European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R sunday. January 24, 1993 world the stars and stripes b Page 9 Rush hour Roundup somalian Field workers drive cattle past a . Marine checkpoint in Central Mondi Shu on thursday. The Farmers and their cattle spend the Day outside the City and return each evening disrupting traffic. Bairoa Somalia apr suddenly the soldiers patrolling the streets and rumbling through town in armoured vehicles arc wearing floppies hats and saying Quot go Day instead of Good  but not much else has changed since the australian infantry replaced the . Marines in this Hub of Somalia a famine Relief operation. A your Mission is the same a to provide Security so the Relief agencies can get food to the needy a said australian  it. Co. David Hurley who took Over command wednesday of the International operation in the Bairoa area. The raising of the australian Flag and lowering of the . Flag at Bairoa Airport recently transformed into a major Mph Tail base marked the first Transfer of . Mill tary control in Somalia to an Allied Force. The 500 american soldiers remaining in Bairoa including  and Navy engineers air Force traffic controllers and Marine helicopter Crews now report to the australians. When the marines arrived Here dec. 16, gunmen and heavily armed vehicles roamed the streets gunfire shattered the night Calm and food Aid was being looted. About 350,000 people died last year in Somalia a famine and chaos and 2 million Are now considered at risk of dying. When the marines left last week somalis were sipping Tea at Street stalls at 1 a.m., gunfire was rare and thousands of tons of Ood had been delivered to famine victims  villages. A a we be seen the City get Back on its feet. Its been a Hack of an experience for us Quot said the outgoing commander Marine col. Buck Bedard 49, of Argyll Minn. Bedard is taking Over the Marine operation in Mogadishu the capital. Since Jan. 1, he said the marines in Bairoa had collected More than 100 weapons and helped to oversee the establishment of local Security and Relief com  Driver Hurt in Somalia crash Mogadishu Somalia a . Army member was slightly injured Friday when a fuel truck she was driving crashed into a Brick Wall across from the . Embassy. The Driver who was not identified had swerved to avoid a group of somalis crossing the congested and litter lined Murca Boulevard. She was taken to a nearby coalition medical facility treated for superficial injuries to her hands and legs and released. No somalis were injured in the Accident. Shortly after the collision three shots rang out across Merca Boute Vard. Officials said they were dire eled at a military police Convoy approaching the Accident site. No police were injured in the attack and they did not return fire because a Large crowd of somalis had gathered in the area. I Milt is. There was no fanfare or Public ceremony when the marines 850-Strong 3rd in 9th.regt, left but some somalis say the marines will always be remembered because they gave Bairoa Back to the people. A the marines have changed everything a they brought Back peace and Tranquility a said Husein Dahir Ahmed manager of the somalian red Crescent. Like Many somalis however they fear a return of the gunmen if Allied troops leave without disarming militiamen and marauding gunmen in the region.4 accused of trying to sell radioactive material Berlin apr German authorities said Friday they had filed criminal charges against four Eastern europeans for allegedly trying to sell radioactive material at a Highway rest Stop in the latest such incident since the collapse of the soviet bloc. Western governments have been warning that weapons Grade plutonium or enriched uranium could eventually fall into the hands of terrorists or outlaw regimes through illicit sales. However most of the cases reported so far in Germany have involved less dangerous radioactive materials. / the Brandenburg state Interior ministry said police had arrested the four men from former Czechoslovakia a As they waited to Complete a Sale of californium 252 at a rest Stop in the Eastern German town of Freie Shufen on wednesday. Californium 252, produced in nuclear reactors is used As a Neutron source in Medicine and other areas. Authorities did hot say How much was seized or where it came from. However the Tage Spiegel newspaper of Berlin said it was kept in a Container about one cubic centimetre in size. That would make the Container smaller than a sugar cube. On Friday Christoph Otto the prosecutors spokesman in the City of Cottbus said the four suspects had been charged with seriously endangering the environment and with the release of radioactivity. All four Are being held in Jal and their names have not been released Otto said he did not believe the thwarted Sale was an isolated incident but also said he had no indications of a possible criminal organization. There still appeared to be some question about the actual danger posed by the materials. Wolfdieter Kraus of the Federal office for radiation Protection in Berlin said the radiation released was a Small and relatively harmless.�?�. Determining just How much radioactive material from the soviet bloc May be for Sale throughout Europe is virtually impossible. Polish authorities say their country appears to be a frequent transit route and have tried to crack Down on the illegal Trade. In october Germany a Federal police said that nuclear smuggling from the former soviet Union was on the Rise but that or agents. Most of the a a buyers were undercover police Britain launches manhunt for guard 1 million pounds London up a a major police search was under Way saturday for a Security guard who disappeared in his armoured Van with $1.52 million in pounds. Detectives were anxious to find Edward Maher 37, of Chelmsford Essex a Suffolk police spokesman said. Maher a Securi Cor guard drove away with 1 million pounds while his colleague was inside a Lloyds Bank for the first delivery of the Day in the main Street of Felixstowe Suffolk on Friday morning the spokesman said. Police found the Van almost an hour later near the seafront of the Channel Orf town but the guard and the Money lad vanished. The Many a live in partner Jeborah Brett 27, and her 3-year-old son also have disappeared. Felixstowe has Cross Channel ferry services to the Netherlands Germany and Scandinavia. A one guard made a delivery to the Bank and returned to find the Van and Driver missing Quot the police spokesman said adding that a around 1 million pounds Quot in assorted 5 to 50-Pound notes had been taken. Quot we Don t know where the Driver is nor the circumstances behind his disappearance he could be  a Securi Cor spokesman said saturday that the company would offer up to 50,000 pounds $76,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thief or thieves. Clinton invited to play Rugby London apr English Rugby officials Are hoping for a reunion with a former Oxford player who went on to bigger things in the United states a president Clinton. Chris Mccooey who introduced Clinton to the sport almost 25 years ago told the daily mail newspaper that he would Issue an invitation to the president Mccooey was Secretary Captain of the University College second team during the two years Clinton studied at Oxford. He said he even Lent the Rhodes scholar a pair of cleats Mccooey a 43-year-old financial journalist is now a vice president of the Tunbridge Wells Rugby club. A i shall Tell him Clinton that we have a Good veterans Side and that if he a up to it he could probably find a place on it a he was quoted As saying. Mccooey remembers Clinton As a fairly unfit and not at All athletic too Lumpy for  a the had quite an appetite for the game and he was an excellent member of the team always enthusiastic always Good fun so it did no to matter about his skills Quot he said. Clinton also will be invited by the English Rugby football Union to watch an International match at the Twickenham stadium in London