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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 12 stars and stripes a world Mem jew sunday december 12,1993 Scotland Yard reopens in London apr Scotland Yard said saturday that it has reopened the investigation of the death of Rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix 23 years after he died of a drug overdose. The attorney general s office said it sought the inquiry following a request from an individual whom it would not identify for a new inquest into the cause of Hendrix a death. The original inquest recorded an open verdict. Born in Seattle in 1942, Hendrix died in Lon Don on sept. 18, 1970, after leaving the message a i need help bad Many on the answering machine of his manager Chas Chandler. A pathologist concluded that Hendrix choked to death after taking an overdose of barbiturates. He also had been drinking. Quot Scotland Yard Hendrix so far has been requested by the Crown prosecution service to conduct inquiries into the circumstances of the death of Jimi Hendrix Quot said Scotland Yard spokeswoman Carol Bewick a it is not known at the moment How Long that is going to take. But on conclusion a report will be forwarded to the Crown prosecution  the daily mail said the plea for a new inquest came from one of Hendrix s former girlfriends Kathy Etchingham who commissioned a private investigation of the Case. A the death was All very dodgy. 1 done to think it should have happened. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people Etchingham told the newspaper. Hendrix who was widely regarded As the most innovative Rock guitarist of his generation died at the apartment of his Girlfriend former skating Champion Monika Danneman. A i never expected it at All and 1 was Complete who takes nine Downers and drinks a bottle of wine Quot Redding said that he always was suspicious about the circumstances of his friends death but that alleged discrepancies in official reports have come to tight Only recently. A it was Only a couple of years ago when the ambulance men were traced they made a statement that when they arrived at the Flat there was no one in the Flat and Jimi was there on his own dead. A that conflicts with a statement made by the person who was with him at that Point Quot Redding. Said. A the supposition is now that he died much earlier and supposedly someone whoever that is tried to Coyer it  Hendrix produced just five albums in his lifetime. But since his death More than 300 have been released to an audience fascinated by a Talent Cut off by an Early death. Attack on movie houses kills 1/injures6in Egypt Helwan Egypt apr amid reports of a government crackdown on islamic militants gunmen threw dynamite and fired automatic weapons at Side by Side movie Heaters killing a police officer and injuring at least six people. Officials blamed the attack on islamic extremists who have waged a violent Campaign for nearly two years to unseat Egypt a largely secular government. The Interior ministry said the incident occurred late thursday in Helwan about 15 Miles South of Cairo. A film had just ended and most of the audience had left witnesses said. The government owned Middle East news Agency and official egyptian television later said two alleged assailants were arrested. They said one a member of the extremist jihad holy War group was wounded and hospitalized but they did not specify his injuries. The Interior ministry refused to comment on the report. Ali Taha All who runs a movie projector said eight men staged the attack four of them with automatic weapons. Two of the men threw Sticks of dynamite one at each theater before escaping in a car he said. People screamed and ran for cover said another theater worker Ima Taher. A fall the Glass in front of the Heaters and in the ticket Booth was shattered Quot he said. Interior minister Hassan Elalfy injured by Muslim extremists in an August bombing visited the victims at Helwan general Hospital. A firing randomly in this cowardly Way shows that these groups have reached a level of despair after the Strong Campaign by the police during the past few Days a he said in a statement. There have been reports so far unconfirmed by the government that 1,200 suspected extremists were arrested throughout Egypt during the past week. Police announced wednesday that they had arrested 15 men suspected of membership in the outlawed jihad a revival of the group that killed president Anwar Sadat in 1981. All were charged with plotting attacks against government ministers. More than 240 people including militants shot by police have been killed during the anti government Campaign. Disease forces Canadian zoo to kill hundreds of its animals Montreal apr a Canadian zoo was forced to Slaughter 447 animals Friday including zebras yaks and Ibex in an Effort to keep a deadly disease from spreading. The Slaughter left parc safari in Hemmingford Quebec with Only 168 animals and a questionable future. A this is probably the darkest Day of my life co owner Jean Pierre Ranger said As the animals were shipped to a nearby slaughterhouse. The order to destroy All animals except those considered unique or on the endangered species list came from agriculture Canada. In May the government Agency found lesions in the organs of an Eland a symptom of Bovine tuberculosis. Following tests 79 animals most Likely to have been in Contact with the Antelope were destroyed. They included Bison exotic big horned cattle other antelopes gnus and fallow Deer. Officials destroyed 116 More animals last month including Llamas Elk White tailed Deer and Camel like slide flattens Kuala Bumpur Malaysia a a 12-Story luxury apartment building was smacked by a landslide and collapsed saturday. At least one person was killed and police said More than 50 were believed trapped. The condominium building flattened to less than a third of its original height and was a mass of crumbled Concrete and twisted steel beams. The 46-unit building folded about 1 30 . When a landslide broke through a retaining Wall witnesses said. Area residents said the building which was perched on a Hillside in the posh residential area of the suburb of a Pang Jaya was Home to Many foreigners. The . Embassy said it believed no americans were trapped by late saturday night Only three people had been taken from the wreckage and one of them died at a Hospital. Rescuers were working gingerly during the night be guanacos from South America. Among the 168 animals spared were Bengal and siberian tigers Lions african elephants giraffes chimpanzees Arctic wolves japanese macaques Brown and Black bears extremely rare White rhinos and add axes to a kind of Antelope. A. Andry Legris an agriculture Canada veterinarian said destruction of the animals is Standard policy to prevent an epidemic. A they were All exposed and we can to Tell which ones have the disease so we decided to take the eradication route a he said. The government has recommended that no new animals be allowed in the Park until the remaining animals die or Are destroyed. Ranger said Park officials want to meet with agriculture officials this week to ask permission to Slaughter the rest of the animals and rebuild the zoo from scratch. Rise cause they were afraid of upsetting two other apartment blocks about 50 feet up the Hill. Those buildings were evacuated and the area was cordoned off. Shizue Nakajima 50, of Japan died of abdominal injuries said doctors at general Hospital. Two others a a woman believed to be indonesian and a 3-year-Oid girl a were hospitalized in stable condition. Officials said they hoped to bring in expert Tunn Elers at Daybreak. Inspector general Hanif Omar estimated Ijar i tsp remained buried in the ruins of the Highland towers. His estimate was based on reports from friends and relatives. We Are very Hope us Well find some survivors a he  of Wii airmen sent Home from China Beijing a the United states sent Home saturday the remains of three american airmen killed in world War 11 when their plane crashed while ferrying supplies to China. The United slates was the wartime ally of China a nationalist government Anil this was the first time since the communists took Power in 1949 that China has returned . War dead. A their sacrifice in contribution to the just cause of the chinese people will live forever in our hearts Quot a Zhenyang director of the foreign ministry a North american department said in a ceremony at the Beijing Airport. Four . Soldiers slowly carried each Flag draped coffin into the Low belly of a . C-141. . Ambassador a Stapleton Roy said China a Swift return of the remains which Hunters found in september on a Remote Mountain slope in Tibet re a a a. 1 a fleeced a new cooperation Between the two sides in locating . Service Mem ers missing in action from various wars. A . Team is scheduled to visit Southern China this week to Survey a site just inside the Border from Vietnam where a . Navy plane is known to have gone Down in 1967 with two Crew members aboard. The plane apparently strayed Oyer the Border by Accident and is one of eight lost in chinese airspace during the Vietnam War. The remains of the three airmen found in Tibet were being flown to the army Central identification Laboratory in Honolulu. The Laboratory a commander or. Jordan who flew to Beijing said the chinese recovered portions of a flight log and mess Bills dated november 194j but no personal effects. They also found parts of what appeared to be a is i cargo plane he said  
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