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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 29, 1994 world the stars and stripes i suspected extremists fire on two trains in Egypt from the associated press Cairo Egypt suspected Muslim extremists hot at two passenger trains in Southern Egypt. Killing a police guard and wounding another police said " Ian Interior ministry statement said one attack took place in Lena 290 Miles South of Cairo on tuesday night. Gunmen shot at the local train As it slowed at Road crossing. Police guard Fuad Fahim Abul Hassan was killed and a second guard wounded. Police sources said suspected extremists also Shotat another train on monday night. There were no casualties. Muslim extremists Are waging a violent Campaign against the government to turn Egypt into an islamic  500 people have been killed in the violence since 1992, mostly suspected radicals   -. \ foreign tourists also have been targeted. It was unlikely that there were tourists on the local train attacked tuesday. But the one shot at monday Wasa High Speed train Between Cairo Luxor and Aswan All tourist centers because of their ancient egyptian relics. Copter hits apartment Zurich Switzerland a helicopter smashed into an apartment Block in Switzerland s largest City killing two people police said tuesday. It was not immediately Clear whether the dead were passengers in the helicopter or occupants of the apartments. A spokesman for Zurich police said the Accident occurred at 4 . Tuesday. Fuel was pouring from the fallen aircraft an there was some danger of an explosion the spokesman  was no indication of where the helicopter was from but police ruled out the possibility that twas a Swiss army or Rescue aircraft. _ bandits steal vehicles gifts headed for honduran poor Tegucigalpa Honduras a three heavily armed robbers shot at a group of americans on tues Day and stole new year s gifts intended for impoverished hondurans. A honduran was killed and two other people were wounded. ".  the bandits took an ambulance and another vehicle loaded with gifts a police official said. The eight americans set out from Minnesota in the ambulance and another vehicle for Danli about 80 Miles East of Tegucigalpa. The police official who insisted on anonymity said they planned to donate the ambulance toys and other presents to a  " / at the mexican Border they linked up with a Hon Duran car dealer and his wife who were driving Back to Honduras with two cars bought in the United states the official said. S the robbers armed with ak-47 automatic rifles and i. .45-caliber handguns intercepted the caravan on the pan american Highway about 10 Miles North of the capital. There apparently was a struggle and the car dealer 36-year-old Jose Noel Hernandez was shot to . V  wife Maria Victoria Midence Zamora was uncritical condition with a gunshot wound in the head. Ernest Edward Gastafsson 80, one of the americans apparently tried to flee in one of the vehicles and the robbers shot the tires out. The police official said Gas Tasson suffered severe bruises when the vehicle Over turned ". " .v./.-. The source identified the other americans Only Sjohn Hill 59 his wife Nancy their children Thomas Laura and John or. Darin Crull and . No hometowns or other details were Avail Able. " " -. The . Embassy in Tegucigalpa said it did no know about the  decision Degers Vieth arh Hanoi Vietnam a Vietnam accuse France on wednesday of a new form of colonialism for honouring a dissident vietnamese writer. Duong thu Huong was awarded the order of arts and letters one of France s highest honors for Excel Lence in the arts at a ceremony in Paris two week Sago. Huong s novel Paradise of the Blind published i English in the United states last year tells the Story of a family ruined by a corrupt Uncle who spouts orthodox communist doctrines. Huong s writings Are virtually banned in Vietnam and she was jailed for seven months in 1991. She lives in Hanoi. French culture minister Jacques Toulon told Huong at the ceremony you Are both a dissident and a first class writer and you have managed to embody the extraordinary role of vietnamese women in their fight for Liberty and  the newspaper Quan Doi incan Dan people army quoted Tutu Nam Secretary general of the government sponsored vietnamese writers association As calling the award a deplorable action and apolitical move the culture minister of a nation like France should not have  the fact that he praised her courage is nothing other than to Hail her political dissent Nam said. He said Western efforts to impose their concepts of democracy and human rights on developing countries i colonialism in a new  France ruled Vietnam As a Colony for about a Cen Tury until 1954. Sout Andave Comfort 1994 is coming to a close and 1995 is almost Here. Senar travel is looking Forward to serving you with better service and better Tours. We have much More to offer you in 1995. 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