European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 a the stars and stripes monday january in 1993 Marj Al Zohoury Lebanon up a palestinian deportees stranded in no Many a land in Southern Lebanon dismantled their tents and marched sunday toward israeli positions to Mark the end of the first month of their deportation and demonstrate their determination to return Home. A we done to want a country other than our Homeland a a said one placard raised by the More than 400 palestinians sex pelted dec. 17 by Israel. A your deportation Kilts peace a read another. The palestinians have been lingering with Little food and water,4 Between unyielding lebanese and israeli armies. On dec 17, Israel dumped some 415 palestinians reputed members of the fundamentalist organization Hamas and the islamic jihad in Palestine in an arid area at the Edge of its Security zone in Southern Lebanon. The lebanese government refused to admit the deportees and allow medical and food Aid into their Camp arguing that Israel bears Complete responsibility for the menus Well being and Fate. Last week Israel allowed red Gross officials to evacuate two deportees a Bassom Sahouri and Zuheir Labadi a bringing the total number to 413. Sahouri one of 16 palestinians that Israel said it expelled by mistake returned Home in the occupied West Bank. Israel denied entry to Labadi who suffers kid Ney problems but it moved him to a Hospital inside the Security zone. Israel bowed to International pressure and announced this week that it would allow the red Cross to bring in medical Aid and letters to the deportees As Well As evacuating nine of them expelled in deportees waving Black sheets., and banners destroyed most of their 56 tents at the a Al buds re Tum Camp be tween the lebanese Marj Al Zohoury checkpoint and the Zim Raya Gate con trolled by the israeli army. The tents collapsed Over what remains of their meager food supplies clothes and belongings. They marched South toward the Zim Raya Gate which israeli troops have been blocking with mines and Earth barricades to prevent them from returning Home. The deportees stopped in the Middle of the Road some three Miles from the Zim Raya Gate and staged a sit in to pro test their Ohe month unresolved plight. As three israeli helicopters flew overhead throwing smoke bombs the deportees waved placards and islamic flags chanting a Wallah Akbar god is great a Israel reinforced its positions at and near Zim Raya and dispatched israeli officers to a Hill overlooking the Camp to supervise the March. Last month israeli troops opened fire on the deportees who were trying to Cross the Zim Raya Gate in an attempt to Force the israelis take them Back. Two deportees were wounded at the time. The deportees held hands and lined up to form the word a a Home and the num. Ber 799 in reference to the . Security Council Resolution which Calls for their repatriation. They then prayed for the soul of a palestinian girl killed by israeli troops in the occupied territories saturday. Their spokesman Abdel Aziz Rantissi said the move was aimed at marking the passage of one month on their deportation and asserting their determination to return Home. A we done to want to Settle Here a said Rantissi. A we destroyed the Camp to prove to the whole world that we want to go 1 7�?1 5 a it 5. A a i a it. ,. Spring on the Wing with bide skies and the temperature a very Uewl Niy 60 in much of Europe a Birds and people alike a have degrees Sun lovers turn out to feed waterfowl along the been enjoying an Early taste of Spring. See Page 13 for. Elbe River in Dresden Germany on sunday. Residents More on the weather. Florence Italy apr police on saturday arrested a 68-year-old Fanner suspected of being the a 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 . But the news Agency Ansa reported pack Tania 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 a certain facts considered important to had surfaced recently and led to Pacciani a arrest. Vigna did not elaborate. But the news Agency said without attribution that witnesses had placed Pacciani in key places during the times of . Pacciani was arrested at his Home in me Catale Val Dipesa 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 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. Hie 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 video games Tokyo up a dozen youngsters 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 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 said 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 7 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 trains two locomotive Drivers and a 55-year-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 i derailed while in route to the Indian capital. Kanpur Railroad manager Sahai said that five cars of the express train Over turned and seven others left the rails As a result of the collision. 3 japanese Slidders reach South pole Tokyo apr 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 Leader Kent Yoshikawa 29, Masayuki Matsubara 27, and Tetsuya Sano 24, arrived at the pole at 8 45 . Saturday said Matsubara a father Hiroshi. He received the report from Advent read 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., ten Japan for Punta Arenas Chile on oct. 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 foie
