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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes wednesday october 28,1992 All aboard Safe As ship is towed to Black sea port from wire reports Moscow the russian Navy pulled a sinking fishing ship to the Black sea port or Sochi and the nearly 200 people aboard were Safe the itar Tass news Agency reported monday. Successive reports monday indicated at first that the ship was sinking and that rescuers had pulled 36 people from the sea. The latest reports indicated however that no one was Hurt seriously. The Navy initially reported that the ship was going Down but the itar Tass news Agency later said it was being towed to Sochi a russian port at the Eastern end of the Black sea. American dancer Dies Paris Jerome Andrews an american Pioneer of modern dance whose partners included Martha Graham died monday in Paris at the age of 84, associates reported. No cause of death was disclosed. Andrews was Graham s first male student and later became her partner. He choreographed productions at new York s radio City music Hall notably the Waltz by French composer Maurice Ravel. Teachers scale Nepal Peak Katmandu Nepal two american teachers have scaled 23,630-foot mount Yumori the ministry of tourism said monday. The successful climbers part of an International eight member team reached the Summit oct. 21, the ministry said. David Hartl 31, of round Lake n.y., and Thomas Rosecrans 42, of Lake George n.y., launched their Summit bid on the Southeast Ridge from a Camp at 20,460 feet. Greens founder buried Wurzburg Germany Petra Kelly the feisty founder of the greens party who was killed by her longtime companion and fellow anti nuclear activist Gert Bastian was buried monday next to her step sister. After eulogies by political friends to the strains of amazing Grace and ave Maria Kelly was Laid to rest in a Brown Oak coffin covered by a Marigold Wreath next to the grave of Grace Patricia Kelly who died of cancer at 10. The bodies of Kelly and Bastian were found in their Home in Bonn last week. Investigators said Bastian killed Kelly who was 44, with a single pistol shot to the head before taking his own life. The family of Bastian who was 69, has said he will be buried in his native Munich but has not disclosed funeral details. 10 arrested in drug bust Rome police arrested at least 10 people tuesday and seized Large quantities of cocaine in a new sweep against a worldwide drug and Money laundering operation news reports said. The action was described As the second stage of operation Green ice which resulted in More than 200 arrests in the United states Italy Britain and Costa Rica last month. The operation was aimed at colombian cocaine cartels and italian organized crime. In the latest strike police carried out arrests in four italian cities served warrants on 28 people jailed on other charges and issued International warrants for six people sought abroad italian news agencies said. Airline workers protest Brussels Belgium a some 200 Sabena belgian world airlines workers protesting the airline s plan to accelerate layoffs blocked entrances to Brussels Airport tuesday. The action caused Takeoff delays in some flights. Sabena which has a staff of about 10,000, wants to Lay off 1,000 workers before the end of the year on top of the 2,200 layoffs announced last year. The first 250 dismissal notices went out monday sparking Wildcat strikes. The unions have announced a 24-hour strike for Friday. Airport in russian hands a russian tank Parks near stranded planes monday at the Airport in Dushanbe Tajikistan. The russian army took control of key installations and fighting subsided in the capital of the former soviet Republic As troops Loyal to ousted president Rahmon a Aziyev withdrew. A Aziyev a marxist was replaced in september by Akbar Shah Iska Darov who formed a coalition of islamic and democratic groups. Muslim attacks on tourists prompt egyptian concern syut Egypt a for the first time foreign tourists Are finding themselves targets in the escalating Battle Between Egypt s secular government and Muslim militants who want to create an islamic state. The fundamentalists attacks on tourists Are not widespread and have not occurred in major tourist areas. But even so officials Are worried. Tourism this year became Egypt s no. 1 earner of foreign Exchange contributing $3 billion to the coun try s Economy. So doing damage to tha tourist Trade could be a potent weapon for the fundamentalists. The attacks on tourists symbolize attacks against the Security system and against the Economy said no Oman Al dab a a Law student who described him self As a moderate but appeared to have militant sympathies. In addition a distaste for foreigners behaviour could play a role. Tourists Are immoral. They drink alcohol. Their men and women mix freely. We Are against All that said Sheik Mahmoud a fundamentalist preacher and a member of the islamic group Al Gama a Al isl Amiya a Loose National organization of militants. If they come Here just to visit the historic spots that s Fine said Mahmoud interviewed at his mosque near syut 200 Miles South of Cairo and a militant stronghold. But they must behave  islamic group members and sympathizers Are believed to number about 150,000 to 200,000. About 10,000 of them Are believed to engage in violence. During the summer extremist violence and police re action to it left More than 70 militants police and cop tic christians dead. Now the extremists vow to target the tourists until the government releases jailed Funda mentalists and Abandons what they say Are brutal tac tics against them. The most popular tourist Sites around Cairo in the Sinai desert and on the red sea and Mediterranean coasts have been quiet. The trouble is concentrated in a less visited 130-mile stretch of the Nile from Al Minya South to Sohag about 250 Miles South of Cairo. Both the . State department and the British for eign office warned their citizens to avoid the area. Last week gunmen ambushed a tour Van from a Cane Field at Dairus North of syut. A vacationing British nurse died in the gunfire the first foreign fatality. Over the weekend a suspected extremist injured three russian tourists one seriously As they photo graphed a mosque in port said on Egypt s North coast. Most of the More than 200 cruise boats on the Nile ply the relatively Safe route from Luxor to Aswan 400 Miles South of Cairo. Few cruise the Al Minya Sohag corridor. Two Long distance boats have been fired on this month with no serious injuries. The main North South Highway runs through the troubled area and Gen. Abdel Wahab Elhilaly syut s provincial Security chief said checkpoints along the Busy Nile Side route would be reinforced. But he expressed doubt that every tour bus and boat can be Given armed guards or accompanying Security vehicles As government officials have promised. Hanoi Hilton site to become real hotel Bangkok Thailand a a notorious prison where captured american fliers endured brutal conditions during the Vietnam War is being torn Down to make room for a modern hotel and office Complex a news report said. The Hoa to Central prison which the fliers had dubbed the Hanoi Hifton is to be moved outside Hanoi by the end of this month said the official Viet Nam news Agency. Early next year a vietnamese singaporean joint Ven Ture is to begin building two 22-Story buildings called the Hanoi Tower Center. One building is to be a five Star hotel and the other is to House the offices of for eign companies and Banks. The compound also is to in clude a supermarket. The news report said the Hanoi civil construction co. Was cooperating in the venture with Goh Poh Joo owner of a 73-Story hotel in Singapore. The investment amount was garbled in the report dated saturday and seen in Bangkok on tuesday. The fortress like prison was built nearly a Century ago by the French then Vietnam s colonial rulers. During the War against .-backed South Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, the communist North vietnamese used Hoa to and nearby prisons to hold americans shot Down during bombing missions. Many were held for years with meager food and deprived of medical attention. Some were tortured to extract propaganda statements. The facility its High Walls topped with Glass shards since has been used for vietnamese criminals  
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