European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. It Krutiy 28. 1993 world the stars and stripes . Helicopter crashes in Cambodia 14 injured from wire reports Nom penh Cambodia a . Helicopter crashed and exploded into flames in northeastern Cambodia on saturday injuring All 14 people aboard five of them seriously a . Spokesman soviet built helicopter manned by five russians appeared to be coming in for Normal Landing when it lost control and Dove into the runway at stung Treng Airport said .spokesman Eric fait. He nine passengers were . Military personnel but declined to identify them or their three with the most serious injuries were evacuated to the . Field Hospital in phenom penh one with a spine injury a second with severe Burns and a third with a concussion fait nine were returning to stung Treng 150 Miles Northeast of phenom penh after a resupply Mission he said. Condom delivery set Manila Philippines in an Effort to prevent the spread of aids a company will deliver condoms to those who Are too bashful to buy the mover the counter a newspaper reported saturday. Trust express the delivery company will begin accepting orders by phone monday but initially Only from the financial District of Makati the nationally circulated philippine daily inquirer said. A minimum order is for a dozen condoms at 20pesos, about 80 cents according to Benny Llapitan a local marketing delivery company is a project of Dot Philippines a no government organization that promotes family planning and anti aids programs. Bombs blast Gas tanks Warrington England suspected Ira bombs devastated two huge Gas tanks Friday hours after a police officer was shot and wounded in confrontation with three men with Irish accents. The Irish Republican army said in a statement Friday night that two of its Active service units carried out the coordinated bombing Blitz i Warrington a Small town about 200 Miles Northwest of Gas said about 100 people were evacuated from Homes near the Gas tanks. No one was reported Hurt. Amateur video pictures showed a fireball rising 100 feet or More from a ruptured Gas said three tanks containing about 5 million cubic feet of Gas were at the site. One was destroyed by an explosion and a second was allowed to bum itself , police arrested two men after pursuing a stolen car and sought a third. Fund to Aid Tot s family London a memorial fund set up Friday forthe family of 2-year-old James Bulger whose abduction and killing outraged the nation received More than $28,600 in pledges on its first Day. Harold Campbell mayor of the town of Knowsley near Liverpool in Northeast England launched the Appeal with Bulger family solicitor Sean Sexton who said donations had been flooding into the Merseyside police for the grief stricken family since the boy s death two weeks ago. Police charged two 10-year-old boys last saturday in connection with the abduction and slaying of Bulger who was taken from a crowded shopping enter in Liverpool on feb. 12 after he wandered away from his toddler was found dead two Days later on a railway line. Police said Bulger had suffered horrific injuries before being hit by a train. Chess match site rejected London world chess Champion Garr Kasparov and British challenger Nigel Short rejected the world chess federation s selection of Manchester England for their title match and said Friday they will Only play for a new chess joint statement released in London signalled a new Era in professional chess and dealt potentially crippling blow to the previously All powerful world chess federation. Kasparov 29, and Short 27, said they had not been consulted As required before the organization decided last week to stage the 24-game final in August in Manchester. The organization s claim that they had been consulted was untrue they said. Egyptian police look at what s left of a Coffee shop in Central Cairo after bomb exploded inside Friday killing four. Extremists say they planted Cairo bomb that killed four Cairo Egypt a a crude bomb packed wit steel nails exploded in a crowded Cairo Coffee shop Friday night killing a swede a Turk and two egyptians. Muslim extremists who have targeted tourists do fore claimed responsibility saturday. Sixteen people including two americans were injured authorities said. One of the dead egyptians identified As Emad Abdel Bast May have been involved in the explosion police said. The Wadi Al nil Coffee shop is on bustling Tahri Square the heart of Cairo where thousands of foreign tourists walk every Day. The egyptian museum Cairo biggest subway station the Nile Hilton hotel and the Arab league Headquarters arc at the Square. The blast occurred As Tahir Square filled with peo ple after if tar the evening meal that Breaks the Day time Ramadan fast. I was sitting in front of our building when i heard Abig explosion said Mahmoud Hamid janitor of a building next to the Coffee shop. All the building around us Shook. We saw a lot 01 smoke coming out of the cafeteria. People were screaming and was blood splattered All on saturday morning Glass shards and pieces of Bro Ken Wood were strewn for 30 feet in front of the coffees hop. The swede and Turk were the second and third for Eigners killed since Muslim militants lust year declared they were targeting tourists in their Campaign to under mine Egypt s secular government. In the Southern City of Ascot a Center of extremist activity 200 Miles South of Cairo militants bombing was to avenge a government crackdown on theal Gamma Al isl Amiya group. A member of the group relayed the claim to local re porters at a mosque and group would continue its violent than 24 hours after the bombing police sources said authorities would begin installing walk through Metal detectors sunday at museums and movie Thea ters. The swedish embassy identified the dead swede As Jan Krister Larsson 30, of Arboga West of Stockholm. The Interior ministry identified the dead Turk Sac loan Kria i 26. No Hometown was Given. Two americans identified in an Interior ministry statement As Manuel Chico and Mary Jill Panid were among the injured. Maternity Ward mix up blamed on poor supervision Short staff London Dpi an inquiry released Friday into maternity Ward mix up that led to two mothers taking the wrong babies Home blamed Hospital supervision and a Lack of qualified staff for the mistake. A spokesman for Princess Anne Hospital in South Ampton Peter Campion report targeted a general failure of procedure in the Hospital rather than any individual. The Independent report released Friday said that procedures Tor checking babies at the Hospital were not followed that unqualified staff were not properly supervised and that there were not enough qualified staff on duty. Other recommendations. Included keeping babies within sight of their mothers and the introduction of double ankle tags that were believed less Likely to fall off than the wrist and ankle bands currently in use. Campion Saiu How the switch came to happen on the night of nov. 24 and 25 was still a mystery. Nobody knows exactly How it happened. We believe the babies were placed in the wrong cots at some Tim during the night probably during a change of staff shifts he said. He mistake was Only discovered when the daughter of one of�4he families noticed the name on the baby s wrist band was not the same As the one on the ankle band. Campion described the discovery As the babies looked very similar were the Sam weight and of course the same sex he told United press International. The mothers of the children Maureen Vursey Annmarie Coyle reacted angrily to the report saying the Hospital should have taken disciplinary action. Campion Hospital did not accept the Nee for anyone to be fired for the mix up. The people involved have already punished them selves enough Over the incident and it would serve no purpose to undertake a Witch Hunt he said
