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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars  stripes thursday december 23,1993. A Rescue teams end search for Marine Pilot lost at sea from wire reports a Tokyo a a Marine Pilot involved in a midair collision Over the Pacific Ocean is presumed dead  Rescue operations have terminated officials said tuesday. . And japanese Rescue teams scoured an area 140 Miles Southeast of Okinawa for Cape. Kirk w. Kissinger 31, of Hebron ind. A p/a-18 Jet fighter piloted by Kissinger collided in midair Friday with another piloted by maj. James c. Jumper jr., 37, of Beaufort so. Jumper was rescued. To the Marine corps Public affairs office on Okinawa said both were participating in air combat  train crash kills 1 Kiel Germany a a an express train carrying about 400 commuters slowed into a track repair train in Northern Germany on wednesday killing a woman  injuring 33 people. Three of the rive coaches on the express derailed after striking the work train in a Forest near Kiel. The express was carrying commuters from Hamburg to Kiel a distance of about 50 Miles. Helicopters  ambulances evacuated the injured. A 20-year-old woman died in a Kiel Hospital. Six people suffered serious  Tiv jumps track Amiens France a a High Speed train running at 180 Mph jumped the tracks in Northern France on tuesday causing two minor injuries. Three others on the train from Valenciennes to Paris were treated for Shock after the Early morning Accident. It was Only the second derailment for the 12-year-old system  the first to cause injuries. The derailment of the Tiv a High Speed train was apparently caused by a dip that developed in the ground underneath the track after heavy rain officials  Leader approved Budapest Hungary a parliament approved Peter Boross on tuesday to replace the late prime minister Joszef Antall. In a pre vote speech Boross promised to revive the Economy. Boross the Interior minister became acting prime minister after Antall died dec. 12. He received 201 Voles tuesday in the 386-seat parliament with 152 deputies voting  says it s offended Beijing a the government said wednesday that the bbl had offended China by airing a documentary about Mao tse Tung that included reports of sexual escapades  threatened retaliation. The hour Long British broadcasting corp. Documentary aired monday  included an interview with Mao s former doctor who said the founder of communist China indulged in sex with girls. A Abb cd a insisting on airing this documentary Hurt the feelings of the chinese people  revealed the degradation of the press ethics of this corporation Quot the foreign ministry said in a statement a a therefore bbl should be held responsible for All the consequences arising therefrom. A ministry spokesman had no comment when asked what action the government might take against the  scrolls discovered Amman Jordan a archaeologists have discovered nearly 40 papyrus Rolls dating to . 551 near a byzantine Church in Petra 180 Miles South of Amman a research Center says. Most of the texts were carbonized but a miraculously legible a the american Center for Oriental research announced tuesday. A Only when these carbonized papyri Are separated conserved  carefully unwrapped can the script be identified   the Center is assembling a team of International experts to decipher the scrolls which it said appear to have been burned in a fire that destroyed much of the adjacent Church. The Church excavated two years ago is a major tourist attraction at Petra. Russian nationalist Leader Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky Speaks with the press at Vienna a Airport tuesday night. Russia s a Mirinovsky meets German rightist Berlin apr Vladimir a a Mirinovsky the virulent russian nationalist who became a powerful political Force overnight met with a Leader of right Wing extremist germans on tuesday. Tics Between a Mirinovsky whose party won the most votes in russians parliamentary elections dec. 12,  German Ultra nationalists have raised fears of a dangerous pan european extreme right. Later in Vienna a Mirinovsky called for the dissolution of nato  the withdrawal  foreign troops from Europe. A Mirinovsky met with Gerhard Frey head of the. German Peoples Union at Munich Airport on his Way to Vienna private Rel television said. German authorities came under fire wednesday for allowing a Mirinovsky to enter the country. Official sources said the foreign ministry was flooded with Calls from irate germans who wanted to know Why he had received a visa. A Mirinovsky once suggested nuclear Force could be used against Germany  Japan if those countries interfered in russian internal affairs. The ministry said it had allowed a Mirinovsky into the country because of his party a showing in the elections which the ministry said were democratic in Vienna a Mirinovsky told austrian state to that nato should be dissolved  All foreign troops should be withdrawn from Europe a we dissolved the Warsaw pact but nato is still there Quot a Mirinovsky said. The soviet dominated War saw pact Alliance was dismantled after the demise of communism across Eastern Europe. He also boasted that he will unseat Boris a Yeltsin As russian presi Deni later a Mirinovsky cancelled a return visit to Germany  a live television interview. Yeltsin promises to continue reforms Moscow apr in his first major response to parliamentary elections president Boris n. Yeltsin promised wednesday to keep Russia moving toward a free Market despite the Surprise Victory of a aggressive  Yeltsin said at a Kremlin news conference that a the limit of the Peoples patience has nearly been reached after two years of painful economic reforms. The reforms brought joblessness High inflation  a drop in Industrial production. But he said economics minister Yegor Gaidar architect of the reforms would remain in office. A that Means that the course he is following will continue a Yeltsin said. He added however that the government would greatly step up its efforts to help the poor unemployed  others Hurt by the transition from communism to capitalism. Yeltsin took a confident upbeat tone at the news conference his first attempt to explain the outcome of the dec 12 election  his reaction to the vote. He said the election results including a the Success of aggressive populists a were surprising a but it would not be right to speak of them in tragic tones Quot he said. Surprising amphibian Fossil discovered Melbourne Australia apr in a find described As revolutionary the Jawbone of an ancient Salamander like amphibian has been determined to be the last known specimen of the labyrinth fonts the first vertebrates that crawled onto land. Scientists said the Jawbone was found in Southern Victoria two years ago. The find w As made Public tuesday a it is a revolutionary find because it is the last known labyrinth dont found anywhere in the world Quot said or. Anne Warren of Melbourne a la trobe University who identified the jaw. A the Jawbone was so much out of its time zone that 1  believe it was a  until the Jawbone was rigorously examined  identified scientists believed that the labyrinth fonts had not survived the Jurassic period which lasted from about 190 million to 136 million years ago. A now we have discovered in Victoria that these animals survived a further 80 million years into the Early cretaceous which began 136 million years ago Quot she said. Remains of the amphibian have been found in Russia China  Queensland Australia. But none has been As Young As this find  
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