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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rains hindering Rescue of mud covered town from wire reports la Faz Bolivia a with the known death toll nearing 100 thursday heavy Rains thwarted rescuers attempts to reach a mining town that was covered in a mudslide. Hundreds of residents Are feared dead in Lipi. At least 10 Relief workers trying to reach the town in the andean Foothills 120 Miles North of la Paz were killed wednesday when their bus plunged off a Cliff. Two air Force helicopters dropped emergency supplies wednesday in Lipi which was buried by mud tuesday. The helicopters could not land because of rough terrain and  Sells subs to Cuba Madrid Spain a Russia has sold two submarines to Cuba As part of a Deal that could include up to 30 fighter jets several ships and other military hardware a news report said wednesday. The Madrid daily Abc citing unidentified sources said one of the non nuclear powered submarines was in route to Cuba under the pact signed nov. 4. The Deal could be Worth up to $2 billion Over four years. Germans pass health Reform Bonn Germany a by an overwhelming majority German lawmakers have passed a health care Reform package designed to trim $6.8 billion from the annual Federal budget. The package had been sharply criticized by doctors dentists pharmaceutical companies and consumer groups which opposed the cuts in government spending on health insurance. Responding to the criticism health minister Horst Seehofer told members of the bundestag on wednesday that germans would not be denied essential drugs and services. But Seehofer said the state would no longer pay for medical luxuries. A we Are the world champions in swallowing tablets a he told the deputies. A total of 457 members voted for the package and 54 voted against it. Under the Bill patients will pay supplementary charges on Medicine and Hospital accommodation saving the state 2.5 billion Marks $1.6 billion. The Bill now goes to the bundesrat for final approve. That vote is planned for dec. 18.tourist raped in s. Africa Johannesburg South Africa a a British tourist was raped by two men on a secluded Beach in the Southern province of Natal police said wednesday. The attack came a week after two British women were killed on a Beach several Hundred Miles North of the rape site. Police said a 44-year-old woman visiting South Africa with her Boyfriend was Reading on the Beach tuesday morning when two men armed with a knife and a screwdriver approached her ordered her to strip and raped  prisoners escape Moscow a police were searching wednesday for two men who made the first successful escape from Moscow a maximum Security Butorka prison in 75 years officials said. The men an accused drug dealer and an embezzler broke out during their morning exercise period  editorial stirs ire Manila Philippines a about $0 women Are demanding an apology for a newspaper editorial that called filipino women who took part in wet to shirt contests in Sweden a Brown  the women representing 23 organizations picketed the philippine daily Globe on wednesday to protest the dec. 3 editorial. The editorial scoffed at the charge by the swedish government and by private organizations that the use of the women in the contests in a Stockholm Park was a sexual  a now if this was taking place in a Small nightclub run by japanese gangsters you might Call it sexual exploitation a the editorial said. A but in a Public Ark in Stockholm with girls. Giving off peals of Aughter a a rooftop warfare clashes Between hindus and muslims raged on in Bombay India on tuesday As people took to the roofs to hurl stones acid bulbs and gasoline bombs at one another. Officials said More than 800 people had been killed in the 4-Day-old religious political Bloodbath. The communal violence a the worst since India became Independent in 1947 a began monday the Day after hindus razed a Muslim shrine in the holy town of Ayodhya to make Way for a Temple on what they believe to be the Birthplace of an important hindu god Rama. Unrepentant Neo nazi sentenced Berlin up a a court has sentenced Neo nazi Leader Thomas Dickel to two years and eight months in prison after a two Day trial during which he repeated the very Neo nazi propaganda that landed him in court. Sentencing came wednesday As the government took the rare step of asking the Federal constitutional court to limit the rights of Dienel 31, and another Neo nazi Heinz Reisz 54. Only two such applications against rightists have been made since the Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949, and both were rejected. If stripped of their civic rights the men would be barred from running for Public office taking part in or organizing political meetings or making political statements. In the courtroom Dienel showed no emotion As judge Sabine Denst pronounced the sentence which was two months longer than the term requested by state prosecutors. The court in the Eastern German town of Rud Olstadt found Dienel guilty of making a racist Neo nazi speech a illegal under German Law a at a right Wing rally in september. Dienel also admitted that he had hurled two pig Heads into the front Garden of a synagogue in the City of Erfurt in july. Denst said after the sentencing that Dickel s aggressive performance in court was an important reason for the prison sentence. A not Only has or. Dienel called for violence against foreigners and jews he has also emphasized his determination before this court to carry out his political struggle a Denst said. Earlier Dienel lectured the court. A if the Bonn jew regime docs not do otherwise Well Burn More Blacks Ana vietnamese a said Dienel the self styled Leader of the German National party which has about 50 members and adheres to racist beliefs similar to those of Adolf hitlers nazi party. A you cannot beat my beliefs out of my head a Dienel told the court. Neo nazis in Rome pummel romanian Rome apr three Neo nazis beat up a romanian immigrant on a subway train a news Agency reported wednesday. The attack came after right Wing extremists reportedly set fire earlier in the week to an italian who was born in Somalia. The news Agency Agi reported that Vasile Staicu 34, was beaten while going Home from work late tuesday. Staicu said three youths wearing Black jackets boots and Short haircuts jumped him for no reason. He said he got out at the next Stop and approached police officers who took him to the Hospital. He was recovering from bruises All Over his body. In the other attack newspapers said wednesday that right Wing extremists called the police emergency num Ber to claim responsibility for the attempted murder of a homeless Man. Valentino nog Ali 63, born in Mogadishu Somalia of a somalian Mother and italian father was attacked in a Park near the colosseum. The assailants poured gasoline on him and set him afire. Nog Ali was recovering in a Hospital wednesday with second degree Burns on his hands and face. The attack on nog Ali an italian citizen was one of the gravest in a series of Neo nazi incidents in Italy which has experienced a surge of such episodes As other parts of Europe have. In an interview with la Stampa nog Ali said he had been spending nights under a Rock overhang in the Park for about two years. A it Hose who set me on fire succeeded in burning my skin but certainly not my spirit a he said. 8 Hurt by bombs at London mall London apr two bombs rocked a North London shopping mall thursday slightly injuring eight people police said. The blasts came less than a half hour after a Man claiming to speak for the Irish Republican army said in a telephoned warning to the associated press that two bombs had been planted at the Wood Green shopping Center. He said police had 20 minutes to Clear the area. Police were apparently evacuating the area when the bombs went off in two shops a Scotland Yard spokesman said. The bombs Hall been placed in garbage cans British broadcasting corp. Television reported. Eight people including four police officers were slightly injured by flying Glass in the first explosion the fire department said. No injuries were reported in the second blast which occurred about five minutes later police said  
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