen darting along the sidewalk toward the dub. The army fired mortar rounds at the City Center in an apparent Effort to relieve pressure on the dub. Several Cannon shells hit buildings on the Mam marshal Tito Street and left gaping holes in Walls. Bosnian police said at least two army tanks were approaching the nearby bosnian presidency building. The Belgrade based Taa Jug news Agency quoted Mil Italy sources As saying that some soldiers were killed and wounded and that an armoured Anil seat to hit the blockade had been attacked. It did not specify casualties. French foreign minister Roland Dumas told reporters taht he was proposing that a lightly armed european observer Force be seat to Bosnia to Monitor the fighting and to protect . And european Community staff  s aide gored to death in Seville bullring Seville Spain a a bullfighter Sas Distant was gored to death on the 13th Day of this Southern City a annual april fair the ring s doctor said. The death of Bander Illein Manolo Montou on Friday was the first in a Spanish bullring since 1988, when a hande Willero died in Madrid s Las Ventas ring. Another hande Willero died in 1975. The hande Willero is employed by the Matador to help run the Bun with capes and place Hattic Rillas a rounded dowels with steel Harpoon tips a to weaken the animal for the kill. Montou was caught in the Chest by a Horn when he tried to jump Back from placing the first pair of band Xillas Between the shoulder Blades of the 1,300-Pound animal. After a few minutes of confusion bullfighter Jose Maria Manzanares turned to the crowd in the Maestranzi bullring and cried out that his hande Willero was dead. A Bugle Call at 7 25 . Signalled the death to the crowd which Rose and applauded for several minutes. The Maestranzi ring is the setting for parts of Bizet a opera Carmen where the legendary Gypsy watches Matador Escamilla. Deluge of letters continues for boy who set world record London up a a 12-year-old former cancer patient who received millions of get Well cards and a place in the record books is again begging Well wishers to Slop sending him letters. Orig Shergold and his family who live in Southern ft11, Are wading through the seemingly endless of greetings sent in response to a Chain letter still circulating worldwide. Fly it week. Shergold receives mountains of unwanted letters business cards and get Well cards. In february the last period for which the Royal mail has figures the boy received about 60,000 cards and letters a week. The letters started arriving after Sher Goj appealed for get Well cards in an attempt to establish a world re Cord while recovering from a 1988 cancer operation. By May 1991, Shergold had received 33 million gel will cards beating the previous record of 205,120 Christmas cards received by a Canadian according to the 1992 guinness Book of records. He made an Appeal in 1990 asking Well wishers to discontinue sending him cards. However mail has nor stopped. A i done to know How Mam tetters we get. Hundreds millions a Shergold said Friday in an Appeal on Independent Tel evian news in which he wed people to Stop sending cards. A please done to. Thank you for sending them but no thanks we done to want no More a he said. A spokesman for the Royal mail said the postal service sympathized with the family a predicament but pointed out that it was obliged to deliver All mad. Quot we Are doing All we can to help them and our local managers have been in touch on a regular basis to offer any help we can in getting the message across that the cards Are now unwanted a the spokesman said. The Royal mail was storing the sacks of mail until the family asked for them the spokesman said. Until the flood of cards stops friends will gather occasionally to open the unwanted mail  
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