European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The St can tripes vol. 51, no. 260 350 monday january 4,1993 d 8693 a sign a More secure president Bush and russian president Boris n. Yeltsin Exchange pens while signing the Start ii Accord sunday at a Kremlin ceremony in Moscow. Moscow a president Bush and russian president Boris n. Yeltsin signed a historic treaty sunday to reduce nuclear missiles crowning Bush a four years of High stakes diplomacy. Yeltsin proposed an Early Summit with president elect Clinton. In a glittering Kremlin ceremony the two leaders effectively passed on humanity s Hopes for a safer world to Clinton "1 Hope he will take Over the Baton that was Given him with such Grace by president Bush a Yeltsin said. Bush effectively ending his four year turn on the world stage said russians first democratically elected Lender would enjoy working with the new . President. Bush leaves office in 17 Days. A it Means a future far More free from fear a Bush said after signing the Start ii Accord. The far reaching treaty after ratification by the . Senate and russian parliament will reduce . And russian nuclear stockpiles radically and wipe out dreaded Multi warhead nits Sites that can hit several cities in one launch. Yeltsin pushing his commitment to buy cold War animosities declared a we will be Able to hand Over to our Chil Drin the children of the 21st Century a More secure a to Ceaty my hogs the treaty would Cut strategic weaponry by two Thorda Oyer the next decade. Eliminate Ell land based multiple warheads cutting both aides combined arsenals from 20,000 to Between 3,000 and 3,500 warheads apiece. Allow the United states to retain its seaborne Mutt ple warhead missiles assuring its nuclear supremacy. The russian Leader said he wrote to. Clinton two Days ago proposing that they meet in a third country a there should be no Lull in our relations with the new administration a yet see treaty on Page 2somalian mob protests . Chiefs visit Mogadishu Somalia a . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali took Refuge sunday m the . Embassy after hundreds of Rock throwing demonstrators massed at Headquarters. Boutros Ghali arrived in Mogadishu to visit the Headquarters the Day before holding preliminary peace talks in Ethiopia Between Somalia s main warring factions. The crowd gathered outside the . Compound in anticipation of the scheduled visit and news conference. Several shots were fired that demonstrators claimed came from the compound but that could not be confirmed. One of Somalia a main political factions announced sunday that it would attend the talks. But a statement did not say if its Leader Gen. Mohamed Farrah aided would attend. His main rival Ali Mahdi Mohamed has agreed to attend the conference described by . Spokesman Farouk Mawlawi As a informal preparatory talks aimed at setting up formal peace negotiations within a few months. The protesters supporters of aided accuse the United nations and the Secretary general of supporting a Mahdi. Boutros Ghali did not arrive As scheduled and . Marine spokesman Eric Carlson said the . Chief was at the Marine Headquarters in the former . Embassy. Meanwhile in the Southern port of Kismay a 28 year old British Unicof worker was shot and kilted saturday by his own Security guards said . Marine col. Fred Peck a military spokesman in Mogadishu Sean Devereux was shot three to four times in the Back when he turned to walk away after telling the guards he was reducing their wages Peck said Devereux was the first Western Aid worker to die since troops arrived dec. 9 and the second Unicof worker killed in the past year. The shooting was Likely to renew Relief agencies complaints hat troops while securing Relief supplies and opening up Convoy routes have failed to secure the see visit on Pago 2heavy Snow wreaks havoc in Southern Italy Snow cold blast Southern Italy tool Bari Italy apr the first heavy snowstorms in the South in years shut Down Bari a Airport delayed trains or hours and even thwarted skiers sunday As drifts and ice forced the closure of roads to ski lifts and resorts. Snow fell again in Calabria and Sicily on sunday after several Days of temperatures in the 20s, Snow and powerful blasts of cold air from northeastern Europe. Forecasters said the cold wave would last at least through tuesday. A Newborn with breathing problems who was being transferred from one Hospital to a another died saturday in an ambulance while Calbart tithe vehicle became trapped in Snow on the outskirts of Bari a state to report s3id from Apulia the a a Heel of Italy that was hard hit by the snowstorms. Firefighters on sunday found six italians Safe in their car which had been blocked since saturday afternoon in heavy Snow in Basilicata the a instep Quot of the Boot shaped italian Peninsula the italian news Agency Ansa reported. Electricity to several villages in Apulia also known As Puglia was lost in the storm state television reported. / searchers checking the Waters a few Miles South of Otranto found the body of one of 10 albanians believed to have died in a storm last week As they sailed clandestinely to Italy seeking work. One albanian survived and was found thursday. Since saturday night Bari Sirpo closed by Snow. Domestic As Well As a Tew International flights to and from Bari were being diverted to Brindisi. A a Here a it s sunny no wind a the Snow stopped 25 Miles North of us Quot said a Brindisi Airport employee. While mountainous Sicily is no stranger to Snow a mount Etna a slopes Are marked by ski runs a coastal areas such As the port City of Messina got a rare dusting. Hopeful skiers never made it Down the Volcano s slopes because police closed roads leading to the lifts when Snow and ice made them treacherous. ?.r-Itytvyrm it Rrt a w
