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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, January 18, 1993

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 q the stars and stripes palestinian world monday january 10,1993 sit in at zone Marj Al Zohoury Lebanon apr palestinians deported by Israel marked one month of exile in a Southern no Many a land by marching toward israeli army lines and holding a two hour sit in sunday. Israeli troops did not fire on the deportees from israelis self designated a Security zone inside Southern Lebanon. Last month four palestinians were wounded when israelis fired on a similar  the March. Symbolizes our Renee Tion of the deportation orders and our determination to return Home a spokesman Abdul Zatz Rantisi a physician from the Gaza strip said after the deportees returned to their Camp. Meanwhile no sign of a breakthrough was evident in the impasse Between Lebanon and Israel Over the 413 men who were expelled by Israel on dec. 17 in retaliation for the slayings of six israeli if troopers by suspected Muslim fundamentalists. Of the 413 palestinians originally deported one was allowed to return Home and another was removed to a Hospital. The deportees began their March sunday after temporarily folding up the 63 rec tents that serve As their makeshift omes leaving intact Only the one that houses their clinic. During the 1,000-Yard protest March to the Edge of the israeli Buffer zone at the Zomma Raya crossing Point the deportees waved palestinian flags and the Koran islam a holy Book. They carried banners proclaiming Quot we do not want any Home but ours and Quot god is  israelis lebanese militia ally the mainly Christian South Lebanon army moved tanks and armoured personnel carriers to Zomma Raya to Block any attempt to Cross into the Security zone As two israeli Jet fighters flew overhead. The lebanese militia has about 2,500 members in the Buffer zone Israel established in 1985 to shield its Northern settlements from guerrilla attacks. Israel has about 1,200 soldiers in the zone during the deportees two hour sit in on a Rocky slope they formed the word a a Home in English and �?o799�?� with their bodies. _ the number refers to . Security Council Resolution 799 that Calls on Israel to take the deportees Back. After holding Muslim prayers the palestinians trudged Back to the Camp and put their tents Back up. Israel accuses the men All from the occupied West Bank and Gaza of being supporters of the Radical fundamentalist Hamas and islamic jihad movements Lebanon has refused to accept the deportees saying it will not become a dumping ground for palestinians expelled from their Homes by Israel. Israel refuses to take them Back even though the mass expulsion has brought widespread International criticism and jeopardized the  Arab israeli peace talks. In Jerusalem egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa arrived sunday for talks Likely to focus on the deportees. The expelled men Are encamped Between lebanese army lines and the israeli Security zone. No Progress was reported on efforts by the International red Cross to move medical supplies to the deportees by helicopter. Timur Goksel spokesman for the . Interim Force in Lebanon said the -. Command had received no authorization to provide a helicopter. Moussa said on arrival in Jerusalem that he would meet with prime minister Yitzhak Rabin during his five hour visit and give him a letter from egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Spring on the Wing with Blue skies and the temperature a very Uii wintry 60 degrees Sun lovers turn out to feed waterfowl along the Elbe River in Dresden Germany on sunday. Residents in much of Europe a Birds been i oyling an Early taste More on the weather. And people alike a have of Spring. See Page 13 for in Florence Italy a police on saturday arrested a 68-year-old Farmer suspected of being the Quot monster of Florence a blamed for murdering eight couples in and around the City from 1968 to 1985, news reports said. The 16 victims including a German couple and two tourists from France All were shot with the same .22-caliber. Beretta pistol in or near their cars. In some cases their sex organs were mutilated. Pietro Pacciani had been notified in october 1991 that he was being investigated in the murders. But the news Agency Ansa reported Pacciani a name had come up in the probe As Early As eight years ago. According to the news Agency Florence prosecutor Piero Luigi Vigna said that statements relating Quot certain facts considered important to the murders had surfaced recently and led to Pacciani a arrest. Vigna did not elaborate. But the news Agency said without attribution that witnesses had placed Paccia ii in key places during the times of the murders. Pacciani was arrested at his Home in merc talc Val i pcs a Small town near Florence. News agencies said he told officers he was not guilty and was being used As a Scapegoat. Five other suspects in the murders have been jailed and released. Authorities said a Bullet was found in Pacciani a Garden and analysis determined it could have come from the murder weapon. The weapon has not been found. Investigators also found on the premises a notebook and soap Holder that belonged to victims. Japanese doctors blame seizures on Tokyo up1 a a dozen Young slurs developed symptoms of epilepsy while playing japanese made video games Over the last seven years according to reports released by physicians saturday. The Niigata municipal Hospital said about 10 cases of epileptic seizures involving children playing the games have been confirmed since 1985. Last week doctors in Miyagi prefecture said two students had epileptic fits in 1988 and last year apparently triggered by Light stimulation from computerized to games. Masahisa Sato a doctor at the Niigata Hospital said two or three cases of epileptic seizure have been reported annually since 1985. Similar cases have been reported in the United states and Britain. The health and welfare ministry games announced recently a comprehensive study on the Impact of Home video games on the physical and mental health of youngsters. The study will cover several popular game sets and a representative selection of software Sard Masako Tanimura chief of the research department for developmental psychology at the National children a Hospital in Tokyo who is heading the study team. Nintendo has placed warnings on its products in Britain that epileptic seizures  be caused by the games. Sato said All the victims on the Niigata records were Between 10 and 15. Flashing lights from television screens were believed to have induced the epileptic seizures he said. Nintendo officials said an investigation will be conducted to determine if the video games Are responsible for epilepsy. At least 6 die in India train crash new Delhi up indians High Speed Ramdhani express train the showpiece of its massive Railroad system rammed into a derailed freight train in Northern India killing at least six people including a German woman and injuring 41, the railway ministry said sunday. Ministry spokesman . Siddiqui said the crash occurred late saturday night because the express trains a Drivers did not see the derailed train due to darkness and thick  the express train s two locomotive Drivers and a 55year-old German woman passenger were among those killed. At least 14 of those injured were listed in serious condition in local hospitals. Railroad traffic in Northern India was disrupted after the super fast Ramdhani express travelling from new Delhi to Calcutta collided with the freight train which derailed while in route to the Indian capital. Kanpur Railroad manager  Sahai said that five cars of the express train overturned and seven others left the fails As a result of the collision. 3 japanese Slidders reach South pole Tokyo a three japanese carrying food and research equipment on a sled reached the South pole on sunday after a 67-Day, 840-mile hike the father of one said. Team Leader Kenji Yoshikawa 29, Masuyuki Matsubara 27, and Tetsuya Sano 24, arrived at the pole at 8 45 . Saturday said Matsubara a father Hiroshi. He received the report from adventure Road an organizer of the project. Officials of the adventure Road could not immediately be contacted. The senior Matsubara said Masayuki an employee of Sapporo breweries ltd., left Japan for Punta Arenas Chile on oct. 20, and the three then flew to a base Camp at Patriot Hill at latitude 80 degrees South. From there the three set out on foot on nov. 11. The three member expedition collected ice Snow and Rock samples As they probed the Ozone Hole Over the Antarctic on their Way to the South pole  
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