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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 3, 1993 world the stars and stripes Page 9\-. Extremists Cairo Egypt a the Hundred Yards Between the two campuses of the american University in Cairo have be come an Uncertain walk for its students. Young women in Western clothes redrawing More insults from bearded islamic fundamentalists. Worse for All the students is the nagging fear of Nail bombs. Recent bombings by Muslim extremists in crowded spots in Cairo have Given special pause to students a american University. The radicals in their Battle to topple Egypt s secular government rail at american decadence and  80 percent of the school s 3,500 students Are egyptians Many people think of them As americans or some How connected to . Interests. They speak English own big cars eat hamburgers and get jobs quickly when they graduate. The private University s tuition is out of reach for most  in the Gap Between Egypt s Rich and poor american University students Are among the elite. Crossing Between campuses they walk a crowded Street where any of the Young men they meet Wear ing close cropped beards could be an angry resentful extremist. Before i used to feel Safe walking beside bearded men or a veiled woman. I believed they were religious. Now whenever i see one of them i feel he is going to get a knife out to Stab me said Amira Al Adawi an 18-year-old student. She said Many things changed in he life after the radicals began planting Nail packed bombs that have kilted 13 people in Cairo since feb. 26. I cannot put on the clothes i like anymore especially when i use Public transportation or walk in the streets she said. Indeed the streets seem a different world from the University. Outside is Cairo s grime. Inside arc Trees and ten Nis courts. Just across the Street Are Kentucky Fried Chicken and pizza hut. Opened in 1919 by american missionaries the school has always held a sensitive position. Some arabs see it a representing . Foreign policy. After Israel seized the West Bank and Gaza strip in the 1967 Middle East War there were demands to close the school or rename it the University of Palestine. But now Muslim radicals planting bombs make the Arab leftists of the 1960s seem tame. The anxiety keeps the Campus Abuzz with rumours. Al Adawi repeated the tale that Radi cals in their demand for modest islamic dress Spray acid on women in Short skirts. Others said extremists hand out poisoned cookies or use Needles to inject Poison into the unwary. There is no evidence that any of those things have Ever happened. Louis Groiss spokesman for the University said Security was intensified and plans were developed for evacuating the Campus after four bomb threats were received in recent months. There used to be two guards at each of the school s four main Gates and the students generally entered without their identification cards being checked. Now the number of guards has been doubled and All students arc checked and their bags searched. About face by King s heir jolts belgians Brussels Belgium a King Baudouin i has died. Long live King Albert ii. If Baudouin s unexpected death stunned his country men so did the announcement that Baudouin s younger brother Albert would be the new Monarch. Most belgians thought the Crown would go to Al Bert s son Philippe who had been groomed for therole for years. But the Day after Bau Douin 62, died of heart failure while vacationing in Spain prime minister Jean Luc Dehaene announced sunday that Al Bert would guide the nation of 10 million through Tough economic and Polit Prince Albert ical , 59, was the rightful heir to the throne because Baudouin and Queen Fabiola were childless. But the Prince of Liege had always indicated he preferred to let Philippe 33, have the Job. Who is surprised that Prince Albert is succeeding his brother on the throne everybody the Brussels daily la Libre Belg Jue said  from political leaders who preferred experience Over youth apparently changed Albert s  daily la Nouvelle Gazette praised the Choice As one of perfect continuity. Even if it is Only  although Only ceremonial the monarchy still carries clout. During his 42-year reign Baudouin helped hold together a country sharply divided Between speakers of flemish and French. Belgium s Constitution was re Vised earlier this summer to turn the nation into a federation of dutch and French speakers. Like Baudouin Albert has shied away from the Lime Light for most of his life. He is largely an enigmatic Fig a belgian Honor guard carries the coffin of King Bau Douin upon its air Iva sunday in Brussels. Ure even to belgians he fled Belgium during world War ii and returned in 1950 after the ambiguous role of his father King Leopold Iii toward the nazis brought Belgium to the Brink of civil War. Albert is known for his love of boats and the sea. He became division Admiral in the belgian Navy in 1976. Albert will be Belgium s sixth King since Independence from dutch Rule in 1830. He must be confirmed As King by parliament within 10 Days of Baudouin s death. He is expected to take the oath next monday or tuesday two Days after Baudouin s  is married to Princess Paola Ruffo i Calabria. The couple has two other children Astrid and Laurent. Death Camp chief reportedly freed Berlin a the nazi commandant of the former Treblinka death Camp where As Many As 900,000 jews were tortured and executed has been released on Proba Tion after almost 30 years behind bars sources say. Kurt Franz 79, was convicted in 1965 of War crimes and sentenced to life in prison. Franz was released about two weeks ago and is under close supervision by probation officials said Dieter Lehner an expert on War crimes trials. German officials were not available to give details on Franz s release. The news came after the israeli supreme court acquitted John Demjan Juk last of being a sadistic guard at Treblinka called Ivan the  the court however ruled sunday that Demjan Juk must be held for an additional 10 Days so that prosecutors can investigate allegations that Demjan Juk was a guard at other death Camps. To get those two blows one after the other is just in credible said Efraim Zuroff head of the Raeh office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Zuroff said Franz had referred to his Days at Treblinka As Schyne Zeitlen Beautiful times. Zuroff said it was absolutely revolting that he had been released and it was Likely that Franz would become a hero for Neo nazis in Germany. The los Angeles based Wiesenthal Center is dedicated to Hunting nazi War criminals. 10,000 in Italy 85 in 80 bombing Bologna Italy up More than 10,000 people marched to the Piazza in front of Bologna s main train station monday to Mark the 13th anniversary of Italy bloodiest terror attack. On aug. 2, 1980, 85 people died and 200 were wounded As a bomb exploded in a second class waiting room packed with Holiday tourists Many of them for Eigners. The explosives Are believed to have been plan Ted by right Wing extremists. Almost a decade and a half after the worst terror at tack in Europe since the end of world War ii the Judi Cial process is still dragging on despite three trials. A court in 1990 convicted four suspects and sentenced them to life in prison but the verdict was Over turned by an appeals court. The court ordered the fourth be retried beginning oct. 6 on charges of massacre multiple homicide and illegal Possession of explosives. As every year monday s ceremony featured a minute of silence in memory of the victims followed by the haunting Wail of a Siren at 10 25 a.m., the exact time of the blast 13 years ago. Italian president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro presiding Overa country where a new wave of five mystery bombings since May 14 has struck cultural targets in Rome Flor ence and Milan sent a Telegram that said i am with you in remembering the victims and the suffering Fortis enormous crime which bloodied Bologna and  Navy Retiree arrested in japanese shootings Tokyo a police arrested a 73-year-old re tired . Navy warrant officer monday after a Japa Nese Man was shot to death and the Man s Girlfriend was seriously wounded in a dispute Over noise an offi Cial said. Robert Prekup argued sunday with neighbor Sadako Kijima 44, and Ner Boyfriend Fumiyoshi Hatano 42, Over the noise of a television set and doors banging the official said. On sunday evening Prekup visited Kijima s Home to talk about the Issue but got into a struggle with Hata no said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Prekup returned Home to get a Shotgun and shot Hatano Anu Kijima the official said. The official said police were investigating whether Prekup s japanese wife 63, was involved in the Dis Putes. The shooting occurred in sushi near the . Navy base where Prekup had served at Yokosuka 27 Miles Southwest of Tokyo. The official said Prekup s american Hometown and Date of retirement from the Navy were not immediately known  
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