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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 28, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3 Rabin spurns . Appeal on expulsions Jerusalem up a prime minister Yitzhak Rabin flatly rejected a personal Appeal sunday by a . Envoy to reverse the deportation of 415 palestinians now stranded without food or heat in frigid Southern Lebanon. Rabin also told . Undersecretary general James Jonah that Israel would not allow humanitarian organizations to bring supplies to the deportees through the self designated a Security zone it controls in Southern Lebanon. He said the palestinians were the responsibility of the lebanese government despite its refusal to accept them. The deportees Are suspected members of the outlawed Hamas and islamic jihad organizations that have assumed responsibility for killing six israeli military personnel this month. A i made it Clear to him that Israel is determined to fight against terror particularly the murderous terror of the fanatical islamic fundamentalists whose purpose is to murder israelis. And to kill the Chance of continuing the process toward peace Quot Rabin said after an hour Long meeting with Jonah in his Jerusalem office. Jonah the . Undersecretary general for political affairs said he could not speak publicly about his Mission because of its sensitivity. He was dispatched to the Middle East after the dec. 17 deportations were condemned by the . Security Council. He planned to visit the deportees tuesday at their tent Camp in Southern Lebanon. During a meeting earlier sunday foreign minister Shimon Peres told Jonah that Israel Felt the . Condemnation was a one sided and did not take into account the attacks on soldiers that provoked the unprecedented action. He said the palestinians should Appeal their deportations to military boards now being set up that would hear their arguments to return Home. Quot a report in the daily has Aretz newspaper sunday said six of the 415 palestinian deportees were expelled by mistake. The mix up came As the  was rounding up members of the Hamas and islamic jihad organizations for expulsion and officials mistook members of the deportees families for some of the suspects the newspaper said. The men were blindfolded and bound with their  behind their backs put on buses and taken to israelis Northern Border. They were kept on the buses until a court order allowed the deportation to proceed 36 hours from the time they boarded. Since then the palestinians have been living in a tent Camp in Southern Lebanon suffering from cold and hunger. Both Lebanon and Israel have refused to allow humanitarian organizations to bring the deportees  delivery gets help from maps by Craig Martin staff writer Heidelberg Germany a sets. Gary Vandertang and Robert Henderson and their fellow police were expecting a quiet Christmas Day As they patrolled the Heidelberg military Community. Their expectation did no to last Long thanks to Karen von Braunsberg and her daughter Amanda Lynn who will be 1 week old new years Day. Vandertang and Henderson a Holiday duty adventure began when a 6 09 . Call came into the 529th my co that a woman was in labor in her quarters in Heidelberg a Patrick Henry Village. Vandertang Henderson and three other military police members including Vandertang a wife responded. They found von Braunsberg in her living room with intense contractions insisting that she was going to have a baby right away. Her husband spec. Tom von Braunsberg was with her. Karen von Braunsberg had begun labor about 5 ., but she was in too much pain to ride in a car to the Hospital. So the couple called the maps who arrived within minutes. A i Felt the baby move Down and the urge to push a she said. A a that a the last thing right before you  Vandertang said he knew then that it was too late to move her to the Hospital. A i was pretty frantic because i knew the baby was coming a von Braunsberg said. A we had her lie Down on the floor in the living room a Vandertang told the stars and stripes on saturday. A was soon As she Lay Down the water  at 6 20, Vandertang and Henderson delivered 8-Pound, 1-ounce Amanda Lynn into the world. The infant arrived shortly before the Karen von Braunsberg shows her Christmas present Amanda Lynn. A amps Craig Martin German ambulance which took the Mother and daughter to the military Hospital in Heidelberg. A i was kind of scared a said Tom von Braunsberg who is assigned to the . Army Europe a Headquarters at Heidelberg a Campbell Barracks. A i was glad the maps arrived when they did. They did a real Good  a we did no to realize that morning the baby would come so soon a Karen von Braunsberg said referring to the birth of her third child. A the maps knew exactly what to do. We re really grateful to  the von Braunsberg family includes Stephanie Joyce 6 and Tom jr., 2vz. The Mother said she Felt easier once Vandertang told her he had helped deliver a baby at his last duty station. The Mother and daughter were to leave the Hospital  attack rally of Neo nazis Berlin up a a meeting of Neo nazi youths was broken up by anti nazi protesters hurling stones in the Western German City of Meschede on sunday police said. More than 200 anti nazi protesters attacked about 30 Neo nazi youths who tried to hold a rally in the town in the state of nor Rhein westfalen. Several people were arrested police said but they did not specify whether those detained were rightists or anti nazi protesters. Meanwhile police in the City of Wiesbaden said they shut Down a Neo nazi information Telephone that gave dates for protests and solicited donations. In the Eastern German town of Friedric Shain some 50 masked rightists armed with baseball bats attacked a disco sunday police said. No injuries were reported but the disco was damaged. Germany a Domestic intelligence service says some 40,000 people belong to groups classified As right Wing extremist or Neo nazi. Russia to Issue 10,000-Ruble note Moscow apr spiralling inflation and a severe Cash shortage have prompted russians Central Bank to begin printing 10,000-Ruble Bank notes news agencies said saturday. The new Bills Worth roughly $25, will be 100 times larger than the biggest Bank notes issued by the soviet government that disintegrated a year ago. Inflation has soared to 2,000 percent since then and prices freed in january by russian president Boris n. Yeltsin have risen so astronomically that shoppers pack huge wads of Cash for everyday purchases. Earlier this year Russia introduced 200-, 500-, 1,000 and 5,000-Ruble notes. One Dollar is Worth 414.5 rubles at the current Exchange  s top general vows to fight for serbian cause from wire reports 3elgrade, Yugoslavia a Yugo via a military chief of staff pledged riday that the  was ready to fight serbs everywhere and criticized the rid Community Lor threatening Force list them. Rhe warning came As a relict operation food Short Sarajevo proceeded. Freez weather in the War shattered capital Bosnia and Herzegovina could soon ome deadly a . Official said. In a Telegram congratulating serbian president Slobodan Milosevic on winning the Federal presidential election dec. 21. Gen. Zivota panic said the  is a ready always and everywhere to protect the. Serbian people who Are subjected to unjust and unprincipled  he was clearly alluding to possible military involvement in Bosnia where outgunned and out manned Muslim led government forces Are battling rebel serbs. Fighting broke out after Bosnia a mus lims and croats voted last february for Independence from Yugoslavia which now comprises Only Serbia and Montenegro. Meanwhile in Geneva on sunday croatian and bosnian government leaders reportedly made Progress at talks with International mediators to try to map out the future shape of Bosnia. T he five hour meeting was the first attempt to draw up joint bosnian croatian plans for dividing the War shattered nation into autonomous regions As part of a political settlement. Bosnia a Muslim president Alija Izet Begovic headed the bosnian government delegation. Croatian president Franjo Tadjman was joined by the Leader of the bosnian croats Mafe Boban. T he bosnian serbs who have captured 70 percent of bosnian territory during the bitter conflict were not represented. However political and military leaders of All three factions Are scheduled to have face to face talks saturday  
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