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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes tuesday december 22, 1992 Relief plane reaches Sarajevo serbian vote count continues i at a glance i 1 want to get the goods on the Yule tide treats served in Belgium and Britain turn to the stories on pages 14 and is. Heart of the matter Holiday drinkers have reason to take one message to heart. A Page 5 doctor wins round a doctor who says toxic releases from weapons plants have harmed his patients has won Protection under the Federal whistle blowers act. A a Page 6gift-wrapping dad slain two gunmen shot to death a roman Catholic Man sunday As the family wrapped presents in Northern Ireland. A Page 9 Index Abby Ann Landers .20 comics.18-20 commentary.13 faces no places.10 letters.12 Money matters.17 sports.21-28 to listings .27 weather .11 1 to our readers the stars and stripes on Christmas Day will be a combined Issue for dec. 25 and 26. The newspaper will double up on the comics crosswords Ann Landers and dear Abby so you wont miss any of your favorite features. All of stripes bookstores will be closed on Christmas Day but you can still gel your combined edition from newspaper vending machines. There will be no newspaper dec. 26 because of the Christmas Holiday. The stars and stripes will resume publishing sunday dec. 27. 1 correction because of a source error an article sunday incorrectly reported the amount of family separation pay that ser inc Meinberg in Somalia ate eligible to receive. T he amount is 5&Quot 5 per month. Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr the United nations air Bridge to Sarajevo resumed operation monday with the arrival of a British Relief plane but heavy Clouds forced Back a second aircraft. While planes were ferrying supplies to help Stop the Advance of Winter misery european Community foreign ministers in Brussels Belgium were discussing ways to pressure Yugoslavia to end the War in the breakaway bosnian Republic. And ballots were being counted in Serbia a presidential elections which gave voters a Choice Between the nationalist policies of incumbent Slobodan Milosevic and the More moderate yugoslav Premier Milan panic. Preliminary tallies from sundays polling showed the two running neck and neck amid reports that Milosevic a supporters were rigging votes. Ankara Turkey up a two bombs hurled Over the compound Walls of the . Embassy and the French embassy school in Ankara caused damage but no injuries sources said monday. Both attacks occurred late sunday but no group claimed responsibility. The attack on the . Embassy occurred at 8 p.m., when unidentified per crash from Page 1 Region when it crashed about 8 30 a.m., said Martin air spokesman Udo buys in Amsterdam. Rescue workers were searching through the blackened midsection and Tail of the plane which was still clouded in smoke by mid afternoon monday. Francisco Severino assistant Airport director at Faro said at least 52 were killed and 23 missing. But he said those unaccounted for May have walked away from the wreck during the confusion that followed the crash Landing. Dutch embassy spokeswoman Theda Van Royen said the ministry of Interior affairs told her there were 40 dead 23 missing and presumed dead and 267 injured. She said there were 330 people on Board. There was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy in the passenger or casually figures. A dozen of the most badly injured victims were hospitalized in Lisbon Van Royen said. Forty two survivors were resting monday afternoon in the hotel ibis in Faro receptionist Elsa Gomes said. The Pilot whose name was not immediately available survived the crash of the three engine Mcdonnell Douglas Jet cities from Page 1 marines fired single shots from their m-16 automatic rifles and the firing from the building stopped he said. Within seconds a vehicle armed with a .5l Caliper machine gun came around a Corner he said. The vehicle s Driver spotted the marines and turned around but a Young somali Manning the machine inn swung the weapon around and aimed at the a Sarajevo which has been surrounded by serbian forces for More than eight months is suffering through the beginning of Winter with no heat electricity or running water. Life for its remaining 380,000 people has been made More miserable by suspension of the Relief flights a key source of food and medical supplies. A Lemka Lisinski a spokeswoman for the . High commissioner for refugees in Zagreb Croatia said the British plane landed monday morning in Sarajevo and 11 others were to follow. A . Plane was turned Back because of poor visibility Over the City which is ringed by Mountain it was not Clear when More landings would be attempted. Airborne Relief was Cut off dec. 1 after a . Plane was hit by ground fire near the Airport. Sons in a passing car threw the bomb Over the compounds rear Wall. A . Embassy spokeswoman said the device landed just inside the compound and damaged windows. She quoted the police As saying the bomb was apparently an improvised device designed to make a loud noise without causing injury. Van Royen said. The portuguese news Agency Lusa citing an unidentified official source said 80 people were dead. There was no Independent confirmation of that report. Radio in the Netherlands reported that Many aboard were dutch nationals. Other reports said some passengers were British and african. The airline said in Amsterdam that a passenger list was not yet available. There were reports of survivors struggling out of the burning wreckage As much As an hour after the Accident. A it was real bad weather and the air plane started rocking and the Pilot tried to land i think three times a a a passenger identified As l. Ribeiro told dutch nos television. A then he tried pulling up. On the third time he came in Steep and i looked out the window and saw the motor on the Wing burst into flames and the Wing hit the ground. A then i saw Only fire Quot Ribeiro added. Portuguese radio reporter Antonio Provence told Spain a slate radio Rne that lightning and Thunder occurred As the plane tried to touch Down in 40-Mph winds. A the plane had already landed but the wind came under the wings and lifted it Back into the air Quot said Severino of Faroe a Airport. A the right Wing hit the ground. The plane flipped Over and then  Rines who opened fire Peck said. The marines saw the gunman fall but had no word on his injuries he said. With marines Riding Shotgun sunday the first truck Convoy of food in More than a month reached Bairoa without incident. The City is in the Center of the famine stricken area. The . Marines and belgian paratroopers who entered Kismay Are part of a Force sanctioned by the United nations to ensure Lood shipments to Somalia where an estimated 350,909 people have died of starvation in a famine caused by drought and civil Var. War broke out in Bosnia after majority muslims and croats voted for Independence in february Over the objection of ethnic serbs. More than 17,000 people have died. Serb fighters have seized 70 percent of Bosnia in the conflict with the backing of serb dominated Yugoslavia. The resumption of the Relief flights came As military representatives of Bosnia a Muslim led government serbs and croats continued daily meetings to discuss Demilita izing the City. Negotiations Over the weekend reportedly bogged Down Over priorities and where the Airport would figure in an eventual demilitarized zone. Bosnian serbs who artillery and Small  fire daily at Sarajevo want to first establish Safe corridors for civilians in and out of the City. Witnesses said they saw two people driving away from the scene in a car after the attack. The blast at the French embassy school occurred about three minutes later making a 1-Inch Hole in the compound Wall sources in the embassy said. The school is about a Miles from the . Embassy. Over some 200 Yards of the Airport with parts of the wings As far away As 400 Yards. The worst fire damage was in the Middle and rear of the plane. A there was screaming and people falling Over each other a passenger Marlous Jongerius told nos television. A i saw a stewardess with blood pouring from her head. There was blood everywhere. A those of us who got out of the plane ran As hard As we could a people were running in All directions. We got to the terminal and there was nothing there no one to help us just people screaming All Over the  Martin air spokesman buys said reports that lightning struck the plane could not be immediately confirmed. Portugal a rom radio said the Black Box flight recorder had been recovered. The Airliner left Amsterdam at 5 44 a.m., 34 minutes late Schipholt Airport spokeswoman Marianne de groot said. She said such delays Are routine at Amsterdam a Busy Airport. A Martin air source speaking on condition of anonymity said the dc-10-30cf was built in 1975. It is maintained by the dutch airline Kim which owns a substantial share in Martin air Hollands Mam charter airline. Martin air is routinely used by dutch vacationers heading to Holiday spots across Southern Europe. Although clan gunmen and Bandit gangs disappeared from View in Mogadishu after the marines arrived dec. 9,  have reappeared on the capitals streets. R Thomas the Unicof spokesman said Reimet workers were worried about the number of gunmen and heavily armed vehicles in North Mogadishu which the foreign troops have not entered. Lie said the Irish Relief Agency goal was considering suspending its operations i that part of the City because of increasing dancer Small bombs hurled at ., French facilities the bulk of the wreckage was strewn  
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