European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday june 13, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9 germans to be freed Kohl spokesman says world kurd Stop bus kill passengers in Turkey from wire reports bit Lis Turkey a kurdish separatist guerrillas stopped a bus ordered the passengers out and opened fire with automatic weapons killing 13 people officials said thursday. The attack occurred wednesday near the Village of Kokars in Southeastern Turkey according to a local official and the Anatolia news Agency. No reason was Given for the shooting but insurgents in the area have killed kurdish civilians who do not support their grabs dirty diapers Sydney Australia a a thief looking for loot wound up stealing a bag full of soiled diapers after assaulting the Mother to get it. Police said a 25-year-old woman was changing her baby a diaper in the Back seat of her car in a suburban shopping Center parking lot thursday when she Felt someone pulling at the bag near her leg. The thief kicked her and punched her in the face causing bruises and breaking a tooth. He was last seen running from the parking lot with the diapers and other baby scale Peak new Delhi India a three Blind climbers in a team that includes other disabled people reached the top of a 17,220-foot Himalayan Peak a team member said thursday. A it was fascinating. They were enthusiastic. This was the first time they were encountering Snow a said Srikanth Lagoo of the 54-member Young Zingaro trekkers team. Srikrishna gha Degaonkar Padmakumar a Dinar and Ratnaprabh Naik All Telephone operators were in the first Batch of 10 climbers to reach Shi Tidhar Peak monday Lagoo find Booby trap Colombo sri Lanka a two dogs adopted As mascots by a government commando unit sensed a Jungle Booby trap and warned soldiers by Barking and circling the area officials said thursday. The incident in the Jungles of the Eastern am Parai District occurred tuesday at the end of a six Day army offensive against tamil rebels commandant Lionel Karunasena said. He said the dogs ran ahead to a water Hole circled the area and scurried Back with loud howls alerting 15 soldiers who had intended to rest there after a 10-mile trek. A search of the area revealed 12 buried grenades hooked to a taut wire kill Escapee Brisbane Australia a police gunned Down an escaped prisoner on a bus in the heart of downtown Brisbane Friday witnesses said. Police later claimed the Man Harold John my Sweeney 29, had tried to commandeer the bus As he fled from police and prison officers threatening them with what was later found to be a fake pistol. Mcsweeney was serving 30 years for the attempted murder of a policeman and a string of armed Birds found dead Helsinki Finland More than 1,000 sea Birds have been found dead off Finland a Southeast coast near the russian Border but officials said thursday they done to know what killed them. A the Baltic sea is polluted but this mass death seems to Point to something bigger a said Kaisa Kononen of the Marine research Institute. Dead gulls terns and auks have been found in unprecedented numbers Over the past two months in an area stretching East from Provoo 30 Miles East of Helsinki to 12 Miles from the russian sea Border said Raimo Luoma of the natural history museum in Provoo. The Gulf of Finland is polluted by sewage from the russian City of St. Petersburg 110 Miles East of where the Birds were found. Estonian industries and finnish paper and pulp Mills also discharge waste into the Baltic sea. Berlin athe two German hostages held in Lebanon Are expected to be released soon the chief spokesman for Chancellor Helmut Kohl said Friday. However spokesman Dieter Vogel did not confirm a report in the mass circulation Bild newspaper that Heinrich Striebig and Thomas Kemp incr would return to Germany on monday. Vogel said Germany promised nothing in Exchange for the hostages. Striebig 51, and Kemptner 30, who have been held captive for More than three years Are the last two Western hostages in Lebanon. Vogel attending the Earth Summit in Brazil first expressed the governments optimism in an interview with the Cologne based deutschland Funk radio. He said Bernd Schmidbauer a High ranking government official would go to Tehran Iran this weekend As part of the release efforts. Both men were working for a Little known German humanitarian group in tearful London apr the Princess of Wales broke into tears thursday after her first Public appearance since a rash of newspaper reports that she was so unhappy in her marriage to Prince Charles that she tried to commit suicide. The Public appearance was Diana a first since a new Book set off the sensational reports last week. Diana her True Story by former tabloid reporter Andrew Morton claims that Diana made several halfhearted suicide attempts Early in her marriage. There have been reports that the Royal marriage has been troubled for years. Thursdays burst of emotion came As the Princess London apr a Security Alert in the London underground railway halted most of the Central network during thursdays Rush hour delaying homeward bound commuters for nearly three hours. A London underground spokeswoman said four stations were closed thursday on police advice after a Telephone caller warned bombs had been planted in Baker Street Oxford circus Piccadilly and Westminster stations. London has been on Edge due to an Ira bombing Schmidbauer the government official in charge of the release efforts is expected to accompany the hostages Home on monday according to Bild. Bild said Schmidbauer had completed 60 Days of negotiations to gain the release of Striebig and Kemptner who were captured May 16, 1989. Schmidbauer a state minister in Kohl s office is currently with the Chancellor in Brazil. Germany Szof television said Schmidbauer was expected to travel this weekend to Damascus which has been a traditional stopping Point for freed Western hostages. According to Bild Chancellor Kohl held final talks about the hostages release with iranian vice president Hassan Habibi at the Earth Summit. Striebig and Kemptner were working for the humanitarian group Asme hum Anitas in Lebanon. They Are believed held by Abdul Hadi Hamadi the elder brother of Mohammed Ali Hamadi and Abbas Hamadi jailed in Germany As appearance was greeting Well wishers outside a cancer hospice in Southport near Liverpool. Press association the National news Agency said Diana covered her face with her hand As she got into her official car to leave. She appeared composed a half hour later As she arrived for a visit at a second Hospital and she smiled and waved at cheering schoolchildren. However she appeared to deliberately turn away As the car passed a group of photographers. A Large Friendly crowd had gathered outside the hospice and one Well Wisher had Hung a placard on the police barricades Reading a Diana we love Campaign this year. A Small bomb exploded shortly before Midnight wednesday in London a Westminster area As legislators in the House of commons about a Quarter of a mile away were leaving to go Home. No one was reported injured. The Irish Republican army which has bombed London targets in its guerrilla War against British Rule in the province claimed responsibility Friday for the Westminster blast. Seven Hurt in tent collapse firefighters examine a tent that collapsed thursday during an aids Benefit attended by hundreds of fashion and entertainment figures at Sforza Castle in Milan Italy. The tent gave Way under battering rain shortly before the Start of an outdoor dinner forcing cancellation of the party. Police said five technicians and two policemen were injured. An auction before the collapse raised More than $300,000 for aids research. Threats disrupt London s subway traffic
