European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes world Friday saturday january 1/2,1993 Yeltsin says Economy shows some recovery Moscow apr russian president Boris n. Yeltsin in a new years address to his nation said wednesday that russians Economy shows signs of recovering but stressed that the year 1993 would be a politically Complex and Quot not  a Yeltsin also said his primary task in the coming year would be protecting the poor and fighting against the skyrocketing crime and corruption. Quot for me As a president the outgoing year was the most difficult year of my life a Yeltsin acknowledged in a nationally televised speech. Quot together we have chosen changes together we have started the work that will probably become the most important task for Russia in the 20th Century. I sincerely want it to succeed a the president said. Yeltsin said gloomy predictions of total economic chaos hunger and mass unemployment did not materialize. Still he apologized for failing to foresee the scope of the painful Price hikes saying that Quot it was my  / a Quot the year 1993 will be the year of stabilization a Yeltsin said. Quot the catastrophe has not taken  in a convinced will not happen. Russia is living and russians keep on fighting.�?�. Yeltsin noted that production of Industrial enterprises has started to grow and that the government has managed to decrease  deficit and prevent hyperinflation. Quot these Are the direct evidences that stabilization has started. Russia has not rejected the Market it has accepted it a he said praising russians 148 million people for their endurance. The russian president was discharged from the Hospital wednesday after suffering from Quot a slight cold a the itar Tass news Agency reported. In his new years address Yeltsin also hailed Yegor t. Gaidar the former acting prime minister who spearheaded the Market reforms for Quot taking unpopular measures together with the president for the Sake of russians future. Quot in a convinced he will come Back to a High position in government but it demands time a Yeltsin said. Earlier this month the communist dominated Congress of Peoples deputies russians highest legit Latic body a forced Yeltsin to abandon Gaidar. He was replaced by Viktor Chernomyrdin a conservative soviet Era industrialist. Making the rounds l a a guard patrols the Snow covered soviet memorial in Lerlin wednesday. Authorities close the memorial in win Ter to prevent tails on the Slippery Stone surface. The tank is a t-34 tank at right is the Brandenburg Gate. Moi leads challengers in Kenya Nairobi Kenya apr Early results from Kenya s first multiparty election in 26 years showed president Daniel Arap Moi beating a fractured opposition that charged widespread voting irregularities Justice zaccheus Chesonis chairman of the elections commission said the Winner would probably not be announced before the weekend because a new vote was ordered in eight polling stations in the Meru District of Central Kenya. Ballots had not arrived there in time for tuesdays election paper ballots were being hand counted throughout Kenya on wednesday under scrutiny of party agents. Despite deep discontent with his Rule Moi 68, was widely favored to win re election against an opposition split by personality clashes and Power struggles. With 41 constituencies counted out of 188 on wednesday Moi had 372,138 votes according to the Kenya television network. His nearest rival Kenneth Matiba of the opposition Ford Asili party had 33,881. To avoid a Runoff a candidate must win at least 25 percent of the vote in five of kenyans eight provinces. The provision passed this year was intended to keep any Candi Date from winning on a purely tribal basis and was widely seen a weakening opposition chances of Victory. Moi called the election under pressure from Western foreign Aid donors. He was challenged by seven candidates. It was the first multiparty contest since special elections m 1906, and was overshadowed by months of ethnic violence and widespread charges of electoral me gling. J a in the rift Valley up to 800 died in ethnic fighting earlier this year. B h election observers reported gerrymandering vote buying and harassment of opposition candidates before the elections. , the balloting was the continued stability of this East african nation Long considered an exception to the autocratic Rule and economic collapse afflicting much of the continent. 1 a russian troops finish mongolian withdrawal from wire reports Moscow a Russia has completed withdrawing its troops from Mongolia once a strategic outpost of the soviet Empire the itar Tass news Agency said wednesday a. The Brief dispatch which cited the mongolian news Agency Mon same did not say when the last troops departed or How Many were in the final contingents. There were an estimated 60,000 soviet troops in Mongolia along the chinese Border when a democratic Reform movement began to Lopson the Kremlin a 70-Yeaf grip two years ago. An additional 50,000 soviet specialists Ana their families were based in the vast but sparsely populated  cemetery desecrated Strasbourg France a vandals overturned and broke tombstones at a jewish cemetery in Eastern France the second such desecration in two Days police said wednesday. No Graffiti were discovered at the Small graveyard in Schilt Isheim a Strasbourg suburb. About 25 headstones were toppled and about 10 broken police said. The vandalism which apparently occurred overnight tuesday  a Day after vandals desecrated a jewish cemetery with Spray paint in another Strasbourg suburb. They left Graffiti protesting israelis expulsion of 415 palestinians. Woman killed at Border Prague czech Republic a a 19-year old. German woman was shot to death by a czech Border officer during what police said was an attempt to avoid a customs Check the ctr news Agency reported wednesday. Police said the woman was a passenger in a car driven by a 20-year-old German Man. The Driver was stopped tuesday by customs authorities at Svor near the German Border about 80 Miles North of Prague. Ctr quoted police As saying the Driver tried to run Down a patrolman standing in front of the car carrying the officer about 50 Yards on the Hood before braking suddenly to throw him Clear. Other officers fired warning shots As the Driver tried to Speed away toward the Border then gave Chase Ana shot at the car to Stop it ctr  buses stoned Buenos Aires Argentina a two buses carrying jewish schoolchildren Home from a trip f were pelted with stones it was reported wednesday. One girl was slightly injured. Quot we can to confirm but neither can we discard that it was an anti semitic attack a said Alfredo Neuberger executive director of the delegation of jewish Argentine associations. The incident occurred sunday evening near the City of Cordoba 434 Miles Northwest of Buenos Aires. The buses were taking the children Back to the capital from a Holiday. Plane lands on Highway a Annecy France a a Light air plane carrying three British tourists was forced to land on a Highway in Southern France on wednesday. But none of those aboard were Hurt. The plane was chartered by the britons for a sightseeing flight to mount Blanc Europe a tallest Mountain at 15,771 feet. But it developed engine problems shortly after taking off from Cour Chevel a resort in the French Alps police said. The Pilot of the single engine plane owned by the charter firm air it Blanc steered the plane toward another Airport. But he lost Altitude too rapidly and was forced to land on the a40 Highway. Italian fireworks crackdown Rome a police nationwide cracked Down wednesday on illegal fireworks trying to Avert a runes and deaths from the More dangerous kind of new years eve noisemakers customary in Italy. They arrested at least 23 people and seized More than 500 tons of exploding material including fireworks Gunpowder bottle rockets and Power id Tiree Rackers the news Agency Ansa said. Paramilitary police from More 4,658 stations around Italy took part in the crackdown Ansa said