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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, July 6, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world wednesday july 6, 1994 Iassc Arafat reviews an Honor guard tuesday shortly after the Plo leaders historic arrival in Jericho Arafat brings self Rule to jubilant palestinian Jericho West Dank of a Yasser Arafat swore in the self Rule government tuesday during his first visit to the West Bank in 27 years accusing Israel of violating the peace treaty by allowing protests to Block palestinians from attending. After stepping from his helicopter the chairman of the Palestine liberation organization basked in the emotional outpouring of one of the. Most dramatic events since he crossed into the Gaza strip on Friday. The commotion around the stage forced him to Stop speaking several times including once when a woman made it through the Security cordon to hug Arafat fainting As she was taken away. Around the desert Oasis of 15,000, Black smoke from burning tire barricades billowed above the roads that right Wing jewish settlers attempted to Block. An israeli military helicopter hovered Over Jericho All Day after escorting Arafat a egyptian air Force helicopter from Gaza. Arafat accused the israeli government of violating the peace Accord by allowing the settlers to Rule the. Roads and preventing palestinians from arriving. The turnout was estimated at 10,000, far below the up to 250,000 that palestinian police predicted. A they must understand that this land is a palestinian land and they cannot Stop any palestinian movement Here Quot Arafat said in a hoarse voice after Days of nonstop speeches and meetings. Fie questioned israelis commitment to the peace treaty signed in Washington d.c., last september saying a the commitment for peace must be from both sides not Only one  palestinian Leader Faisal Husseini said the settlers were a blocking Many people from  repealed violent protests by settlers since Arafat arrived might have intimidated some of the people thinking of travelling. But the israeli government stressed that the army kept the roads open. Some settlers cried a a nazi at israeli Security forces Clearing roadblocks. At least nine two orthodox jews Welcome Yasser Arafat to Jancho. Protesters were detained. A in More than one instance israeli soldiers and policemen physically intervened to enable palestinians to Complete their journey in safety a government spokesman Uri Dromi said in a statement. A blaming Israel for poor attendance for Arafat a reception is out of  the government was sworn in at a Home for the disabled and elderly that will serve As government Headquarters. The Home was built by the israeli military government with palestinian tax Money administering the oath of office were the 12 members present of the 24-member palestinian National  crowd out Plo s radio station by the new York times Jericho West Bank a when palestinians in Jericho and the Gaza strip tuned in sunday to the Palestine liberation organizations new radio station they were stunned to hear Yasser Arafat the Plo chairman described As a Clown an insolent manipulator a Hijacker and a traitor. Just two Days after the station , its frequency was taken Over by a palestinian group fiercely opposed to the plots peace Accord with Israel. So instead of a Good morning from the voice of Palestine a listeners heard a virulent broadside from a Jerusalem broadcasting the Arab palestinian broadcast on the Way to liberate the  Jerusalem broadcasting is directed by the palestinian front for the liberation of Palestine a general com Mand which is based in Damascus Syria. This group is led by Ahmad Jibril who the . Government says is a terrorist. Using More powerful equipment than that of the Plo Jerusalem broadcasting exhorted the. Palestinian a a masses for hours to rebel against the Plo and reject the agreement with Israel Israel which controls radio transmissions has complicated the plots radio Effort by assigning it the am frequency that is used by i Brijs a group which broadcasts from Damascus. If the palestinian station is off the air or its equipment is not working property Jibril a broadcasts arrive on the same frequency. Bassim Abu Sumaya the director of the Plo station said a what can we do the israelis gave us band 702. They could have Given us another band but they said it was the Only one available a death toll climbs to 11 in Spanish wildfires a from the associated press Barcelona Spain a wildfires continued to Burn through Eastern and Southern Spain on tuesday claiming three lives and lifting the death toll to 11 in one of the areas worst Forest blazes in half a Century. An elderly brother and sister Pyrc and Concepcio Vila died after being caught by the flames in. Casseres in the province of Barcelona while a. Helicopter Crew spotted the remains of Angel Luis Perez Saez a town councilman in Millares in the Valencia Region. The Millares fire has now claimed six lives. Including those of five firefighters trapped monday As they battled a Blaze spreading through Pine forests and scrub land about 62 Miles South of the City of Valencia. Investigators were still trying to determine the cause of the fires. Corsica Villas bombed Ajaccio Corsica a bombs destroyed a dozen Villas and damaged two others since late sunday with some of the ruins carrying the letters of a group fighting for Independence from France. No injuries were reported in the attacks which also damaged two other Villas and a Butcher shop. Eight Villas were destroyed overnight monday and four others overnight sunday on the Southern end of this Rocky Mediterranean Island. The Homes belonged to non corsican europeans police said. Some of the Walls left standing had the inscription Floc the French initials for the corsican National liberation front. A Subic Bay plan launched Subic Bay Philippines a philippine and taiwanese officials Over the weekend inaugurated a joint venture to develop an Industrial Park at this former . Naval base. Taiwan a economics minister . Chiang said. The development of Subic Bay As an Industrial area had changed his country a attitude toward investment in the Philippines. A the reason Why our people did not come in the past 30 years to the Philippines is its image a Chiang a utne image of the Philippines was instability corruption a risky climate. Ludic Bay said at the ceremony. Is the Best in Asia and that changed our Peoples idea and attitude toward the whole  want their Cut Madrid Spain a two former Benedictine _ monks who say they scored the music on a hot Selling compact disc of Gregorian chants claim they Are entitled to $5 million in royalties. The two disc cd titled the Best of Gregorian a chants unexpectedly soared to the top of the Spanish music charts this year and subsequently gained worldwide sales of More than 3 million. The cd of medieval latin plainsong was released in March in the United states under the title chant it made it to no. 1 on the american classical charts a then broke into the top 10 on the pop charts. The album was compiled from recordings in the 1970s and Early 1980s by monks in a Benedictine monastery in Northern Spain. The former monks a Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta and Francisco Lara a both served As directors of the choir at the Santo Domingo de silos Abbey a Small monastery near the Northern City of Burgos. De la Cuesta was director during a 1973 recording and Lara held the Post during recordings in the Early 1980s.european division seen Vienna Austria a russian nationalist Vladimir a Mirinovsky predicted that Europe would again Divide into two halves East and West because easterners Felt let Down by the West Slack of action after the end of communism. A Mirinovsky arrived in Vienna As a member of the 15-person russian delegation to a conference of european parliamentarians. A Mirinovsky reiterated that he secs russians future Best guaranteed by the re creation of the soviet Union. He also said that Europe should again Divide into two halves because lifestyles in the East and West Are too different. Poland Hungary the czech Republic Slovakia Serbia Macedonia and Bulgaria belong in the Eastern half along with the former soviet Union a Mirinovsky was quoted As saying  
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