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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes world sunday february 13,1994 heavy snowfall disrupts transportation in Japan from wire report Tokyo heavy snowstorms hit Japan s main Island of Honshu on saturday dumping the mos Snow on Tokyo in 25 years and disrupting land air and sea transportation. Forecasters said a cold air mass moved Over Japan overnight bringing up to 40 inches of Snow to Northern Japan police said 119 people were hospitalized in Tokyo for injuries in Snow related accidents including 60 people who fell on Slippery sidewalks. A total of 593 Domestic and International flights were cancelled in Tokyo Nagoya and Osaka alone inconveniencing 82,000 passengers officials said. Train service including High Speed Bullet trains was either halted or delayed on Many lines. Missile hits sinn fein site Belfast Northern Ireland the Belfast Headquarters of the Ira s political Wing sinn fein were damaged in a rocket attack but there were no injuries police said saturday. A sinn fein spokesman said the missile was launched from across the Street at an upstairs front window. It lodged in a Wall at the Back of the building. The explosion caused extensive damage to the offices but no one was in the building. The loyalist paramilitary group Ulster Freedom fighters claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone Call to a local radio station. 2 skinheads acquitted Siegen Germany two Radical right skinheads were acquitted Friday in the 1992 slaying of a nearly Blind warehouse worker who was kicked to death. Juvenile court judge Dirk Batz said there was not enough evidence to convict the two Youngmen of killing 55-year-old Bruno Kappa. Their names Nvere not  two Ages 17 and 21, had been accused of beating and kicking Kappa to death dec. 12,1992, Ashe was going to work. Kappa was nearly Blind but could see Well enough to walk to the warehouse that employed him. Go presence to be probed Bogota Colombia Colombia s chamber of deputies has been asked to investigate president csar Gaviria s Call for . Troops on humanitarian Mission to the country. Deputy Edmund Guevara  the chamber s accusations commission said Friday that the Council of state asked for the inquiry an that the chamber could meet As soon As this week. The Council which met thursday to discuss the Case says Gaviria did not receive proper authorization and violated National sovereignty in allowing the troops into  130 . Army engineers arrived Jan. 1 in Juan Chaco on Colombia s Pacific coast to construct school a health Center and a Road. Grounds for a Friendly handout free Coffee is offered thursday to subway passengers at the Maine d Issy metro station in Southern Paris. The hand out which follows a spate of violent incidents at subway stations is an attempt to humanize life in the under ground. Similar actions Are scheduled for the next few weeks. About 5 million people ride the subways daily. Group Chun Nelma its Way to England Calais France a a band of Hardy britons on saturday became the first people since the ice age to walk from France to England trekking through the Channel Tunnel in a Charity walk. Led by two time olympic Gold medallist Dale Thompson the 118 walkers set out during a freezing morning Mist for the estimated 13-hour crossing to the English Tunnel terminal at Folkestone. I have never suffered from Claustrophobia but i do Istanbul blast kills 4 students Istanbul Turkey a a bomb hidden in a garbage can exploded at a train station jammed with military school students sat urday killing at least four students the Anat Olia news Agency reported. Health minister Kazim Dine said 30 peo ple were injured in the blast. Feel a bit apprehensive about being under ground for Solon said Kriss a Abusi olympic Bronze medallist in the 400-meter hurdles in 1992.the walk is a rare piece of Good publicity for the ambitious but troubled Channel Tunnel sometimes called the Channel. The project has been plagued by financial overruns and repeated delays in starting train  30-mile hike will raise an estimated $1.42 million for 55 charities. Monday wednesday 14-16 february 25% off All hardcovers except already discounted bestsellers Only at the Hospital and Abrams bldg. Bookstores in Frankfurt. 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