European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world sunday december 13,1992canada to withdraw troops from . Force in Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus apr Canada decided Friday to withdraw its remaining 514 troops from divided Cyprus leaving fewer than 1,000 . Peacekeepers separating greek and turkish cypriots. The announcement of the pullout prompted a wide Range of speculation on whether it could turn Cyprus Back into a flashpoint or help push the feuding sides to talk seriously about a settlement. Peacekeepers have been Here since 1964, when violence broke out Between the two communities. Turkish troops then invaded in 1974 in the Wake of an abortive coup by greek cypriots supporting Union with Greece. . Troops have patrolled the 112-mile Green line dividing the Mediterranean Island since 1974. They stand Between 35,000 turkish troops in the North and about 10,000 greek cypriot National guard troops to the South. . Mediation has failed to break the impasse. Canada said it would withdraw its contingent by september 1993. The . Force in Cyprus is already Down to 1,488 soldiers a Cut of More than 600 Over the past year. Other countries also Are scaling Back some angered by the Lack of Progress toward a settlement. Denmark is withdrawing All its 323 troops. Britain Canada Finland Ireland and Austria also have provided troops and Sweden and Australia contributed military and civilian police. A after 28 years if the problem Hasni to been solved they should negotiate a said gunner Dale Foster 23, of Shilo Manitoba. A for they should just forget it and build a Berlin Wall to separate the two communities. High flying protest one of the German air forces phantom Jet fighters thunders Over a helium filled protest balloon near Are Marten air base in southwestern Germany. Peace activists arc launching the balloons to demonstrate against a plan to Export used phantoms to Turkey when the by Emgarten base closes next , 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 Maumee a coastal town in indonesians lesser Sunn 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. Sari Man said that the epicentre was in the Savu sea 19 Miles Southwest of maumere.. Peacekeeping Force authorized for Macedonia from wire reports United nations 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 the 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 transportati6n, 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 1 about for drug smuggling. The executions take place in Public squares after the Friday Muslim Sabbath prayers. New catechism Sells out in bookshops across Spain Madrid Spain up a Spanish a a it a certainly Selling better than a schism 706 paces thick and in sting 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. Quot i 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 said a spokesman for Madrid a 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 a 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 100,000 copies of the catechism printed for thursdays launch had been sold and the editors were preparing a further run of 100,000 copies. The Spanish translation of the new cat or in to kit a a finl $1la jos6 Manuel Estepa. He explained that country s senior roman Cav Holic clergy morally a he Ca schism w3s Devi de fundamental a a Quot so a a pm Ern Motr a a Quot so 1 i exp la cd. It guides personal in Church leaders said Stith tonal and social  aaers said. Lne 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. R Stith tonal and social behaviour a this is to be read with concentration with the television and radio turned off had ised another Clergyman Mon Senor