European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes world Friday november 4,1994 Yeltsin dumps for crash of Ruble Moscow a president Boris Yeltsin fired Russia s top foreign currency regulator thursday the third official to be ousted an blamed for last month s Ruble crash the Federal currency and Export control service responsible for ensuring that exporters repatriate their foreign currency earnings was among the agencies cited for errors and incompetence by a special commission investigating the Ruble crisis. Yeltsin signed a decree thursday removing Viktor Runya As the Agency s head. There Wasno immediate word on a successor. The inter fax news Agency quoted sources who predicted that others would also be sacked soon. Runya joined former acting finance minister Sergei Dubinin arid former Central Bank chair Man Viktor Gerash Chenko among the casualties of the oct. 1 1 Ruble crash when the russian cur Rency dropped 21 percent against the Dollar. Amid the turmoil Yeltsin fired Dubinin an pressured Gerash Chenko to resign. Current acting finance minister Andrei Vav Klov who was first Deputy minister during the Cri Sis has also been Given a strict reprimand by the Cabinet the itar Tass news Agency report cd. \. "., / the government s investigative committee gave its final report to Yeltsin s Security Council on wednesday in a closed door session. The panel reportedly cited a number of top official for contributing to the crisis and called for tighter currency regulation. Following the crash Russia s Central Bank forcefully returned to the currency Market re turning the Ruble to its pre crash level. Since then the Bank has been allowing the Ruble to fall gradually. It closed at 3,099 to the Dollar thursday. 475 die ignites River of fire in Egypt Durinka Egypt a a fuel train derailed on a rain loosened track wednesday and sent winds of fire coursing through this Southern blazes killed at least 475 people and left thou / Sands homeless. At least 35 others died As what newspapers called the Laviest Rains in 60 years lashed normally arid Egypt. Flooding swept hundreds of Miles across the country from the Sinai Peninsula in the East to the ancient temples of Luxor in the South. In Durinka 200 Miles South of Cairo the train carrying fuel Oil derailed amid torrential Rains As it headed to a government Oil depot Early wednesday. Ignited by electric wires the burning cargo was carried on flood Waters into the town of 22,000 people. Many people died in their sleep it was like winds of fire coming Down the Moun Tain Aid Mohamed Abdul Rahman who escaped with his wife and seven children before his House was destroyed. I thought it was a Ahmed Sharaf Eddin a taxi Driver said he looked out of his Home and saw aware of people running to the mosque screaming there is Only one god they thought it was the Day of judgment Mohammed Abdel Hamid Mursau official in the emergency operations room for syut province said 258 bodies were recovered by midday thursday. Ear Lier government officials said More than 200 people were injured. The officials said about 220 More bodies were still believed to be buried in collapsed houses in the town. " ".-. Security officials said at least 35 people were killed in flooding that collapsed houses a mosque and schools elsewhere in syut province. Deaths also were reported in neighbouring Sohig province but the number was not known. At Dawn thursday hundreds of residents poured into Durinka to search for missing relatives and recover whatever belongings they could find. Firefighters were still battling flames that engulfed a five Story apartment building where at least 22 people lost their lives and dousing soldering vehicles. The bodies of charred donkeys goats and dogs were scattered about the ruins of the farming Village where Many mud Brick Homes were flattened by the torrential rain. Two tanks in the storage depot outside Durinka were set ablaze by lightning but Samih Al Saeed the syut province said these strikes did not cause the fire in the town. � the nine Oil tanks at the Edge of Durinka held about 100,000 barrels of fuel Oil As strategic reserves for the armed forces. Bosnian Hijacker surrenders in Norway Oslo Norway a a bosnian Hijacker surren dered thursday after commandeering an Airliner with 129 people aboard Over Northern Norway and demand ing that Aid Supply lines be opened to Muslim areas in /. /. Police said they had arrested the Man and begun evacuating the plane. The Hijacker had threatened to kill passengers if police tried to storm the plane. He claimed he was not acting alone but police said they believed he was alone on the plane. They said hews armed with a hand grenade. In a tape recording released to norwegian Media the Hijacker demanded Aid to Muslim areas besieged by serbs in Bosnia and said he wanted to speak to bosnian officials before releasing the hostages. We want to open humanitarian corridors on the ground. So that food electricity and water and All necessary things come into places that Are under Block Ade he said. It is the third Winter. It is very Santa s starting to make Kis annual list of Good boys and girls. And he s ready to receive children s letters arid wish lists Send the make your christinas wish list to stars and stripes1 and Well sure you get a personal reply from Santa. Plus each letter writer will have his or her name appear in the stars and stripes starting in november. 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