European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 1/1994 the stars and stripes a Page Damper on fireworks Ann Brown chairwoman of the consumer products safety commission announces wednesday that the commission is recalling faulty multiple shot fireworks from five different companies because they May tip Over and fire horizontally. Brown spoke during the eighth annual cps safety exhibition in Washington. / new cease of i re reportedly fails in Yemen War san a Yemen apr a new cease fire around the secessionist stronghold of Aden reportedly collapsed after a few hours thursday the seventh truce to quickly fail in Yemen Ftp a nearly 2-month-old civil War. A senior official for the Southern yemenite charged that Northern troops launched heavy attacks on the besieged port. There was no immediate comment from the Northern government in san a the russian news Agency itar Tass reported earlier thursday that envoys from the North and South had tentatively agreed at talks in Moscow on a cease fire to end the War. There was no confirmation from either party to the conflict which began May 4 after Northern and Southern leaders failed to resolve  sharing Jower in the 4-year-old Union of North and South Yemen. L the kuwaiti news Agency Kuna had said the truce at Aden was to have lasted until saturday morning to allow the delivery of humanitarian Aid. A but Mohsen Mohammed Deputy prime minister in the Southern secessionist government said Northern troops began violating the cease fire within an hour after it took effect at 8 . Speaking to the associated press in Bahrain by Telephone front saudi Arabia he said Northern artillery and tanks fired on Aden suburbs for nearly four hours before Southern troops retaliated. A we had to Deal with it a he said. Southern leaders Are urging foreign intervention to halt the fighting and want an International monitoring Force to maintain a cease fire. The Northern government opposes that. The , Security Council called wednesday for an immediate cease fire an end to foreign arms supplies and withdrawal of heavy weapons  Hin. Range of  dead at Al 7ala mein Rome apr on a trip their Leader insists is without nostalgia Italy so Post fascists Are cruising to one of world War. Is most famous Battle Sites to Honor italian dead. Gianfranco Fini and nearly 700 supporters of the rightist National Alliance have left Genoa aboard the Achille Lauro cruise ship. They Are headed to Al Alamein site of a decisive British Victory in the egyptian desert Over German and italian forces in 1942. Some veterans of the Battle Are aboard. The cruise is actually a fund Raiser with passengers paying Between $1,300 and $3,200 fee the 10-Day trip which includes stops off Sicily and Capri. Since joining prime a minister Silvio Berlusconi a conservative coalition Fini has sought to distance the National Alliance from its Neo fascist roots without alienating his supporters. He has repeat edly pledged allegiance to parliamentary democracy and. Calls the movement  a a but some particularly european socialists Are wary. Several european officials have refused to meet with any of the five National Alliance ministers in Berlusconi a 25-member Cabinet and Berlusconi himself received a snub from his greek hosts at a european Union sum Mit in Corfu a week ago. Fini it who has been campaigning to change the party a image said the Elk Alamein Stop on the fund raising cruise had no. Ideological significance. A a it is Only a necessary tribute to the heroism of italian soldiers a Fini fold reporters aboard the ship. A a in that Battle was written a Page of our recent history As important As it was unfortunate. A a the whole world pays homage to our soldiers to the Many who were fascists and the Many who  the Achiu Lauro was notorious As the ship from which a wheelchair bound american passenger Leon Klinghoffer was thrown overboard by palestinian hijackers who took Over the ship off Egypt in october 1985, except for a Brief period after the hijacking the ship has continued to ply the Mediterranean cruise  last week Fini was a guest at a dinner in Rome honouring Maxwell a Rabb the . Ambassador to Italy at the time of the hijacking. During the drama Rabb expressed Washington a indignation that Italy had freed the reputed Mastermind of the hijacking. The ambassador theft was credited with helping end the most serious crisis in .-italian relations since world War , China agree on Hong Kong bases Hong Kong a Britain and China reached agreement thursday on the future of British military bases to be vacated in 1997 when China regains sovereignty Over the British Colony. Under the agreement the subject of seven years of negotiations Britain will hand Over 14 military Sites to the chinese armed forces. China agreed to release 25 other military Barracks to the Hong Kong government for commercial development and Britain will pay for the redevelopment of four military bases including one on an offshore Island for the chinese Navy. Last year the British Navy relocated its Headquarters from the heart of downtown Hong Kong to stonecutters Island. Hong Kong chief Secretary Anson Chan the no. 2 person in the government told reporters that the military bases to be returned to China totalled 6,787 acres. A she said redevelopment of the four military Sites will Cost the colonial government $512 million. However she said the government will earn $8.3 billion from the commercial development of the 25 Barracks totalling 346 acres. China has hinted that it would station about 10,000 troops in the territory after 1997, which has caused uneasiness among Hong Kong people. Taunts Reform economist by the los Angeles times Moscow a some Day soon the bad boy of russian politics Ultra nationalist Vladimir a Mirinovsky and the Good boy Reform economist Yegor Gaidar will lock horns in the courtroom in an epic Battle of darkness and Light. ,. But for now they Are playing hide and seek. A Eye Dorushka Yego Rushka a a Mirinovsky called a using the affectionate diminutive of Yegor to increase the mockery a As he pretended to look ground for Gaidar on wednesday at a Moscow City court. A a he a afraid a a Mirinovsky concluded. That is much what Gaidar said of a Mirinovsky when the Raspy voiced populist failed to show up at their last court Date. At Issue is  a claim of 500 million rubles about $250,000 from Gaidar for calling him a fascist and worse in print. A Mirinovsky hates to be called a fascist even though some of his views a on russian nationalism and military strength a fit the dictionary definition. But the real Issue goes deeper.  a pandering promises of everything from cheap Vodka to the return of the russian Empire captured the biggest share of voter support in december s parliamentary elections raising the grim Specter that russians next president could be a Man with territorial ambitions and an erratic nature. A while president Boris Yeltsin has remained largely silent on a Mirinovsky Gaidar and his pro Reform party now known As the democratic Choice of Russia have borne the Brunt of the fight to convince russians that they should not succumb to facile promises of Law order and easy Money. The Gaidar a Mirinovsky face off symbolizes the probable Choice russian voters will face in the 1996 elections a whether they will opt for ugly truths and difficult reforms or pretty promises and a regime Likely to smack of dictatorship. In Pas weeks there have been indications that  a support might be flagging but he has mounted a new cavalcade of scandals lately to regain the limelight. Most recently he reportedly took Over the office of the governor of the Nezhny Novgorod Region a. A Young reformist Star Boris Nemtsov a and claimed that Nemtsov had hidden in another office for fear of meeting him. Adding to the unsavoury incident were reports from Nemtsova a staff that about $50 went missing after the visit. A Mirinovsky was also refused Access this week to Arzamas-16, a formerly secret City of atomic bomb builders that still requires special permission for entry. On wednesday he and his party the Liberal democratic party of Russia were Given permission to rent a Choice building in Central Moscow in a move that hinted at support among City authorities. Ready to kick up As big a fuss As he could manage a Mirinovsky arrived at Moscow City court on wednesday morning with his usual Bevy of Young male backers and bodyguards in flashy double breasted jackets. He never got the Chance to make his Case in court because Gaidar a attorney had sent a request asking that the hearing be delayed. .