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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, July 18, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                E Page 10 monday july 18,1994highway headaches a photos motorists found themselves in a real Jam saturday As several Hundred thousand europeans took to the highways for summer vacation. Drivers on autobahn a8 near bad pc Linbach Germany wound up in nearly bumper to bumper traffic left and did no to need the stau or traffic Jam signs to remind them of their predicament. The worst stretch of Highway was on a9 from Berlin South to Niernberg where police reported a protesting leftists Pelt police in German City from the associated press Gottinger Germany a Radical leftists hurled stones bottles and firecrackers at riot police saturday injuring seven officers As 3,500 protesters marched through this University town authorities said. None of the police officers was seriously injured although two suffered open wounds said police unit Leader Otto Knoke. Police did not intervene when the estimated 800 masked and Black Clad anarchists some wearing crash helmets hurled the objects at them. A. The March was called to protest a police search of anarchist hangouts As Well As student organization offices at the University in this Western German City. Woman executed by Ira Belfast Northern Ireland a the Ira killed a woman it accused of spying and dumped her body near the Irish Border sunday. In a coded message to Belfast journalists the outlawed Irish Republican army said the Belfast woman had been a executed Quot because she was on the payroll of the police a special Branch which finances a network of informers. The woman a unidentified body was found near Rosslea county Fermanagh a roman Catholic Village within 50 Yards of Northern Ireland a Border with the Independent Irish Republic meanwhile about 100 protestant prisoners rioted overnight in Belfast a main jail for terrorist suspects awaiting trial. They wrecked their own cells in a protest against conditions at Crumlin Road jail smashing furniture and fixtures. French tycoon can travel Paris a a court has eased restrictions on the movements of Bernard Tapie allowing the politician tycoon to travel around Western Europe while he is investigated for tax fraud. Tapie one of Frances most colourful and controversial characters had been banned from travelling anywhere but Belgium and there Only for his duties As a member of the european parliament. The restrictions were slapped on Tapie on june 29, when he was briefly taken into custody and charged with tax fraud for listing his pleasure yacht As a commercial vessel. An appeals court ruled Friday that Tapie could travel throughout the 12 european Union countries which he can do with an identity card but refused to restore his passport. 100-mile line of crawling vehicles. Meanwhile in Switzerland traffic came to a standstill right near Wasson. Some motorists sweltering in the summer Sun finally just climbed out of their cars and waited for traffic to begin moving again. A spokesman for the German automobile club adar summed up the summer vacation season by saying a the hell has begun.�?�. At die in refugee Stampede Goma Zaire apr terrified by gunfire rwandan refugees stampeded across the Border sunday and up to 50 people most of them children were trampled to death witnesses said. As Many As a million refugees had crossed into Zaire by the end of the Day along with remnants of the rwandan government army driven from their last stronghold by rebels. Chaos and anarchy have taken Over the Border City of Goma. Heavy machine gun fire filled the air and zairian soldiers robbed refugees of their meager possessions. Relief workers were unable to Cope with what one called a the exodus of a  Little food and a critical shortage of water raised fears of epidemics and riots a Ngoma is out of control a said Panos Moumtzis a spokesman for the , High commissioner for refugees. A we feel Defeated and exhausted. Its a Nightmare a three mortar shells hit near Gomas Airport sunday and one landed just off the runway. In the rwandan capital of Kigali the . Commander Gen. Romeo Dallaire would say Only that the shells came from the East implying they were fired by the rebels. He also said they were fired from within a mile of Goma. The rebels a Are blowing right Down that Border a dal Laire said. The gunfire triggered the Border Stampede. A Sigma photographer Charles Caratini who was at the Border shortly afterwards said he saw 30 to 50 bodies most of them children. Meanwhile president Clinton dispatched a top . Official to Africa on saturday to assess Relief efforts for the estimated 1 million people fleeing into Zaire to escape the violence in Rwanda. Brian a Atwood head of the Agency for International development is to begin his Mission in Zaire today the White House said in a statement. The United Stales has provided about $100 million for Relief efforts since the beginning of the crisis in Rwanda including support for 100 Airlift missions the statement said. It said an additional 80 Airlift shipments of Relief supplies would begin shortly. Wii Roundup of French jews recalled Paris apr facing up to one of the most shameful moments of French history president Francois Mitterrand on sunday dedicated a memorial to 16,000 jews rounded up by French police in world War ii and sent to nazi death Camps. The presidents presence at the commemoration of the notorious Vei do his Roundup Marks increased though at times still reluctant willingness by French officialdom to recognize the extent of the wartime Vichy regimes collaboration in the holocaust. The mood shift was further highlighted by simultaneous ceremonies in memory of seven jewish hostages slain at Villeux la papa in Southern France by Vichy militiaman Pau Louvier in 1944. After decades on the run Rouvier 78, this year became the first Frenchman convicted of crimes against humanity. He is serving a life sentence. The Vel do his Roundup was the largest single Roundup of jews in France. I do his Roundup has now been officially or dered to be commemorated As the National Day for the commemoration of racist and anti semite persecution. 3 die As plane crashes on Corsica Beach Ajaccio Corsica apr a an air plane keeping watch on this Mediterranean islands tourist crowded coastline crashed into a Beach sunday and exploded into fire. Three people were killed. The twin engined aircraft flown by civil Protection authorities crashed near the end of the runway at the Campo Dell Oro Airport striking bathers at nearby Ca pitello Beach. Details were sketchy and it was unclear whether the plane crashed on Takeoff or Landing. Police reported that the planets Pilot and co Pilot and a bather were killed. The woman a husband and three members of a German family on vacation were injured. The Airport serves Ajaccio Corsica a largest town  
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