Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, May 4, 1992

You are currently viewing page 8 of: European Stars and Stripes Monday, May 4, 1992

     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes monday May 4, 1992 afghan rebel Leader threatens Kabul ser Khab Afghanistan a guerrilla commander Gul Buddin Hek Magyar warned sunday that he will attack Kabul a in Days unless the rebel run government ejects a rival militia from the capital. Thousands of Kabul residents flooded Back into the streets As the City of 1.5 million came Back to life after Days of internecine fighting subsided. Power was restored to most of the capital City and dozens of world truckloads of pakistani food Aid were unloaded sunday. But Hockma Tyars a comments illustrated that squabbles among Mujaheddin factions still threaten the country a tentative new peace. In his first interview since the downfall of the soviet installed regime headed by president Najibullah Hematyar gave the new islamic leadership an ultimatum to remove the former pro Najibullah militia led by col. Gen. Rashid Dos Tum. A we will remove them a Hematyar said referring to do stump a forces in an interview in ser Khab a town 30 Miles Southeast of Kabul. Hematyar constantly on the move for fear of attack met with reporters on a Remote Grassy Knoll. He was surrounded by two dozen armed Mujaheddin fighters and left immediately afterwards in a Small armoured pickup truck. Do stump a Maverick militia made up mostly of ethnic uzbeks from Northern Afghanistan triggered the collapse of Najibullah a communist government when it defected Early this year to the Mujaheddin forces led by Ahmed Shah Masoud a bitter rival of Hekma Tyars a. Do stump a forces however Are extremely unpopular among Many other commanders and Kabul residents because of his Long Alliance with  s Praxi to confront bribery controversy from wire reports Milan Italy a italian socialist party Leader Bettino Praxi threatened by a growing bribery scandal unfolding in his stronghold of Milan planned to meet behind closed doors in Rome today with party officials to confront the problem. Praxi who served As prime minister for three years in the 1980s, has indicated he would be available to serve again possibly to take the place of Francesco Corsiga who resigned As president. At a saturday news conference tourism minister Carlo Tognoli and Paolo Pillitteri a Raife brother in Law denied taking any bribes in connection with Public works projects in Italy a second largest City and business  weds David Bowie Lausanne Switzerland a Rock Singer David Bowie secretly married the fashion Model Iman a City official said sunday. Michel Perret said he supervised the Brief civil ceremony april 24 at City Hall in this Lake Geneva City where Bowie has a House. Only two friends of the couples attended and Perret said he does not know who they were. Both Bowie 45, and Somalia born Iman 36, have both had previous marriages. They were engaged last november in Paris. Iman hiding behind sunglasses wore a Plain White pantsuit with a Black top and carried a bouquet of White Flowers according to the Swiss mass circulation sunday newspaper sonntag Blick. Bowie sported a Black suit and tie with a White Rose on his Lapel the paper  slain by officer Toronto a a White Toronto police officer responding to a report of drug dealing shot and killed a Black Man Early saturday morning following a Long foot Chase police said. The unidentified Man is the eighth Black in less than four years to be shot by police in the Toronto area. Previous shootings have set off demonstrations. A City civil rights Leader said he was concerned that the shooting could Lead to riots similar to those sweeping los Angeles but police reported no unrest by saturday night.5 policemen shot dead Istanbul Turkey a gunmen shot and killed five police officers at a coffeehouse on saturday the state radio reported. Four gunmen approached the table shared by six policemen and opened fire the radio said. One of the policemen was seriously wounded it added. The gunmen escaped the radio said. There was no immediate claim of  on family kills 5 Naples Italy a gunmen burst into a Home where a family was watching television and killed five people in an attack linked to feuding Between mafia clans police reported saturday. The attack killed Vincenzo Crimaldi 46, whose brother Cuono leads a gang that has been fighting for control of illegal activities in a Region near Naples police said. Crimaldi a wife son and pregnant 24-year-old daughter were also slain As Well As a 14-year-old Friend who was with them authorities said. The daughters husband and two other people were injured. Visitor ransack Church at site where Christ believed crucified Jerusalem apr a Man ran amok in the Church of the holy sepulchre on saturday smashing altar candles and ripping Down a life size Crucifix in the Calvary Chapel. The Man who refuses to identify himself ransacked the Chapel after accusing the Church of idolatry clergy and witnesses said. Police said the Man would undergo a psychiatric examination. The Man was described As being in his 30s and English speaking. His nationality was not known. A apparently he got some kind of Bug in his head and went crazy. Obviously hell be taken in for psychiatric observation a said Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben Ruby. Ben Ruby said the suspect and a woman identified As his wife who accompanied him but caused no damage would be held for the allowable 48 hours for questioning. He said the woman also refused to identify herself. The Church built Over the site where Christ was believed crucified buried and resurrected is inside Jerusalem a ancient walled old City. An armenian priest identified As father Bakrad said the bearded Man and his wife entered the candlelit Chapel and began Reading the Bible. Then they a started getting angry and shouting saying. This is stupid Wor shining idols and portraits a the priest said. The Man then grabbed a 150-year-old Glass lantern and shattered it knocking memorial candles to the floor said a spokesman for the patriarch of the greek orthodox Church one of a number of churches that have ecclesiastic rights in the Church. Bakrad said the Man had swung the lantern at a Glass enclosed statue of the Virgin Mary but the Glass did not shatter. The Man then Tore Down the life size Silver Cross erected on the site where christians believe Jesus was crucified he said. Bakrad said the Cross was not damaged. Ibrahim Zaarour a Church photographer said dozens of tourists and worshippers ran out of the Chapel screaming when the rampage began. A tour guide and a bystander succeeded in apprehending the Man and brought him to police just outside the Church he said. I a w a amp ssh  . A  a it Quot i for j it in r. New Force in the med seven of the eight frigates and destroyers forming natos new standing naval Force Mediterranean set out to sea saturday. The Force was inaugurated in Naples Italy on thursday. The ships making up the Force come from Germany Greece Italy the Netherlands Spain Turkey Britain and the United states. Until now nato had no permanent Navy in the Mediterranean. Wii airmen return to English base Stansted International Airport England apr . Airmen who flew from England in world War ii returned to a modern Airport saturday to relive old memories. They were the first of up to 20,000 veterans expected this year in the a Friendly invasion to Mark 50 years since the arrival of the first army air forces members in 1942. The a marauder men of the 344th bomb group called the Silver streaks presented a plaque and a Model of their famous b-26 marauder medium bomber at Stansted International Airport 37 Miles North of London. The control Tower a briefing room and a runway survive of the old . Army air station 169, which the British called by the name of the neighbouring Village Stansted Moun Fitchet. At a dedication ceremony unveiling a plaque to the memory of the group a and its members who died with Honor a Ralph Tancordo from Hawthorne n.j., said a words of thanks and gratitude Are inadequate to express the feelings of the group members both living and dead for permitting us to Honor them by placing this memorial in your beloved  Tancordo 73, a 344th statistician and a retired pattern maker gestured to new buildings beyond the terminal and said a it feels like coming Back Home even though i was hardly off the ship and they put me on guard duty somewhere Over   
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade