European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes world Friday november 20, 1992somali refugees find Iov in Yemen Aden Yemen apr somali refugees just off a rusted overcrowded freighter that carried them to this port from their devastated country wept and shouted with Joy As they recognized loved ones thursday but were barred from greeting them. Yemenite police fired into the air and swung huge knotted cords to separate the hundreds of refugees being held in an isolation Camp from their Brothers husbands and former neighbors on the other Side of a Fence. A i want to be with them again so much a shouted Mohammed Ali Oman 22, running each time a gunshot winged overhead or a truck slowed along the Fence to push Back the crowds. Oman was among the thousands of somalis who arrived wednesday and were placed in the isolation Camp for screening. He had yet to talk to his brother father Uncle and Cousin on the other Side of the Chicken wire. The family scattered six months ago but he Learned they were in Yemen through somali broadcasts by the British broadcasting corp. The dilapidated freighter that spent two weeks travelling hundreds of Miles from Somalia unloaded 3,300 passengers when it arrived wednesday. Police said the group needed to be screened to prevent the spread of disease before they could be reunited with friends and relatives. Health officials have said anyone with aids or other highly contagious diseases would probably be sent Back to Somalia. , officials and members of the Brussels based Relief Agency med coins sans from tires doctors without Bor Ders said the refugees Overall health was Good. None needed to be hospitalized and Only about 12 were put in a tent for observation. Officials said the new arrivals would probably be allowed out of the isolation Camp to More established Camps holding 62,000 somalis within three to 15 Days. A we arc Lucky they arc of. With the a a newly arrived somali woman left talks with a relative thursday through the Fence surrounding a refugee Camp near Aden Yemen. A freighter arrived wednesday with 3,300 people from Somalia where millions face starvation. Pictures you usually see from Somalia you expect everyone to be a Carastro Ehe Quot said Odile Joly coordinator for the Brussels group. The $100 Price of the boat trip meant it was crammed with mostly Middle class somalis not the estimated 2 million people facing starvation. Clan warfare and famine there already have left an estimated 300,000 dead. Doctors treated everything from diarrhoea to old Bullet wounds but found Little malnourishment and no chronic problems among the refugees. Most of those who had been ill aboard the freighter Samaa-1 were recuperating. Eighteen month old Muhlba Abu Bakr had stopped scratching a rash she got from urine dripping into the hold from a latrine on deck said the child smother Amina Bashir Olat. Now Olat Hopes to find the girls father last seen seven months ago in Mogadishu. She left All her possessions except milk for her daughter in the scramble to get onto the ship. A i keep scanning the faces by the Fence but i have not found him yet a said Olat. Until then a fall there is to do is sit and treasure found in . Field London up a a Hoard of Gold and Silver roman coins Worth millions of dollars was discovered in a Suffolk Field by a 70-year-old retired Gardener the British broadcasting corp. Said thursday. The find hailed by an archaeologist As Quot one of the finest known from roman Britain Quot was discovered monday by Amateur treasure Hunter Eric using a Metal Detector. The treasure was said to include a solid Silver Panther heavy Gold chains hundreds of Gold and Silver roman coins spoons ornaments and jewelry studded with gems. The treasure is Worth As much As $15 million the Sun newspaper reported. The items thought to he at least 1,5110 years old were unearthed on land owned by Farmer in Eter Walling who had called in Lawes to search his Field in Suffolk with a Metal Detector for lost tools. A i slowed the Field a bit deeper this year and that s what must have unearthed it All Quot watling told reporters. A it is marvelous an amazing find Quot said archaeologist Judith Plouviez the Suffolk county councils roman specialist. Quot it is one of the finest known from roman Britain. It is priceless in terms of the knowledge it will give us. The artefacts were taken to the British museum in London to be cleaned and studied authorities said. If the study decided the valuables were a treasure trove and the property of the state it would be customary for a Reward based on the value of the items to be divided Between Lawes and Walling 40. Defense says trial should end because Honecker won t last Berlin api a Erich Honecker a defense petitioned on thursday for an end to his manslaughter trial on grounds that the former East German communist Leader will not live to see the verdict. The 80-year-old Honecker who is suffering from incurable liver cancer appeared Spry As the third session of his trial got under Way. He lasted through the entire four hours unlike on monday when he complained of feeling unwell and the session was Cut Short after two hours. The infirmities of age already have led the court to suspend two of Honecker a five original co defendants from the trial which is limited to just two Short sessions a week to avoid harming the health of the former members of East Germany a National defense Council. Honecker who ruled East Germany with an Iron fist from 1971 to 1989, is charged with 13 counts of manslaughter in the killings of people who tried to escape the country. The trial is the most important in Germany since the Nurnberg War crimes trials after world War ii but the charges were not even read in the first three sessions and Honecker has not yet had a Chance to read a Handwritten document he has that is said to be a political statement Nicolas acc scr one of Honecker a a lawyers entered another petition thursday for the trial to be suspended on grounds that Honecker a a life expectancy is Shorter than the expected two year duration of the trial. Continuing the trial Quot can have Only one purpose to torture the defendant Quot Becker said. He accused the judges of disregarding medical evidence on the Progress of Honecker Sliver cancer. Jolt -n9.ur As rejected similar petitions previously and will have to Rule before the next session which is set for nov. 26. Re enlistment bonuses resumed Washington a amps a a number of re enlistment and qualification bonuses for service members has been reinstated retroactive to oct. 1. Military recruiters and career Counselor were unable to sign candidates to Bonus programs Between oct. I which marked the Start of the new fiscal year and oct. 23, when president Bush signed the 1993 defense authorization act. At the beginning of that period spokesmen said Thev were confident individual service members would not lose potential Cash incentives. Quot our Counselor have been around the Block before and they re Alert to this problem Quot said it. Scott Campbell a spokesman with the Navy Bureau of personnel. The retroactive nature of the legislation ensures that no one lost Money because of congressional tardiness m completing work on the defense budget. T he services attempted to Complete necessary paperwork before the Midnight sept. 30 deadline to get Mili a a members the bonuses. Or sonnet who missed the deadline were allowed to a main list meals unti programs were available
