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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes world thursday september 22,1994 fatal Accident the front end of a Munich bus pokes out of a giant Hole created when the Street caved in above a subway Tunnel in the City s suburbs tuesday evening. Police say a woman was killed and about 25 people were injured when the bus plunged into the Tunnel. Bonn Germany a Germany s Law officers finally got some potent new tools wednesday to combat Neo nazis and organized criminals As parliament s lower House approved a crime Bill. Passed by the bundestag the Bill is expected to win final approval in the upper House Friday and represents a big Turna round in the Way Germany can conduct its crime fighting. Much of the legislation is aimed at lowering the Boom on Neo nazis. At least 30 people have been killed and thou Sands injured in extreme right violence during the past four years. According to. Federal authorities 1,000 far right attacks were reported from Jan. 1 to sept. 15. That s Down from 1,587 for the same period last year but still aver Ages out to nearly three violent acts each Day. The Bill increases from three years to five the maximum sentence for causing bodily injury. In addition people who deny that the holocaust occurred can be sentenced to up to five years instead of three while displaying Neo nazi symbols will be banned. The legislation also lets the Federal intelligence service pass on wiretap information to local police departments set Ting aside a Law in effect since world Warll. German defense chief assails ruling on anti Soldier slogan Bonn Germany a the defense minister tuesday criticized a High court decision that said a bumper sticker with the slogan soldiers Are murderers is not an insult to individual members of Germany s army. Those who protect us in catastrophes such As flood or fire and the starving in Afri Ca or Bosnia Herzegovina risking their lives Rushing to help do not deserve to be drag ged in the dirt defense minister Volker Rune said in a newspaper interview. The constitutional court in Karlsruhe made the ruling monday on an Appeal by a pacifist teacher. He had been found guilty by a Krefeld civil court of insulting soldiers for having the phrase on a bumper sticker during the persian Gulf War in 1991, and was fined 8,400 Marks now about $5,560. The line soldiers Are murderers comes from the Early 20th Century pacifist German poet Kurt Tucholsky. The constitutional court said the quote was too general to be considered an in sult to bund Estehr troops because the army of the Federal Republic of Germany has never been in combat. But Rishe called the ruling a scandal and said other leading politicians should also make it Clear to the Public that sol Diers today Are helpers and keepers  in an interview with the Essen based Neue Rhein Neue Ruhr newspaper Rii Esaid in Bonn i can Only warn that some May believe they Are now free to insult  he said the government would take measures to protect the troops from in Sulls. Serbs persist in violating ban on guns Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a some serbian heavy weapons remained within a . Exclusion zone wednesday a Day after French peace keepers fired on one gun targeting civil ians / a . Spokesman it.  Spicer said nato airstrikes remained a threat against heavy guns that violate a 12.5-mile no weapons zone around Sarajevo. "./. But he said there is no specific dead line for ultimate removal of the guns. Meanwhile in a letter to bosnian ser Bian Leader Radovan Karadzic United nations special envoy Yasushi Akashi was reported wednesday to have expressed utter dismay at the expulsion of More than 2,500 Muslim civilians from northeastern Bosnia in recent Days. On tuesday a French armoured personnel Carrier posted on a Bridge in Krasnica a suburb near the Sarajevo air port fired 40 rounds from its 20mm gun on a bosnian serbian gun said to have been firing on civilians. The serbs stopped firing but it was not known whether anyone was wounded or whether the gun was destroyed. Spicer said Gen. Manojlo Milovanovic the bosnian serbian chief of staff had ordered his units sunday to remove All remaining heavy weapons not under . Control. Also wednesday the . Airlift to Sarajevo resumed after it was suspended tuesday because a plane was hit by a bul let. Nineteen flights were scheduled. But bosnian serbs continued their shutoff of electricity water and Gas to this City of 380,000 for the eighth Day. Neb nazi the Agency which is like the Cia uses wiretaps to track Down International terrorists spies and the like. But until now it has been legally barred from sharing wiretap information with local prosecutors and police. The restriction had been adopted after world War ii when memories were fresh on How the nazi secret police the Ges Tapo worked hand in hand with local police. Chancellor Helmut Kohl s government lobbied hard for a change in the Law. It said organized crime has become a major problem and police need All the help they can get in combating it. Roland Winsch of the German peace organization United War objectors holds up a poster with the controversial slogan soldiers Are murderers wednesday Ingelbert Germany. Volcano zone warned of possible tidal wave from the associated pres sport moresby Papua new Guinea radio broadcasts warned villagers wednesday of possible tidal Waves As two volcanoes erupted for a third Day dumping Ash on the devastated port City of Rabaul. The National broadcasting commission warned residents to take cover if they noticed a sudden drop in the sea level an Early sign of tidal Waves. Ash steadily poured Down on Rabaul 500 Miles Northeast of the capital port moresby As authorities launched a Relief Effort to help More than 30,000 people who fled the eruption zone. A group of 150 soldiers was being sent to Rabaul following reports of looting by some of those who stayed behind officials said. Belfast bomb defused Belfast Northern Ireland soldiers Early wednesday defused a bomb apparently planted by protestant extremists outside a bar in the Belfast s Catholic Falls Road District police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. But official sources said the 4vi-Pound bomb outside the Rock bar appeared to be the work of the Ulster Volunteer Force. Outlawed protestant paramilitary groups have continued with sporadic violence including killing two catholics since the Irish Republican army declared a cease fire aug. 31. Plea for dutchman London amnesty International has urged Singapore s president to commute the sentence on a dutch citizen to be hanged Friday for drug trafficking. Businessman Johannes Vandamme 59, found guilty last year of trafficking in 8.8 pounds of heroin would be the first Westerner to be executed in Singapore for a drug crime. " ,. The British based human right group said his Only Hope now lies with a last minute intervention fro president Ong Teng  Chebong turned Down Van Damme s final clemency Appeal in july. Norway bars russian Stavanger Norway Russia nationalist politician Vladimir a Mirinovsky has been denied an entry visa to Norway because of his behaviour on past foreign visits the foreign ministry said  is because of the threatening and offensive remarks he has repeatedly made while abroad said norwegian foreign ministry spokesman Ingvard Havnen. During past trips abroad the right Wing member of parliament repeatedly threatened his Host nations leading other countries including Germany France an  praised phenom penh Cambodia the Leader of a . Military delegation sent to appraise an assistance program for the cambodian army said wednesday he was impressed by the army s blueprint for Reform. Brig. Gen. Mark r. Hamilton told reporters after meeting with the country s co premiers that an american decision on further military assistance could be expected soon. The cambodian army is seeking assistance in fighting guerrillas of the Khmer Rouge which refuses to accept the authority of the Central government  
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