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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world wednesday february 9,1994 Hungary puts in its bid for nato partnership germans convicted in death of Man thought to be jew. A a 1 from wire reports Wuppertal Germany a two Neo nazi skinheads and a bartender were convicted of murder and sentenced to prison monday for kicking and burning to death a Man who the bartender said was probably jewish. The nov. 13,1992, attack at a bar in this Industrial Western German City heightened concern in Germany a Small jewish population. Neo nazis have targeted holocaust memorials and jewish cemeteries As Well As resident foreigners and refugees. \ a a a  a the court convicted skinheads Andreas wember 27, and Michael Senf 20, As Well As bar owner Marian Jan Glensk 32. All three were convicted of murdering a 53-year-old jobless Butcher identified Only As Karl Hans r., who was hot jewish. Wember was sentenced to 14 years in prison Glensk to 10 and Senf to eight.5 held in 56 crackdown Budapest Hungary a authorities have detained five former militia members in the first arrests stemming from the bloody crackdown on Hungary s 1956 anti communist uprising. The five allegedly fired into a crowd during an anti government demonstration at Eger 50 Miles Northeast of Budapest the st3te news Agency Mai said. It did not identify them or say whether charges were  a constitutional court ruled in november that killings during the uprising could be prosecuted As crimes against humanity for which no statute of limitation . Protest broken up Seoul South Korea a a police fired tear Gas tuesday to disperse about 500 students hurling rocks and Yelling anti american slogans near a . Cultural Center in a provincial capital a report said. Students were demanding a halt to the annual .-South korean military exercises called team spirit claiming they hinder dialogue with communist North Korea. The students waved their fists and chanted a no team spirit a according to the National Yon Hap news Agency. Riot police blocked the students from reaching the . Facility located in an office building in downtown Kwangju about 170 Miles South of Seoul. At least one protester was seriously wounded Yon Hap said. No arrests were reported. Officials have said the exercises could be cancelled if North Korea accepts International inspections of its nuclear sites.7 die in chopper crash Kampala Uganda a an air Force helicopter crashed in Northern Uganda killing All four occupants and three children on the ground it was reported tuesday. New vision newspaper said the chopper developed mechanical problems on Takeoff monday from the District capital of Gulu about 220 Miles North of Kampala. The newspaper said the aircraft hit a tree and exploded setting ablaze a thatch hut and killing three children inside. Brussels Belgium apr Hungary a foreign minister signed up for natos new partnership program tuesday saying he saw it As a Way to gain admittance into the Western military Alliance. The minister Geza Jeszenszky told the allies that the partnership for peace program was a an Anchor which fixes the ship of state of Hungary into the Atlantic  but he left no doubt that Hungary wanted More. A Hungary must sail into the Harbor a he said. Hungary became the fifth former Warsaw pact member to sign up for the partnership program since it was adopted by nato leaders last month As a Way of drawing one time enemies closer but without granting them full membership Ukraine was scheduled to join the program later tuesday a becoming the first member of the Commonwealth of Independent states to do so. Besides Hungary Romania Lithuania Poland and Estonia have already enrolled in the partnership plan Hanoi Vietnam apr an american Charity has donated 100 wheelchairs and nearly 900 artificial limbs to disabled children and adults in Southern Vietnam an official report said tuesday. The Charity a Vietnam assistance for the handicapped based in Mclean a. A handed Over 50 wheelchairs and 694 prostheses to the can Tho rehabilitation and functional Center in the Mekong River Delta Region of can Tho province 104 Miles Southwest of to Chi Minh City the state owned Vietnam news said. The organization donated another 50 wheelchairs which has been offered to All nations once part of the soviet bloc. The North Atlantic treaty organization has refused to meet demands for full membership from former foes in Eastern Europe for fear of creating new divisions in Europe and isolating Russia. Russian president Boris n. Yeltsin has cautioned nato against any eastward expansion. Slovakia is scheduled to Register this week for the program and Albania later in the month. Bulgaria and the czech Republic also will Likely sign on in the coming weeks according to nato officials. But nato officials said Russia has not yet said it will enrol. By joining the program the partner nations will be allowed for the first time to take part in peacekeeping military exercises and some other Alliance activities. In return for these close contacts the new democracies will be required to share information about defense budgets and defense forces Promise civilian control Over the military and standardize weapons systems. And 200 prosthetic limbs to the thu due rehabilitation Center in to Chi Minh City the newspaper gave no Date for either contribution. Vietnam assistance for the handicapped has donated 350 wheelchairs 5,000 artificial limbs and $60,000 to disabled vietnamese Over the past four years the report said. Five wars since 1940 and childhood diseases such As polio have left about 10 percent of Vietnam a 70 million people physically disabled Vietnam news said in another report. Their needs outstrip the impoverished governments ability to  foreigners in Egypt Given last ultimatum Cairo Egypt apr Muslim extremists on monday issued their a last ultimatum to foreigners to leave Egypt and claimed responsibility for the killing of a High ranking police officer. A unlike an earlier threat this month the new warning made Clear that it was talking not Only about Western visitors but also about a arabs or any other  the islamic group or Al Gamma Al isl Amiya issued its first warning to tourists and foreign investors feb. 2, a Day after a government raid killed seven Muslim extremists. The islamic group also said monday that it killed police Brig. Omar Mustafa in the Southern City of Asyat on sunday to avenge the feb. 1 police raid on the outskirts of Cairo. The warnings by the largest Muslim militant group stepped up tension in the conflict Between the islamic radicals and the secular government they seek to topple. They come As the government is taking stronger Steps to quell the uprising. The islamic group statements came in faxes to a Western news Agency in Cairo. There was no Way to authenticate them. No attack on foreigners has been reported since the first warning. The threats Are similar to those issued by algerian Muslim radicals but the violence in Egypt has been far less intense. At least 27 foreigners have been among 3,000 people killed in Algeria where islamic extremists also Are fighting to topple the government. In Egypt three foreigners Are among the 300 people who have died in the islamic groups two year Campaign. Mondays warning said that the group opposes the government of president Hosni Mubarak and that a investment and tourism will be our main aim to press and strike this fascist  the radicals Campaign has seriously damaged Egypt a tourism Industry costing it at least $1 billion in Revenue a year. Tit Bsat it a a % 1 % i.1 . It s a v a s w a a 0 a it Ltd s a a. J a it f solemn duty Pacific a amps Tad Maloit . Military personnel monday surround one of the caskets containing what Are believed to be the remains of 12 americans missing in action in the Vietnam War. The caskets were being loaded onto a . Air Force transport plane at Hanoi International Airport to flight to the United states. The Transfer ceremony a the Airport occurred four Days after the United state lifted a 19-year Trade embargo against Vietnam. . Charity aids disabled vietnamese  
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