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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday May 20, 1992 Battle ebbs raising Hopes truce will hold in Bosnia world leaning Tower girdled to stave off collapse from wire reports Pisa Italy a workers wrapped two steel rings around the lower part of the leaning Tower of Pisa on monday As they began a project to keep the elegant 800-year-old Structure from collapsing. Sixteen More rings each about eight tenths of an Inch wide will be placed around the lower Section before july. Like the Metal bands girdling a wine barrel they Are to lend the Tower extra support and will stay in place until a plan to slow the tilt can be adopted. Plans Call for eventually installing a 600-ton to 800-ton Lead counterweight at the Tower  gunmen slay 4 Naples Italy a gunmen sprayed hundreds of shots on a crowded Street in Naples on tuesday killing four people in an apparent Gangland reprisal police reported. Three of the dead had criminal records and were the gunmen a apparent targets while the fourth May have been a bystander authorities  artist recaptured Iraklion Greece a Vangelis Rodamis a convict notorious for his prison breakouts was recaptured monday five Days after his fourth escape police said. Rodamis 40, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1969 for murdering a Security guard during a robbery surrendered without a fight near Iraklion the main City on the Island of Crete the police announcement said. Rodamis and another convict overpowered a guard and fled the maximum Security Halkar Nassos prison last wednesday. A waiting taxi took them to a Village near Iraklion where they hid in the Hills until they were spotted Early  kills Relief Leader Islamabad Pakistan a a team Leader of the norwegian Relief committee for Afghanistan was killed and three workers were seriously wounded when their vehicle ran Over a land mine in Afghanistan a Patika province the committee said monday. The team was returning from a Village after Clearing an agricultural canal when their car hit a land mine on the Road. The team Leader Mohammad Aslam died at the scene. The three wounded were taken to the red Cross Hospital in Peshawar  Levels greek Forest lesbos Greece a a raging fire fanned by Gale Force winds destroyed much of this Northern Aegean islands Pine tree Forest Over the weekend the National forestry service said monday. A police official said that arson was  hailstorm kills 3 Mexico City a a violent hailstorm in the Northern mexican City of Monterrey has left three people dead and 40 homeless red Cross officials said monday. The Rains hit Monterrey 425 Miles North of Mexico City on sunday afternoon flooding houses and sweeping away 30 cars and buses Jose Cruz Villarreal told eco television.6 die in tour bus crash Breda Netherlands a six people were killed and about 20 injured tuesday when a belgian tour bus crashed into a parked truck and flipped onto its Side police said. The Early morning Accident occurred on the main Highway outside this Southern dutch town according to police spokesman Stephan worm. Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr warplanes buzzed Sarajevo on tuesday but the Battle scarred bosnian capital remained relatively quiet amid Hopes that a Day old truce would take hold. Radio in neighbouring Croatia reported some overnight shelling of the Northwestern bosnian town of Bihac. But there was no word of major fighting in Bosnia by Daybreak. The truce signed monday in Sarajevo by representatives of Bosnia a serbs croats and muslims and of the serbian led Federal army is to be in effect for three weeks. It remained unclear tuesday whether the ceasefire was for the entire state or Only for Sarajevo and the area around it. Numerous cease fires have failed in the violent breakup of Yugoslavia and explosions could be heard in Sarajevo late monday after announcement of the truce. An attack on a Convoy of the International red Cross approaching the capital also was launched after the truce was signed. The Geneva based organization said that Frederic Maurice 39, the arriving chief of its Mission in Sarajevo died Early tuesday of wounds suffered in the attack. Two other red Cross delegates were Hurt and a civilian was killed when the Rea Cross Convoy was hit by rockets and mortar shells in the no Many a land Between positions of serbian fighters and their croatian and Muslim rivals. Manila Philippines apr presidential candidate Imelda Marcos was ordered arrested tuesday after she boycotted an arraignment in protest of alleged electoral fraud. Another party also lodged complaints against supporters of president Corazon Aquino a candidate former defense sccretaj7 Fidel Ramos. The president of the democratic filipino party sen. Neptali Gonzales said he was not ready to accuse Ttye administration of fraud but called the reports  the commander of the National police Cesar Naz Areno warned of a gathering Clouds of concerns raised by the welter of corruption charges following the May 11 balloting. More than a week after the election no Clear Winner has yet emerged in the seven member presidential race but Ramos continued to add to his Lead in the balloting. According to Media citizens Quick count which is authorized to tabulate the votes Ramos was leading tuesday with 2,002,903 votes or 23.4 percent after 36 percent of the ballots had been tallied. Miriam defensor Santiago was second with 1,542,515 meanwhile . Convoys loaded with 650 tons of food Aid left Zagreb the croatian capital for Bosnia on tuesday said the . High commissioner for refugees office in Geneva. Serbs a third of Bosnia a 4.3 million people claim they would be second rate citizens in an Independent state dominated by muslims and croats who together make up 60 percent of the population. More than 1,300 people have been killed since muslims and croats voted for Independence feb. 29 Over the opposition of serbs. Serbia and the Federal army have been blamed by the 12-nation european Community and the United states As the main culprits for the War in Bosnia. They and other countries have withdrawn their ambassadors from Belgrade in protest. Meanwhile russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev met with serbian president Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade the serbian capital and government seat of Yugoslavia now made up of Only Serbia and Montenegro. Before the meeting Kozarev appealed to All warring parties to cease Are and urged Yugoslavia to a a fulfil obligations under the Csc and .  the 52-nation conference on Security and cooperation in Europe has criticized Serbia a role in the bosnian fighting. The United nations has called on the Federal army to pull out of Bosnia along with croatian forces. Votes or 18 percent. Businessman Eduardo a Dan Ding Cojuangco an ally of the late president Ferdinand Marcos had 1,504,021, or 17.57 percent and gaining on Santiago. Imelda Marcos the ousted leaders widow was running fifth in the voting. She had threatened to Boycott the More than 80 civil and criminal cases against her in a a personal civil disobedience Campaign to protest alleged cheating. Judge Teresita Flores revoked Marcos $480 Bond and ordered her arrested after she failed to appear to answer charges of illegally transferring foreign currency to Swiss Banks. Court officials said the warrant against Marcos May not be served for Days. She boycotted a separate arraignment monday but no arrest order was issued. The slow vote count numerous reports of fraud and a tight race have raised fears of a constitutional crisis and possible violence if the allegations can be substantiated. Late monday police dispersed several Hundred protesters in Sampanga province North of Manila after they complained of alleged fraud involving a local contest. Even elephants feel the heat Sandal a 7-Ycar-old female Indian elephant at the these Days of warm weather. But it takes a blast zoo in Duisburg Germany gets awful thirsty in from the Hose to quench her elephantine thirst. Marrcos faces arrest after court Boycott  
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