European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 the stars and stripes monday december 6,1993 Medellin Colombia apr the $6.2 million Bounty on drug lord Pablo Escobares head will be shared by the widows and orphans of his victims and by the men who hunted him Down president Clear Soavi Ria Trujillo said saturday. A we will use the Reward Money to ease the anguish of the families of those who fell in the fight a Gaviria said in the City where Escobar was shot and killed by Security forces thursday. The 44-Ycar-old head of the Medellin cocaine Cartel was accused of ordering the assassinations of judges journalists police and presidential candidates. Hundreds of Ordinary colombians died in bombings of shopping centers neighbourhoods and a passenger air plane. In Medellin the base of his rings operations Escobar and his gang were blamed for the deaths of at least 500 police officers since 1989. Despite his cartels violence Escobar had Many fans among the poor who saturday continued to mourn their heroes death. Escobar who began his criminal Ca rear As a car thief had financed Urban renewal projects for the impoverished neighbourhoods of his native Medellin. After Escobar died a there were a lot of tears a lot of desperation because for us it was like losing a father a said Marcela Jaramillo a 26-year-old homemaker who lives in a neighbourhood the drug trafficker built for the poor. Thousands of people attended Escobares funeral Friday at a cemetery on the outskirts of Medellin. Among those whom Escobares family invited to speak at the burial was Isaura Garcia 72, known As the a a grandmother of the Medellin without slums neighbourhood group. Garcia said Escobares Mother Hermilda Gaviria de Escobar told her to a a Tell them what Pablo was realty like what he did for you and your people. So 1  while Escobar won support in Medellin by sharing a Small portion of the billions of drug dollars he made be also recruited the City a slum boys As his hired assassins. A the took our Young people without Hope and turned them into killers a said a Medellin resident who identified himself Only As Leon. A a Escobar was not a hero a Gaviria said during his speech honouring the police and soldiers who hunted the drug trafficker for 16 months before killing him thursday. A the was a delinquent who received the punishment that criminals deserve. A no one should remember Medellin As the City of a bodyguard holding an assault Rifle left stands watch As colombian president Clear Gaviria Trujillo speaking in the background addresses members of the colombian Security forces responsible for Hunting Down drug lord Pablo Escobar last week. At right Gaviria wears a military Bat Center As he poses for a souvenir photograph with two members of an elite Force during the ceremony saturday at a military base in Medellin. The Cartel a the president continued. Quot there is no More Medellin Cartel. That name died with  Gaviria said that most of the $6.2"<nillion the government had offered for Escobares capture dead or alive would go the families of his victims. Some Money also will be used to build housing for the Security forces who hunted Down and killed him he said. Escobares death was not expected o make a serious  the flow of cocaine from Colombia to the United states and other countries. But Many colombians Hope his demise will help ease the drug related violence that has plagued this South american nation for More than a decade. Tipped off by several traced phone Calls including one Escobar made to his 16-year-old son Juan Pablo police and soldiers raided the drug lords two Story hideout thursday. They shot and killed the portly bearded Escobar and his bodyguard As they tried to escape Over the roof. Dec birthrate marriages drop As divorce climbs study finds Brussels Belgium a women in the 12 european Community countries arc having fewer children than Ever according to a Survey. But More and More Are having babies outside marriage and getting divorced. On average dec women now have 1.48 children an All time Low said eur stat the dec s statistical office. Twelve years ago the average was 1.82. Bucking the trend Are children born outside marriage. In 1992, 20 percent of children were born to unmarried mothers. In 1980, it was Only 9 percent said the Survey titled a women in the  almost half of new danish mothers Are unmarried. In France and Britain about a third of births Are outside marriage a the institution of marriage is weakening in the european Community Quot the report said. A More and More women Are living alone and bring up children  from 1980 to 1992, the dec marriage rate fell from 6.4 to 5.6 per thousand. Over the same period divorces per thousand Rose from 1.4 to 1.6. Women account for 41 percent of the dec. Labor Force but their unemployment rate is 50 percent higher than menus and their wages Are generally lower. In manufacturing and retailing women a wages lag behind by More than a third. Women also have problems gaining Power. Across the 12 nations Only 12 percent of legislators and Only 12 percent of government members Are female. In Northern Europe the falling birthrate has largely bottomed out. Now it is mainly the poorer Southern nations that Are having fewer children Spain is the lowest with 1.23 per women then Italy with 1.26. Greece has a rate of 1.41 and Portugal 1.48. Despite being one of the eco a poorest nations Ireland still has the highest Fertility rate Irish women on average have 2.11 children. But even in strongly roman Catholic Ireland the rate has fallen from 3.23 children 10 years ago. A a the Irish also have the dec s lowest marriage rate. Only 4.5 in every thousand were wed last year. Once married the Irish have the biggest families a 53 percent of Irish women Between 35 and 39 have three or More children. Women everywhere in the dec Are having children later. In Britain France and the Netherlands the average age for having a first child is 27. Elsewhere women Are waiting until 26. The British divorce most often followed by the Danes. Sticking together Are the italians greeks and Spanish. In Ireland divorce is illegal. Although boy babies outnumber girls in the dec by the time they reach retirement age there Are 132 women for every 100 men. Life expectancy for men is 72.8, while women live five years longer. French women live longest a to 81 on average a followed by the italians Spanish and dutch. Portuguese women Are the most studious far outstripping their male colleagues. For every 100 male University students in Portugal there Are 127 women. Overall men outnumber women 100 to 92 in dec universities. German universities Are the most male dominated with Only 67 women for every 11 0  assault leaves russian dead in Algeria Algiers Algeria apr a russian woman was shot and killed and a bus used by russian soldiers was attacked sunday the Day after an italian businessman was shot in an apparent escalation of violence aimed at foreigners. Larissa Ayadi around 30, was doing her morning shopping in Diar Al afia a Southern suburb of Algiers when she was shot twice in the head and Chest by a pistol equipped with a Silencer according to witnesses and the russian embassy. Ayadi who was married to an algerian and had lived in Ibe country for several years died at the military Hospital in Ain Nadja the sources said. It was the same Hospital where Agnello Castal do a 43-year-od italian businessman was being treated after he was shot in the face outside his Home in another nearby suburb saturday morning. His injuries were described by Hospital officials As not life threatening. Later a bus used to transport russian military advisers was attacked by at least one machine gun wielding gunman in Reg Hata 22 Miles East of the capital according to the russian embassy. The bus was empty aside from its Driver who was slightly injured an embassy official said. It was not known who carried out the ambush. A militant Muslim organization the armed islamic group threatened last month to begin killing foreigners who stayed in Algeria after nov. 30. The group claimed responsibility for the week Long kidnapping of three French diplomats in november