European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                British struggle to Deal with rising tide of crime London up a the level of crime in Britain is beginning to threaten the country s image As a peaceful and Law abiding nation Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke said  at no time since the War have we conservatives. Needed a stronger nerve Quot Clarke told a conservative party Council meeting in the Yorkshire town of Harrogate in North England. Quot we live in a More violent and less Law abiding society but let us keep a Clear head a crime is not out of  the Home Secretary s comments follow an increased Effort by the government to address the concerns of Many people who have been both saddened and outraged of recent cases of violence against the Young and the elderly. Prime minister John major announced recently that he wanted to see the Public embarking on a Quot crusade against  Clarke told the assembled delegates that britons were Quot vividly and continually made aware of almost everyday crimes of violence and rape. Quot i know men and women up and Down the country feel threatened by crime a Clarke said. Quot we Are beginning to feel shaken in our profound belief in Britain As an essentially peaceful and Law abiding  he said Quot it is impossible to open a newspaper with London up a a Graffiti Vandal involved in causing 60,000 pounds $87,000 damage by Spray painting underground trains laughed openly when a judge said it would be a waste of Public Money to imprison him. Declan Rooney was Given 12 months probation and. Ordered to pay 1,500 pounds $2,175 compensation the times reported saturday. Several co defendants received Community service sentences of Between 150 and 230 hours Ana compensation orders from 350 to 1,500 pounds $507 to $2,175. Even before judge Geoffrey Rucker had loft the Southwark Crown court in London on Friday Rooney 20, was pulling off his tie unbuttoning his Collar and smiling according to news reports saturday. Grinning he told journalists a my barrister s a Genius. In a laughing it s a soft  Rooney a bartender was quoted in the daily mail on saturday As saying that painting the Graffiti onto the trains was a fall about Fame he added a it kills time. Its a Good laugh. When the system abuses you you have to go Back and abuse the out Reading about yet another gruesome manifestation of criminality. Although every country in the Western world had been Quot plagued by a steady Rise in reported crime in the past 30 years american and some european countries had experienced worse crime patterns than Britain he said. In an attempt to turn Back a the rising tide of crime a the government had now made the Issue a top priority Clarke said. He announced four Quot urgent areas being targeted by the government. Under new proposals being drawn up judges would be Given More Powers to sentence Quot Hooligan children in secure accommodation for As Long As it takes to protect the Public from their Wanton and destructive behaviour. Quot it is outrageous that these children who Are a danger to themselves and to others Are Able to flout the Law a Clarke said. A i the Prospect of bail would be reduced for so called Quot bail bandits a those who commit crimes again while on bail. Under new Laws being prepared for parliament Clarke said bail would not be granted to those considered   asked if he would continue the attacks he said Quot no comment Quot with a smile. The courts decision was greeted with disappointment by the London underground which runs the trains. The organization had called for the Graffiti to be treated As vandalism and a serious offence. Quot we feel such sentences Are lenient and stiffer penalties Are wanted a a spokesman said. Rucker said Rooney a actions arose from Quot immaturity rather than  Rooney had earlier admitted hundreds of Spray painting raids on the underground trains. He was described by police As a Quot Graffiti  a you have already Cost the Community very dear a Rucker said. A with court appearances the investigation and the damage you have Cost literally hundreds of thousands of pounds. A it is not in the Public interest that the Community should pay even More Money by putting you in  bombing in n. Ireland injures four police officers from wire reports London a a bomb exploded without warning sunday in a car parked on a main Street in Bangor Northern Ireland seriously injuring four police officers authorities said. The bomb which went off at 2 45 . Outside a chemists shop in the Eastern coastal town in county Down cause extensive damage on the main and Side streets of Bangor a Roy Fulster constabulary spokesman said. Three Niale police officers and one female police officer on foot patrol on the Street were injured in the blast which hurled Metal and Glass Over a 500-Yard area. The three were taken to a Hospital where they were listed in serious condition the spokesman said.5 killed by turkish police a Istanbul Turkey a police killed five suspected leftist extremists including a reputed terrorist Leader during a raid on an apartment Here state radio said sunday. A shootout erupted saturday night when police entered the House in a working class District the report said. The radio report said the dead were suspected members of Dev sol revolutionary left an Urban guerrilla organization. Bedri Yagan known As a Dev sol Leader was among the dead. Dev sol has claimed responsibility for numerous political murders in recent years including those of Active and retired generals police secret service agents government officials and  orders Royal taxi London a Prince Philip has ordered one of London s trademark Black cabs for driving himself about town when a chauffeur driven Royal limousine does no to suit the occasion. Philip tested a cab on the grounds of Buckingham Palace before placing the 20,000-Pound $28,000 order said a spokesman for metro cab the company which makes London s Box shaped taxis. The Royal cab will be dark Green rather than Black with Gray velour upholstery and carpets. It will have a passenger seat instead of a Luggage area to allow a Security officer to sit next to the Driver. Philip the 71-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth ii is known to occasionally dismiss his chauffeur and drive himself. Afghan rivals accept pact Islamabad Pakistan a Afghanistan a rebel and government leaders announced Early sunday they had agreed on a Power sharing plan to end the mayhem in their Homeland. Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani and his archival Gul Buddin Hematyar will share Power and appoint a Cabinet said presidential spokesman Mohammad Aziz Murad. But before the pact could be signed fighting erupted anew in Kabul the afghan capital Between Well armed rebel factions. The agreement was reached in a Marathon overnight negotiating session and seen largely As a face saving pact by Pakistan which has been mediating the peace talks. After talking throughout the night saturday the leaders of All 10 Muslim groups that helped overthrow the communist regime in april accepted the pact. Since the ouster of the soviet backed communists a violent Power struggle Between rebel factions has killed an estimated 5,000 people and wounded thousands More. Thousands of rockets have rained on Kabul and an estimated 750,000 people have fled the  arrest Kingpin Tokyo -1 Shin Kanemaru once the most powerful Man in japanese politics before resigning in disgrace last year in a corruption scandal was arrested and jailed saturday on charges of evading hundreds of thousands of dollars in income taxes. The arrest rocked Japan a political world and set off a wave of reaction including speculation that the ruling Liberal democratic party would be significantly damaged new Calls for the political Heads of other top officials such As former prime minister Noboru Takeshita and accelerated demands for wide ranging Reform. Great Wall reduction a Young chinese Man works on a Model of the great Wall tourism fair in Berlin. The fair which attracts about of China at his country s exhibition in the International 4,000 participants runs through thursday. Graffiti Vandal laughs at Light sentence