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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 17, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 baby Arentt you Sweet this 5-month-old Koala sitting inside a veg cite Jar is the Star of the australian Koala foundation s Campaign to help save the Funy creatures. With fewer than 50,000 koalas left in Australia the lovable marsupials face threat of extinction. The foundation Hopes that by bringing together two australian icons a the Koala and vegemite which australians spread on their Toast a the Campaign will raise concern for the critters future. After 15 harrowing Days London apr a Newborn baby snatched from a Hospital was returned to her grateful parents arms saturday ending a 15-Day ordeal for Roger and Karen Humphries. The Fate of Little Abbie Humphries has captivated Britain since a woman disguised As a nurse took the child from her unwitting father in the paediatric Ward of Queens medical Center in Nottingham Central England. The Humphries first child was just 4 hours old when taken july 1, video surveillance cameras captured the woman in a Hospital corridor As she apparently carried away Abbie and Britain a National newspapers carried police drawings of the suspect. But the Media Blitz had produced Only a Chain of false leads and bogus callers until saturday when police officers raided a tidy red Brick House within a mile of the Hospital about 1 . They found the baby unharmed and asleep in an upstairs room. A couple and another woman in the House were arrested and being questioned. Ira suspected in attack on police car Belfast Northern Ireland a gunmen believed to be with the Irish Republican army shot at an unmarked police car Friday wounding three officers and a pro Ira politician they were escorting. An elderly woman driving on the Road was hit in the shoulder by a stray Bullet and crashed her car. About 50 scottish tourists in a bus and n. Korea delays Leader s funeral postponement raises questions tension Seoul South Korea apr amid signs that North koreans new Leader was purging political rivals the secretive communist state on saturday abruptly postponed Kim ii Sung a state funeral. The Surprise announcement left South korean officials worried about the political situation in North Korea where Kim a son and hand picked heir Kim Jong ii was thought to be in control. The elder Kim who dominated North Korea for More than four decades died july 8 at age 82. North Korea said his funeral was postponed from today to tuesday because of the enormous crush of mourners wanting to pay respects. A mass rally was set for wednesday. If the state funeral had been held today As scheduled it would have come nine Days after Kim a death. Since korean tradition Calls for burial within three to five Days the further delay was considered highly unusual. Indications grew saturday that Kim Jong ii was moving to eliminate potential enemies. In official television footage from the North scenes of Kim song a the late leaders second wife and the younger Kim a Stepmother were edited out North Korea watchers said. Also removed from pictures was Kim Pyong ii Kim Jong is half brother. Kim Jong ii a Stepmother is considered his main political rival. A Strong faction within the North korean military also opposes Kim Jong ills succession to Power senior South korean officials have said. South korean officials met in emergency session saturday to assess the Fune fal delay. Lee Hong Koo South koreans vice prime minister and unification minister said the South believed Kim Jong ii was still at the Helm. He said drawing out the mourning period appeared to be a bid to strengthen the younger Kim a hand. Lee said the two kor East agreement to hold the first Ever Summit of their presidents is still valid expressing Hope that both sides would discuss the Issue later. But North Korea on saturday charged that South Korea has no interest in promoting an inter korean dialogue. It cited remarks by Seoul officials that they would not actively pursue a korean Summit and would rather wait until the situation in the North stabilized. The North a stance on the capitalist South casts doubt on the possibility of an Early Summit said South koreans sem official Naeroe press that monitors North korean news. The korean Summit originally scheduled for july 25-27, was called off because of Kim ii Sung a death. In the South How the Seoul government should respond to Kim a death has been the subject of increasingly bitter ideological debate and officials suggested the North was seeking to exploit that tension by putting off the funeral. Karen Humphries holds her Newborn daughter Abbie shortly before the baby was abducted by a bogus nurse july 1, detective superintendent Harry Shepherd said the break in the investigation came after a tip was phoned in. Two dutch tourists in a car were behind the police car. Both vehicles were struck by stray bullets but no one was Hurt. A police were driving Pat Trainor an elected member of the Ira supporting sinn fein party to Belfast for questioning a police spokesman said. Trainor was. Shot in the hand. The wounds sustained by the three police officers were not life threatening police said. 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