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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 9, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9 world suspected Ira bomb blast injures 16 in n. Ireland from wire reports Belfast Northern Ireland a a huge bomb exploded outside an unmanned army Security base in Northern Ireland lightly wounding 16 civilians in nearby houses the Royal Ulster constabulary said Friday. The bomb which police said they believed had been transported by the Irish Republican army on a tractor extensively damaged the base Ana dozens of surrounding Homes in Fivemiletown 75 Miles West of Belfast on thursday night a police spokesman said. Most of the wounded were elderly or children showered by pieces of Glass in their Homes the spokesman said. None was seriously injured. At the time of the attack no soldiers were at the  targets jewish site Stockholm Sweden a a bomb exploded outside a jewish owned restaurant thursday. Police suspect the motive was to Block a party planned Friday to celebrate israelis Independence Day. _ no one was injured in the 4 30 . Explosion. The bomb was placed on the sidewalk outside the aquavit restaurant in Central Stockholm and it shattered the front windows and damaged a Wall and the main door owner Darios beg said. A a we re going to open today a beg said thursday afternoon. A a we be fixed it so it looks  but he said the private organizers of the israeli Independence party indicated they Felt uncomfortable and would probably cancel. Israelis official Independence Day is May 14.cameraman tapes crash Bucharest Romania a a plane that crashed in the Carpathian mountains killed the Pilot and a local to cameraman whose film of the crash was shown on state television. A one could say he taped his own death a a state to commentator said of cameraman Ion Alexandra Iliescu 21, of Brasov. The television on thursday showed film that Iliescu took As the Lin 142 aircraft nose dived near Poi Ana Brasov about 125 Miles North of Bucharest. The film also showed the moment of Impact. Pilot Ilie Dumitru 35, was also killed in the wednesday Accident the television reported. Iliescu was filming for local programming a Man struggles through flood Waters caused by torrential Rains that pounded Hong Kong on Friday. Flooding forces thousands in Hong Kong to evacuate Hong Kong apr torrential Rains pounded Hong Kong Friday killing at least two people disabling City services and transforming City streets into streams during the territory a worst flooding in 26 years. A 12-year-old boy was reported missing after he was washed into a Gully government owned radio Hong Kong reported. Thousands of people were being evacuated from 16 buildings in Baguio Villa one of Hong Kong a biggest Public housing projects. Scores of others were feared trapped in two other buildings. The Royal Observatory said 12.9 inches of rain fell Between Midnight and 5 p.m., including a record 4.4 inches during a single hour. The previous record was set in 1966. Rescue officials said most of the casualties were caused by at least 20 mudslides reported throughout the territory. A 40-year-old Man was crushed to death in the upscale mid Levels Section of Hong Kong Island when his car was buried by tons of sliding Sand and mud authorities said. In Baguio Villa another person was killed when mud poured into the ground floor of a building they said. The rain forced the closure of roads tunnels and electric Cable car lines. Even the territory a subway system was flooded during the morning Rush hour causing delays for More than 75,000 passengers. Hong Kong skai Tak International Airport reported that All flights were on schedule by afternoon but two incoming flights Friday morning were diverted to Taiwan. Gruesome videos seized charges of racism spark clashes 1ivfrpool. England a police seized 3.000 w a Liverpool England a police seized 3,000 videos depicting mutilation cannibalism and murder in nine raids across the country officials said thursday. Ten alleged members of a major network of dealers were detained said Liverpool a chief trading standards officer Peter Mawdsley. One of the detainees was a boy of 12, he said. Charges Are Likely to follow under the video recording act Ana obscene publications act which set penalties of up to 20,000 pounds $37,000 per tape and up to three months  liquor kills 75 new Delhi India at least 75 people have died of poisoning after drinking cheap homemade liquor in the East Indian state of on sea the United news of India reported Friday. The news Agency said More than 100 others in the City of cutback were in critical condition in hospitals with complaints of severe Eye irritations and Chest pains. Many of them May go  robbed in Italy Rome a sculptures and paintings Worth More than a million dollars were stolen Early thursday from a gallery in northeastern Italy officials said. A Bronze sculpture of a Bagpiper by 20th-Century artist Marino Marini valued at More than half a million dollars and a 1940 Oil painting titled landscape by Giorgio Morandi were among the 29 works stolen from the Cesarini gallery in Fossom Brone a coastal town officials said. Landscape was scheduled to go to Belgium within Days for a Brussels exhibition. Pei be Toronto apr police clashed with youths on the streets for the third time this week following a peaceful anti racism rally thursday outside the Ontario so Slature. At least three teen agers All under 18, were arrested police said. No injuries were reported. About 1,000 people took part in a 2v6-hour rally at Queens Park in Central Toronto on thursday then Dis versed peacefully As police flooded the main streets to Ead off a repeat of riots monday and tuesday. The clash occurred later outside Eaton Centre a shopping mall and popular hangout for youths and where previous clashes occurred. About 100 youths and 300 police officers were involved in thursdays clash. The Black action defense committee which organized the rally had refused to postpone it despite pleas from the City Council and police. Ontario Premier Bob Rae angered some in the crowd thursday with a speech that critics said sounded vague. A whatever happens we must work together a a he told the crowd Rougny half of which was Black. A there is no route to take us to a Quick and easy  a Well rehearsed Bob a shouted one heckler. A give that Man a shovel a cried another. A rally monday was held in front of the american consulate in Toronto to protest the acquittal of four White current and former police officers in the Rodney g. King beating in los Angeles. The rally was Given added meaning when Toronto police shot and killed a Black youth last weekend. Mondays demonstration which began peacefully evolved into a violent six hour window smashing spree Down Yonge Street. Tuesday about 150 took to the streets in the same area. Thursdays demonstration was planned several weeks ago to demand that the attorney general a office Appeal the acquittal of two police officers in the december 1988 fatal shooting of Michael Lawson in suburban Mississauga. Soldier charged with kidnapping wife by the stars and stripes a solider assigned to the 21st theater army area come was in pretrial confinement Friday on charges including kidnapping his wife at gunpoint outside her Job site monday in Kaiserslautern Germany a command spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman Micky Eichmeier said Friday that a staff sergeant assigned to he co 66th Maint in in Kaiserslautern was being held in Mannheim pending the results of an article 32 investigation. He is charged with kidnapping assault with a deadly weapon assault and Battery and carrying a concealed weapon. Eichmeier said the names of the accused and the Vic Tim were being withheld because children Are involved. According to Eichmeier the soldiers wife a a sergeant assigned to the 189th trans co a was said to be fearful of her husband so she requested that a male coworker escort her out of the building. At 1 p.m., As the woman left the building the husband came a out of nowhere and put a 9mm pistol in her face Eichmeier said. The woman a companion immediately re entered the building and called the military police who a arrived immediately and arrested the staff sergeant at the building a Eichmeier said. Eichmeier said trial proceedings Are pending the results of the article 32 investigation the military equivalent of a grand jury investigation  
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