European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world saturday August 14,1993 japanese students Mark Berlin Wall anniversary Berlin a japanese schoolchildren brought an Ember of the peace flame from Hiroshima s me. Morial for atomic bomb victims to a ceremony Friday on the 32nd anniversary of the erection of the Berlin Wall. Almost four years after the Wall opened and East German communism began its Swift collapse United Germany is still caught in numerous dilemmas from its divided history including How to Deal with scars the Wall itself left on people s lives and property. The gesture from Hiroshima to Berlin seemed naively appropriate and Laden with the message that deep wounds May never fully heal. About 25 japanese youngsters on a two week Exchange visit to Germany stood solemnly beside a me Morial to Peter Fechter who was Only 18 when he was shot during an attempt to climb the Wall on aug. 17,1962. Calling in vain for help he was left to bleed for hours and his death stands out As a Mark of the stalinist brutality that once prevailed in divided Berlin. Three of the children from Hiroshima Laid wreaths along with City officials and Fechter s relatives. An fun with a Candle was placed among the Flowers banked at the foot of the Cross where Fechter died. We knew this was a special Day for Berlin said humanities professor Yoshimi Morishima of Schudo University in Hiroshima one of the adults accompanying the youngsters. Hiroshima recently marked the aug. 6 anniversary of the first use of atomic weapons against Japan in 1945, Morishima said. This seems to have almost the same meaning As the anniversary of the  German political leaders in statements on the 32rid Anni Versay of the Wall s construction acknowledged that much remains to be done to recover from 28 years of Iron division. Time is required to heal the wounds caused by the Wall in the decades of division of our land and its Capi Tal City. But we arc on the right Way Chancellor Hel Mut Kohl said. Berlin mayor Eberhard Diepgen like Kohl a conservative Christian Democrat said a Way must be found to create Justice for victims of East German communism without excluding those who went along with the system. Just As Good and evil live in everyone in a More or less bearable symbiosis so in totalitarian systems Are most people victims and perpetrators at the same time Diepgen said. Complete Justice will not be possible he said. Some people whose property was expropriated for the 100-mile Barrier around West Berlin complain they Are not getting compensation from United Germany. The City has still not been Able to create a Monument to the Wall which has almost completely disappeared japanese schoolchildren from Hiroshima read the inscription on Peter Fechter s Cross in Berlin on Friday. Since it opened nov. 9, 1989. A plan to use a 500-Yard still standing Section of the Wall is blocked at least temporarily because of objections from a Church that lost part of its cemetery to the Wall. Memorials to those killed trying to escape Are also a problem. A Small Forest of crosses to Wall victims near the old parliament building the Reich Stag fell into such decrepit condition recently that there were complaints in the newspapers. The Cross for Fechter however is set in a handsome pavement near the former checkpoint Charlie crossing Point and there Are Flower boxes maintained by the City. We re Happy that they Are not forgetting the Vic Tims said Fechter s sister Gisela Gree fighting Back tears Over a loss 31 years ago that still causes deep  m Iii ii Lia annual a Vii Jive he pinup Vul Ivy Usu. Mob organizations in Russia worry Law enforcement groups Moscow a russian organized crime is Yegorov who Heads the Interior ministry s organized a Russia s quickly gaining influence at Home and abroad and Only joint police work might Stop it top cops from Russia Germany and the United states said thursday the russian criminals Are networking and devel Oping much faster than any group i be seen in the United states Jim Moody the Fri s chief for organized crime said at a news conference in Moscow. They re often highly educated and now that they can get to . More easily they be hit the ground  Moody met in Moscow this week with his counterparts from Germany s Federal crime office and Russia s Interior ministry to discuss ways to fight organized crime inside and outside of Russia. They cited a rising tide of International fraud extor Tion car theft and other Cross Border  russian businessmen and criminals have slashed up to $40 billion in Western Banks the Russia officials said and Many russian criminals Are Active or in hiding in the  said the Fri plans to put a permanent investigator in Moscow to help russian authorities. In Russia the most violent crime has been in turf Battles Between criminal groups seeking a Cut of rus Sia s growing Market Economy said it. Gen. Mikhail -. " Yegorov head Interior crime  were nearly 200 shootouts Between criminal groups in Russia in the first six months of the year leaving 37 people dead and 88 wounded he said. The murder rate in general has soared with 5,080 homicides in Russia in the first seven months of the year a 42.8 percent increase. Yegorov said about 25 were known to be contract killings but other officials have put the number in Moscow alone in the dozens. The biggest Racket in Russia Yegorov said is Bank ing violations false checks counterfeit documents imaginary transactions which he said have Cost an estimated 500 billion rubles $500 million. Next in importance he said Are car related crimes including thefts and the illegal import of foreign cars also often stolen. Yegorov said that thanks in part to help from for eign police agencies police Are no longer in disarray and have been training specialists to fight people engaged in  but Russia s crime does t Stop at the Border. Yego Rov said there Are at least 91 criminal groups comprising about 2,500 people with ties to organized crime outside the former soviet Union. Bombs at Seaside resort possibly planted by Ira from wire reports Bournemouth England firebombs apparently planted by the Ira exploded Early Friday in this victorian Seaside resort starting fires in four stores and damaging the pier. No one was reported injured in the fires which began at about 3 . In the Center of the town police said. Bournemouth on the South coast of England is a popular place for vacations and conventions. In a statement Dorset county police Sard the attacks bore ail the Hallmarks of the provisional   was no immediate claim of responsibility no political motives Tbilisi Georgia investigators working on the murder of american Diplomat Fred Woodruff have ruled out any political motives for the shooting officials said Friday. Speculation surrounding the exact nature of the work carried out by Woodruff prompted James Hutchinson of the . Embassy staff in Tbilisi on Friday to Call the Case highly politically  Woodruff 45, was killed sunday outside the georgian capital of Tbilisi. He had worked in Georgia on three occasions and was described As regional affairs officer in the political affairs Section of the .  was shot dead by a single Bullet that hit him in the head while travelling in a car driven by president edouard Shevardnadze s chief of personal Security col. Eldar Gogol adze. The stretch of Road where the incident took place,15 Miles North of Tbilisi is notorious for violent crimes kidnappings and robbery. Gorbachev fined 3 cents Moscow former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev has been fined 30 rubles about 3 cents for contempt of court after refusing to testify in a defamation Case by Moscow s mayor russian Media reported. Mayor Yuri la Zhukov lodged a complaint with the City s oktyabrsky District court after Gorbachev in a to interview accused la Zhukov s staffers of building private Dachau or country Homes at taxpayer expense. A spokesman for Gorbachev s foundation said Friday that the former president was not aware of the penalty levied in District court thursday and has no plans to attend the next court session slated for Early september. La Zhukov has repeatedly gone to court to defend his reputation. 26 die in hotel collapse Bangkok Thailand a six Story hotel collapsed in northeastern Thailand on Friday killing at least 26 people and injuring about 350, provincial officials said. Dozens of people were trapped in the debris. Rescuers took bodies out of a huge pile of Concrete slabs and twisted wreckage where the Royal Plaza hotel once stood in Korat a provincial capital and commercial Center about 130 Miles Northeast of Bangkok. Provincial officials said 276 people suffered serious injuries and 70 others received minor injuries. The death toll included one foreigner of unknown nationality and was identified Only As or. Young said Pairadee Prasit Suwan an official in the provincial government 15 die in Turk kurd clash Spirnak Turkey overnight clashes Between separatist kurdish guerrillas and turkish Security forces killed 15 people the Anatolia news Agency reported thursday. It said 10 guerrillas two government armed Village guards two villagers and a Soldier died in three incidents in Spirnak Van and mus provinces i Southeastern Turkey. Emperor to visit Pope Tokyo emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit Italy Belgium and Germany from sept. 3-19, and meet with Pope John Paul ii at the Vatican the government announced Friday