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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 3f 1993 Pago 9 a Quot a a a a. Muslim marchers begirt7 trek to ruins of mosque from wire reports Dhaka Bangladesh a about 20,000 muslims started a March to India on saturday vowing to rebuild a mosque demolished by hindu zealots there last month. A a a it a a peaceful March to build pressure on the Indian government to rebuild the mosque on its original site a said Moulana Azizul Huq an islamic scholar leading the March. On dec. 6, hindu militants razed the 16th-Centurybari Masjid or mosque in the North Indian town of Ayodhya sparking week of violence that left 1,200 dead nationwide. Muslims in Bangladesh and Pakistan then destroyed or damaged dozens of hindu  hits in Black Forest Zurich Switzerland an earthquake hit Northern Switzerland and Southern Germany last. Week causing panic but Tittle damage and no injuries authorities said. The earthquake occurred late wednesday night. It measured 4.2 on the Richter scale and was entered in Germany a Black Forest. Dieter Mayer Rosa head of the Swiss earthquake service said an earthquake inthe Region was Likely to. _ strike every eight to 10  die in Stampede a Hong Kong a two of the 20 people killed in a new years eve Stampede in a jammed Hong Kong pub and restaurant area were identified saturday As Canadian and British students Home on leave. Another was a 27-Ycar-od japanese said authorities. A this is so unfortunate so senseless Quot David Rittman headmaster of Hong Kong a International school said about one victim Jody Fullerton 18, a student of the University of Canada at Winnipeg. A the was just Home on  _ the other student Michael Edwards Frith 15, the son of a British police superintendent assigned for 31 years to Hong Kong was Home from boarding school in great Britain. The japanese was identified As Koji Niiseki. The other 17 kind in the crush were Hong Kong residents. The deaths occurred As a crowd estimated at 15,000 welcoming the new year choked the Steep Slippery narrow streets of the Lan kwai Fong entertainment area in the Central District. At least 61 were injured. Doctors remove giant cyst Nicosia Cyprus a iranian surgeons have removed a 66-Pound cyst from a 38-year-old woman the islamic Republic news Agency said. Or. Ali Gayour who performed the surgery in Iran a northeastern Khorasani province said the woman had become a almost paralysed Quot by the cyst in her ovaries which was removed last week in a five hour operation Irna reported according to the guinness Book of records the largest ovarian cyst Ever recorded weighed 327 pounds and was removed from a woman in Texas in 1905.keep change Bank told camposamp1ero, Italy an 89-Ycar-old widow had trouble at the Bank after Italy s state pension fund issued her a refund Check for a minuscule 25 lire 1.6 . Cents. The Check which was mailed to Rina Zecchin required 3,300 lire $2.20 in postage an thanking fee Stamps. A i just told the Bank to keep the Check As a memento Quot said Zecchino a son 66. An official of the state social welfare department blamed a new computer system for the problem. In a country where a cup of Coffee runs 1,000 lire coins of 10 and five lire disappeared from circulation years ago making the Check impossible to cash.3 girls die in building leap Tokyo a five teen age girls leaped from the top floor of an eight Story apartment building in an apparent group suicide attempt thursday and three died police said. One of the other two who were hospitalized later told police that the five had a somehow Quot agreed to die it a. It in inner Fli pc Ain and jumped after inhaling paint thinner fumes said Osamu Nemoto a duty officer at the prefect Headquarters in Mito 63 Miles East of Tokyo. Manama Bahrain Apt salvages have blown open the holds of a sunken american warship off Oman revealing a treasure that could include up to $400 million Worth of Silver sources said thursday. The sources speaking on condition of anonymity could not give a precise inventory of what was found. But when it Sank half a Century ago the ship carried about 90,000 Silver ingots and 3 million Silver saudi riyals. A. / tie Salvage operation financed by Ocean group a consortium of omani businessmen and carried out by a team based aboard a French vessel has been shrouded in secrecy for months a perhaps because of the High financial stakes involved. The Laden John Barry a military cargo ship stailing from Philadelphia during world War ii was Cut in half in a German a boat attack aug. 28, 1944. Quot the wreck has since lain in deep Waters off  sources said British deep sea Salvage expert Keith Jessop oversaw a series of controlled explosions in mid december that revealed the ingots. Each weighs about 1,000 Troy ounces and i stamped wifi an american Eagle. The operation was carried out from the research and recovery vessel Castor of the French Institute of Marine research or Fremer. The Castor was sited Over the wreck of the John starry lying in 8,000 feet of water about 125 Miles off the Southern omani City of  second vessel from i framer is expected to arrive Over the John Barry this month or next to begin the Salvage of the Silver Bullion which could have a Market value of $300 million to $400 million. A the Bullion minted in Philadelphia was destined for the state Bank of India. Also on Board were the Silv or rivals bound for saudi arabians Laic King Abd Al Aziz Ibn Saud through Ras Tanura. The delicate operation of blowing open the holds of the John Batry is understood to have been carried out after a Survey by manned . The operation was directed by Frenchman Jean Roux from the Castor using a Remote controlled submersible. V 1 the Castor is understood to have returned to France. The Ocean group led by Sheik Ahmed Farid Al aria i chairman of the desert line co. In Muscat was estimated to have spent about $ 10 million on the project up to the latest phase. Jessop who 11 years ago was involved in the retrieval of $60 million Worth of Gold Bullion from the Cruiser Edinburgh sunk off Russia during the world War ii is sex pc cd Back in Oman to help with the recovery of Thesila 200 pm arabian St site of sunken american warship leap year v Palmuria Giuseppe 40, takes a plunge into the tiber River off the a your Bridge in downtown Rome on Fri Day the dive was Giuseppe a Way of celebrating new years  eat snakes amid impasse a Uslie gave no reason but said a we thought we  be afraid of dying if we were High a a Nemoto reported. Marj Al Zohoury Lebanon a deported palestinians grilled snakes for lunch saturday As Lebanon and Israel remained deadlocked Over Relief supplies. The International red Cross said saturday a technical problems Quot had delayed the repatriation of 10 deportees Israel says were mistakenly expelled. Bernard Pfefferle said the Lebanon delegation of the group which he Heads was awaiting word from Israel on what will happen to the 10 men once they returned Home. He said that the red Cross was seeking permission from the governments of Lebanon and Israel to interview each deported person before they Are transported. Or. Abdul Aziz Rantisi said eight deportees sneaked into a lebanese Village controlled by the pro iranian Hezbollah or party of god during the night. They re turned to their makeshift Camp in a no Many a land in Southeast Lebanon on donkeys Early saturday with flour Dales and some vegetables. G the lebanese army seeking to Force Israel to take the deported people Back has barred All humanitarian Aid. But sympathetic Muslim villagers in Lebanon have smuggled food to the deportees. Rantisi said the deported people had caught six snakes in their tents. A a we skinned them grilled them and ate them for lunch Quot he said. The mass deportation was retaliation for the. Slaying of six israeli troopers. Israel blames the slayings on the Muslim fundamentalist Hamas and islamic jihad movements and says the deported men Are Muslim extremists  
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