European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday february 10, 1993 world Egypt s president maintains emergency police Powers Cairo Egypt up president Hosni Mubarak has extended emergency police rules in effect since the october 1981 assassination of his predecessor Anwar Sadat the daily newspaper Al Hayat said monday. The Law allows suspects to be detained without trial for renewable periods of 15 or 30 Days. Human rights groups said the Law has been used to detain political activists for More than two years. Egypt is going through a Tough period Mubarak said in an address sunday at to Nuniya University North of Cairo. I must protect the state and the people who have Given me this responsibility Mubarak said in remarks reported by the newspaper Al Hayat. He called the measure temporary but did not say How Long it will last. More than 80 people have died since March in Vio Lence attributed to Muslim militants who want to establish an iranian style theocracy in Egypt. Fourteen students were arrested sunday for circulating anti government leaflets and inciting fellow Stu dents to acts of violence Security sources said monday. The government newspaper Al ashram on monday also reported the arrest of 18 suspected militants Sun Day in Mbaba a fundamentalist stronghold West of Cairo. Another suspected militant sawed Abdel warmth was shot and killed by police Friday after he threw a bomb at a police car injuring one officer. Mbaba was the site of a crackdown in december against militants. Attacks against police since then have killed one officer and injured several. Police in the Southern City of Meriya also arrested 35 suspected members of the outlawed jihad organization and raided five weapons factories that reportedly sup plied them Al ashram said. The opposition daily Al Vaud said monday that All cases involving attacks by militants on foreign tourists have been transferred from Security investigators to a military investigator. The newspaper said 13 such cases were being transferred As Well As the Case of a suspected militant accused of killing a police Captain late last year. Most of the attacks on tourists took place in the Southern area of syut. Police also arrested a second suspect in the april slaying of writer Farag Fouda known for secular and anti fundamentalist views and writings the government daily Al ashram Al Messai said. Ashraf Al Sayyid Ibra him was arrested late sunday in Giza the report said. Whale of a discount japanese diners line up at a Tokyo eatery for a bargain lunch of whale meat. Once a month the specially restaurant offers a discount lunch menu As part of an Industry Campaign to drum up support for commercial whaling. Tuesday s meal heralded with an English pos tar Cost 85 cents less than a 10th of its Normal Price. 3 abducted on plane in Venezuela Caracas Venezuela up an american a Canadian and a venezuelan were kidnapped last week end when gunmen hijacked a Small chartered plane near the colombian Border a . Embassy spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman from the Caracas embassy said the three were taken from the Laguna Larga area of pure state. The plane was last seen heading South she said. We Are working with local authorities and the consensus is that the plane is now out of venezuelan Terri tory the spokeswoman said. Pablo Simoza chief of the police anti kidnapping division for Western and southwestern states said the hijackers had not contacted the family of the venezuelan Pilot for possible Ransom requests the National news Agency Ven pres reported. Simoza identified the kidnapped . Citizen As Jean Lamarque apparently a tourist on a fishing vacation. He said the Canadian is Clayton Lufgren owner of the company that runs the fishing Tours and the abducted venezuelan Pilot was Jorge Rubin me Lendez. According to Simoza the plane flew to a fishing Camp at Laguna Larga to pick up . And Canadian tourists who had spent a week fishing for Bass in the Lush tropical area. Simoza said Lufgren accompanied the Pilot to the Camp where they were greeted by four armed men dressed in civilian clothing and carrying pistols and two grenades. The men speaking with colombian accents forced Lamarque to Board the plane with Lufgren and the Pilot and took off toward Colombia. The . Embassy spokeswoman would not confirm the . Citizen s name and said a privacy Law prevented her from giving further information on him without permission from the family. Colombia is Home to some of the world s leading co Caine cartels As Well As at least two Active communist guerrilla movements. Guerrillas Are suspected of abducting an american mining Engineer in Colombia in Early december and three . Missionaries were kidnapped this month in Panama. Colombian drug traffickers often Hijack planes in the Amazon River Basin to use for illegal shipments of narcotics cocaine paste and partially processed coca leaves the raw material used to make cocaine. The stars and stripes a Page 9 russian burglar pities victim leaves Money instead from wire if ports Moscow a burglar who broke into a pensioner s apartment changed his mired after seeing its poor condition and left 5,000 rubles and an apology a newspaper has reported. Pop Vou can t live so shabbily. Excuse me for the broken door Here is some Money for the damage said the burglar s note. The break in occurred in Cheboksary a City on the Volga River in Central Russia. The daily newspaper. Izvestia said monday that the Man used the Money about $9 More than the average monthly pension to door and buy food s. Korean quits politics Seoul South Korea billionaire and failed presidential candidate Chung jul Yung retired from politics tuesday saying he wanted to return to business ventures. Chung who was Defeated by majority party candidate Kim Young Sam in the december elections announced his decision during a meeting with lawmakers of his United people s party. I am not going to engage in politics anymore Chung told them. I will pursue economic activity Chung who founded the business giant Hyundai group asked those remaining behind to do your Best. According to political sources he was also expected to surrender his parliamentary membership. Poaching Reward set Katmandu Nepal officials at the Royal National chit an Park Home of the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and the one horned Rhino have offered a $1,000 Reward for information on illegal Hunters in the protected Forest. In january officials said they found two Rhino carcasses and one dead Tiger in the 932-Squarc-Milc Park. Hem Karki a Park official reported tuesday that 12 Rhino hoofs had been found in another Are a of the Park a newspaper said. Two horns and four hoofs were also reported to have been recovered in another area of the Park. Rhino horns arc believed to be an aphrodisiac and arc in High demand especially by the chinese. Anti crime funds sought Moscow Russia s top Law enforcement official is asking lawmakers Tor More than $3.7 billion to fight a record crime wave. Interior minister Viktor Cyrin told reporters monday that the Money was the minimum needed Over a three year period and would go partly to buy imported goods including electronic equipment radio communication devices und spare car parts crime in Russia has risen steadily since the 1991 breakup of the soviet Union police last year registered a record 2.7 million crimes a 27 percent increase Over the previous year. Russia s $86 billion foreign debt and plummeting Industrial production have left it Short of the Cash needed to fight crime. Figures for the Interior ministry s 1992 budget were not readily available but Erin s request represented an increase Over previous anti crime spending. Erin commands 270,000 Interior ministry troops and tens of thousands of local police officers throughout Russia. In recent years police in russian cities have been supplementing their Fleet of russian cars with faster foreign cars to catch criminals on the Road. 5 British soldiers Hurt London five British soldiers were injured tuesday when two explosions rocked the Center of the Northern Ireland town of Armagh. A spokesman for the Royal Ulster constabulary said an explosion went off in Cathedral Street in the town Center at 1 50 . Tuesday injuring soldiers on foot patrol he said there was a second explosion shortly afterwards in which More soldiers were injured. An Ruc officer with the soldiers escaped injury in the second blast. The five were taken to a Hospital where two were thought to be in a serious condition
