European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes world sunday december 13, 1992israelis reportedly open fire in Gaza strip wounding 30 Jerusalem apr israeli soldiers fired on hundreds of Stone throwing palestinians in the occupied Gaza strip on saturday and at least 30 protesters were wounded Arab reporters said. T he clashes erupted hours after the army lifted curfews imposed on much of the coastal strip following the killings of three israeli soldiers by palestinian militants monday. T he whole strip remained closed off for a fifth Day saturday barring Gaza a 800,000 palestinians from entering Israel said an army spokeswoman who spoke on condition of anonymity. She reported six people wounded in clashes saturday. On the City of Gaza a main Street More than 300 people marched to Mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine. The Radical Plo faction advocates armed struggle against is Rael which occupied the Gaza strip and other land in the 1967 Middle East War. Marchers raised outlawed palestinian flags and pictures of Leader George Habash and urged palestinians to withdraw from the Washington Middle East peace talks. Protesters burned tires and pelted israeli soldiers with stones. Troops responded with live ammunition and rubber bullets said the Arab reporters who requested anonymity. In another protest in Gaza City scores of followers of the Muslim fundamentalist group Hamas marched through the streets chanting and waving flags. Twenty two palestinians were wounded in Gaza City Hospital officials said. In the nearby Jab Aliya refugee Camp soldiers opened fire on dozens of protesters wounding eight the Arab reporters , Waves kill 50 in Indonesia Jakarta Indonesia apr a major earthquake that spawned tidal Waves killed at least 50 people on an indonesian Island saturday a geophysics station reported. The 50 known fatalities occurred in Maum Cre a coastal town in indonesians lesser Sunda islands 1,100 Miles East of Jakarta said Sari Man chief of the local geophysics station. He said the toll was Likely to Rise. Some indonesians use Only one name most of the victims were reportedly killed by tidal Waves and others by falling buildings in the town of 40,000, located on Flores Island. Sari Man said the earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck at 1 29 . Meteorological officials in Japan measured the quake at 7.2 on the Richter scale. A Sari Man said that the epicentre was in the Savu sea 19 Miles Southwest of Maum Cre. It i a it a High flying protest x v v y one of the German air forces phantom Jet fighters thunders Over a helium filled protest balloon near Brem Garten air base in southwestern Germany. Peace activists arc launching the balloons to demonstrate against a plan to Export used phantoms to Turkey when the Brem Garten base closes next . Peacekeeping Force authorized for Macedonia from wire reports United nations a the Security Council authorized immediate dispatch of up to 800 peacekeepers to Macedonia on Friday in an attempt to keep ethnic strife from spreading to fihe former yugoslav Republic. Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali recommended the deployment in Case of trouble in Kosovo an ethnic albanian enclave within neighbouring Serbia. He wants up to 700 soldiers posted along macedonians Northern Border with Yugoslavia which now comprises Only Serbia and Montenegro and along the Western Frontier with  arrests hundreds Cairo Egypt a hundreds of suspected Muslim extremists have been arrested in a Cairo suburb including one alleged militant Leader reportedly planning attacks on 22 movie Heaters said Security forces and press reports saturday. A Security sweep involving 14,000 police officers entered its fifth Day. The dragnet in the Western Cairo suburb of Mbaba which began tuesday was preceded and accompanied by smaller police sweeps in Southern Egypt where extremists mounted numerous attacks on police christians and foreign tourists this year killing 78 people.16% of Swiss Trees ailing Bern Switzerland a the damage to Swiss forests has doubled in the past eight years and one in every six Trees is sick a government report said Friday. The report said 16 percent of Trees suffered the loss of More than a Quarter of their leaves or Needles. However it said this was a slight improvement Over 1991, when the proportion stood at 19 percent because of violent gales. It said much of this years damage was caused by bark beetles that thrived because of the warm Winter and Spring. Alpine areas were worst affected with 20 percent of Trees seriously damaged it said. The report said forests in neighbouring Germany were in an even worse state with 27 percent  to limit Speed sen Lis France a France on Friday imposed a 30 Mph Speed limit during Low visibility on highways with White lines painted on roadways indicating to Drivers when to slow Down. A a it Snow up to the motorists a Georges Sarre Secretary of state for transportation said in a ceremony near sen Lis on the often fog bound a1 Highway Between Paris and the Northern City of Lille. The new Law requires motorists to drive no More than 30 Mph when visibility is 150 feet or less. Officials said that so far one fourth of French highways have been painted with White stripes every 150 feet to indicate the distance. Toll Booths Are to hand out informational  women beheaded Riyadh saudi Arabia a two women were beheaded publicly by sword Friday in the Eastern City of a1 Aliyah for fatally shooting a Man the Interior ministry said in a statement. I he statement said Esha Bint Mohammed Al Zarabi a shot her father and killed him in his sleep a and was helped by her Stepmother Nora Bint Obeid Al Zarabi. In another Case a Man Mutlaq Mohammed Al Omrani was beheaded in the Northern City of Dabouk for drug smuggling. The executions take place in Public squares after the Friday Muslim Sabbath prayers. New catechism Sells out in bookshops across Spain m Annin him _____.11 a. A. Acc a  Madrid Spain up a Spanish booksellers had a hit on their hands Friday As the new roman Catholic catechism sold out in shops throughout the country on its first full Day of sales. "1 know it has been sold out in a lot of places. We have 70 left of the 500 that we put out yesterday at midday a a said a spokesman for Madrid s largest Bookstore Espasa Calpe two hours before closing. A a it a certainly Selling better than Madonna a recent Book. This is a different category altogether Quot he said referring to sex a Book of photos showing the pop superstar in a variety of Kinky poses. Spanish radio Rne reported that nearly All of the 11 0,000 copies of the catechism printed for thursdays launch had been sold and the editors were preparing a further run of 100,000 copies. T he Spanish translation of the new catechism 706 pages thick and costing $18 a copy was presented thursday by the country a senior roman Catholic clergy. A the new catechism answers All those fundamental questions that people Are now asking themselves a Cardinal Angel Ruquia explained. A it guides personal institutional and social  a 1 his is to be read with concentration with the television and radio turned off a advised another Clergyman Mon Senor Jose Manuel . He explained tha Quarter of the catechism was devoted morality. The new catechism provides advice a a modern moral issues As diverse As by Ness dealings and the death Pena Church leaders said. The catechism was officially present by Pope John Paul ii in Rome on dec it is considered to be the most import text produced since he became Pope