European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 1, 1993 world the stars and stripes Page 9 Britain s Short to Battle Kasparov for chess title from wire reports san Lorenzo de Al escorial Spain British chess grandmaster Nigel Short wort the candidates final chess series saturday setting up a showdown with Garry Kasparov for the world title. Short beat dutch grandmaster Jan Timman on Adraw in the 13th game giving him the 7.5 Points needed to win the match. Timman finished with 5.5 Points. A Victory was Worth one Point a tie a half Point and a defeat  receives a $124,000 prize and will probably play Kasparov in Barcelona in september. The 27-year-old Short will be the first player from a country other than the former soviet Union to play for the title since american Bobby Fischer played Boris Spassky in 1972. Plane crashes in Indonesia Jakarta Indonesia a plane carrying singaporeans hired to Salvage Oil from a ruptured supertanker crashed into a Mountain in North Sumatra killing All 16 aboard officials said sunday. It. Jaka Suprianna a spokesman for the search and Rescue Agency Saia the aircraft was broken i pieces and efforts were being made to evacuate the bodies from the  plane carrying 11 passengers and five Crew members was reported missing shortly after it took off in bad weather saturday. Snow cuts off villages Ankara Turkey heavy snowfall blanketed much of Central Eastern and Northern Turkey on sunday cutting off More than 2,700 villages fro the outside world news reports said. Snow blocked roads and Telephone links went Down. Power outages were also  Northern Turkey Snow piled As High As 13 feet in some parts. More Snow and freezing temperatures were predicted for most parts of the country today. 66 die As Tram hits bus Beuing a train struck a bus that was trying to Speed across the tracks at an unguarded crossing sunday killing 66 people and injuring 28 others the Xinhua news Agency reported. Xinhua said All of those killed were on the bus White Only one person on the train the Driver was slightly Hurt. The bus was carrying 94 passengers 34 Over its intended capacity Xinhua  said investigators found that the bus Driver was not attentive at the time and did not abide by  it said he tried to Speed through the crossing ahead of the train. Pope passes health exam Rome Pope John Paul ii s latest checkup since surgery gave him a clean Bill of health and he s sticking to his grueling Pace As Well As his favorite diet of pasta and pizza his spokesman was quoted saturday As saying. The spokesman Joaquin Navarro in an interview with the italian newsweekly Panorama dismissed As irresponsible journalism recent reports that the Pope was in failing  Paul 72, underwent surgery july 15 to remove an intestinal tumor that his doctors to Benin Uganda and Sudan 2 rescued in Cairo  Cairo the death toll Rose to 19 saturday although Rescue workers pulled two survivors Fromet rubble of an a ment building that collapsed three Days ago in a affluent Section of Cairo police a one of the survivors 9-year-old Ahmed Al Natgha was rescued after spending 51 hours under debris that killed his entire  s 18-year-old sister Era an died at a Hospital Early saturday she was pulled out of the debris 30 hours after the collapse. Another survivor building parking attn Ventsam Mohammed Abdel Rahman was pulled out of the rubble after being entombed nearly 36  six Story tenement in the Helip Pohs Section of Cairo was apparently weakened by an earthquake that hit Egypt in october. Train cars lie Askew after a passenger train plunged into a swollen River in Kenya on saturday. 59 bodies recovered in Wake of Kenya s worst train crash _ _ Nairobi Kenya a at least 59 people were killed when part of a train plunged into a swollen River that had washed away a Bridge police said sunday. More than 100 people were feared dead in Kenya s worst Railroad Accident. A police duty officer said 59 bodies had been recovered. Rescuers continued searching for More. The officer said one of the victims was a Canadian but refused to give her name or Hometown. The engine Driver and his assistant also were killed in saturday s Accident. Israel planning to try americans Jerusalem up Israel charges that three Arab americans arrested last week Are suspected of trying to rebuild the islamic fundamentalist Hamas group whose suspected leaders were deported to Leb anon in december. Officials said sunday the Arab americans would be put on trial. The arrest of the three by the israeli general Security service known As the Shin bet led to a Roundup of More than 40 other suspected Hamas activists in the israeli occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. They will not be deported to the ," police min ister mosh Shahal said of the americans. They tried to organize murder and terror acts Here and we Are entitled certainly to judge them according to International and local Law. Salah Mohammad Abdel Hamid 39, and his Cousin Mohammad Joma Hilmu Jarad 36, both from Chicago were arrested in the West Bank last week. A search of his hotel room at the Myca in East Jerusalem turned up $100,000 in Cash and information on planned Sui cide missions a government statement said. A . Official who asked not to be identified said a third american also was arrested and All three were visited by consular officials. An israeli army spokesman would not comment. Hamid and Jarad were accused by israeli authorities of being senior agents for the islamic resistance front known As Hamas. Israeli officials said two weeks ago that the organization was opera tog in the United states and raising funds for activities against Israel. The two americans wanted to renew the infrastructure the violence the disturbances and the militant activity of the Hamas including attacks on. Soldiers and civilians the army statement said. The railway said the train was travelling pm the Indi an Ocean port of Mombasa to the Nairobi the kenyan capital when its engine and five coaches plunged into the River near Tito and i about 125 Miles Southeast of Nairobi. Jean n. Lusino a Public relations officer for the state owned Kenya railways corp., said saturday that the railway believed at least 114 people were killed or injured based on the number of passengers believed to have been in the five coach cos. Irish yield devalue battered punt 10% London up Ireland reluctantly devalued its currency by 10 percent after resisting the move Fox weeks to enable the Irish Pound to stay within the european Exchange rate mechanism As Well As give the country s Economy a badly needed boost. The decision was announced late saturday after a four hour crisis meeting of the european Community s monetary committee in Brussels called by the Irish government. The devaluation the fourth reshuffling with in the Exchange rate mechanism in the past five months enabled the Irish Pound or punt to remain in the mechanism. It was expected to re Duce the currency s value to about $1.45, it had recently risen As High As $1.63. The devaluation was prompted by last week s Cut in . Interest rates that left Sterling at a reduced rate and rendered Ireland s exports to Britain noncompetitive. Ireland Sells More than one third of its exports to the . Italy and Britain dropped out of the mechanism last september and both Spain and Portu Gal have since devalued their currencies. The punt has been battered by currency speculators in recent weeks and tuesday s British in Terest rate Cut and drop in Sterling added More pressure. Goldman Sachs analyst Gavyn Davies said the punt s position was made worse by the refusal of German Banks to Cut their interest rates