European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga12 the stars and stripes saturday december 5,1993 Booby trapped Bank note kills 11 children in Rwanda from wire reports Kigali Rwanda a schoolchildren spotted a attached land mine. Eleven children were killed and Bank note and rushed to grab it detonating an 30 wounded Rwanda radio reported. The blast occurred Friday in Rukhoma in Central Taba commune West of Kigali. The victims were All children on their Way to school when they saw a 100-franc Bank note Worth about 80 cents on the Road and rushed to take it. The Bank note apparently was attached to the mine by a Cord said government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. No one claimed responsibility. Jewish settlers injure 3 Jerusalem a jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank town of Hebron wounded three palestinians on saturday one critically in the latest outbreak of violence threatening the transition to palestinian autonomy. The clashes have increased As the dec. 13 deadline draws near for Israel to Start handing Over control of the occupied Gaza strip and Jericho on the West Bank to the Palestine liberation organization. It. Israel army radio said settlers fired saturday on a main Road leading into Hebron wounding two palestinians. Palestinian reporters said a third palestinian was shot in the head As he drove by the jewish settlement of Kiryati Arba near Hebron. Tala i Rushdie Al Bakri 45, was in critical condition at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. 2 quakes rattle Japan Tokyo a two earthquakes jolted Northern Japan on saturday but no injuries or damage were reported. The Central meteorological Agency said there was no danger of tsunami or Large seismic Waves after the quakes that struck two separate areas of the northernmost main Island of hokkaido Boulan hour apart. It said the first quake with a preliminary Reading of 5.1 on the Richter scale struck hokkaido Southern coastal area at 6 30 . The undersea quake off Tom Komai was entered about 470 Miles North of Tokyo. The second quake with a Reading of 4.1, occurred at 7 40 ., this time near the Small Island of Oku Shiri off hokkaido a southwestern coast about 440 Miles from Tokyo. Quot anti crime patrols backed London a Home Secretary Michael Howard said saturday that he supported plans allowing British residents enrolled in neighbourhood watch schemes to go on foot patrols in a bid to combat crime. Howard speaking at an annual neighbourhood watch coordinators conference in Central London said he wanted to see if existing schemes move in a new direction. A one possibility which interests me greatly is that of neighbourhood watch schemes organizing patrols a in their neighbourhoods Quot Howard said. The minister conceded that his office previously rejected such plans but said Public interest differed from official Dogma a there is Clear evidence of Public support for the schemes to develop a new role Quot Howard said. Armenians want to leave Moscow a More than 70percent of residents of the former soviet Republic or Armenia want to emigrate and leave behind War and poverty according to a poll published saturday most of those polled want to emigrate either to Russia or the United states where there Are Large armenian communities. France also has a Large. Armenian population. 1 Armenia the smallest of the former soviet republics with a population of about 3 million people has been hit hard by an economic blockade by neighbouring Azerbaijan. War and poverty were the two main reasons cited by armenians who want to emigrate according to the poll by Center for sociological research at the armenian National Academy of sciences. An unidentified priest leads prayers Friday at the burial of slain cocaine King Pablo Escobar in Medellin Colombia. Escobar funeral packed crowd keeps drug lord s wife children from rites Medellin Colombia tap a the cemetery was so crowded his wife and children could not get through to the coffin. Some came for a glimpse of a drug lord legendary for his ruthlessness others to pay homage to a local hero. Pablo Escobar died with both reputations intact. While president Clinton congratulated Colombia on his staying colombians in Medellin the Industrial City where he was born and based his drug trafficking Empire mourned his loss. People pushed so hard to get into the mortuary to see Escobar s coffin that they shattered its windows Caracol radio said. Yelling a Long live Escobar Quot they tried to break through a line of police into the cemetery. His family was unable to get out of the car bringing them to the funeral because of the press of the crowd witnesses said. Escobar s wife son and daughter had to turn Back and missed the burial the radio said. Army troops had to help control crowds so Escobar s body could be taken to its grave. An assault team shot and killed Escobar and a bodyguard at a hideout in Medellin on thursday ending a ruthless career in which he waged a decade Long War with the government and funnelled drugs into the United states and Europe. His burial Friday was Hasty. A Catholic priest tried saying a few prayers but gave up As the crowd pushed and shoved. Escobar s Mother Hermilda Gaviria and several of his Sisters watched quietly As the body was lowered into the ground. Police estimated 20,000 people came to the cemetery on the outskirts of Medellin. Reporters said Only about 2,000 people were at the cemetery at any one time. The world knew Escobar 44, As a ruthless drug Baron. He was believed to have ordered bombings that killed hundreds of Ordinary colombians As Well As the assassinations of presidential candidates judges journalists and police. But Medellin knew him As a latter Day Robin Hood who lavished his immense wealth on its poor building  playgrounds. His Cartel kept thousands employed either As traffickers or enforcers. He Drew heavily on slum dwellers to serve As Sicairos a feared assassins who operated from Small ,.a Medellin homemaker Berta Atehortua echoed the feelings of Many colombians when she said Escobar should not have been blamed for smuggling cocaine to the United states. A if i sell drugs no one obligates you to buy them she said. If people were celebrating Escobares death they were doing so behind closed doors out of fear of reprisals by the drug lords followers police officer Juan Carlos Rodriguez said. But the killing could signal the death Knell for the Medellin Cartel which even before Escobares death had been surpassed by the rival Cali Cartel As the world s j Leader in cocaine trafficking. A a Medellin is a fading Star with the death of Escobar Quot said Thomas can head of the . Drug enforcement administration in Miami. Although murderous the Call Cartel is far less i bloody than the Medellin Cartel which waged Warl against the general Public in an attempt to get the gov eminent to let it operate freely. Cali Cartel slayings usually Are limited to drug trafficking  expose their gripes a and bodies Bonn Germany up a eight animal rights activists wearing nothing but Santa Caps marched through the Bonn City Center saturday in a protest against the International fur Trade. The protesters held a Banner that proclaimed a a in a rather go naked than Wear  the eight men and women marched naked through the City Center for about 15 minutes unhindered by police but followed by a Large crowd of curious onlookers. The protest was jointly organized by the .-based people for the ethical treatment of animals Peta and the German animal peace and anti vivisection group. A with their naked March the animal rights activists fur products against Christmas when the fur Industry traditionally plan to crush consumer demand for against Christmas when the fur Industry makes most of its profits Quot the . Organizers said in a statement. A by showing some of our skin we Hope to save Anil Mal skins Quot said Dan Mathews one of the America streakers. Peta has announced that it will unveil a billboard Ira Hollywood this month showing top Model Christy turn Lington with the anti fur slogan above her nude body. A every year millions of minks foxes and other surf bearing animals die slowly in traps. They Are gassed electrocuted or beaten to death for the Sake a human vanity a Peta said. The animal rights group claims that worldwide pc tests already have led to a huge slump in fur sales. It said Mink production Sank from 34 million pelts ii 1989 to 22.5 million pelts in 1991, while production c Fox pelts fell from 3.2 million to 1.7 million pelts