European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a a Page 12 the stars and stripes world Friday May 27,1994crime against foreigners drops Moscow reports from wire reports Moscow a Moscow police officials on wednesday reported a decline in crimes against foreigners in the russian  head of Moscow police a special service department Viktor Serosh Tan said there were 464 registered cases of crimes against foreigners in the first four months of this year compared with 525 registered incidents Over a similar period in 1993. Crime has plagued Russia since the soviet Union fell apart in 1991, and the government lists crime fighting As one of its top  unreliable poll says London a Britain has been rated As Europe a least reliable political partner according to a poll published thursday in the european newspaper. The poll which comes before next months european parliamentary elections canvassed 7,500 european Union voters. The Survey found respondents from Only five of the 12 countries involved did not vote Britain last in the rankings. Those countries were Denmark Luxembourg Greece Spain and Portugal. France was voted first when voters were asked to say who was Europe a most reliable  collision hurts 2 Marmora Ontario a it was the Type of Call police done to receive very often a a a traffic Accident without any vehicles. 1 the two horse collision occurred monday near this Canadian Village in Northern Ontario when one rider lost control of his Steed arid slammed into two other riders police said. Two of the riders were taken to a Hospital but neither was badly Hurt. One of the horses was taken to the Guelph veterinary school with suspected head injuries. 13 still held hostage after gunmen take bus. 1 a  in of kit Iron Rny Moscow apr four men armed with guns and a grenade who seized a school bus in Southern Russia on thursday freed All of the children and one adult authorities said. A but 13 adults apparently were still being held on the commandeered bus and the men were demanding $10 million and a helicopter in order to release them police spokesman Viktor Gusakov said from the City of Mineral Nye Vody in the caucasus mountains. After threatening to kill All of the eight schoolchildren on the bus Ana throw their Heads out the window at the rate of one every hour the men freed the children and one adult in Exchange for guns and morphine police said. It was the second time in five months that gunmen in Southern Russia took schoolchildren hostage. Police sealed off the area around the bus near the resort City 800 Miles South of Moscow. Deputy Interior minister Alexander Kulikov was conducting negotiations with the hostage takers. The men seized the children their teachers and parents on a school Outing forced the Driver out and drove the bus toward Mineral Nye Vody before being surrounded by police in the Village of kingly Gusakov  Driver told police the hostage takers were armed with a Short barrel assault Rifle a pistol and a grenade. The men sent a hostage a Mother of one of the children to present their demands to police. After several hours and the mothers return they let seven children and an adult go in Exchange for four Kalashnikov assault rifles ammunition four flak jackets and 10 containers of morphine Gusakov said. The final child a boy was released shortly afterwards. The men earlier had requested a grenade launcher said Yekaterina Gleeova a spokeswoman for russians ministry for emergency situations. The children whose Ages were not immediately known were in route from Vladikavkaz in the North Ossetia Region to Stavropol Gleeova said. _ North Ossetia site of a centuries old rivalry of the chechen and Inrush ethnic groups has been under a state of emergency because of a react spate of terrorist acts Bandit attacks and hostage incidents. Fay s pal escapes lashing in Case Singapore apr a 15-year-old malaysian youth accused of Spray painting cars along with american Michael Fay and other teens on a rampage was released thursday after paying a $390 Fine. The youth who cannot be named because of his age pleaded guilty in juvenile court to a reduced charge of fraudulent Possession of four Mercedes car emblems. He originally faced two charges of vandalism each punishable by a mandatory three strokes of a Rattan Cane. But prosecutors dropped those charges without explanation last week along with two counts of mischief the remaining theft charge was reduced. The malaysian Fay and six other foreign teen agers were accused of damaging cars and carrying out other mischief in a 10-Day spree of destruction in september. The arrests attracted Little interest until Fay pleaded guilty to two counts of vandalism in March and was sentenced to six lashes. After an Appeal from president Clinton Singapore reduced Fay a sentence from six lashes to four which were Given May 5. Survivor of deadly bacteria Back on feet in English pub june 3rd a Aschaffenbur a Unte june 4th �grafenw8hr-Wbmn a june 5th a Heidelberg a to doors open at 8 00 pm a show shirts at 9 00 pm met Price adv. $25.00-door $30.00 . Reserved Sec Ting 35,00 �3mc-oc� to a is Cotraro est a a a  t Fol Mim. Toni n xxx it to a to aug amp i s i a a Quot it Ivin Tawi pm ii tit in i a Gui. A Jtj it i i u i j a i \.9 u<4 _ mrcd1 Fiji Al h i luit Vilott let a it i us want cow amp him Iii cd a. Rensaw of a his wms my is f1w� Tuo Fos a Ift Solc a her two Tovo Piej Idun. Oan Ami of Civ How jsfub07wa_jsn 3 n iha3nitrwb�j/iatio i a Jav tool 7730768 Stroud England api when Les Christie walked into his local pub the regulars applauded. He had survived a killer bacteria and came to enjoy the one pint of Beer his doctors now allow. The local politician is one of seven people in the Stroud area of Gloucestershire this year to contract Necro timing Fasci itis a virulent form of the common Throat germ Strep that feeds on flesh. Three of the Gloucestershire cases were fatal. Christie says he does no to know whether to consider himself Lucky or unlucky. A i went into Hospital with something simple and in a now scarred a he said wednesday night his sweatshirt and trousers hiding the huge bandages on his Abdomen where skin from the tops of his legs has been grafted to cover the wounds. Christie a 58-year-old Engineer and local councilman went into Stroud general Hospital on feb. 4 for a hernia operation. The next Day the Bug struck and he was fighting for his life. He was saved by surgeons who removed the skin and fatty tissue eaten away from most of his lower Abdomen. Necro timing Fasci itis is not new to Medicine. Cases have been reported from time to time in the United states new zealand Australia Germany Switzerland Norway Iceland and elsewhere. But rarely do so Many crop up in the same Vicinity. Or. Christopher Bartless director of Britain a Public health Laboratory service said the Cluster was highly unusual but that Chance was the likeliest explanation. While doctors Are perplexed there were no signs of panic wednesday in this Small Leafy town 100 Miles West of Lon where a meningitis outbreak in the 19b0s also remains a rms Terv. Restaurants and pubs were doing their usual business. Mothers said they were not considering taking their children out of school. At Christie a favorite pub the Kings head a few Mil s outside Stroud the regulars reflected the views elsewhere in town some were concerned and some dismissed the Bug As a bit of scaremongering. A it does no to worry me a said Hugh Baxter 42, a landscape Gardener. A a it a More the Media that worries me than anything  British tabloids have pumped up the Story with headlines like a killer Bug ate my face Quot and a dither and you  in recent Days news reports have said 13 people have died from the germ this year. But government scientists have not confirmed All the deaths were caused by the Bug. The 13th victim was identified As Marjorie Adams 85, of South Wales who died May 2 at Princess of Wales Hospital a Hospital spokesman said. Streptococcus infections usually Are easily treated with antibiotics but vim Lent forms can kill if not treated promptly. Strep killed muppet creator Jim Henson in 1990. Christie said he believes the outbreak is a a warning that people around the world Are abusing nature. A a done to be frightened a he tells Young woman tending bar. Quot whates is we have to live with  but he worries the world May one run our amp remedies. A will wag a to the Point where we a a = reached the end of the warnings when there Are no More conquerors a he in the 1980s meningitis outbreak a cases were reported in the Stroud area Over eight years and five were fatal the cause was never determined. The or it Day