Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, January 24, 1993

You are currently viewing page 11 of: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, January 24, 1993

     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 24,1993 world the stars and stripes pm b Pago 11 red Cross Airlift removes 17 palestinians from Cam Pope to make Day trip to Albania on april 25 from wire reports Tirana Albania Pope John Paul ii plans to make a one Day visit to Albania on april 25, albanian president sail Berishay a press office confirmed Friday. The Pope accepted Boris has a invitation to visit Albania planning stops in the capital Tirana and the Northern town of shod tar. / a Vatican delegation led by monsignor Roberto Tuci left Tirana on Friday after talks to finalize details of the visit. Since 1945, All religions have been outlawed under the Iron handed Rule of Enver i Hoxha the dictator who Cut off Albania from the outside world and dubbed the country a the worlds first atheist  in the 1970s, a roman Catholic priest was tried and later shot by a firing squad after being found guilty of baptizing a Newborn  take revenge new Delhi a a Herd of 50 enraged elephants trampled a Man to death in the Indian state of West Bengal then unearthed his Corpse and four others from a graveyard three Days later the statesman newspaper reported saturday. The Man had hurled stones at the elephants As they were peacefully passing in Yankura District in West Bengal state the newspaper said. The elephants trampled the Man then exhumed his Corpse it quoted officials As saying. The Herd which has reportedly killed some 30 people migrates to West Bengal from Bihar state every Winter miss whiplash discovered London a missing Quot vice Queen Quot Lindi St. Clair was found Safe in a Florida hotel five Days after her abandoned car was found at the Edge of a Cliff with an empty Champagne bottle inside police said Friday. A senior detective investigating the disappearance which has been widely seen As a publicity stunt called it a Quot stupid act and said St Clair had caused a lot of police work. Detectives launched an investigation Jan. 17 after the Jaguar car belonging to 40-Ycarold St. Clair a known professionally As Quot miss whiplash a was found at the Edge of Blachy head a Headland notorious for suicide attempts. Speculation about  was sparked by her claim to have compiled a Quot dirt file containing the names of members of parliament who she claimed had been her clients. She had threatened to reveal details from the file to the Media. But Sussex police Friday said they believed they had traced St. Clair to a hotel in fort Lauderdale fla., following a Lead from documents found in her apartment. ,80 mafia suspects indicted Gela Sicily a a judge Friday indicted 80 suspected members of feuding mafia clans on charges of drug trafficking and extortion and the court pleaded for More judges to handle the cases the italian news Agency Ansa reported. Those indicted including two women a rare in mafia cases a were accused of belonging to the crime families reputedly headed by Salvatore Yocolano and ally Gaetano Lanni and rival Giuseppe Madonia Ansa reported. The new indictments come on the heels of another extensive Case which will see 116 mafia suspects soon go on trial together in Gela Sicily a fourth largest City with 80,000  cities grow Tokyo a Urban residents account for 78 percent of Japan a total population reflecting the expansion of cities into neighbouring communities the Japan association of City mayors said Friday. The population of Japan a 663 cities swelled to 96.31 million in 1992, up 680,000 from the previous year the association said. Urban residents accounted for 78 percent of Japan a 124 million population. A total of 411 cities saw a population increase w Ith More than half of them located along the Pacific coast of Honshu Japan a main Island where Japan a major Industry is concentrated. Cities witnessing a drop in population numbered 252, and More than half of them were scattered on the islands of hokkaido Shikoku and Kyushu As Well As in the chug Oku Region on Honshu which faces the sea of Japan Jerusalem up a British helicopters plucked 17 palestinian deportees saturday from their desolate tent Camp in Southern Lebanon and brought them Back to Israel officials said. Four were sent to a Hospital and most of the others were jailed. The Airlift organized by the International committee of the red Cross broke a two Wick deadlock Over How to overcome the procedural objections of both Israel and Lebanon to evacuate the men. Thirteen were among those Israel  had cd fill cd by mistake Ana four others were brought Back or medical treatment military officials said two other mistaken deportees members of the Hamas islamic resistance front chose to stay with their 394 comrades who have been living in the frigid Camp in Marj al to hour Lebanon since being expelled dec. 17. The four sick men were taken from a military air base in Northern Israel Back across the Border to a Hospital in Marj a Uyun a lebanese Village inside israelis self do cared Quot Security  one other Deportee had been taken previously to that Hospital. Most of the others were taken to jails inside the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. It was not immediately Clear whether any had been allowed to go Home to their families. Quot the red Cross returned this afternoon 13 of the 15 Hamas activists who were mistakenly distanced a an army statement said. Quot in addition four More Hamas activists whose condition required hospitalization. Were brought to the Beijing apr revellers across Asia rang in the lunar new year with a deafening Roar of firecrackers fireworks and celebrations that continued Well into saturday. In Beijing Early saturday the streets were littered with piles of debris from firecrackers rockets and roman candles the smell of Gunpowder Hung in the air. The crackle and Roar of fireworks could still be heard throughout the Day but was nothing compared to the deafening explosions and bursts of color that continued unbroken for a half hour after Midnight Friday to Greet the year of the rooster. Chinese believe firecracker blasts scare away evil spirits. Newspapers on saturday printed with red mastheads and headlines ran front Page photographs and reports of a rare Public appearance by senior Leader Deng Xiaoping. Der 88, made his annual new years eve appearance on the nationally televised evening news greeting leaders in Shanghai where he usually spends the Winters. China s top leaders hosted a reception for 4,000 offi Hospital in Marj  the army said the 13 deportees were being Quot returned to their previous status before the expulsion. In almost All the cases the men had been in israeli jails before being deported. A a two weeks ago Israel allowed a 1.6-year-old Deportee Vasseni Sahouri to return to his Home in the West Bank town of Hebron officials said however that charges were pending against most of the deportees brought Back saturday but gave no specifics. The evacuation by three Royal air Force helicopters stationed at an air base in Cyprus was agreed to by both israeli and lebanese officials Friday three weeks after Israel admitted errors in selecting the men it banished for up to two years. Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin had originally said All were members of the Hamas and islamic jihad organizations which killed five soldiers and a Border policeman in december. The Fate of the remaining deportees remains unclear. Both Israel and Lebanon Nave stopped Relief supplies from reaching them although local villagers have smuggled food into the tent Camp. Israelis supreme court is expected to Rule this week on the legality of the deportations. Civil rights lawyers argued last week that inc mass expulsion denied the men due process of Law and was riddled with errors. The action was also condemned by the . Security Council which has sent an envoy three times  pcs fully to urge Israel to rescind the deportations vials and noted personalities saturday morning at the great Hall of the people scat of the chinese government. In Manila Philippines crowds jammed the narrow streets of the City s chinese Quarter saturday to Herald the arrival of the lunar new year in celebrations darkened by a wave of kidnappings against ethnic chinese. In Vietnam the streets of to Chi Minh City erupted with an ears pitting Crescendo of fireworks at Midnight Friday As vietnamese returning from across the Globe gathered to celebrate tet the Start of the lunar new year a a time of family reunions and spiritual renewal. In Hong Kong where firecrackers Are banned residents spent a relatively quiet new years eve but in neighbouring Macao few slept As the pyrotechnics Contin Yeii through the night. An estimated 2.5 million people or half of Hong Kong s population left the Colony for family reunions mostly in Mainland China. In China Hong Kong and Vietnam where the lunar new year is a Legal Holiday people Wilt spend the next few Days visiting friends and relatives. A a chinese youngster rides in a dragon sled towed by dogs in Beijing on saturday the Start of the chinese new your. Year of rooster arrives in Asia with roaring fireworks displays  
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade