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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes world saturday november 7,1992 31 people reported dead in russian copter crash from wire reports Moscow a a military helicopter crashed near the town of Anapa on russians Black sea coast killing 31 passengers and Crew members the news Agency inter fax reported Friday. Investigators have not ruled out sabotage in the crash inter fax said quoting the press office of the trans caucasus military District based in Tbilisi Georgia. Inter fax did not say when the helicopter crashed or whether those on Board were civilians or military employees. Training Accident kills 5 Jerusalem a five israeli soldiers were killed and six were wounded thursday when they were accidentally hit by a rocket Shell in a training exercise the army said. It. Gen. Ehud Barak the army chief of staff appointed a commission of inquiry to investigate the incident and suspended live fire exercises for five Days. Gunmen kill 3 on Street agr1gento, Sicily a gunmen fired from a car into a crowd strolling the main Street of a sicilian town thursday killing three men and wounding two italian news reports said. One of the dead men was identified As Giuseppe Macaluso 26, a suspected mafia member the italian news Agency Ansa said. The attack occurred in Racalbuto. Minor languages backed Strasbourg France a eleven european nations signed a treaty thursday committing them to the establishment of radio and to networks in some of the 60 minority languages spoken in Europe. The treaty a convention of the 27nation Council of Europe seeks to protect non official languages. About 50 million europeans speak regional languages but Many of the languages a Are in danger of extinction a the Council said. Signing were Austria Denmark Finland Germany Hungary Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta the Netherlands Norway and Spain. France Greece Britain Turkey and others have objected to the treaty. Ghana elects officer Accra Ghana a the military officer who took Power in a coup will become Ghana selected president government radio said. Returns from 198 of 200 constituencies gave flight it. Jerry Rawlings 58.6 percent of tuesdays vote compared with 30 percent for his main challenger retired history professor Albert Adu Boa Hen the radio said thursday three other candidates split the rest Tel Aviv to get Mcdonald s Jerusalem a Mcdonald a which has planted its Golden Arches in Paris Rome and Moscow has decided to serve big macs in Israel reports said thursday. The fast food Chain will open a Branch in Tel Aviv and has tapped businessman Omri Padan to run the franchise the daily newspapers Dediot Ahrnot and Maaris reported. Israelis have always had an appetite for fast food but traditionally favored falafel and Schwarms Street snacks of Arab origins that Are stuffed into pita bread. Pizza and hamburgers also have caught on with israelis in the last decade. Reporter guilty of spying Bonn a a German court thursday imposed a 21 month suspended jail sentence on a journalist convicted of spying for the former East Germany. The court found Diethelm Schroeder 62, a reporter for the influential newsmagazine Der Spiegel guilty of spying on colleagues and politicians Between 1956 and 1986. S t 7 v  a. I a Bobby Fischer draped in his champions Wreath talks to Boris Spassky after winning the match 105. Fischer Caps win Over Spassky with attack on world jewry Belgrade up former world chess Champion Bobby Fischer blamed a world jewry Friday for his 20-year self imposed exile from Public Competition and called the worlds top players a creeps and  Fischer also said he had not decided if he would return to the United states where he faces possible civil and criminal charges for playing his russian archrival Boris Spassky in violation of . Economic sanctions imposed on the Rump yugoslav federation of Serbia and Montenegro. �?o1 will rest a few Days Clear my head and decide on my next move a he told a news conference a Day after triumphing Over Spassky in what was billed As a. Rematch of the 1971 world championship that he won. Fischer who took a first place prize of $3.35 million launched his Antisemitic diatribe As he expounded on what he claimed to be unfair International Competition rules instituted by the world chess federation. A the world jewry kept me out of chess while creeps and criminals like Anatoly Karpov Victor Koran Noy and Garri Kasparov had a privilege to play under the system a Fischer said. Fischer was referring to his 20-year absence from International Competition that began after he won the 1972 world chess championship against Spassky in Reykjavik Iceland the 49-year-old resident of Pasadena calif., has been known for making Antisemitic statements in the past. He was relieved of the world title in 1975 by the world chess federation for refusing to play Karpov. Karpov lost the title to Korchnoy who was in turn Defeated by Kasparov the reigning Champion. Fischer played the rematch with Spassky despite a . Treasury department order that he withdraw because he would be violating the , sanctions imposed May 30 against Serbia and Montenegro for underwrite 30th game moves and final positions in Gama 30 thursday of the chess rematch Between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. Fischer won and clinched Victory in the match 10-5. King s Indian defense Samisch variation Spassky White Fischer Black 1. D4 nf6 2. C4 g6 3. Nc3 bg7 4. E4 d6 5.13 0-0 6. Be3 nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. H4 h5 9. Nc1 nd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. A4 nb4 12. Be2 b6 13. G4 hxg4 14. Fxg4 c5 15. H5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 nc5 17. Nd5 bb7 18. Nt5 gxf5 19. Gxf5 bxd5 20. Exd5 bxb2 21. Ki1 qd7 22. Qb1 bxa1 23. Rghkh8 24. Qxa1f6 25. Obi rg8 26. Rg6 rxg6 27. Hxg6 kg7 White resigns final positions White of 1, qb1, be2, be3, a4, c4, d5, f5 g6 Black kg7, qd7, ra8, nb4, nc5, a5, b6, d6, e7, f6 a amps ing the ongoing serbian a ethnic cleansing conquests in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina Fischer s eccentricities and temper were As much on display during the tournament As his chess skills after his hiatus. Experts saw bits of the brilliance he was known for 20 years ago but they also said his play was Rusty at times. Doomsday pastor apologizes at trial Seoul South Korea up a the founder of a Church in Seoul who preached the world would end last week went on trial Friday on charges of defrauding followers of millions of dollars. At the Start of the hearing pastor Lee Chang rim apologized for the controversy. A i am sorry for the social uproar which resulted from my doomsday theory Quot said Lee 44. A i still believe that the end of the world will come some Day though i now cannot Tell exactly  Lee who founded the Tami Mission society in May 1988, was arrested sept. 25 for receiving $4.35 million from followers and illegally keeping $26,711 at Home. He had predicted doomsday would occur at Midnight oct. 28, when Only faithful believers would be lifted to heaven. About 1,300 members of his congregation prayed at the Church that night waiting for the end of the world Lee admitted before the court that he received contributions from followers but never put any of the Money to personal use. He said he would return what he received. But he said that most was used for Church activities and that there was not much left. The Church disbanded after his doomsday preachings failed. About 20 former congregation members observed the court hearing including several women who cried As Lee entered the courtroom  
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