European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Popli. In i a i a m Civ list a Umles in two can a Ger 111 111 cities thursday to protest Xii ii a Ulicny rightists in get any. Police in Nair Sherg said about 100,000 people took part in an anti rightist protest also attended by Federal parliament vice president Renate Schmidt of the opposition social democrats. The private news network nov showed scenes in Niernberg with thousands of people lining the sidewalks of the old town area of the City. Student and other citizens groups organized the protest the station said. Police said 8,000 people also took part in a candlelight dem v. A i t a of Ici als he. L cd a it i. J nearly Una Chi rightist attacks against for Cion cars and others in germane this year with 17 people . Mostly germans. Following an arson attack by Radical rightists that killed a turkish grandmother her granddaughter and Niece in the Northern City of Molln on nov. 23, shocked germans have Takeh to the streets to show their Solidarity with the estimated 6 million foreigners living in Germany. The government has also banned two Radical rightist groups in the past two weeks As officials step up efforts to Stop the surge. G 1a 11 \ o 1 i i a. A Vince mens a head 01 the gis Inman a lick Lor picnic Piug . piloted 1 Riidu in the daily newspaper a1 Thiam As saving there was no Hope for Sale aging the l us tourism season. In the fiscal year ending in june la la 3 million visitors brought in a record $3 billion a making tourism the nations largest foreign currency earner. Quot Moussa told the paper that travel agencies had cancelled 75 percent of Tours to Egypt. He said that 70 percent of charter flights have been dropped and that Egypt air Cut Back on International lights after jumbo jets were flying to Cairo with Only two or three passengers on Board. A we Are sure now that the 1992 tourism season has been hit and there is no Hope to save it a Moussa was quoted As saying. A what is occupying us now is to save the 1993 season and secure the 1994 he could not be contacted for additional comments. Moussas View of the losses went much further than statements made wednesday by president i be p a i 11 a 11neks Kiseil Tucci i a to pm Mac in 3d it a g percent and that tin could not safety. The extremists have launched 1 1 attacks on tourists As part of their Campaign to overthrow the government and install an iranian style theocracy. A British tourist was killed and two others were wounded in an october shooting and five germans were wounded in a shooting last month. In All 79 people have been killed and More than 130 wounded this year by the extremists. A police crackdown which began dec. 8, has led to the arrests of More than 700 suspected extremists. At least 150 have been released. A1 ashram quoted Nabil Elaref regional director of the Cataract hotel in the Southern City of Aswan As saying the occupancy rate at the end of november was Down to 30 percent. He said it was 90 percent at the same time last year. The newspaper also quoted maj. Gen. Mohamed Tallab head of tourist police As saying hotel occupancy rates in Southern Egypt this week ranged from 25 percent to 48 percent. Australia to permit women to Fly fighters serve on subs Sydney Australia apr less than a month after dropping its ban on Gays in the military the australian government said Friday that it will let women Fly fighter aircraft and serve aboard submarines. The decision took effect immediately. A ban on women in army combat jobs will remain in effect said defense science and personnel minister Gordon Bilney. Women will be allowed to Fly All types of aircraft in the Royal australian air Force Bilney said. The aircraft will include such planes As the f/a-18 and full. The submarine decision expanded the Navy a policy. Women have been allowed on naval surface vessels since 1991, when regulations were changed to bring women into combat related duties. The Cabinet decided nov. 23 to end australians longstanding ban on Gays in the 70,000-member australian defense Force. The government of prime minister Paul Keating said the. Decision made military policy comply with australian anti discrimination Laws. Bilney said army positions in infantry Armor artillery and combat engineering units will remain closed to women because of a the probability of direct physical Contact i tic the a combat effectiveness cannot be compromised if the australian defense Force is to perform its vital role in areas such As infantry or artillery that still depend crucially on physical strength rather than High tech weapons Bilney conceded that some women Are Strong enough to handle combat but said the Community a View was that a forcing women to engage in hand to hand combat is an inappropriate use of their talents and . Peacekeepers released by Khmer Rouge guerrillas phenom penh Cambodia apr Khmer Rouge guerrillas on Friday released 46 . Peacekeepers seized thursday Northwest of the capital. It was the third time in two weeks that the Khmer Rouge has detained peacekeepers. . Spokesman Eric fait said the 46 indonesian soldiers radioed their base just before noon to say they were returning. They were held overnight near the provincial capital of Kampong Thom in Central Cambodia. The City is about 90 Miles Northwest of phenom penh. Fait said the men reported that they were Fine. He added that one vehicle was left behind. It is not Clear whether the vehicle had broken Down or was used As a bargaining tool. Earlier the Khmer Rouge chief holding the peace keepers said they would Only be released after he had received written instructions from his commander Gen. Men Ron who is based in Kampong Thom. Since the Khmer Rouge dropped out of the peacekeeping operation in june they have barred the United nations from areas under their control. The indonesians were detained thursday after they helped negotiate the release of 33 other peacekeepers. Earlier this month six . Military observers were taken hostage by Khmer Rouge soldiers on the sen River 15 Miles Southwest of Kampong Thom. They were released 72 hours later after indonesian peacekeepers brought a letter to their captor from men Ron. Anne Frank group targets nationalism Amsterdam Netherlands apr the Anne Frank foundation named after one of the holocaust a most famous victims is taking aim at the hate plague of extreme nationalism descending on Europe. The exhibit Europe today the ugly face of nationalism will be opened by dutch prime minister Ruud Lubbers on tuesday in the canal House where Anne Frank and her family hid. The House is a museum and shrine to her memory. The exhibit will use photographs clippings and interviews with oppressed minorities to emphasize that no european nation a is or Ever can be ethnically pure a foundation spokeswoman Ita Amado Seija said. The foundation is dedicated to the teen age jewish diarist who died in a nazi death Camp. 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