European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world monday july 18,1994 a a it a. J a v i a w. A Al. .1 a it it a. A a a a a .vn"�-.-. A of it a Quot o a. ,.ivv a a it Vav Quot \. Highway headaches a photo 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 Inbach 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 Nairn Borg where police reported a 100-mite line of crawling vehicles. Meanwhile in Switzerland traffic came to a standstill right near Wassen. 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 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. 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 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 a executed 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 s 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 con 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. A 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. 2 Arab Algiers Algeria apr two Arab ambassadors were reported saturday to have been kidnapped in the Wake of killings by islamic extremists that have left 14 foreigners All europeans dead in the past two weeks. Fifty one foreigners have been killed since extremists began targeting foreigners in september but kidnappings have been rare. Arabs had not been victims of the violence and considered themselves relatively Safe. The Burnt wreckage of the car the ambassadors of Yemen and Oman were Riding in was found Friday near themis Al a Sechna 20 Miles East of Algiers said the algerian Security services in a statement carried by government radio. The area is a stronghold of the armed islamic group the most extreme of algerians scattered bands of militant gunmen. There was no sign of the two men identified As ambassador Hilal bin Salem bin Hamoud Al Miyabi of Oman and ambassador Askar Ali Hussain of Yemen the Security services reported. A search was mounted. The algerians reported Only that the pair had disappeared. But the Oman foreign ministry said the diplomats had been kid Nappe i there was no claim of responsibility or Ransom demand. A the algerian government is now exerting efforts to track Down the kidnappers to know their demands and guarantee the safety of the ambassadors a Ahmed bin Yousef Al Hareth of the foreign ministry said from Muscat Oman. Oman a state run television interrupted regular programming to report the kidnapping. A foreign ministry statement read on television said Al Miyabi was kidnapped As he was leaving his House in Algiers at noon Friday. There were no details. Islamic extremists have killed 14 italians and East europeans in the past two weeks in a Campaign to drive foreigners out of the country depriving the government of expertise and investment. A. The bulk of the foreigners killed since september have been French italians and russians whose countries have the greatest presence in the North african nation. 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 Vel 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 Simu Tanc Ous ceremonies in memory of seven jewish hostages slain at Villeux la Pape in Southern France by Vichy militiaman Paul Rouvier in 1944. After decades on the run Rouvier 78, this year be came 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. The Vel do his Roundup has now been officially ordered 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 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
