European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It Page 8 the stars and stripes world tuesday december 28,1993israelis accidentally kill norwegian peacekeeper from wire reports Jerusalem a israeli troops accidentally killed a . Peacekeeper from Norway and moderately injured another in the self declared israeli Security zone in Southern Lebanon officials said monday. During a military operation sunday night israeli forces identified what they mistakenly believed were enemy troops. An israeli tank fired three shells that immediately killed the norwegian. A second Soldier was moderately injured and later brought to the Rambam Hospital in Northern Israel. The israeli army which is investigating the incident formally apologized to the . Commander in Southern Lebanon.  36 die in armenian crash Yerevan Armenia a thirty six people were kilted when a russian cargo plane crashed while trying to land in heavy fog at the armenian town of a Yuri officials said monday. Vladimir manoian a spokesman for the armenian government said All five Crew members and 31 passengers were killed when the Turboprop plane went Down sunday night. Initial reports had put the death toll at i i. The plane was transporting two vehicles from Krasnodar in Southern Russia to a Yuri 53 Miles Northwest of Yerevan the armenian  attacked in Cairo Cairo Egypt a suspected islamic militants shot at a tourist bus in the old Cairo Section of the City wounding at least eight austrian tourists and eight egyptian passers by police and news reports said. The 8 30 . Attack took place near the coptic hanging Church a popular tourist site an Interior ministry statement said. Eight austrians were wounded three of them seriously according to Rudolf asst nor an official at the austrian embassy. He said most of the victims apparently were Hurt when bus windows shattered. One woman lost an Eye he said. Muslim militants have attacked foreign tourists in the past to Hurt one of the country a chief industries but lately they have concentrated their attacks on police and officials. The militants Are seeking to topple president  secular government and replace it with strict islamic  stirs uproar in India new Delhi India a a conservative islamic group says it will Boycott films by a top Muslim actress unless she apologizes for kissing Nelson Mandela in Public. Shabana Azmi a Buss on the Cheek of the South african last month was denounced by the Muslim Unity forum As an offence to islam. Azmi gave Mandela a kiss after the popular Bombay actress handed him the a news maker of the year award in Cape town on behalf of a South african daily. Akbar Ahmed of the Muslim forum also wrote to the actress father Kaif Azmi who is a noted poet asking him to Force his daughter to apologize the Pioneer newspaper of new Delhi said monday. A this controversy is utterly disgusting. I Don t want to take notice of it or even talk about it. It is in bad taste a said Azmi reached by Telephone in  backed Halfway London a britons like the monarchy but not enough to pay for it according to a Public opinion poll. A Survey commissioned by the observer newspaper found that 56 percent want to keep Queen Elizabeth ii As head of state compared with 28 percent w to want an elected president and 13 percent who want the prime minister to double As ii and of state. But 73 percent said taxpayers should not pay for the monarchy. Public funds for the Royal family come mainly through civil list payments of $11.85 million a year to the Royal family. The government also spends Money maintaining Royal castles yachts and helicopters. The poll by ice was based on face to face interviews with 1,016 adults dec. 13-14 and had a margin of error of 3 percentage Points. F Jesse Jackson urges us to lift embargo on Cuba Mexico City a Cuba has taken significant Steps toward freeing its Economy from state control but acute shortages of food and Medicine continue to plague the country the Rev. Jesse Jackson said sunday. Jackson who has described his four Day visit to the Island As a humanitarian Mission urged the United states to end its three decade Long economic embargo on cubans communist regime. A we have to break the Cycle of 30 years of hostility a he said at a news conference in Havana. A the fight should end. It would be a disaster if the policy of aggression and violence is successful since More cubans will leave the country in  Jackson a statements were quoted by the mexican government news Agency no Timex in a dispatch from Havana monitored in Mexico City. Cubans Economy has been deteriorating sharply since the soviet Union a its principal source of foreign Aid a collapsed in 1991. Thousands have been fleeing Cuba in recent years most of them heading for Asylum in the United states. Jackson said Fidel Castro has made a a substantial changes toward liberalizing the cuban Economy. But shortages of food and Medicine continue affecting children the worst he reported. Jackson said he plans to talk to executives of . Agriculture and pharmaceutical companies interested in establishing relations with Cuba. Jackson arrived in the cuban capital saturday and has met with government officials. He refused to say if he would meet with Castro whom he talked with several times when he last visited Cuba in 1984. In Miami on thursday however Jackson said he would talk to Castro about the possibility of Castro a granddaughter being allowed to leave Cuba. Castro a estranged daughter Alina Fernandez re Vuelta defected to the United states last week and has expressed concern about the teen age daughter she left behind. And the Winner by a snout is. Spectators cheer on pigs during a race at an agric Ltd which Border China. The event was the first time that ral carnival sunday in Hong Kong a new territories porcine speedsters were allowed to Hoof it at the festival. Grenade assaults in Philippines kill 7 at Cathedral target mosque Manila Philippines a a deadly grenade attack on a Catholic Cathedral in the Southern Philippines apparently prompted a similar attack against a mosque monday. Police said there were no injuries from the grenades fired at the mosque in Davao. Eight hours earlier two grenades were thrown during a crowded sunday evening mass at san Pedro Cathedral in the same City killing seven worshippers and wounding 130. Davao a City of about 850,000 people that is 600 Miles South of Manila is predominantly Christian but has a Large Muslim Community. It also is the largest City on Mindanao Island the traditional Homeland of the country s 6 million Strong islamic minority. Religious tension has been increasing in Mindanao after a wave of bombings and killings that police blame on an islamic splinter group. No group claimed responsibility for the Cathedral attack police said but Davao mayor Rodrigo Duterte blamed extremist muslims president Fidel Ramos has ordered an investigation. The Rev. Bong Dublan who was leading the worship service said he saw an assailant in the rear of the Ca thedral throw two grenades Davao and the rest of Mindanao have a reputation As the most violent part of a violent country. Islamic and communist rebels operate throughout the Island along with scores of private armies government vigilantes armed cultists and Bandit gangs. A a a sundays grenade attack was the second on Mindanao in three Days. On Christmas Ieve attackers hurled grenades into a Market in Tsamis Occidental province 150 Miles Northwest of Davao killing five and wounding 47. On dec. 13, armed men stopped a bus about 75 Miles West of Davao separated inc muslims from the christians and killed nine of the christians including women and children. No one has been arrested and no one claimed responsibility. Last month an american linguist working As a Bible translator for the summer Institute of linguistics w As kidnapped in the Southern Philippines. Charles Walton 60, of Philadelphia was released three weeks later. His kidnappers dropped a demand to withdraw foreign missionaries from the South. 0