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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world thursday August 12,199o Spanish firefighters halt Forest fire after four Days from wire report Madrid Spain firefighters on tuesday extinguished a 4-Day-old Blaze that devastated thousands of acres of Wood and scrub land in Southern Spain including much of the Hue Tor Santillan natural Park. The fire which started saturday close to the Southern City of Granada was extinguished by Early afternoon although firefighters remained on Aler for a possible fresh outbreak said a spokeswoman for the regional fire control  estimates indicated 12,500 acres had been destroyed. Officials said the Blaze had swept through an estimated 3,000 acres of Pine and Oak forests in the Hue Tor Santillan natural Park 12miles East of Granada. There were no injuries  said tuesday that the cause of the fire had yet to be determined. Floods have killed 380 Beijing at least 380 people have died since the beginning of july in flooding that has swept across 10 provinces in Central and Eastern China unofficial newspaper reported wednesday. The flooding which has ravaged the Yangtze an Dhuaine River valleys has caused damage of More than 14 billion Yuan $2.45 billiondestroyed580,000 Homes and caused dikes to burst along major tributaries the China daily  last week 88 people died in Northern coastal province of Shandong where More than 40,000enterprises had to close and flood Waters entered 570 schools and 56 hospitals it said. S. Koreans train in migs Seoul South Korea South korean air Force pilots  undergoing a seven week training course in Romania learning to Fly Mig-29 and Mig-23fighter planes military authorities said wednesday. Two pilots were dispatched last week to Romani under a plan to help South Korea assess the combat capability of North Korea s mainstay fighter planes a defense ministry spokesman said. It is the first time that any South korean Pilot hashed a Chance to Fly the russian made migs. Liberia to get observers United nations the Security Council has approved sending 30 cease fire observers to Liberia and is planning broader . Efforts in tile War torn country. A truce took effect Aue. 1, a week after the West african nation s warring factions agreed to disarm and demobilize and hold National elections under . Supervision Early next year. The Security Council voted unanimously tuesday to approve Secretary general Boutros Boutros Gralfs plan to Send the observers for three months. It also approved plans to Send technical specialists to prepare for a longer Range . Presence. The 3wyear liberian War has killed 150,000s Conj la and uprooted nearly half the population of .5 million. Satellite service set Budapest Hungary Antenna hungarian a hungarian telecommunications company is to launch a satellite by 1996 that will offer Eastern Europe s first satellite service officials announced. Company director Gabor antics said the 10 transponder satellite named Domestic will transmit on 16 television channels covering the whole of Europe and the Middle East. It is expected to Cost $160 million of which $80 million will be the registered capital of a new company to be set up by Antenna hungarian. The rest will come from Loans. . Vehicle sold illegally pm Nam penh Cambodia a filipino Volunteer with the . Peacekeeping Mission in Cambodia sold his . Vehicle for $14,000 and then reported it stolen a . Police officer said wednesday. Chief superintendent . Pannu said the Volunteer sold the vehicle to a cambodian army general and promised to return the payment if the . Mission recovered the vehicle. The vehicle was recovered. The . Mission which helped guide the country through democratic elections in May is winding Down and several of its vehicles Are often reported stolen in a single Day. Most of them Are four wheel drive vehicles Worth about $30,000. Israeli panel to decide next step for Demjan Juk Jerusalem a israeli attorney Genera Yosef Harish recommended wednesday that John Demjan Juk be deported rather than tried for new nazi War crimes but said he did so with a heavy heart " a three judge israeli supreme court pand meeting wednesday postponed at least until Friday ruling on whether Demjan Juk will go , including holocaust survivors had demanded that the supreme court Grant a new trial. The court delayed its ruling after one Petitioner argued that id enough time to study the attorney Gen Dern Manjuk s son in Law de Nishnic said at his sur Burban Cleveland Home that family members had anticipated Harish s assessment and hoped to get Demjan Juk out of Israel this morning if at All  Demjan Juk applied to . Attorney general Janet Reno on monday for a special entry permit to the United states. The . Government is fighting his return. On july 29, the israeli High court overturned dem Jan Vic conviction and death sentence after finding there was reasonable doubt that he was the sadistic guard Ivan the terrible who tortured prisoners and operated Gas Chambers at the Camp in Treblinka Poland where 850,000 jews perished in world War ii. But the court said there was evidence that Demjan Juk a73-year-old retired Ohio autoworkers served As a guard at the sob ibor death Camp and the Vossenberg concentration amp also both in nazi occupied Poland. A lower three judge panel of Israel s Multi tired supreme court then asked Harish to explain Why dem Manjuk should not be compelled to stand trial on charges that he was a death Camp guard. For a War Graves desecrated headstones sprayed with swastikas and other Neo nazi symbols and slogans give a graveyard at Nijm Gen Netherlands the appearance of a Garden of evil. Earl tuesday More than 100 Allied Graves were found dese crated at the Jonke Bosch War cemetery. There was no indication of what group is responsible for the worst Case of nazi inspired vandalism in the Netherlands in recent memory. Authorities said there was no apparent attempt to target jewish Graves As in other cases of Neo nazi vandalism around Europe. Turkish kurd free 2 More hostages Ankara Turkey a kurdish rebel guerrillas in Turkey released their last two hostages a British Petroleum Engineer and his australian Cousin who had been captives for More than a month a British embassy official said wednesday. The release occurred tuesday almost 24 hours after four French tourists were set free by kurdish captors in the same Region. They Are in Good health and very Happy to be free said a British Diplomat who requested anonymity. Australian nurse Tania Miller 28, and her British Cousin David Rowbottom 27, were abducted july 5 by guerrillas of the kurdish workers party pkg while on a biking tour in kurdish dominated Southeastern Turkey. In Exchange for releasing the six hostages the guerrillas had been demanding an end to an offensive being waged against them by turkish troops. French ambassador Frances Opffer said tuesday that no concessions were made to gain the hostages re lease. Opffer said the French British and australian governments had agreed not to negotiate with the pkg forthe release of any hostages. Miller and Rowbottom appeared to be in Good health when state television showed them eating break fast and talking by Telephone with relatives. The two told local reporters that they had not Bathe for Days and that the guerrillas had taken away their bicycles. We re absolutely overjoyed. I cannot Tell you what mixture of emotions it was disbelief and Joy a mixture of All sorts of emotions. It has t really Simk in yet. Improbably won t for a Little while Alan Rowbottom said in Stockport Northern England after learning of his sons release. Tania Miller s Mother Doreen Miller of Jim Boombox Australia said foreign affairs called us. And told us to break out the  the pkg has been fighting for self Rule in the South Eastern part of Turkey since 1984. Since then the guerrilla War has claimed More than 6,500 lives. The British foreign office said in a statement ready the embassy official that it was delighted with the news. It denounced the pkg s targeting of foreigners. The detention of innocent tourists by terrorist organizations is indefensible the statement said. The British Diplomat said the two tourists were re eased m a Forest near the Village of Guroy Mak. The a Javier asked for Davs to reach a Road and theni1i of a a a truck to reach a turkish police Sta Tion the official added  
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