European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes wednesday october 26,1994 rival somalian groups Battle in Mogadishu from the associated press Mogadishu Somalia rival subclass fought with mortars and rocket propelled grenades in Southern Mogadishu on  least three people were killed somalian reporters said. . Military spokesman  Mcdonald described the lighting As quite  he said the United nations had no reports of casualties. The fighting began monday night in a neighbourhood known As Bermuda one of the most violent sections of the City. It is named after the Bermuda Triangle the Atlantic Ocean Region where ships and air planes have reportedly disappeared mysteriously. It was the second time this month that the a Galand muru Sade subclass have fought in Bermuda. Twelve somalis died and 45 were wounded in the earlier  fighting comes two Days before a National reconciliation conference is scheduled to open in Mogadishu. It was called by Gen. Mohamed Farrah aided the warlord who controls the Southern half of the City but is not supported by All clans. Novel to be serialized Cairo Egypt a government owned newspaper win serialize a novel by Nobel prize Winner Naguib Mahfouz that was banned by a prestigious islamic theological Institute. Tuesday s announcement came 11 Days after the 83-year-old writer was stabbed in the neck by Muslim  government owned Al gum Houria announced that its sister publication the afternoon Al missa will Start serializing the novel children of gab claw on saturday. The novel was one of the main reasons Mahfouz won the 1988 Nobel j Rize but it was banned in the 1950s in Egypt by the Institute Al Azhar which reviews All books films and other works that touch on islam children of a Cclam depicts religious figures like Christ and Mohammed telling their stories in different historic and social contexts. Muslim fundamentalists consider the novel heresy because it differs from the Koran in telling the Prophet s Story. I to i i d n b u Reau c rats St Rike Rome about 300,000 bureaucrats struck monday As Italy s strike season enters full Bloom. Workers at ministries courts customs posts embassies and museums stayed off the Job for the Day to protest the Lack of a contract with the government. They also were protesting proposed cuts in pension benefits.1 at least 15,000 workers marched through Rome. The Public employee contract expired in december too. To colombians slain Medellin Colombia ten Young people preparing halloween costumes were shot to death. Police said monday. The victims All Between 14 and 21, were forced to lie face Down on the Street in sunday s attack eyewitnesses told police. Then the five Black Clad assailants sprayed their victims with bullets. An Lith youth was wounded. The shootings occurred in a Section of Medelin where revenge killings arc commonplace. However none of the victims had a criminal record said police who added that they have no leads in the killings. Suspect makes Quick trip Tokyo a banker was shot with a rubber tipped Arrow in a train station and robbed of about $360,000 monday police said. Railway officials caught the Bandit after he tripped on the stairs and fell. The banker suffered minor Che to injuries from the 16-Inch Arrow fired from a crossbow from about 15 feet away said police in Osaka in Western Japan. The Archer ran about 100 Yards with the Money before stumbling on the stairs police said. Railway employees seized him and turned him Over to  banker 44-year-old Toshiro Watanabe and two other Bankers were carrying a total of $1.2 million from a railway office to a Bank Branch in the station building police said. The suspect was identified As Shuji Otaka 32. Louvre alight Paris louvre museum is reflected in water after the inauguration of a new lighting system for one of its main courtyards monday. France s Premier museum has been getting a face lift in recent years including the building of the controversial Glass pyramids that Are also shown in the picture. 3 Blacks in s. Africa guilty of Kil i i n g White Amer i Ca n Cape town South Africa a a judge tips Day convicted three Young Black men of murdering White american student Amy Biehl ending an 11 month trial that forced South Africa to confront the explosive bitterness of its racial division. High court judge Gerald Friedman called the crime a vicious attack As he handed Down the decision be fore a packed courtroom supporters of the accused and friends of the victim watched from the Public Gal Lery.  a convicted of murder were Vusumuzi Untamo 23 Mongeni Mantina 22 and Mzik Hona Nof Emela 19. The trial was to reconvene later in Trie Day to consider arguments on sentencing. The three could be condemned to death but More Likely they will face prison terms.  ". Only six prosecution witnesses came Forward to say they saw a mob of Black youths Stab and bludgeon to death the White Fulbright scholar of aug. 25/1993, in Gugu Letu a township near Cape town. Witnesses said  shouted the anti White slogan one settler one Bullet the term settler is used for a White. Biehl 26, was in South Africa to research women s rights and help with voter education before the coun try s first All race election was held. The vote brought Nelson Mandela s african National Congress to Power last april. She was killed two Days before she was to re turn Home to Newport Beach Calif. There Yves no reaction from the defendants As they were pronounced guilty except Nof Emela who Shook his head. Each of the accused had the direct intention of killing the deceased ruled Friedman who took Viz hours Over two Days to read out his 190-Page decision in the a injury trial. Untamo was convicted of the basis of his confession that he struck Biehl with a Brick on the head three times the judge said. He also was convicted of the additional charge of Public violence. Three Young women from Gugu Letu township Testi. Fied behind closed doors that they saw Nof Emela and Mantina with knives stabbing Biehl. Friedman said that it was not possible to prove which of the two caused the fatal Stab wound to Biehs heart. Trn relieved and i m satisfied that Justice has been done said prosecutor Nollie Niehaus. Defense attorneys declined to comment. Melanie Jacobs a Friend who shared an apartment with Biehl until she died expressed gratitude to wit Nesses who braved intimidation to testify. The Case would have fallen Flat without them she said. Asked if she thought Justice had been done she re plied i did t want Amy to be dead. I did t want this Case to be necessary. I Hope they rot in jail each defendant had multiple prior convictions for theft and other minor crimes. Friedman spent much of the Svi hours in court Mon Day explaining Why he had accepted confessions from two defendants despite charges that the police had forced the statement from them. Army colonel Dies in collision Naples Italy is an american member of nato s Allied forces Southern Europe stationed at Naples was killed monday morning in an automobile Accident. Army col. Jimmie Holt 48, died after the car he was driving collided with another vehicle on the Dorr Titiana a heavily travelled Highway in the Pozzuoli area Northwest of Naples. The Road was Slick. Nato and italian authorities Are investigating the cause of tale collision. Holt was assigned to the command in january and served As executive assistant to the chief of staff and As director of the a South crisis management Center. The Center monitors operations deny flight and Sharp guard in the former Yugoslavia. The West Virginia native joined the army in 1969 and was airborne and Ranger qualified. He commanded an infantry company in Vietnam in1971-72. Holt is survived by his wife Alice and son Jeremy 20, both of Fayetteville . A memorial service will be held for Holt at 2 . Monday at the a South Chapel. I