European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world saturday. December 18,1993 . Carrier Back in Gulf to enforce flight ban on Iraq from wire reports Manama Bahrain a the . Navy aircraft Carrier Independence has returned to the persian Gulf with a Fleet of warplanes to enforce a no Fly zone Over Southern Iraq a Navy spokesman said. It was the first . Navy Carrier in the Gulf after an absence of two months. The Abraham Lincoln sailed out in Early october to provide reinforcements for . Troops in Somalia. On its Way in wednesday the Independence carrying 75 aircraft dispatched nine warplanes to simulate a Long Range strike Over the no Fly zone it. Ondr. Bruce Cole said. The  zone is South of the 32nd Karaite. It is designed to provide air cover for shiite fus Tims who Are being attacked from the ground by iraqi president Saddam Hussein s army. 2 More held in bombings Vienna Austria a authorities on Friday announced two More arrests in connection with Fetter bombs that injured four people including the mayor of Vienna this month. The arrests thursday of two people who were not identified brings to six the number taken into custody. Those previously arrested Are believed to have links to extreme Neo nazi groups. The attacks were aimed at people known to be involved in or to support programs for refugees and other foreigners in Austria. At least 10 letter bombs were sent. Four exploded and six were detected and defused. German base is closed Bej a Portugal a a German air base in Southern Portugal once the planned Point of last resistance for nato fighter planes should the soviet Union have swept Western Europe was closed thursday. German defense minister Volker Rishe presided Over the final lowering of the German Flag at the base in Beja after 27 years of Active service. The base 84 Miles Southeast of Lisbon was constructed in 1966 As the strategic Retreat Point for nato jets if soviet led forces had pushed through Germany and penetrated toward the Atlantic coast. The base has been used since 1974 As a training Center. Germany decided to withdraw its 50 Alpha Jet fighters and close the installation because of new portuguese limits on bombing practice and the use of airspace said a portuguese defense ministry statement. . Jet fighters collide Tokyo two . Marine fa/18 Jet fighters collided in midair Friday and crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa . Military officials said. One Pilot was rescued but efforts to find the second were suspended Friday night because of darkness the officials said. The aircraft were on a training Mission when they collided at 10 25 . Between 130 Miles and 150 Miles Southeast of Kadena a on Okinawa the officials said. 2 die in training crash Manila Philippines a an air Force training plane crashed Friday killing the Pilot and a student. Two others died when a private Jet crashed in the fourth aviation Accident m the Philippines this week on wednesday at least 24 people were killed when a c-130 transport carrying supplies for typhoon ravaged areas of Southern Luzon crashed on a Mountainside in heavy rain. On thursday an air Force helicopter broke its right Landing gear when it skidded on a runway in Cebu. There were no casualties. The military s joint operations Center said the air Force Trainer a single engine italian made Marchetti crashed soon after Takeoff near the town of Mataxas a ahoy in Batangas province 45 Miles South of Manila. No other details were immediately available. Demanding change in Romania protesters rally thursday in Bucharest Romania to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the uprising that ended in the overthrow and death of communist dictator Nic Okte cecum cd. Demonstrators called for the removal of president Ion Iliescu and the return of King Michael who was forced into exile by the communists in 1947, the protest was the latest in a series of demonstrations reflecting disenchantment with Post communist society. Romanians face annual inflation of More than 300 percent and about 10 percent unemployment More in Wake of i Gams Moscow apr a shake up in president Bons n. Yeltsin sinner Circle continued Friday while russians Reform forces were lashed by a newspaper for letting a a narcissism Blind them to the threat of the far right. T incomplete results Friday were virtually unchanged. Ultra nationalist Vladimir v.  a party led with 23.5 percent of the vote followed by the Mam pro Yeltsin bloc Russia s Choice with 14,8 percent. Next were the communists with 13.3 percent. Yeltsin fired three More advisers Friday a Valery Burkov Alexander Granberg and Eduard in prov a and also the longtime head of state tvs news division Valentin Lautkin. The shake up apparently is in response to the Reform Camp s election defeat and follows the fun thursday of top Yeltsin aide Sergei Stankevich state to chairman Vyacheslav Bragin and chief of Yeltsin s Legal department Alexander Kotenkov caught off guard by a Mirinovsky s Success Moscow s political elite found itself acting out a. Familiar scene from russian history agonizing at being out of touch with the masses the Narod. A the russian democrats in Power have lost touch with the country s real soil and got what they de Ira backers want clarification of peace plan for n. Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland apr sinn f6in, a Legal political party that backs the outlawed Irish Republican army has signalled that peace will have to wait while it  Irish initiative. A there Are no Quick fixes in this situation Quot sinn feints president Gerry Adams said in a statement thursday. The Ira which is fighting British Rule in Northern Ireland has not yet responded to the a framework  on thursday it claimed responsibility for to unexploded bombs found on train tracks near London. The times of London reported Friday that the Ira s i supreme body the general army convention will meet this weekend to consider its response to the two govern i Mentse initiative announced in London on wednesday. A fall the organization s units including some 300 in Ulster jails Are to be consulted a the paper reported 1 without attribution. A the general army convention is the Only body in the i Ira which can decide to Call off a military  in their joint declaration this week prime minister Jjohn major of Britain and Irish prime minister Albert 1 Reynolds called on the Ira and other paramilitary served a Vladimir p. Lukin Russia s ambassador to the United states said Friday. He ran on a Reform ticket headed by Grigore Zavlinsky which is in sixth place of a with 7.6 percent of the vote. R a we must not be afraid to go outside and really evaluate the situation really see How the Narod lives and what concerns if most of  Many observers said the reformers Hurt their cause by splintering into several parties some headed by top Yeltsin aides. Yeltsin also has been faulted for failing to endorse any party. Rossinskaya gazeta the former Organ of the old hard line parliament but now cautious in its criticism of Yeltsin said a Mirinovsky s Success showed the democrats had a lost  a they were blinded by political narcissism that is by the same sickness that afflicted the communist party of the soviet Union during the last years of its dorm a Tion Quot the newspaper wrote. Segodnia Moscow s intellectual Independent newspaper warned a the future of the reforms is indeed in danger and not so much due to the danger of fascism As due to the elementary misunderstanding of the existing political  groups to renounce violence and join talks about the future of the province. They pledged to support any settlement acceptable to a majority in Northern Ireland More than 3,100 people have died in the sectarian and political violence there since the conflict was rekindled in 1969. Adams said thursday that sinn fein is committed to peace. But he said a proper and full consideration will take some time and will require clarification from Dublin about aspects of the declaration. Product of frenzied activity by both governments after we had focused them on this  sinn Fin spokesman Richard Macauley said thursday that the release of convicted Ira members from prison would be among issues to be discussed in the event of negotiations. A no one is setting preconditions Quot Macauley said but added a if we Are going to have a Resolution to this conflict then we must consider where the prisoners will fit into