European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world Friday saturday december 25/26, 1992ira declares cease fire for 72 hours in n. Ireland from wire reports Belfast Northern Ireland a the Irish Republican army on wednesday declared its traditional Christmas cease fire in Northern Ireland but gave no indication that it Wilt halt a spate of bombings and bomb threats in England. A volunteers tithe Ira across the six counties of Northern Ireland will temporarily suspend hostile military operations for a period of 72 hours starting at Midnight tonight Quot the outlawed organization said. The Ira has killed 26people this year in Northern Ireland and four in Britain. For the first year since 1975, protestant based a loyalist Quot guerrillas have killed More people in Northern Ireland a 32 As of wednesday. Libyan crash victims buried Cairo Egypt a victims of a libyan plane crash were buried wednesday after a mass funeral attended by leading members of Moa mar Qadhafi a a military Junta Qadhafi himself did not attend. No reason was Given for his absence. The state run libyan news Agency Jana said the bodies of 157 people who died in the crash of a Domestic Airliner were buried at Tripoli a Sidi Al Sayer cemetery. The dead were mostly libyans. The Boeing 727, carrying 150 passengers and seven Crew members from the Mediterranean port of Benghazi went Down tuesday about 30 Miles from the capital of Tripoli near the town of souk is scat. Mohammed Sweidan an official of libyan Arab airlines operations office said wednesday that the cause of the crash was still unknown.20 saved after boat sinks Suva Fiji a Twenty Christmas travellers were rescued by fishermen wednesday after their overloaded boat capsized in rough seas near the capital of Suva authorities said. A 6-Rnonlh-old boy was kept afloat on a piece of debris. The group a including six children under age 2 a was travelling from Suva to the Southern Island of Kadau for Christmas when their cargo boat started taking on water the australian associated press reported. One survivor said the group left Suva about 3 . Wednesday after being assured by the Captain of the Ella Ella that his vessel could safely carry them All. Authorities said the overloaded boat capsized about 20 Miles South of Suva in turbulent seas Aap reported.2 red Cross workers killed Islamabad Pakistan a a senior official of the International red Cross and his Driver were shot to death in Eastern Afghanistan on wednesday reports said. 1 he reports said Maslavi Mudassir and his Driver Humayun were ambushed at Surah Dewal close to the Eastern afghan City of Jala Labad while returning from a refugee Camp in nearby Logar province. Mudassir went to the Camp to supervise the distribution of 10,000 blankets. Reports about the shooting came from the afghan news Agency and the afghan islamic  taps military chief Moscow a russian president Boris n. Yeltsin named Gen. Mikhail Kolesnikov the new armed forces chief of staff wednesday filling a Post vacant since Gen. Victor Dubynin died in november the inter fax news Agency reported. The appointment of Kolesnikov who had been Duhy nits first Deputy was announced by russian defense minister Pavel Grachev. Kolesnikov 53, will automatically become first Deputy defense  general elevated Madrid Spain a it. Gen. Jose Rodrigo Rodrigo has Bens named military chief of staff wednesday replacing . Gonzalo Rodriguez Martin Granizo who died Dee. 16, the defense ministry said. The 63-year-old infantryman is the first chief of staff from the army Spanish state television the said. He served As assistant director of the defense ministry s International affairs Section in 1985, a Post that put him in Contact with . Peacekeeping and most owing operations. Heavenly bodies the Sun is partially hidden by the Moon in a solar eclipse As seen thursday morning in Tokyo. The partial eclipse which lasted More than 2vx hours was visible throughout Japan. A solar eclipse which occurs two to three times a year somewhere around the world happens when the Moon moves Between the Sun and Earth. China moves against France on reported Jet Sale to Taiwan Beijing apr China in a signal to other european countries considering weapons sales to Taiwan appeared wednesday to retaliate against Frances reported plans to sell 60 Mirage Jet fighters to the Island nation. China which had warned France that it would pay a heavy Price for such a Sale ordered the French to close their Canton consulate. The move came one Day after France signed an agreement to lend China $120 million for Public projects. Taiwan broke from China in 1949, when it became the Refuge for the nationalist chinese after they lost a civil War to the communists. The nationalists still regard themselves As the rightful rulers of All China. France has refused to confirm the warplane Deal but news reports in both countries said French companies signed contracts in november to sell the assault Mirage 2000-5 Jet fighters Worth $2.6 billion As Well As 1,000 missiles. Chinese companies also have been stalling on planned deals with French companies. Some big ticket purchases have been cancelled including a planned Purchase of six Airbus passenger planes. But China has yet to take Strong measures against the United states which announced in september that it will sell Taiwan 150 f-16 Jet fighters. Instead China recently made several Large purchases from the United states including wheat six Boeing passenger airliners and a switching system from american Telephone amp Telegraph co. The difference in responses appears to be based on pragmatic concerns. The United states is China a no. 1 Export Market and a major source of High technology and investment. China is believed to be trying to take advantage of the change in . Administrations to end the tension that has prevailed since the 1989 army attack on pro democracy protesters in Beijing. Egypt Safe for tourists Mubarak says Luxor Egypt apr president Hosni Mubarak turned tourist and chatted with foreigners in an attempt to show the world that Southern Egypt is Safe despite Muslim extremist attacks. A if two or three incidents take place this docs not mean it is not a Safe country a Mubarak said wednesday As he walked Between the towering columns of the 3,500-year-old Karnak Temple. One British tourist was killed and two britons and five germans were wounded in two attacks by Muslim extremists in Southern Egypt in october and november. They were the most serious of u recent attacks on tourists. Tourism minister Quad Sultan who accompanied Mubarak said tourism has dropped 50 percent Overall because of the violence. Tourism is Egypt a main foreign currency earner. Sultan said that hotel occupancies in Luxor usually overbooked during the Holiday season ranged from 37 percent to 80 percent. Nile cruises have been the worst hit and dozens of giant cruisers stood Idle in Luxor. Tourists at the Karnak Temple and the nearby Luxor Temple about 450 Miles South of Cairo said wednesday that they had no Security concerns. A it is much safer in Egypt than on the streets of Florida a said Marilyn Middendorf of Daytona Beach i la. A we see Security around. It is not intensive but we feel Mubarak Safe. We write to our american friends and say a come Egypt is  a Mubarak repeated accusations that the Western Media exaggerated the attacks and contributed to the drop in tourism. One tourist he talked to agreed. A the Western Media said there Are problems but it is nonsense it is Safe Here Quot said French visitor Serge Weibel. �?o1 feel far safer than in the subway in new York or  Mubarak egyptians a Ike cheered and applauded Mubarak repeated accusations that Iran and Sudan were behind the violence. A we Are ready to have Good relations with Iran if it could Stop interfering in the internal affairs of Egypt which i think is difficult a he said. He warned that Egypt has a different ways and Means Quot to Stop its enemies and brushed aside Sudan a denial that it harboured Camps to train Muslim extremists