European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes a a yep a thursday March 11,1993 shootout kills 7 at Aswan As police head off protest Cairo Egypt apr police surrounded a mosque to prevent a protest March in the Southern tourist City of Aswan and seven alleged Muslim extremists were killed and is wounded in the ensuing shootout authorities said wednesday. In Cairo Siababa District a hotbed of violence prone militants a police. Officer and a suspected extremist died wednesday in the shootout touched off by a Security raid. Tuesday night s Battle in Aswan was among the bloodiest in a decade Between Security forces and extremists seeking to supplant Egypt s largely secular government with an islamic  Hilmy Aswan a chief prosecutor said by Telephone that two plainclothes policemen also were wounded one critically after a Bullet grazed his heart. The Aswan shootout occurred just hours after a military court near Cairo began hearing the Case tuesday against 49 Muslim extremists on terrorism charges in eluding attacks on tourists. Aswan 615 Miles South of Cairo is Southern Egypt a second ranked tourist goal after Luxor the antiquities Rich City on the site of the ancient Nile River capital Thebes. Aswan features the philae temples elephantine is land abounding in Temple relics and the 23-year-old Aswan High dam built with soviet Aid to harness the Nile and generate electricity. It also is the jumping off Point for the famed Abu Simbul temples of the ancient Mogadishu Somalia apr . Troops built up their fortifications and set up new checkpoints tuesday to guard against demonstrations aimed at disrupting a peace conference in Ethiopia this week. On the three month anniversary of the beginning of operation restore Hope officials said american soldiers and marines had been put on a a state of heightened awareness Quot supporters of one of Somalia s strongest warlords rioted for two Days in the capital in late february. The protesters were angered by an attack launched by a rival faction on the Southern port of Kismay. Kisin Ayu the scene of running clashes Between rival clans the past two weeks was reported quiet tuesday. Col. Fred Peck the . Military spokesman said there was concern that violence could erupt again in Mogadishu coinciding with the talks on Somalia s future that were to begin today in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. A a we re aware that although things Are quiet at the pharaoh Ramses ii and his wife Queen Nefertari. President Hosni Mubarak often makes Short Quick vacations to Aswan his last visit just two weeks ago. Hilmy said the shootout was at Al Kahman mosque a favorite extremist haunt in downtown Aswan. It began after evening prayers and if tar the meal with which muslims break the Daylong fast of Ramadan the holy month now in its third week Quot police received a tip that the extremists planned to gather at the mosque for discussions then March on the streets in an anti government demonstration Quot Hilmy said. Quot acting on the information police surrounded the mosque to prevent the demonstration. The Exchange of fire  he said he did not know who shot first but the firing continued Quot for several  the violence was the worst since More than 80 people died Many of them police officers in an extremist uprising two Days after militants assassinated president Anwar Sadat in 1981. That abortive coup occurred in the Southern City of syut Between Luxor and Cairo. The governments Middle East news Agency reported wednesdays shootout at Mbaba scene of Many attacks on police. Security forces mounted a major sweep there last november and arrested More than 700 suspects. Middle East news Agency said extremists shot at a raiding police party which returned fire. It said an officer and extremist weve killed. Moment there Are factions out there that might want to do something in order to make a Point prior to the Addis meetings Quot Peck said. Troops were seen building new roadblocks and sandbagging guar posts in areas of Mogadishu that have been hot spots in the past. A a we re going on intuition and track record Quot Peck said. A we Are concerned that someone might try to do something out there to either try to derail things or make a Point or get a Little bit better  representatives of Aid groups were to meet today in Addis Ababa to discuss their plans for Somalia where banditry and clan fighting still disrupt the distribution of food to the hungry. That session is Toebe followed monday by peace talks involving the major factions in the country a civil War which saw an estimated 350,000 people die last year from fighting and famine. The United states Hopes to turn Over control of the Relief and Security Effort to the United nations around May 1.russian Captain reportedly hit his chauffeur in face from wire reports Moscow a an aide to russians Pacific Fleet commander has been accused of twice striking his Driver in the face because the car lacked a spare tire the itar Tass news Agency reported tuesday. The accusation of the harsh treatment came Days after at least three officers in the Pacific Fleet were fired following an inquiry into the deaths of naval cadets stationed in the russian far East. Itar Tass said capt. Vladimir Denisenko assistant to the Pacific Fleet commander struck his chauffeur Sailor Sergei Ivanov twice in the face because the car was missing a spare. Denisenko is based at Vladivostok itar Tass  kills 4, himself Moscow a an Interior ministry Soldier opened fire on a base near Moscow killing four service members and seriously injuring a fifth before shooting himself to death a news Agency reported tuesday. The incident occurred before Dawn sunday at an Interior ministry unit the itar Tass news Agency said. The Moscow military prosecutors office was a trying to find a motive for the shootings by the Interior ministry Soldier who was identified Only As Terekhov the news service said. Interior ministry troops Are not in the armed forces. They Are used to guard prisons labor Camps and some arms , police Battle Nantes France a hundreds of fishermen angered Over cheap fish imports clashed with police for three hours tuesday. As Many As 800 fishermen from Frances Atlantic ports tried to break into the Central Market in the southwestern City of Nantes to protest imports that undercut their prices. They also seek increased Aid from the government. Seven police officers were Hurt in the pre Dawn protests. There were no reports of arrests or injuries among the fishermen police  seek aids help Madrid Spain a hundreds of Haemophiliacs infected with the aids virus through government provided blood products demanded tuesday that rime minister Felipe Gonzalez Marquez meet with them and provide More than $174 million in compensation. The Spanish Haemophilia federation said it would sue the government if Gonzalez did not meet with federation representatives by wednesday. There was no response from the prime ministers office. A health official however said the government was witling to consider compensation. The federation says 1,147 Spanish Haemophiliacs a 42 percent of the Haemophilia a population a had been infected through blood products tainted with the aids virus. It said 416 had  Vodka too tasty Helsinki Finland a the government owned liquor monopoly Alko said tuesday that it will Stop Selling a Licorie Vodka because it is too popular with teen agers. A it s a lethal combination a the taste of Licorie and Strong spirits Quot said or. Pekka Karhunen at the University of Helsinki Hospital. A kids done to know what hits them because they can to taste the alcohol Quot  with a 38 percent alcohol Content became Alkons third Best Selling item after it went on Sale in december. More than 15,000 bottles were sold  slayings reported new Delhi India a four men belonging traditionally to one of India s lowest classes reportedly were beheaded monday by 12 people of upper class in a Rural part of the Northern state of utter Pravesh the Hindustan times said wednesday. The davits belonging to the class of untouchables were hacked to death with axes and their bodies were thrown along the Banks of a River according to police. The murders were the result of old enmity Between the Classet the police told the paper. R. Of the 12 accused eight people had been taken into police custody so far according to the newspaper report. A a. A . Navy cmdr. Jeff a Brookman uses his Stethoscope As he examines a somalian baby at a clinic set up in Mogadishu by the Relief group Samaritans purse. The child was suffering from a bronchial infection. Mogadishu Security tightened before peace talks in Ethiopia