European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Muslim police clashes leave 18 dead in Egypt Cairo Egypt apr Muslim extremists and police clashed in four shootouts across Egypt and authorities said wednesday that 13 militants and five other people were killed. The dead included three policemen and the wife and baby of an extremist police said. At least 17 people were wounded in the confrontations tuesday night and wednesday. It was the highest death toll for a 24-hour period since 1981 in the fight Between Egypt a secular government and Muslim extremists who Are trying to replace it with a strict islamic state. The worst incident occurred tuesday night in the Southern City of Aswan where seven extremists died and at least 15 were wounded in a gunfight with police who had surrounded their mosque to prevent a protest March. That clash according to an Interior ministry spokesman prompted Security searches for extremists in other parts of the country wednesday. The sweeps led to gun Battles in Cairo Siababa District in Giza to the South and in Al Yubia province just North of the capital a All far North of Aswan. The ministry official spoke on condition of anonymity extremists in the past few months have been attacking foreign tourists. They want to scare away visitors and deprive the government of Money from tourism its top foreign Exchange earner. The Aswan shootout occurred a few hours after a military court near Cairo began hearing the Case against 49 Muslim extremists charged with terrorism including attacks on tourists. Some of the defendants opened the trial by professing allegiance to Omar Abdel Rahman spiritual Leader of the islamic group and claiming it was responsible for assassinating president Anwar Sadat in 1981. Abdel Rahman preaches at the new Jersey mosque where a palestinian suspected in the world Trade Center bombing worships. The Radical cleric previously was acquitted by an egyptian court of ordering Sadat a murder. Saced Hilmy the chief prosecutor in the resort City of Aswan 615 Miles South of Cairo said two plainclothes policemen were wounded in that gun Battle one critically when a Bullet grazed his heart. He said the shooting at Al Rahman mosque fre scented by extremists began after evening prayers and e ceremonial meal with which muslims break the Daylong fast during Ramadan the holy month now in its third week. A police surrounded the mosque after receiving a tip the extremists planned to March from the mosque Quot in an anti government demonstration a Hilmy said. Hilmy said police recovered a Cache of weapons in the mosque and arrested 78 people including the 15 wounded men. . Navy cmdr. Jeff Bro Kroan 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 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 Quot state of heightened  supporters of one of Somalia a strongest warlords rioted for two Days in the capital in late february. The protesters were angered by an attack launched by a rival faction Onishe Southern port of Kismay. Kismay the scene of running clashes Between rival clans the past two weeks was reported quiet tuesday. Col. Fred Feck the . Military spokesman said there was concern that violence could erupt again in Mogadishu coinciding with the talks on Somalia a future that were to begin today in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. A a we re aware that although things Are quiet at the moment there Are factions out there that might want to do something in order to make a Point prior to the Addis meetings a Peck said. Troops were seen building new roadblocks and sandbagging guar posts in areas of Mogadishu that have been hot spots in the past. Quot we re going on intuition and track record a Peck said. Quot 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 to be 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 a 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 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 depots. Fishermen 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 overment. 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 prime 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 willing 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  rites Friday for sex army employee Mannheim Germany a amps a a memorial service will be held Friday in Mannheim for an american woman who worked at army facilities in the area for several years. Audrey Long 47, was found dead sunday in Hert Bockenheim apartment according to Christine Gebhard an army spokeswoman in Mannheim. The cause of death was not determined immediately. German and . Army police Are investigating she said. A German police spokesman said wednesday he was unable to add any details about the Case. Gebhard had worked at the Franklin guest House an army hotel in Mannheim from August 1992 until last week when she submitted her resignation Gebhard said. Long who was from new York City also had worked several years for the . Army Europe motor vehicle registry in Heidelberg according to a former colleague. The memorial service is scheduled for 1 30 . At the Benjamin Franklin Village Chapel