European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                T Page 10 the stars and stripes world 3 wednesday february 2,1994yeltsin Marks 63rd birthday with Normal work schedule from wire reports Moscow a russian president Boris n. Yeltsin a aides gathered in his Kremlin office tuesday to wish him a Happy 63rd birthday but no official festivities were scheduled. Yeltsin planned to work a Ltd renal Day planning a trip to the former soviet Republic of Georgia this week and preparing a message to parliament a Kremlin spokesman said. Yeltsin has appeared in Public infrequently in the last several months and he has yet to address the new lower House of parliament or Duma where Ultra nationalists and communists Are represented in significant numbers. He has a stiff backhand his face sometimes looks puffy. But his press Secretary Vyacheslav Kostikova said monday that the president was in Good  Dies in jump from train Messina Sicily a a 22-year-old Man jumped to his death from a train while trying to escape a group of soccer fans terrorizing passengers news reports said monday. Police arrested five people and were looking for accomplices. The fans were returning from a minor league game in Ragusa on sunday. They were shoving and punching passengers and trying to take Over compartments on the train according to the italian news Agency Ansa Salvatore Moschella was kicked and punched after he tried to help a Young woman. When he was pursued into another car he jumped out a window the report said. His body was found on the tracks hours later. Liechtenstein branches out Vaduz Liechtenstein a Liechtenstein and Russia opened direct diplomatic lies monday in a new step by the principality to show a degree of Independence in world affairs. Big neighbor Switzerland has Long handled Liechtenstein s International relations. But under Prince Hans Adam ii the Alpine monarchy of 29,500 people has become More Active in foreign policy Over the past decade. Russian prime minister Viktor s. Chernomyrdin and Liechtenstein government chief Mario Frick signed an Accord allowing Russia to appoint an ambassador to Vaduz the Swiss embassy still will represent Liechtenstein in , arms Cache seized Istanbul Turkey a police arrested 17 suspected militants of a previously unknown kurdish group monday and seized Large quantities of weapons. Those arrested in the raids in Istanbul belonged to an organization called Kawa named after a former kurdish Leader police said. They arc _ suspects in several bombings in Istanbul police said. Seized in the raids were automatic rifles hand grenades rocket of inc id cards ant they said the group apparently carried out its operations independently of the outlawed kurdish workers party but with the same aim of attaining self Rule in kurdish dominated Southeastern Turkey. A War waged by kurdish rebels since 1984 has killed More than than 10,000 Pepple. Wayward soldiers go Home Seoul South Korea a two North korean soldiers who drifted into Southern Waters on a Small wooden boat were returned tuesday to their Homeland by South korean officials. Sgt. Kim Choi Jin 22, and pvt. Kim Kyong Choi 18, went Home through the truce Village of Panmunjom 35 Miles North of Seoul said South korean defense ministry officials. The soldiers assigned to a North korean guard unit based along the Western coast went to sea in their hand propelled  to retrieve a fish net near their Post. But they were swept away by Gusty winds and High Waves officials said. They were spotted in South korean Waters off the Western coast two Days later. When picked up by a South korean Navy patrol boat they were so exhausted they could hardly talk officials said. The two were brought to Seoul and Given medical care at a military Hospital. South korean authorities decided to Send them Home out of humanitarian considerations officials said. I mim<3 Nve v  i ii ii to propelled grenades handguns i printed propaganda police  fires into the air a. A. A. A i a he a during iranian speech Behest a Zahra Iran a an unidentified Man fired five shots into the air tuesday As president Hashemi a Sfanjani addressed iranians celebrating the 15th anniversary of the islamic revolution. A shouts of Marg bar Amrita a Farsi for a death to America a a and a Hail a Sfanjani Hail a Sfanjani a Rose from the crowd after the pistol shots rang out inside the Gold domed shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Seemingly unperturbed a Sfanjani continued his Leech from a Balcony at the shrine it the Behest a Ihra cemetery 20 Miles South of Tehran. Three plainclothes bodyguards stepped to his Side As Security forces below prevented reporters and photographers from getting closer to the scene. The Security men later confiscated the films of photographers and television Crews. A i done to think there is anything at All to worry about a a Sfanjani said in a message aired later by Tehran radio in his own voice. A it was an incident in one Corner of that vast gathering in the shrine and the program of the gathering was not interrupted. Everything proceeded  the state run islamic Republic news Agency and Tehran radio said no one was Hurt in the shooting. J the gunman standing about 500 feet from Raf Sanja in Quot fired in the air without targeting anything a the radio and Agency said. He was quickly apprehended by Security forces who found in his Possession a forged student police and press cards a they added. The Media did not give the Many a name or explain the motives for the shooting. But the crowd gathered inside the shrine shouted Marg bar Mona few or a death to the hypocrite a the name iranians use to refer to the Baghdad based a a opposition group Mujaheddin a Khaliq. They also chanted Quot Hashemi Hashemi you Are the Apple of our eyes a tens of thousands of people had gathered to hear a Sfanjani speak amid increasing discontent among Iran s 60 million people Over dire economic conditions. A Sfanjani was elected to a second four year term in August on promises of reforms to ease the nations economic hardships. Tuesday marked the anniversary of Khomeini s return from exile to Lead the islamic revolution which culminated with the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on feb. In 1979. Khomeini died of cancer june 3, 1989. His burial place has since become a pilgrimage site for shiite muslims from around the world. Six women a Day in parliament members of the portuguese parliament in Lisbon attend a special two Day session called a a parity parliament on monday in which women were allot cd half of the 230 seats in the parliament to demonstrate what was called the under representation of women in the nations political life. The session will have no legislative Power. Warsaw Poland a a court convicted six Young rightist extremists monday in the hate killing of a German truck Driver and sentenced them to prison terms of three to five years the Pap news Agency reported. The skinheads aged 17 to 22, attacked three German Drivers in october 1992 with clubs and knives As the germans left a restaurant in Nowa Hutaf a depressed Industrial suburb of the Southern City of Krakow. Winfried Fronzek a 35-year-old Driver from  died in a Hospital after the attack. The other two germans were injured. In handing Down the sentences the District court m Krakow rejected the defendants arguments that they did not intend to kill and noted that they had attacked the Drivers merely because they were foreigners Pap said. The prosecutor had demanded seven year jail terms. A a one defendant identified Only As Artur f., had told the court that he did not like germans because his Stepbrother was knifed in Germany in the late 1980s. Poland a Media often report cases of poles being beaten in Germany by skin Heads and other right Wing radicals but the Nowa Huta Case got surprisingly Little Domestic news attention. Young polish skinheads like the defendants in this Case often come from poor families hit hard by the transformation from state socialism to free Market capitalism. Such youths Are easy prey of right Wing demagogues. However acts of violence against foreigners Are rare in  begins Serbo croatian broadcasts Munich Germany apr radio free Europe began broadcasting in Serbo croatian to former Yugoslavia on monday offering an alternative to the govern ment controlled news Media that dominate in the ethnically torn Region. Melissa Fleming a spokeswoman for the  operation said the shortwave two hour broadcasts would begin at 6 . And 10 . Daily. Each broadcast will last two hours Fleming said. She said radio free Europe hoped to add broadcasts Oman and pm frequencies. Journalists from Serbia Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will handle the programs Fleming said. Yugoslavia now consists of Serbia and Montenegro the broadcasts Are intended to provide More balanced news reports on developments in former Yugoslavia