European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes world saturday August 27,1994 Amsterdam Airport to hold anti pickpocket conference from the associated press Amsterdam Netherlands the pickpocket menace to air travellers is so serious that Amsterdam s Schipholt Airport is planning a pan european conference on the crime an Airport spokesman said Friday. Airport authorities from Frankfurt Germany Brussels Belgium and London Are expected to Exchange ideas on How to foil and arrest pickpocket gangs. Jan Pijnenburg who also Heads Schiphoff crime prevention department said that it is unclear How Many gangs Are operating in european airports but that they cause significant damage. We Are talking about More than just purses being stolen. Travellers have lots of other valuable things with them Pijnenburg said. He added that most gangs have four or five members and that on average they steal a total of Between 10,000 and 20,000 guilders about $5,900 to $11,800 a Day. Spanish boy killed in Egypt Cairo Egypt a suspected Muslim Radical. Opened fire on a tourist bus in Southern Egypt on Friday killing a Spanish child and wounding three other people police said. The attack was the first in three months aimed at tourists As part of the Campaign by radicals to overthrow Egypt s secular government and install islamic  attack comes Little More than a week before a . International conference on population is expected to bring about 15,000 visitors to Egypt. In Friday s attack a 13-year-old Spanish boy was killed and his father Mother and an egyptian tourist guide were wounded police said they were on a bus tour in nag Hamadi about 290 Miles South of Cairo when the gunman attacked police said. Russian Bones studied Moscow human remains found in Moscow s zoo that were originally thought to be a mass grave of Josef Stalin s victims actually May Date to the 16th Century an official said Friday. When a Crew digging at the site for a new Bear Cage stumbled on some Bones about two weeks ago they called officials from the prosecutor s office who thought it could be another of the Many mass Graves of stalinist Era victims found in Russia. Where workers resumed digging they found a Large Stone that appeared to be covered with inscriptions and ornaments zoo spokeswoman Tatyana Divinskaya told the associated press. The zoo summoned experts from the Moscow history museum who examined the inscription which was in ancient slavic and determined that the slab was a Gravestone. . To abandon Somalia move diplomats to Kenya by the new York times Washington the Clinton administration plans to withdraw the last 80 american diplomats and marines from Somalia by mid sep Ember officials said thursday. The decision to move the two dozen american Diplo Mats and their Marine Security detail from Mogadishu to Nairobi Kenya comes As violence rises in the Soma Lian capital and prospects grow Bleak for brokering peace with rival Soma Han clans. The move writes the final chapter in what began As a Mission of mercy for the United states in december 1992 and at its Peak involved 26,000 american troops. The last american combat forces left Somalia in March. It also ends a frustrating and at times bitter debate Between the state department which feared that pull ing out the symbolic american presence would under mine the . Operation and the Pentagon which grew alarmed at the increasingly dangerous Security situation. The United nations is also moving to Cut its pres ence in the turmoil filled african nation. The Security Council on thursday approved a recommendation from . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali to decrease the , Force to about 15,000 by the end of october. With rival clans led by Gen. Mohamed Farrah aided arid Mohamad Ali Mahdi at loggerheads Over any peace plan . Officials believed America s usefulness in Somalia had finally expired. We Don t see any significant Prospect of a break through in the next several months and the Security risk does t seem to Merit the Case to stay any More said a senior state department official who insisted on anonymity.". On monday for example somalian militia members ambushed . Peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia killing seven Indian soldiers and wounding nine others. Two malaysian peacekeepers were killed and 11 other . Troops were briefly detained by somalian militia last month. About 18,000 . Troops including 10,000 in Mogadishu have been responsible for Overall Security for american and . Personnel escorting Relief convoys and training new somalian police officers. The peace keepers have largely remained inside their compound to avoid the fighting outside. . To pay off its debt to . United nations a to ease the financial crisis facing . Peacekeeping the United states has agreed to pay the nearly $900 million it owes in arrears. The . Ambassador Madeleine Albright said thursday that president Clinton would sign a Bill in the next few Days authorizing $1.2 billion for . Peace keeping. The funds will cover the Back dues and $300 million toward the 1995 budget. The . Announcement comes a Day after the United nations named a senior German Diplomat As the first . Inspector general an Independent Post that investigates waste mismanagement and corruption. The establishment of the watchdog had been a key . Demand and followed charges of . Mismanage ment and corruption including allegations of bid Rig Ging in . Peacekeeping contracts. Albright said the . Decision shows the commit ment of the United states toward the United nations and peacekeeping. This was not an easy task Given the tight money.". Many members of Congress had walked at paying the growing Bill for . Peacekeeping saying it was too expensive the United nations was too wasteful and Domestic . Concerns must take a higher priority. The United states pays about one third of the . Peacekeeping budget and Washington s debt worsened the financial bind. . Peacekeeping arrears currently total about $2.5 billion. The United states is the largest debtor Fol Lowed by Russia which owes $600 million. The United nations has 73,000 troops in 17 peace keeping operations around the world. Only 900 of those soldiers Are americans. The . Peacekeeping budget for 1994 was $3.5 Albright Bivion. Albright said $335 million would be made available As soon As Clinton signed the Bill and an additional $335 million probably would be paid by the end of septem  remaining $530 million will pay other Back dues and the United states peacekeeping assessment for1995. V 6 the United states also owes $229 million in general dues and is expected to pay that sum after oct. 1. Power  Rudy / am interested in earning a certificate in computer operations first name housing address stat country Home phone work phone Date entered Active duty rotation Date discharge Date married single age q i would like to use . Bill to this Coupon to Etc s333 attn Futon by. Sulett 210 fair tax a 22031 accredited member of the National Home study Council italians telling on frauds who get disability pensions Romp fax to a. Rome a the government May be willing to forgive but the citizenry is vengeful when it comes to the 3 million italians suspected of receiving pensions for disabilities they Don t suffer. Struggling with a $100 billion deficit Premier Silvio Berlusconi s government has taken aim at Italy s bloated pension Rolls. But How far the government will go to Stem the fraud remains to be seen. The National Alliance a member of Berlusconi s governing coalition is pro posing amnesty for individuals who admit they be been faking it and go off the Dole. In return they won t have to pay Back the Money and the government will be spared the expense of investigating. A second coalition partner the North Ern league indicated wednesday that it might go along with the proposal. But citizens Are taking matters into their own hands. They Are worried that sparing the fakers might mean the government will turn to other pension re forms he raising the retirement Ace or cutting old age checks. Government offices in Milan have been deluged with Calls from citizens re porting cases of suspected fraud the Milan daily ii Gior Nale reported. Yesterday a lady told me about her neighbor who pulls a disability Check for blindness but drives his car perfectly Fine the newspaper quoted Luigi rivet to an official in the City s pension office assaying. Government paid doctors also were implicated. The doctors checked my vision with out even looking me in the eyes 57 year old Zeno de Tedeschi told the news paper. Every so often a Faker gets caught without a tip. One 51-year-old municipal employee in the umbrian town of Poleto lost his monthly payment of More than $600 for blindness when officials Learned thai his Driver s License had been renewed the italian news Agency Agi reported. Pension Reform began about two years ago under the socialist government of Giuliano Amato but the crackdown has. Gained steam As experts warn that taxes soon won t be enough to cover pensions