European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 r the stars and stripes world wednesday december 15.1993n. Korea returns remains a a. A believed to be from gis a a. From wire reports Panmunjom North Korea a North Korea handed Over to the United states on tuesday 33 sets of remains said to be those of american soldiers killed in the 1950-53 korean War. It was the third Lime in two weeks that the communist nation turned Over alleged . Remains highlighting its recent efforts to improve ties with the United states amid a dispute Over nuclear issues. The United states closely Allied with South Korea has no formal ties with the North. Washington has said it is willing to improve ties with Pyongyang if the dispute Over the North a suspected development of nuclear weapons is resolved. With tuesdays repatriation the North says it has returned the remains of 160 americans since 1990, including 114 this year. The North turned Over 33. Sets of remains nov. 30 and 33 More dec. 7.hopes fade for victims Kuala Bumpur Malaysia prospects dwindled monday for finding survivors in the ruins of a collapsed apartment building even As rescuers brought in tracker dogs and sensors Able to detect human heartbeats. About 50 people were trapped when a landslide felled the 12-Story building saturday. A there is a thin Hope for anyone to get out of this alive a prime minister Mah Athir Mohamad said. Hopes surged briefly monday when officials reported that a note with the scrawled words Quot i am still alive Quot was attached to a line lowered into the debris the by Rama news Agency said. But later police inspector general Hanif Omar said that no note had been received and that the earlier report was the result of a miscommunication among Rescue workers who speak different rocks British rail line London a an explosion hit a main rail line Between London and the South coast of England on tuesday British transport police said. Inspector Paul Canning said no one was Hurt in the beast which was being treated As suspicious. He said no train was in the area at the time of the 3 . Explosion. A Geo t _ Miles Southwest of London and delayed thousands of commuters travelling into the kill suspect in Egypt Cairo Egypt a Security forces shot and killed a reputed islamic militant suspected of being involved Inthac killing of seven police officers and a bystander in Southern Egypt the Middle East news Agency reported. Police surrounded Mohammed Abdel Wahab Mohammed Ahmed 22, a University student As he was hiding in a farming Region in the Southern province of Lena Mena said monday quoting an unidentified Security source. Up the blast damaged the rail line near Woking 25 Canada s Campbell quits As head of conservatives a a a by Clyde h. Farnsworth the new York times Toronto a after one of the most spectacular rises and Falls in Canadian political history former prime minister Kim Campbell stepped Down As Leader of the conservative party on monday. She said she still Hopes to be involved in politics for a Long time and May take a position As a guest lecturer in government at a Canadian University write a Book and comment on Public affairs for news organizations. Quot As the country a first female prime minister i could not help but be conscious of the Trail i was building a she said at an Ottawa news conference. The 46-Yeaf-Oid former Vancouver lawyer has been a role Model for Many younger Canadian women. She once remarked that Quot under this Cool arrogant intellectual urbane exterior there beats the heart of a Texas line dancer a referring to the current county dance craze. Campbell declined to discuss her reasons for resigning calling them Complex. She had wanted to play a role in the tory rebuilding process but prominent party officials distressed by the magnitude of the election defeat oct. 25, pressed for her ouster before the new year. They said she was hurting fund raising at a time when Cash was desperately needed to pay election debts. Quot she was obviously pushed pretty hard within the party a said Lawrence Leduc who teaches Canadian Campbell politics at the University of Toronto. A the knives can be pretty Sharp for a loser. Campbell had indicated in a speech before business leaders and party stalwarts nov. 25 that she hoped to stay As Leader at least until june. Her departure monday recalled Back room mane vering that embarrassed the tories in the years before 1984, when Brian Mulroney began his nine year tenure As the country a Leader. Campbell who took Over from Mulroney in june was relatively new to politics and had a Heady Rise. Within less than five years she had gone from Rookie member of parliament to no. 1. But under her conservatives suffered their worst defeat in history a from .154 to 2 seats in the House of commons. One survivor was Jean Charest the runner up at a leadership contest six months ago who was to become Campbells successor tuesday party officials said. The second seat was taken by Elsie Wayne the former mayor of Saint John new Brunswick. Hanoi turns Over More data on mias Hanoi Vietnam apr Vietnam has handed Over to the United states More documents on americans missing in action assistant Secretary of state Winston lord said tuesday. Lord declined to say what was in the documents or whether they shed any new Light on the mias Quot we be already begun to Analyse this material in the Hope that it will contribute to Bur goal of fullest possible accounting a lord told a news conference after four hours of meetings with top vietnamese leaders. The latest development came on the heels of the turnover by Vietnam of eight sets of remains of americans on monday. Lord met separately with Premier to Van Kiet foreign minister Nguyen Manh Cam and vice foreign minister Nguyen by Nien. A a Quot we had very intensive discussions covering a wide Range of bilateral regional and International issues with major emphasis on pos mias a lord said. He said the two sides discussed ways to Advance toward the fullest possible accounting of the mias but refused to elaborate. He said Vietnam has been Coop crating in resolving the Issue. A we Welcome Vietnam a pledge which was reaffirmed to me Here to continue to assist us to account for pow mias regardless of the state of political relations Between us a lord said. Quot Vietnam sees this in humanitarian terms As do the turnover of the remains monday was the sixth this year bringing the total for the year to 67 sets of remains. . Military spokesmen disclosed Over the weekend that searchers along the vietnamese laotian Border also have found wreckage and new remains from an american helicopter that went Down with five men aboard in 1970. The discovery of the new remains on the laotian Side of the Border was made in a .-vietnamese-lao Tian operation the first time the three countries have joined in a search for missing american. Lord flew from Hanoi to Danang on tuesday. If weather permits he plans to Fly to the vietnamese laotian Border for a firsthand look and briefing on the three nation search there. Scores of american fliers were downed in the Border Region in the 1960s and 1970s during operations along the to Chi Minh Trail aimed at stopping North vietnamese trucks and troops travelling to .-backed South Vietnam. The United states lists a total of 2,248 americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia including 1,648 in Vietnam 514 in. 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A earlier Frenchman Jean Luc Barriere 25, became the fourth Western prisoner to Iraq to gain his Freedom in less than a week. The Pace underscored Saddam a drive to Dean up iraqis image in the West. He Horn such gestures would help persuade the in Security Council to lift a stifling 3-year-embargo of his country. Sondermann was arrested May 28 on 11 v kuwaiti iraqi Border along with Sun a Ujj a one of three britons freed last thursday Saddam a orders. Barriere was arrested june 18
