European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Philippine plane crashes on trip to Aid storm victims from wire report Manila Philippines a a philippine air Force 0130 plane carrying Relief goods to typhoon victims crashed wednesday in a heavy Forest an Airport officer said. Air Force capt. Tomasito Macatangay could not immediately confirm the Fate of the 24 passengers and four Crew members in the crash in Libanan town 175 Miles Southeast of Manila. The town is in Camarones sur province. The plane was on its Way to Camarones sur with Relief goods for victims of two typhoons that killed More than 300 people and devastated the area last rams Chimney Budapest Hungary a two babies and three adults were killed wednesday when an ambulance helicopter in which they were travelling hit a plants Chimney. It the helicopter carrying babies Ages 2 months and 3 months to a Budapest Hospital took off from by Fregy amp a 120 Miles Northeast of the hungarian Capitate state news Agency Mai said. The helicopter was flying 600 feet above ground when it crashed into the 924-foot-tall Chimney of the hydroelectric Plant at Tisza Ujvarosy 40 Miles West of Nyiregyhazi Mai sued Over bombing Edinburgh Scotland pan american world airways is suing Libya for $300 million Over the bombing of flight 103 that killed 270 people a scottish newspaper reported wednesday. The scotsman said the airline which is in liquidation but still exists to Clear up business had filed the nit in a scottish court. Also being sued arc libyan Arab airlines and two libyan men accused of participating in the bombing. Flight 103 blew up Over Scotland on dec. 21, 1988, killing All 259 on Board and 11 people in the town of sex Racks up Bill Montreal a Canada s Telephone company says it wont be stuck with a $750,000 Bill run up More than 70,000 guatemalans calling Canadian phone sex services such As Quot love without a newspaper in Guatemala City began advertising the services last april but did no to mention that the Calls Cost about $2 a minute. Most of the guatemalans refused to pay including some who have Bills of More than $7,000. Guatemala a National Telephone company Guatell sent the Bills. But Tel Globe Canada fears it will get Little or nothing for the unpaid services. A bad debt is never shared by the two carriers even in instances of fraud a said Gitles Leduc a spokesman for Tel Globe which has a monopoly on All phone Calls in Ana out of Canada. Guatemalan communications minister Oscar Martinez claims his countrymen have become Quot addicted to phone sex Boulder toll reaches 53 Cairo Egypt a the death toll from tuesdays Rock Avalanche that crushed a poor residential area of Cairo Rose to 53 when 18 bodies were found beneath some boulders Security sources and Media reported. Thirteen people were Hurt in the Avalanche and Rescue teams continued to search the rubble in the Mansh Eyet Al Nasser Section of Eastern Cairo. The neighbourhood is an enclave of families mostly coptic christians working As garbage collectors and raising bus owners protest Athens Greece a thousands of commuters were left stranded wednesday As private bus owners took 1,700 vehicles off the streets of Athens in a dispute with the socialist government on a new re nationalization Bill in parliament the clash Between the private bus owners and the new government of prime minister Andreas Papandreou caused the second transport crisis in the City in fewer than 10 Days. The owners operating their buses under licenses granted by the Center right government of former prime minister Constantine i Tsitakis put up a set of proposals in discussions with the government and called for changes in a new Urban transport Bill. Door is open to peace in n. Ireland major says v. London apr British and Irish leaders agreed wednesday on a Quot framework for peace in Northern Ireland hoping it would induce gunmen on both sides to give up after nearly a Quarter Century of killing. Quot there is now a Clear political path which is meaningful for All a Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds said moments after signing the seven Page document with British Leader John major. To the Irish Republican army and its allies they opened the door to holding exploratory negotiations within three months of a permanent cease fire. To the pro British protestant majority in Northern Ireland the leaders pledged that the protestants would not be forced out of the United kingdom so Long As most people oppose a United Ireland. There was no immediate reaction from the Ira. Protestant hard liners condemned the agreement but the main pro British unionist party in Northern Ireland reacted cautiously. Major said Quot our message is Clear and it is simple there is no future in violence. There is a fair and dem cratic future for All those who want to enter the political process. Quot we believe that it is now up to those who used or supported violence to take that Opportunity. The door is open to them. They wont have a better Opportunity Ana they done to have a better he said his government was prepared to talk with sinn fein the political party that supports the Ira Quot within three months Wincn the cessation of violence has been clearly established.�?�. A if they lose this Opportunity it might never come their Way again a major said at a news conference with Reynolds More than 3,100 people have been slain in the prov Ince since the political religious conflict was rekindled in 1969. In addition 219 people in Britain and the Irish Republic have died in the violence. The immediate test of the initiative is whether the Ira which recently engaged in secret contacts with majors government would accept it. The bait dangled by the British included a statement that it had a no selfish strategic or economic interest in Northern Ireland a and it affirmed that it was for All the people of the Island of Ireland Quot to exercise their right of self determination on the basis of consent freely and concurrently Given North and South to bring about a United Ireland if that is their but the Rev. Ian Paisley Leader of the hard line democratic unionist party said major had Quot sold Ulster to buy off the fiendish Republican Trimble a lawmaker from the larger Ulster unionist party said he was heartened that Britain had not promised to nudge the protestant majority toward Irish Union As the Irish government had wanted. Blown Over the 60-foot yacht vindicator lies on a parked Van tuesday by a min Tomado. The storm swept through the City Caus in Melbourne Australia after it was blown from its stand ing extensive damage but no loss of life. 2 charged in attack on . Luger me1ningen, Germany apr prosecutors on tuesday filed charges against two Neo nazi skinheads in the beating of a . Luge athlete in october. The charges were filed against a. 16-year-old from Suhl in Eastern Germany and a 21-year-old from the bavarian City of Bamberg said regional prosecutor Heim Jurgen Nebel. The two were charged with causing grievous bodily harm in the oct. 29 attack in Ober Hof Nebel said. The charges were the first to be filed in the Case. Nebel said that police were holding the older Man in investigative custody and that he expected to file charges this month against More suspects. He refused to identify either person who had been charged. The prosecutor said a trial Date had not been set. If convicted the two could face up to five years in prison. Duncan Kennedy of Lake Placid n.y., was beaten by about 10 people outside a disco after his Black teammate was insulted Kennedy was not badly injured. But the Case was highly publicized in the United states and raised concerns about the safety of . Luge and bobsled athletes training in Germany for the Winter olympics in Lille Hammer Norway in february. 1 fearing International visitors would be scared away the mayor of oberhoff sent a letter of apology to president Clinton and German Security officials gave assurances that . Athletes would be protected. The . Luge athletes Are due Back in oberhoff in mid january for a world cup Competition and . Ambassador Richard . Holbrooke has said he will be there to show Solidarity
