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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, November 14, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A starving somali Man clings to a wheelbarrow outside a feeding Center in Bairoa Somalia. Between 40 and so people a Day die Here despite the efforts of Western Aid agencies to deliver  in Somalia says . Must put lives above sovereignty new York apr the United nations should not worry about infringing on sovereignty when it needs to intervene to save lives in places like Somalia a former . Envoy to the famine racked african nation says. A in View of the human tragedy which we Are facing its very difficult to stick to rules which certainly Are obsolete in the Post cold War period a Mohamed Dahnoun Saia thursday on the Macneil Lehrer news hour. A and therefore if there is need to go into a with Force a one should do it to save millions of people from starvation and disease and  Dahnoun an algerian Diplomat resigned oct. 29 after being reprimanded by . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali for publicly criticizing the United nations As being slow to respond to the somalian crisis. A in View of the needs and in View of the responsibility which i think the International Community has toward Somalia that response was indeed slow a Dahnoun said on the pcs news show. By the .�?Ts estimate up to 300,000 people have died in Somalia a famine. Two million More somalis Are reported to be on the verge of death. Sah noun a replacement Ismat Kitani of Iraq arrived in Somalia on nov. 8. Officials have said his first task will be to win agreement to deploy the full 3,500 . Troops approved by the Security Council. The main somalian warlord Gen. Mohammed Farrah aided agreed to the arrival of 500 pakistani . Troops after negotiations with Dahnoun. But on thursday he demanded their withdrawal. Dahnoun said the United nations should get Tough with warlords who Are preventing food and Medicine from reaching people who need them. A and there is a need there to come in with if necessary a Tough Way and somehow control the Region for a while and deliver the food to the people so that they can stand on their feet a he said. A their leaders have approached us and told us please come and help us and the objection of some few faction chiefs should not Stop  Appeal to . For peace Force Belgrade Yugoslavia up macedonian president Kiro Gligorov said he has asked . So arc tary go neral Boutros Boutros Ghali to deploy . Troops to his former yugoslav Republic because of fears of ethnic violence. Gligorov at a news conference in the macedonian capital of Skopje upon his return thursday from new York also said he has renewed a request Lor macedonians acceptance into the United nations the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug reported. His demands apparently were prompted by nov. 6 riots in the capital that stoked fears that the ethnic conflict in other regions of the former six Republic Yugo slav federation was moving to Macedonia. Although Gligorov said the work of european Community monitors in his Republic was constructive he said a it would be much better if . Peacekeeping troops were  Gligorov a request came at a time when the organization already is highly strained by the deployment of an additional 6,000 . Personnel to neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina where War has been raging for seven months. Since declaring his republics Independence from the former Yugoslavia on dec. 9,1991, Gligorov has striven to preserve peace among the 1.3 million Christian orthodox macedonian majority the 377,200 ethnic albanians who Are mostly Muslim and the 86,500 ethnic turks who Are also predominantly Muslim. Now Carlers can sing about re necked Reindeer Helsinki Finland apr finnish Reindeer lacking Rudolph a glowing red nose have been Given reflecting Neckband so Drivers can Sec them better on the dark Arctic roads in Winter. A their noses done to glow and that a the Crux of the problem a said Erkki Juntunen Reindeer husbandry consultant in romanic i 520 Miles North of Helsinki. A in the past we be tried painting their Antlers putting reflectors on their ear lobes he said thursday. A but nothing before has  every year up to 4,000 Reindeer Are killed in traffic accidents costing the government More than $ 1 million in compensation payments to the animals owners Juntunen said. About 400,000 Reindeer roam freely in the Northern wilds of finnish Lapland where Reindeer meat generates an annual income of $40 million. The first reflective Neckband were installed on a Herd of 100 Reindeer wednesday. Germany to Aid Auschwitz work paper says Dusseldorf Germany a Germany has agreed to help Poland ensure that the former nazi death Camp at Auschwitz now a memorial to the holocaust does not fall into decay a newspaper said thursday. The German foreign ministry spokesman responsible for German polish relations could not be reached to confirm the report by the Wes Deutsche Zeitung of dusseldorf.3,000 protest Gela Sicily a about 3,000 students marched Down the  shopping Street of Gela on thursday to protest the murder of a merchant who defied the mafia by announcing he  pay Protection Money. Gaetano Giordano who owned a cosmetics shop was killed and his son wounded in a gunfire attack tuesday. They were shot while sitting in their car m this City of 80,000 people on Sicily a Southern coast. Since Gelas feuding mafia clans turned the streets bloody a few years ago Young people have begun speaking out against the mafia. But thursday s protest met with less Success among Gelas older citizens. Only a few storekeepers went along with a Call to the Auschwitz Camp located in Poland is one of the most symbolically important memorials to the 6 million jews and thousands of others killed in the nazi holocaust. More than 1 million people arc believed to have died at Auschwitz including jews gypsies and prisoners of War. Remains of Barracks and guard towers at Auschwitz Are threatening to crumble and a museum exhibit needs restoration. At a meeting monday in Krakow the International Auschwitz committee a a panel of experts that advises the state run museum a called on Germany to provide the bulk of the financing for the restoration. Its Resolution was to be sent to the German government and Germany political parties. According to Wes Deutsche Zeitung the German government has set aside $1.58 million to be used for protecting the site however the newspaper quoted american jewish leaders As saying that $25.3 million if needed to keep the memorial from falling into irreversible  from Germany a foreign ministry plan to travel to the memorial this month to see what work needs to be done the newspaper  merchant who defied mafia close their shops to protest mafia extortion. In another Southern italian City Foggia in the Puglia Region some 10,000 people took to the streets to protest organized crime and demand More Protection from the state the italian news Agency Ansa reported. Many of the protesters were schoolchildren. The March was held in the aftermath of last weeks shooting of a Foggia businessman who had denounced mob extortion attempts. Citizens have demanded More police Protection for business people courageous enough to defy the widespread practice of monthly payments to mobsters who threaten to firebomb or otherwise attack property if Protection Money Isnit paid. Interior minister Nicola Mancino told a news conference in Rome on thursday that 8,064 business people nationwide had complained to police about extortion attempts by organized crime in the last two years but that there were Only protective escorts available for 601 of them. About 20 merchants in Gela have gone to police to denounce extortion attempts police there said. But the Only Protection provided is occasional police car patrols merchants complained  
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