European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes world Russia thinks error led to interception of c-130 Moscow Dpi a a spokesman for Russia s defense ministry said wednesday that a technical error was probably responsible for a . Transport planets violating russian airspace before being intercepted and forced to land by russian fighters. The incident occurred tuesday afternoon when a .-registered Lockheed c-130 Hercules cargo plane travelling from Frankfurt Germany to the georgian capital Tbilisi strayed into Southern russian airspace. The Crew ignored radio warnings that it was about to enter russian territory and penetrated 50 Miles into Southern Russia. The plane was intercepted by russian Soukhoi Su-27 fighters and forced to land at Adler Airport near the Southern russian resort town of Sochi. The Crew was briefly detained and interrogated and then the plane was allowed to continue on its journey. A i believe it was a technical error a miscommunication Between the russians and the americans a said a defense ministry spokesman who asked that his name not be used. He said he believed the violation of russian airspace was accidental. A senior flight controller in Sochi blamed the incident on the collapse of communication ties Between former soviet republics the official itar Tass news Agency reported. San a Yemen apr fighting Between Northern and Southern troops was heavy on several fronts As a . Envoy headed to the divided country wednesday to push for a cease fire Southern Yemen a secessionist Leader said. Ali Salem Al Saidh who declared the South s Independence two weeks after the War erupted May 4, spoke late tuesday in a satellite interview with the London based Middle East broadcasting corp. A it is Well known now that there Are Many Battles raging around Aden a a his Southern stronghold he said. Fighting also continued on the Eastern Ilad Ramaut and Northern Shawah fronts he said. A . Envoy was due to arrive in Yemen on wednesday to discuss implementation of a . Resolution calling for an immediate cease fire and an arms embargo on both sides. A unilateral cease fire declared by the North collapsed within hours of its implementation at Midnight monday with each Side accusing the other of being the first to violate the truce. The fighting erupted May 4 user a Long simmering political dispute Between president Ali Abdullah Saleh and a before when we had direct Telephone links with All the nearby District centers the incident could have been settled More quickly a said it col. Vyacheslav Isayev chief air traffic controller at Adler Airport. A in such a situation we would have immediately. Inquired about this aircraft asked about its flight plan a Isayev said. The defense ministry spokesman said the incident displayed the strengths of russians air defences seven years after flaws in system were highlighted when a Young West German Pilot Mathias rust flew his Light plane into red Square after crossing undetected through Northern soviet airspace. In april of this year russian fighters forced an israeli private plane to land at Adler after it strayed into russian airspace while in route from Tbilisi to Tel Aviv Israel. A russian foreign ministry spokesman said Moscow considered the incident closed after a meeting tuesday evening Between . Ambassador Thomas Pickering and first Deputy foreign minister Anatoly Adamisin. Saidh the vice president during Yemen s four year Union. The South a secession May 20 ended the widely popular merger of conservative tribal North Yemen and socialist South Yemen. The Southern states Independence has not been recognized internationally but is believed to have the support of saudi Arabia and other Arab states in the per Sian Gulf Region. Those countries have Long been wary of the threat that Yemen a nascent democracy posed to their autocratic regimes. Saidh said tuesday night that All issues will be open for discussion once fighting stops. He said he welcomed the mediation of . Envoy Lakhdar Al Ibrahimi but he did not mention reunification which the North demands. Quot the important thing now is to talk about stopping the fighting. We can then discuss any other topic a he said. Throughout the conflict Saidh has called for an end to the Battles and sought foreign mediation to help resolve the conflict peacefully. The North rejected outside intervention As Quot foreign interference a and Only changed its thinking after its forces got bogged Down in fighting around Aden. Thursday june 9,1994china spikes rumours of Leader Deng s death from wire reports Beijing a chinese Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping is alive and Well contrary to rumours of his death that drove Down share prices on the Hong Kong and Tokyo exchanges a foreign ministry spokesman said wednesday in Beijing the Blue Chip hang seng Index Sank 135.15 Points in Hong Kong on tuesday and futures also dropped Over the Rumor. Deng 89, chief architect of China a socialist Market Economy drive remains one of the most influential politicians in China although his Only official position is that of honorary president of the chinese Bridge association. He resigned in november 19s9 As head of the communist party scentral military commission and the following March stepped Down As chairman of the state military commission there Are fears that Deng a death May Lead to a protracted Power struggle. The foreign ministry spokesman said Deng is Quot enjoying Good health.�?�10 evacuated from Tunnel London a ten truck Drivers were evacuated from the Channel Tunnel on tuesday night after a faulty warning Light hatted the freight train in which they were Riding. The Drivers travelling on the train with their be h id is we re brought out from t h e Tunn Al sect Ion via an emergency gallery and were put on a train heading in the opposite direction Back to. Folkestone England. Alain Bertrand the tunnels general manager s a i d it was t he f i St e v Acu Ati o n of people e is Nee t he a Schunn Elk which runs under the English Channel was inaugurated last month. The train on which the truck Drivers had initially been travelling from England to France was halted by t he train drive r Bee Ause of a w a in my Ligh t indicating that a device used for steadying the train cars was out of  devour infant Nicosia Cyprus a hungry wolves ate a 6-month-old baby in a Small Village in Central Iran where a pack of bears last month killed a girl Iran s news Agency reported wednesday. The islamic Republic news Agency said the attack occurred at Mihlman Shah a town of 3,000 in Centre Al Iran 11 did not say w he n the att ack h App ened or give any oth e r de 1 a i is. In May the news Agency reported that bears attacked Sisters on their Way to school killing a 9-y e a old a and s Crio us by m Aufu n g her 11 year of d  Disney rape reported Paris a an employee of euro Disney was in custody after being arrested in the alleged rape of a 14-year-old German girl at the theme Park authorities said tuesday. The girl reported she was raped last thursday in what euro Disney officials described As a work zone at the Park West of Paris. The suspect identified As Nordine Marouf was arrested monday. He encountered his victim at the a pirates of the Caribbean ride where he worked authorities said. Marouf was scheduled to appear in court wednesday cleanup team off to Iraq Manama Bahrain a , chemical experts flew to Baghdad on wednesday to finish a two year operation to destroy Iraq s chemical weapons program a step toward lifting sanctions imposed on Iraq after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The eight member team led by Ron Manley of Britain is headed for the Muthanna state establishment at Samarra 60 Miles North of Baghdad. The Complex was the heart of iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein a Clandestine chemical warfare program. . Teams have been destroying thousands of chemical warheads for artillery shells missiles and bombs at Muthanna since september 1992. Manley steam will oversee completion of the operation and certify that All chemical weapons have been destroyed that monitoring equipment is in place and working and that the iraqis Are not try ing revive Ibe program. Then they will hand the Complex Back to iraqi control. Rubbing it in battered and bloodstained Cesar Rincon Rolls on the ground shortly before being rescued tuesday from an angry Bull in Madrid Spain. Unable to continue the bullfighter had to be replaced. His injuries were reported to be minor  rail link Between Paris Brussels delayed Brussels Belgium up the opening of Tiv High Speed rail service Between Paris and Brussels is being postponed for another year it was reported wednesday. The administrator of Belgium a rail service in by told the daily lie soil that the link won t be ready until May 1997, rather than june 1996. Etienne Schouppe said the Only remaining Holdup is Lack of a right of Way permit from one belgian City ath an going about 30 Miles Southwest of Brussels. He said the permit is expected next week meaning track construction schedules wont be set until August or september. Apart from leaving travellers without the nigh Speed service for another year the delay will prove costly to in by. It will face a penalty in the sharing of combined receipts collected by Tiv service operators internationally Schouppe said. A there will have to be an added penalty for no realization of the site Prepa ration Quot Schouppe said. Peace bid pushed As Yemen fights