European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes world sunday May 8,1994 emotional memories War veterans in Moscow wipe away tears As they listen to world War ii Cra songs at a meeting Friday to Mark the 49th anniversary of the soviet Victory Over nazi Germany the meeting was organized by the communist party fac lion of the Duma Russia s lower House of parliament. Russia celebrates its Victory pay on monday. Subic Bay Philippines up . Navy ships can still make port Calls to the former american naval installation at Subic Bay but can no longer be based Here says the chief of the government s efforts to convert the former . Military base into a commercial and Industrial zone. A . Vessels make regular port Calls to Battaya Beach in Thailand and even to Shanghai said Subic Bay metropolitan authority chairman Richard Gordon on saturday. Quot they can do that to Subic port As Long As they pay Docking wharfage and other Gordon said that arrangement would demonstrate that the Philippines and the United states now Piave mature Gordon was criticized by philippine senators recently for inviting . Naval vessels to Call on Subic 50 Miles Northwest of Manila saying that Only the government May negotiate the re entry of . Forces in the coun try Quot v 1 a he cited the recent visit of an australian military vessel at Subic last year and said that other foreign warships have docked in Manila Baythe last . Forces pulled out of. Subic in november 1992 after Manila rejected a proposed lease that would have kept the military personnel on the base through 2001.&Quot a. A the withdrawal Cost the Philippines some 36,000 on base jobs arid about 4 percent of its $46 billion Gross National product. The 62,000-acre facility boasts some of the most modern infrastructure in the country including an Airport telecommunications and dozens of office and residential buildings. Philippine president Fidel Ramos has made converting the base into a free port a National priority saying that would help the country a economic recovery. A the Subic Bay authority has attracted a total of $476.5 million in investments since operations began in november 1992. San a Yemen apr Southern troops blasted this Northern City with scud missiles saturday state radio said As Northern forces inched toward key Oil Fields in South Yemen. San a radio said five scud missiles were fired a in a cowardly attack Quot at Public utilities in the capital. The blasts frightened residents but there were no casualties or major damage the report said. The country Slid into civil War thursday in the Wake of failed efforts to integrate North and South Yemen which had merged four years ago. Hundreds of foreigners have been evacuated since the fighting the purge of southerners from Power the Northern dominated government fired Oil minister Saleh Abu Bakr bin Hussa noun the vice president an aide and the defense minister a All southerners a were ousted earlier in the week. The radio broadcast said Northern troops were advancing on Taiz Southeast of san a after routing a Southern Garrison outside the Southern command in Aden said Northern warplanes tried to bomb the City a Airport and the refinery just East of the City saturday but were chased away by anti aircraft fire. Two aircraft were downed the Aden command said in a communique. Associated press reporter Iqbal am said the Southern stronghold of Aden was quiet after an Hou Lorig Battle at Dawn. He said the northerners later retreated to aryan 30 Miles from Aden. A phone links Between the North and South have been severed and International lines to and from Aden and san a remained erratic. A a _ but the northerners appeared to have gained the upper hand after routing the Basa Heeb brigade in Dha mar 65 Miles South of san a. Television footage showed vehicles on fire and hundreds of tired bedraggled Southern prisoners filing into trucks. An unidentified officer said the Advance will continue until the northerners had linked with Northern units besieged in the South. Other sources said the northerners were trying to Cut off Access to vital Oil Fields and installations controlled by the southerners. Oil is the economic lifeline of the impoverished country and control of the Fields East of Aden could be crucial in the War. San a radio said president All Abdullah Saleh dismissed the Oil minister in a decree Friday night. The Northern leadership earlier had fired vice president Ali Salem Al Beith Leader of the Yemen socialist party and his Deputy from the nations ruling presidential Council. The defense minister also was fired. Russia Estonia at impasse Over withdrawal of troops from wire reports Moscow a russian troops will stay in Estonia in t i 11 he b Altic Nat Iori Guara n t yes the rights o f ethnic russians there defense minister Pavel Grachev said Friday after troop withdrawal talks deadlocked. Estonia refuses to link the pullout and the rights of retired russian service members and their families in Estonia Many have lived there for decades and consider it Home or have nowhere else to go. If the negotiations drag on Grachev warned the 2,5 go m e be r Russi an Force w in 1 stay. A and if the e situation changes it will be quite easy to reinforce them to protect and defend russian army facilities Quot he said. Quot. A .a. Estonian foreign ministry spokeswoman Man Ann Frikken called Gracheva a remarks further a example of Russia rather than showing Good will p u to ing press or e on i to s a 11 neighbor s.�?�. After four decades of soviet occupation the 7 issues of ethnic russians and russian troops were extremely sensitive for the Baltic nations of Estonia Latvia and Lithuania. But Only Estonia has failed to reach a troop withdrawal agreement. Elephants kill villager Jakarta Indonesia Herd of wild e elephants a m p age d through i 11 age s i n North Ern Sumatra killing one Man and destroying cropland an official said saturday. R. Pintoro head of the conservation office in Banda aces confirmed Abdul Hamid bin Saidu 40, was trampled to death by a Herd of elephants a Dawn thursday Hamidas daughter escaped injury by climbing a tree. A. Pintoro said that the elephants will continue. F rampaging because the area has Long been on the animals traditional route which has been developed for human settlement and Farmland. A the Al Eph an to i 11 always p ass through that Farmland because it is on the path used by wild elephants in their forays for food and water Quot Pintoro said in a Telephone interview. Key romanian rabbi Dies Bucharest Romania a rabbi Moses Rosen who helped 400,000 jews leave Romania during the communist Era has died. He was is. Rosen died of a heart attack Friday after suffering a stroke three weeks ago that left him partially paralysed. As romanians jewish Leader since 1948, he fought to keep jewish traditions alive in communist Romania while at the same Lime helping jews emigrate mainly to Israel. Roma Nia n jews where be t the r off t h an Many of their counterparts in other communist states because Romania did not follow the rest of the soviet blocks decision to sever ties with Israel in1967. \ before world War ii Romania had 800,000 jews one of the largest populations in Europe. Half were killed in the nazi holocaust arid most of the rest have since emigrated. Iranians to protest imports London a iranian students will gather at the Tehran University mosque tuesday to protest importation of .-made luxury items and resumption of activities of american firms in Iran the iranian news Agency Irna said in a dispatch monitored thursday. A statement quoted by Irna said the students were a condemning importation of various Western .-made goods especially coca cola in a world when we Are witnessing daily new plots hatched by the . And its cohorts Gamst iranian islamic Revol it i on and i h e Oppre s be d my s Lim world. Including innocent the imports we re a 1 Lowe d u and e r a i in e a 1 Iza Tion program initiated by president Hacheml a Sfanjani to attract foreign investors to the country. N. Korean Trio defects Seoul South Korea a three North korean defectors have arrived in South Korea seeking Asylum authorities said saturday the most recent defectors were identified As Kim Dae to 35, a Foreman at a uranium refining Plant under North koreans department of atomic Energy Industry Hwang Kwang Choi a 20-year-old Coal Miner and Hwangb a 18-year-old brother Hwang Kwang 11. The Terree were expected to discuss their defections at a joint news conference monday. T
