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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world wednesday october 12,1994visit by . Navy ships protested in Philippines from the associated press Manila Philippines a a militant anti nuclear group tuesday opposed the visit of . Navy ships As part of the 50tn anniversary of the Landing of Allied forces to liberate the Philippines during world War ii. In a statement the nuclear free Philippines coalition decried a this Wanton assault of the philippine Constitution by . Nuclear armed  the group also claimed that the port Calls encourage prostitution. A we feel ashamed that our territory and women Are being offered for the sexual appetites men Masse a of thousands of american visiting servicemen a the statement said. The 1987 philippine Constitution bans nuclear a capable ships from entering the Philippines. About 3,500 . Navy and Marine personnel Are aboard the six ships which started arriving in Manila Bay on tuesday. The anniversary Celebration will Peak oct. 20. American forces left the Philippines in november 1992, a year after the philippine Senate voted not to renew the lease of military bases in the country. The . Invasion of Leyte Island in october 1944 paved the Way for the liberation of the Philippines which was overrun by japanese forces in 1941. . Troops led by army Gen. Douglas Macarthur recaptured the capital of Manila in Early 1945.turks raid kurdish Camp Ankara Turkey a turkish jets have carried out an air raid on a suspected kurdish rebel Camp in Northern Iraq the military said in a statement monday. The guerrillas of the illegal kurdish workers party known As the pkg use bases in Northern Iraq to launch hit and run attacks inside Turkey. The statement said 21 jets struck at the Camp along the Bote Stream at 2 30 . Sunday. All of the jets returned safely to their bases. The statement said the ammunition depot and the gun positions at the Camp were destroyed in the raid. It gave no accounts of  Jet blows tires Toronto a an american airlines Jet from new York blew several tires upon Landing monday night causing a Small fire and forcing the 157 people on Board to disembark by sliding Down emergency escape chutes. A few minor injuries were reported. Firefighters extinguished the flames quickly. The Jet arriving from la Guardia Airport blew several tires on the Landing gear As it touched Down about 9 35 . Edt said Bruce Reid spokesman for Pearson International Airport in Toronto. A they overheated and that a where the fire came from a Reid said. Reid said he did no to know what caused the tires to burst but added a it was handled Well by the  the seven Crew members and 150 passengers were left standing on the runway for about an hour before they were taken to the  suspects arrested Cosenza Italy a police on monday arrested 95 alleged mafia members linked to a 17-year feud Between rival crime families. According to police the 1977 slaying of Cosenza a a mafia Boss Luigi Palermo unleashed a full scale Street War in the City of Cosenza in Southern Italy. Four mafia turncoat helped provide information linking the suspects to at least 30 slayings and other crimes. Another 23 people also were charged but not captured in the monday raids across Italy. Three win Nobel honors for game Economy work Stockholm Sweden apr three researchers won the Nobel memorial prize in economics tuesday for their groundbreaking study of theories used in such games As chess and poker to help explain economic interactions. The winners named by the swedish Academy Are hungarian born John Harsanyi of the University of California at Berkeley John Nash of Princeton University in new Jersey and Reinhard Selten of the University of Bonn in Germany. They will share the $930,000 prize. Their work used strategies applied in the games to make predictions about the interaction Between companies and the markets reaction the Royal swedish Academy said. A everyone knows that in these games players have to think ahead a devise a strategy based on expected counter moves from the other player s a the Academy said. A such strategic interaction also characterizes Many economic situations and game theory has therefore proved to Bevery useful in economic  the researchers focused their study on the concept of equilibrium a formula in which players in games a or executives in companies a Are Given optimal information about each others positions to form their own strategies. It was borrowed in part from the biological concept of natural selection. Their research has been applied to everything from the study of the environment to analysis of foreign Trade and information the Academy said. Nash was singled out for refining the a Nash equilibrium a a formula in which players Are Given optimal information about one another s positions to form their own strategies. A the Nash equilibrium has become a Standard tool in almost All areas of economic theory in order to improve our understanding of Complex strategic interaction a the Academy said. Harsanyi was singled out for showing How games of incomplete information can be Analysed. Selten was the first to refine the Nash equilibrium concept and applied these to analyses of Competition with Only a few Sellers the Academy said. Selten was thrilled with the award saying a of course it is a big Surprise. In a  As the Only Nobel award not created by the industrialist Alfred Nobel the Nobel memorial prize in economic science was first awarded by the Central Bank of Sweden in 1969 in recognition of the Fields growing importance in the world. Americans have dominated the winners Circle and the University of Chicago has stood at the Center. Of the 34 people honoured since the prize was instituted 21 have been from the United states and one third of those worked at the University. Last years winners Robert Fogel and Douglass North won the award for their work in explaining How economies develop and institutions change. The economics prize this year is the second of the six Nobel awards to be Given. On monday two americans a Alfred Gilman and Martin Rodbell a won the Medicine prize for revealing How human cells take orders and run rampant in diseases such As cholera and diabetes. The Nobel prizes in physics and in chemistry both Are to be awarded today. No Date has been set yet for the literature prize expected this month. The Nobel peace prize widely expected to Honor the men who hammered out Jast year s Middle Eastern peace treaty is to be announced Friday in Oslo Norway Rabin Arafat picked to share Nobel peace prize paper says Oslo Norway apr the Nobel peace prize committee racked by its worst dispute in two decades has decided to give this years award to israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Plo Leader Yasser Arafat a newspaper reported tuesday.  Aften Posten an Oslo newspaper said one commit tee member who regards Ararat As a terrorist is so angered by the decision that he said he will resign in protest when the prize is announced in Oslo on Friday. The report appeared to break a tradition of deep secrecy before the formal announcement of the most coveted of the Nobel prizes which Are each Worth 7 million swedish Kronor $933,000 this year. Arafat and Rabin gave a historic impetus to Middle Eastern peace with a handshake on the White House Lawn sept. 13, 1993, that ended the taboo on formal recognition Between Israel and palestinians. They signed a declaration of principles on limited palestinian self Rule As a first step toward an Overall peace settlement Between the two sides. Aften Posten quoting unidentified sources said the five member Nobel committee struggled with its decision at a meeting Friday Over who should be honoured for achieving last years historic Middle Eastern peace breakthrough during secret talks in Norway. The report said the committee might meet again in an attempt to Patch up the dispute. The committee can change its mind until the last minute but Aften Posten said that was unlikely since most members want Arafat to share the prize. % it i. Arafat Rabin on Friday the 1986 Nobel peace prize laureate Elie Wiesel said in Paris that the committee was a in agony Over the decision it appeared to be the panels worst dispute since the 1973 prize was awarded to former . Secretary of a state. Kissinger and be due Tho a then the North vietnamese Leader and the Only laureate to even decline the Honor. That prize deeply split the committee causing Twe members to resign m protest a but not until after the Ponze was presented. Vatican City a although women remain barred from the Priesthood they should participate in the highest Levels of the Vatican including the group that selects the Pope an african cleric proposed monday. The Appeal by monsignor Ernest combo of Wando Congo a made before Pope John Paul ii and hundreds of clergymen from around the world a capped a series of increasingly direct de mands for a greater role in Church affairs i for nuns and female religious workers. The future of women in All aspects of the roman Catholic Church has emerged As one the principal debates at a months Long Synod called to discuss possible changes in the Structure and Outlook of religious orders and Lay groups. The gathering which ends oct. 29, has begun with hundreds of statements from clergy members. Kombol a comments have so far proved the most Radical. A women must be Able to Rise to the highest positions in the establishment of the Church. They should also be nominated As Lay cardinals a combo said. For centuries there was no Rule that cardinals be members of the clergy although nearly All cardinals were previously Bishops or other High ranking clergymen. But Vatican code was changed in 1918 to require that All members be priests. Combo suggested that rules can be changed or the Vatican can establish another level of Lay cardinals that May not have the same duties As cardinals from the clergy. He did not Supply details at the Synod and could not be reached for elaboration. The main duty of cardinals is to elect the Pope  
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