European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 24, 1993 world 1 the stars and stripes Pago 11 Pope to Moke Day trip to Albania on april 25 from wire reports Tirana Albania a Pope John Paul ii plans to make a one Day visit to Albania on april 25, albanian president Sali Berishay a press office confirmed Friday. The Pope accepted Berishay a invitation to visit Albania planning stops in the capital Tirana and the Northern town of Shroder. 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 Hoxha the dictator who Cut off Albania from the outside world and dubbed the country Quot 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 baby. Elephants 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 nerd 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 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-Ycar-old St. Clair a known professionally As Quot miss whiplash a was found at the Edge of Beachy head a Headland notorious for suicide attempts. Speculation about her disappearance 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 Ana 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 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 people. Japanese 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 s 124 million population. A total of 411 cities saw a population increase with 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. Red 9 from t Marj al Zohoury Lebanon apr two British helicopters flew red Cross officials to Lebanon on saturday to evacuate nine of More than 400 stranded palestinians deported from Israel. The Wessex 5 helicopters dispatched from British bases in Cyprus touched Down on a narrow Asphalt Road near the Camp at mid morning after a Brief Stop in israelis Northern port City of Haifa. A four member team of the International committee of the red Cross carrying three boxes of medical sup lies disembarked about 300 Yards from the Camp hey were not allowed into the Camp though that was not expected to affect the evacuation. Quot although we Harbor the highest esteem and respect for the red Cross we have refused to admit the delegation into the Camp a said Abdul Aziz Rantisi a spokesman for the deported palestinians. Quot we smell a conspiracy to transform our cause into a humanitarian Issue to abort Resolution 799 of the . Security Council Quot which Calls on Israel to take All a he expelled men Back Rantisi said. The red Cross team set up instead along the Roadside. Reporters drove some palestinians Saia to be ill to the red Cross outpost to be examined by a doctor. The British helicopters returned to Haifa where they were to wait to be called Back to pick up the red Cross team and the nine palestinians who Israel said were expelled by mistake. It was not known when the helicopters would return to the Camp for the red Cross team and the palestinians. The nine began saying goodbye to those they were leaving behind saturday snaking hands and collecting letters to be relayed to families Back Home. Several of those being returned probably will be jailed before being cleared to return to their Homes in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Surgeon Omar a ranch who Heads the Campos medical committee said he would ask the red Cross delegation also to take Back 11 sick deportees who he said needed hospitalization. Rantisi Lold reporters he would stress to the red Cross the need to resolve the plight of All the men in line with a . Security Council Resolution calling on Israel to take them All Back. The palestinians whom Israel accuses of being members of militant Muslim fundamentalist groups have been languishing since dec. 17 Between a lebanese army checkpoint at Marj al Zohoury and the Edge of Israel s self proclaimed Security zone in South Lebanon. Lebanon refuses to accept the palestinians saying it will not become a dumping ground. The palestinians were deported in retaliation for the slaying of six israeli troopers in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza strip. Israel originally put the number of deported palestinians at 415. But the exiles said their total was 413, two of whom were evacuated by the International committee of the red Cross on Jan. 9. A chinese youngster rides in a dragon sled towed by dogs in Bering on saturday the Start of the chinese new year. Year of rooster arrives in Asia with roaring fireworks displays 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. Deng 88, made his annual new year s eve appearance on the nationally televised evening news greeting leaders in Shanghai where he usually spends the Winters. China Stop leaders hosted a reception for 4,000 officials and noted personalities saturday morning at the great Hall of the people seat of the chinese government. In Manila Philippines crowds jammed the narrow streets of the City a 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 earsplitting 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 continued through the night. An estimated 2.5 million people or half of 1 Long 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 will spend the next few Days visiting friends and relatives