European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 r the stars and stripes world Russia thinks error led to interception of c-130 Moscow up a a spokesman for russians 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. Quot 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 blanked the incident on the collapse of communication tics Between former soviet republics the official itar Tass news Agency reported. Heidelberg Germany apr students jeered Chancellor Helmut Kohl As he spoke wednesday at a Celebration of postwar peace with France intended to be a Forward looking alternative to the a Day celebrations. Kohl who Wasny to invited to the 50th anniversary of the Normandy landings played Host to French president Francois Mitterrand at a festival of youth in the old University City of Heidelberg. A we remember the bad with the Good chapters of our history but above All we look Forward to a future of peace and Freedom a Kohl said urging thousands packed into the University Plaza on a sultry afternoon to a work together to further the vision of a United Europe.�?�. The jeers at times threatened to drown out Kohl and police hauled a few protesters from the crowd. Kohl policies aimed at limiting the period of study for University students have been unpopular on German campuses. Mitterrand a resistance Leader in world War ii reminded the protesters that a we want Europe for Freedom a including the Freedom you be exercised Kohl who had delivered his speech stiffly smiled broadly at Mitterrand a remark. 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 aps amps. 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 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 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 Adam Shiri. About 4,000 German and 2,000 French students were invited to the festival along with 600 members of a joint German French brigade intended to form the corps of a future european army. As they strolled toward the Plaza Over the cobblestones of the City the two leaders passed the massive Heidelberg Castle left partly in ruins by marauding French troops in the 17th Century. A in Heidelberg a in Germany a in France and everywhere in Europe one remembers. One can Sec the ruins one can see the suicide of Europe a Mitterrand said. A perhaps there Isnit enough enthusiasm but we must work hard to create Freedom peace and German French cooperation Quot he said. Heidelberg whose Castle and postcard Hillside views were made popular by Mark Twain and Goethe among others was one of the few cities its size spared by american and British bombers during world War 11. The City of 160,000 plays Host to 3vj million tourists each year. Kohl chose Heidelberg As a Symbol of the european glories that the Union of european states created As a common Market in 1957, is meant to preserve after a Century of catastrophic wars. 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 1989 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 a enjoying Good health,�?�10 evacuated from Tunnel London ten truck Drivers were evacuated from the Channel Tunnel on tuesday night after a faulty warning Light halted the freight train in which they were Riding. The Drivers travelling on the train with their vehicles were brought out from the Tunnel Section 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 said it was the first evacuation of people since the a sch Tunnel a 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 the train Driver because of a warning Light 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 a news Agency reported wednesday. The islamic Republic news Agency said the attack occurred at Mihlman Shah a town of 3,000 in Central Iran. It did not say when the attack happened or give any other details. In May the news Agency reported that bears attacked Sisters on their Way to school killing a 9-year-old and seriously mauling her 11-year-old 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 team off to Iraq Manama Bahrain a . Chemical experts flew to Baghdad on wednesday to finish a two year operation to destroy Ira Cju a 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 trying revive the 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. Enable to continue the bullfighter had to be replaced. His ii Jurics 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 Lesoir that the link wont 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 preparation a Schouppe said. Students heckle Kohl in Heidelberg
