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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday May 29, 1992 remains of 15 More gis returned by North Korea Panmunjom Korea a North Korea on thursday returned the remains of 15 More . Soldiers killed in the 1950-53 korean War in a simple ceremony at this Border Village. Fifteen other sets of remains were handed Over to the . Side in Midway in the largest repatriation of missing americans by North Korea since 1954, when 4,023 sets were returned. More than five million americans fought during the War resulting in 54,000 . Casualties and several million korean and chinese casualties. About 8,000 american soldiers Are still not accounted for. The return was seen As a gesture by North Korea one of the few remaining communist countries to improve ties with the United states. The United states has made settlement of prisoner of War issues and International inspection of nuclear facilities a precondition for better relations with North Korea which seeks to expand its world Trade. Each of the coffins returned thursday contained skeletons and personal belongings such As bits of clothes belts dog tags and buttons. It was not known How Many of the remains returned recently have been identified. North korean soldiers thursday carry one or is coffins with the remains of . Soldiers who died in the korean War. Computer simulations help reservists learn wartime jobs world scientists divert Etna lava from threatened Village from wire reports Zafferano Etna Sicily a capping weeks of intense work scientists on wednesday diverted a lava Stream away from a Village on the slope of mount Etna. Etna has been erupting since mid december sending a torrent of lava coursing toward Zafoc Rana Etna a Village of 7,000 people. Workers set up explosives Over 6,000 feet up the Volcano As they completed weeks of feverish activity to slow and divert the lava. With two powerful blasts they knocked huge chunks of Rock and Metal chained together into the path of the lava. The chunks blocked most of the Stream diverting it into a trough leading away from Zafoc Rana  suspect extradited Guatemala City Guatemala Otto Evelio Quiroz became the third Man in two weeks to be extradited to the United states wednesday when he was taken North to face drug trafficking charges court officials said. Evelio Quiroz is accused of running one of the country a biggest drug trafficking rings along with the sex mayor of Zacapa Arnoldo Vargas and Victor Manuel Escobar both of whom recently were flown to the United states on similar  test goes haywire Bern Switzerland a Swiss authorities gave the Alert wednesday for a general state of War mobilization a by mistake. The state telecommunications company put sent telegrams on a special electronic system to the country a 3,018 communities after someone apparently pressed the wrong control. The telegrams were meant to stay within the ptts internal network in what was intended to be a routine test. Christian Kurth a defense ministry spokesman said the telegrams were clearly headed  he said that to avoid confusion the pts sent a second Telegram explaining the  plays game kills dad Johannesburg South Africa a 4-year-old boy dressed in a Superman outfit fatally shot his father in the head with a pistol after announcing a you re under  the boys Mother Meriam Gabryjolek told police her son Sebastian was imitating behaviour lie had seen on his favorite videos which include Superman Batman and Rob Ocop. According to mrs. Gabryjolek Sebastian got hold of his fathers .38-Cal revolver on tuesday dressed up in his Superman outfit walked into his parents bedroom and said Quot papa in a Rob Ocop. You re under  he then shot his father Szczepan a 34-year-old mining Engineer in Welkom a town Southwest of  hit by strike Oslo Norway a about 25,000 municipal workers walked out on strike wednesday after All night negotiations failed to Settle a new contract. Quot t he National labor Union called to ordered some members off the Job in six cities selecting such targets As Day care centers Power companies and garage  pilots to walk out Copenhagen Denmark a scandinavian airlines system pilots said wednesday they will strike for two Days next month because of failed negotiations with Sas representatives. A 24-hour strike for monday had been announced earlier this month. The pilots said that a 24-hour strike would begin at Midnight june 9. The strikes would halt All Sas flights and and some Swissair flights to Europe and North Africa the pilots said. Sas is a partner of Swissair. By Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern Germany a . And dutch soldiers Are practising their wartime skills through computer simulation in a two week exercise called deliberate encounter. Nearly 200 army reservists from the 300th area support group at fort Lee va., Are working with 20 dutch soldiers at the computer simulation Center at Panzer Cavern in Kaiserslautern. The reservists Are staying at Sembach a. The exercise which ends saturday is a simulation of wartime army logistics without actually moving supplies or equipment said capt. Barbara Jacobsen a spokeswoman for the 300th. A the computer throws in realistic problems a Jacobsen said. The problems include creating losses of people with simulated illness and losses of equipment with simulated vehicle breakdowns. The group s wartime Mission is to plan the movement of people supplies and equipment to wherever the Battles Are being fought. The groups actual wartime location would be in the Netherlands said it. Col. Richard Williams Deputy commander of the 300th and the senior controller for the exercise. However a we done to have the facilities in the Netherlands to do this Type of exercise a Williams counterpart dutch army it. Col. Bert new Delhi India a the Indian and . Navies began their first joint exercise thursday and a Cabinet minister said he foresees indo-. Relations growing stronger despite recent strains. The prediction comes two weeks after Washington barred . Companies from doing business with the state owned Indian space research organization and Gla Kosmos a russian company contracted to Supply engines for launching Indian rockets. India said the technology was for its civilian satellite program but the United states said it could be applied to defense. Disputes Over Trade nuclear non proliferation and copyright acts also have plagued India-. Relations. A there Are some differences but differences Are there with everybody a said Eduardo Faleiro the minister of state for external affairs. A relations with the Kuijpers said this is the first time his soldiers had experienced this sort of training. Quot its a different Type a Kuijpers said. A i think it has a Good  Williams said such computer exercises seem to be the wave of the future for reservists. A we done to want to come to Europe to be in the Field Quot he said. A we come to Europe to learn our wartime  he added that because simulation is not a equipment intensive a Reserve drills in the United states stress Field training. Neither Williams nor Kuijpers want to entirely eliminate european deployments of the Reserve units. Soldiers from the two countries have been working together for 20 to 30 years Williams said. A a there a nothing better than coming to the wartime location a Williams said. A the soldiers need to be familiar with the  Kuijpers added that it helps to a know who you re talking to by  though some of the unit was deployed to the Netherlands during operation desert storm Jacobsen said that about one third of the unit had not been to Europe before this exercise. Spec. Melvin Brown an intelligence analyst with the 300th, said that the use of computer technology makes a the Job easier. We get a lot better scope better understanding than out in the  . Are very Good. Better than before. I see this relationship growing  Faleiro said the 24-hour naval exercise in the arabian sea is to update Indian technology and improve communications Between the fleets. The exercise signals closer military relations Between the United states and India which is looking for new allies after the disintegration of the former soviet Union. The . And Indian Milit Aries cooperated extensively in 1962 when India went to War with China. Indians close Alliance with the soviet Union prevented further collaboration. Participating in the Maneu vers off the Malabar coast Are the . Frigate Vandegrift and the Indian frigate Gomati and two destroyers the american David r. Ray and the Indian Ranjit a defense ministry spokesman said. Closer .-Indian ties predicted  
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