European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday ?y25, 1993 world the stars and stripes Page 9 head on bus collision kills 49 in Central Turkey from wire reports Ankara Turkey two passenger buses collided head on saturday in Central Turkey killing49 people and injuring 33, the Anatolia news Agency reported. Injured passengers were rushed to nearby hospitals. No foreigners were reported among the casualties. Anatolia said the buses collided on the Ankara Kayseri Highway 45 Miles from the provincial Center of Kayseri. Kayseri is located 180 Miles Southeast of Ankara the capital. No other details were available. Wii mines close Beach Saint Brieuc France authorities closed Public Beach on the English Channel coast Friday after the discovery of seven anti tank mines dating from world War ii explosives experts spent the Day disarming the mines which had lain under a layer of Sand near fre Hel 270 Miles West of Paris for some 50 year until Breakers washed the Sand away. The Beach was expected to reopen to a crowd of summer vacationers on saturday. Roman relics stolen London roman jewelry and Silver coins were stolen from the British museum overnight police said  broke into two display cabinets and made off with eight engraved or carved Semi precious stones a Gold ring and necklace and a number of Silver  theft occurred sometime after 11 . Thursday and was discovered shortly after 2 . Bya Security officer police said. The museum said the stolen items All were fro the late roman Empire. Scotland Yard said they were valued at $375,000. Ships collide near Japan Tokyo a japanese Tanker spilled 130,000gallons of heavy Oil into the Pacific Ocean after a collision with a cargo vessel officials said saturday. No injuries were reported and the Oil was Drifting away from  maritime safety Agency dispatched seven patrol and Oil collection snips to the area where the ships collided Friday night nine Miles South of the Scenic town of Shimoda on the Izu Peninsula. Shimoda is 85 Miles Southwest of  Slick was Drifting Southwest away from Shore and was not posing an immediate environmental Hazard said the Agency official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Elephants enter drug rehab Bangkok Thailand elephants used to haul logs from the Jungle were fed fistfuls of amphetamines to work longer hours prompting the government to open a Hospital to treat the drug addicted  Bangkok Post said saturday that the facility will also treat elephants that broke their legs from being worked too hard. It will be run by the government s Forest Industry  director Adu Dej Chakrabandhu said the organization decided to set up the Hospital after13 ailing elephants were turned Over to its care and another 19 were seized for what were described As violation of forestry Laws. Amphetamine factory raided London police said saturday they have raided one of the biggest illegal drug factories uncovered in Britain that was capable of producing amphetamines with a Street value of More than $42 million. ,.kent police spokesman Jon steel said police arrested two people in a raid Friday on the Laboratory that was set up in an isolated Bungalow near the Southeastern town of Gravesend. Nine other people were then arrested eight of them at addresses in the Southeast and one in the Isle of Man off the West coast of Britain. Steel said police from the South East regional crime squad had been investigating the illegal manufacture of amphetamines for 10 months in a Effort dubbed operation Sweet. A Large Quantity of chemicals was seized at the factory which was capable of producing up to a ton of amphetamines police said. Thousands die in floods Dhaka Bangladesh a nearly half of Bangladesh was flooded saturday after six Days of relentless rain leaving 6 million people homeless or  death toll in four weeks of flooding throughout South Asia jumped to More than 2,100 people. A total of 316 people were dead in Bangladesh while the number of victims found or presumed dead in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal surpassed 1,100. In India the number of dead climbed above 700. At least 30 of Bangladesh s 64 districts were flooded and the situation has taken a serious turn the flood control Center in Dhaka said. People were sitting in suspect charged with a second London murder London a police said Friday that they have charged Colin Ireland with the murder of a second Gay Man in a series of killings in London s homosexual Community. Ireland charged tuesday with lulling Andrew Coll Erin Early june is also charged with the murder of Etna Nuel Spiteri Between june 11 and june 15, the police announced. Spiteri the last of five victims killed in a similar Man Ner was found dead at his apartment june 15, his body  reports said Ireland 39, was believed to have come Forward after police published a Security camera picture of a possible suspect seen walking behind spite i at Charing Cross rail station shortly before Spiteri death. Ireland who is unemployed and has no fixed address was arrested tuesday morning after he arranged to meet police at the offices of a Law firm. He was the charged with the murder of Collier 33, the fourth Vic  of the dead men were known to have been homosexual but police say they have no evidence senior company manager Perry Bradley i 35, of Sulphur Springs Texas was , found naked bound and strangled at his West London apartment june 4, has been linked wit the other victims because of the Way he died and the physical evidence left at the  each murder the killer telephoned police a National newspaper or a suicide hot line with precis details of the crime. Newspapers reported he also threatened to kill a person every week until he was caught. Boot with 380 chinese reported off Mexico Mexico City up an Interior ministry source said a boat with 380 chinese migrants aboard was detected in International Waters off the mexican Pacific coast the newspaper la Jornada reported Fri Day. Mexico completed a three Day deportation operation monday of 661 chinese boat people who landed in Baja California state after the . Coast guard blocked their efforts to enter the United states in three fishing boats. Interior ministry spokesman Mauricio Fernandez said Friday that the ministry s Public information office could neither confirm nor deny the newspaper report which was attributed to an unidentified source in the  Interior ministry said a week ago that . Re ports indicated that As Many As 50 boats were in route from China to the americas. Heavy Rains on rooftops or on flood embankments to escape the raging water the officials said. Local newspapers said 20 million people or almost one fifth of Bangladesh s 111 million population have been affected by the floods. They include the 6 million who Are homeless or marooned and 14 million who have lost relatives livestock crops or businesses two Bengali language newspapers Saia. Thousands of troops Relief workers and doctors have fanned out in the flooded areas Many of which have been Cut off by Road and rail. Carlos Costa Center celebrates his crossing of Lake Ontario with former Marathon swimmer Vicki Keith left and John Munrow. Double amputee swims Lake Ontario Toronto up after a grueling 33-hour swim double leg amputee Carlos Costa on Fri Day became the first disabled athlete and the youngest male to conquer a 32-mile swim across Lake Ontario. The exhausted 20-year-old Man touched the Shoreline in Toronto just after 4 . Local time a Day and a half after slipping into the water at Niagara on the Lake Ontario. Bad weather forced him to abandon one of two attempts last year but Good weather and warm Calm water greeted him when he began the swim at 7 15 . Thursday. The swim was to have taken 24 hours but Strong winds and currents lengthened the time of the trip. Costa a Toronto resident launched the swim to raise awareness and donations for variety Vil Lage a Toronto training and fitness Center for the disabled. Costa was born without Bones in his lower legs and had his legs amputated below the Knees so he could be fitted with prosthetic limbs. The lady is no woman israeli Leader told Jerusalem a Pardon me or. President but that s no woman. During a tour of the occupied West Bank on thurs Day israeli president Ezer Weizman approached what he thought was an Arab woman cradling her baby. After exchanging greetings Weizman discovered that the doting Mother was a male israeli undercover sol Dier in palestinian garb the Domestic news Agency item reported. I had to Knock the baby s head she was holding to understand it was a doll Weizman was quoted As saying. Dressing in traditional Arab clothing for women has become a common practice in the israeli palestinian conflict. Soldiers do it to trap palestinian fugitives who sometimes Wear the Robes and scarves to try to evade troops