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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday november 12,1994 . Tries to Calm greeks turks by Peter Copeland Scripps Howard news service Washington the United states has sent a warship into the Aegean sea in Hopes of calming military tension be tween Greece and Turkey. Heightened military activities by the. Two nato allies have caused concern i Washington that an Accident or misunderstanding by either Side could spark an armed clash. It is very Likely that president Clinto will Send a letter to the leaders of both countries asking them to treat the Situa Tion with the caution that would be expected of the very Good nato allies that they Are an administration official said wednesday. The Bottom line is that the Region lacks stability and the heightened ten Sions Are not  the guided missile Cruiser Cape St. George began conducting routine operations in the Aegean after leaving the greek Island of Crete on monday in Orde to demonstrate . Interest in the Region a Pentagon official said. The latest cause of tension is the United nations convention on the Law of the sea which takes effect wednesday. Under the treaty which has not been ratified by the United states nations can claim control Over the sea within 12 Miles of their shores. Turkey fears that Greece will use the treaty to extend its current six mile territorial limit to 12 Miles. Turkish military officers fear that would restrict their operations in the Aegean and turn the body of water into a greek Lake. Greek officials suggest that another reason for Turkey s opposition is the be Lief that Oil exists offshore within 12 Miles of Greece. . Officials Are upset with Greece and Turkey for whipping up tensions in the area especially because of civil wars and ethnic conflicts in the Balkan states to the North. We doubt that either Side would be irresponsible enough to Start something but they Are flying planes right on the Border and they could unwittingly get into a real mess one official said. Turkish officials have said repeatedly that if Greece extends its territorial limit the move would be regarded As Tanta mount to War. Harris Stavrakakis spokesman for the greek embassy in Washington said Greece is absolutely within its rights to extend the Boundary. The prerogative will be exercise when the country feels that it is right,1, Stavrakakis said. It won t be wednes Day and it won t be the Day after wednesday but whenever the country feels it is  Neo nazi group Bonn Germany a the government outlawed paramilitary Neo nazi organization thursday and police seized knives propaganda and Bank accounts i nationwide raids. " n it was the sharpest blow against the fascist move ment in months. The group Viking youth is the fourth fascist organization banned by the Federal government in two years. No arrests were reported. Ted to Interior minister Manfred Kanther said Viking youth wants to restore a fascist state in which jews would be forced to Wear yellow stars and people whom the extremists considered inferior beings would be sterilized. The group has been giving paramilitary training Soyoung germans and teaching them Neo nazi beliefs., Kanther  to the Interior ministry group members idolize Adolf Hitler and see themselves As successors of the Hitler youth a nazi Era youth organization. Viking youth has about 400 members Federal authorities said. It is led by 30-year-old Wolfram Nahrath who is called the Federal Fuhrer they  members Are adults the Interior ministry said. But school age boys and girls marched at a Viking youth rally shown on German television earlier this year. Dieter Heckelmann Berlin s Interior minister said the group has acted As a link Between members of Neo nazi groups that previously have been banned. He said Viking youth is part of a network of right Wing extremists and Neo nazis whose ties to one another Are  Kanther said there is no place in Germany for groups  As Viking youth that propagate racism and anti semitism and teach youths to be violent in tolerant and to hate  Money belonging to Viking youth was confiscated in a raid on Nahrath s Berlin apartment officials said. _. Knives uniforms Bank documents computer diskettes it of i i fa5ct? spirit in can on gathered at the City s Market Square for the official Start of nazi songbooks and Oro Oleanda were seized in raids Friday to help kick off the carnival party time nazi songbooks and propaganda were seized in raid across the country. Season in Germany. Carnival at 11 11 . On nov. 11. The High Point of the about 10,000 people Many dressed in colourful costumes year s fifth season comes at the end of february. 3 nations join for naval exercises Bogota Colombia a ., colombian and ecuadorian naval forces were to begin annual exercises Friday two Days after authorities discovered a third submarine believed to have been used to smug Gle cocaine. A colombian naval officer said the operation has absolutely nothing to do with drug  but she acknowledged that anti submarine techniques Learned during the exercise could be used against smuggling. The United states sent the submarine Seahorse the destroyer stump and three coast guard frigates to take part in operation Unitas xxxv the office said. The exercises were to begin in the Pacific off West Ern Colombia she said. The . Embassy had no immediate comment on operation Unitas an annual event that began 35 years ago. In the past three months police have found Tuomin submarines they suspect were used to smuggle cocaine from Colombia the source of 80 percent of the world s Supply of the drug. The third sub was discovered wednesday at a re pair shop in the Caribbean coastal City of Barranquilla 435 Miles Northwest of Bogota. The Short Range submarines apparently Are used to sneak cocaine from port areas patrolled by Security forces to Mother ships waiting offshore. Colombian defense minister Fernando Botero said after the first discovery in september that the Call Cartel Colombia s biggest cocaine trafficking network was developing a Fleet of submarines. The first narc submarine was found in Santa Marta a coastal City 50 Miles Northeast of Barran Quilla. It had a sophisticated communications system and capacity for two Crew members and three tons of co Caine. Police said that the third Craft found wednesday was a cruder version and that it probably had Bee used for several years. The joint exercises Are to be based for two Days at Bah a Malaga a naval base 230 Miles Southwest of Bogota and will then move to panamanian Waters colombian Navy communique announced. The participating . Ships Are based in Mayport Fla. Norfolk a. And Charleston s.c., the colom Bian naval officer said. French Security fight cell Transfer in s Paris a the after Midnight move was Long cold and uneventful perfect travel conditions for millions of potential French citizens taking to the Road in a unique Hospital Transfer. Tight Security measures surrounded the trip thursday of 300,000 test tubes of Frozen sperm representing millions of potential lives. They were being transported from a sperm Bank out Side Paris to their new Home at Cochin Hospital in the City. The test tues were i a Fried into a dozen groups and transported in a special truck cooled by liquid nitrogen. The sperm Laden vehicle crawled through Paris under police escort at less than 12 Mph to avoid unnecessary jostling and Shock to its sensitive cargo. The trips from Kremlin Bietre Hospital just Southof the capital followed the same route mapped out in Advance by the Paris police  All went without a hitch. The sperm did not suffer any damages an premature thawing or any thermic Shock said Pierre Jouannet director of the sperm Bank  
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