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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 5, t995 world the stars and stripes Page 9 Paris schools open with lesson in fear Paris a schoolchildren faced intense Security on the first Day of school monday while police dismantled a 55 Pound bomb the fifth planted in less than two months. The explosive placed in. A Public toilet at place Charles Vallin in Southern Paris was about two blocks from the Paris police Laboratory where previous bombs have been Analysed. Hidden in a Box arid found by a main trance worker the bomb was made with a Gas canister similar to two other bombs that exploded since july killing seven people and injuring about 100, officials said. ?. On sunday a bomb made from a pres sure cooker exploded under a fruit and vegetable stand Iri an outdoor Market near place de la Bastille injuring four women and setting several food stalls ablaze. V / there was no immediate claim of responsibility but suspicion fell on Algeri an Muslim fundamentalist extremists who have threatened France for support ing the military backed government in Algiers. The armed islamic group is suspected in the two other bombings. Security on the first Day of fall classes monday was the tightest since the last bombing wave that hit the capital in 1986, killing 13 people. Only the parents of children in Kinder Garten were allowed of school grounds All adults were closely screened and kids were told not to gather in front of their schools or leave their backpacks on the ground. All Field trips were cancelled until further notice officials said. The recent events Are imposing the greatest vigilance on us explained a statement by the Academy of Paris which directs the capital s school system. Interior minister Jean Louis Debre held an emergency meeting sunday night with Paris police chief Philippe Massoni natio Nal police director Claude Greant and other Security officials. He made no statement afterwards. Police have mounted a nationwide Effort to tighten Security and search for suspects since the first bombing in a Paris regional sub yay train july 25 that killed seven people and injured 84, but after police boosted patrols and searches and covered up trash cans in subway stations another bomb exploded on a Street near the arc Detriomphe on aug. 17, wounding 17 people including 11 tourists. / v  aug. 26, authorities found a bomb planted on a High Speed train track North of Lyon As French vacationers were re turning Home. The bom which like the other two was made from a Gas canister filled with explosive and he nuts failed to go off. A police officer patrols in front of a school in Paris Early monday. Go ribbed battens Down san Juan puerto Rico a Hurricane Luis churned monday toward the Caribbean where Island ers began building emergency shelters and stockpiling supplies to prepare for the second major storm in Little More than a week. Luisi with sustained winds of 140 Iriri was moving West at nearly 13 Mph at 5 . The storm s Center was 585 Miles Southeast of san Juan or about 500 Miles Southeast of the Virgin islands. The National weather service said it could strike the Caribbean within two Days. Hurricane warnings were in effect for the Leeward islands and for Dominica Guadeloupe and surround ing islands. Early monday a Hurricane Alert was posted for puerto Rico and. The . Virgin islands. In Antigua residents prepared hot Only for Luis but also for the possible influx of evacuees from Mon scr rat where a Volcano has been threatening to erupt. Antigua began preparing two abandoned factories to House almost 2,00 t people. Workers used heavy machinery to dig sewage ditches and built 200 wooden Toi lets. V it was the second consecutive weekend that the Caribbean worried about a storm system. Last weekend tropical storm Iris passed through the Caribbean with 50 Mph winds killing two people on Martinique and one on Guadaloupe. Meanwhile Hurricane Henriette roared. Toward Mexico s Baja California Peninsula. Dumping heavy Rains along the Pacific coast and Caus ing authorities to close ports. R  5 . Monday Henriette was 55 Miles Southeast of the tip of Baja California and heading Northwest at 8 Mph the National weather service said from Oxnard Calif. It had sustained winds of 80 Mph and was expected to weaken. Hurricane Force winds extended up to 40 Miles from the storm s Center. Ports were shut Down sunday in Mazatlan a resort 530 Miles Northwest of Mexico City and la pay., 770 Miles Northwest of the capital. Authorities in 33aja California sur state established 20 storm shelters along a 200-mile stretch of cd Astl Jne reaching North from the Peninsula s tip. " Iraq invites Iran to fight common enemy the West Nicosia Cyprus a Iraq on monday called on Iran to join it in the fight against the common enemy the West. ". The economic and political weight of Iran and Iraq qualify them to take the role of the two Powers that attract the straying horses in the Jungle of the american Wolf Iraq s state run Al jump Oriya newspaper said in an editorial. The existence of a common enemy which is the West provides us with two options. The tactical cooperation option if strategic cooperation is impossible. The second option is based on agreeing on common essential Points Foremost of which is confronting at tempts to annihilate the muslims and protecting their interests values and  the editorial marked the 15th anniversary of the Start of the 1980-88 Iraq Iran War. It was carried by the official iraqi news Agency monitored in Cyprus. Bomb explodes near Banks used by so id hers in India Srinagar India a a car bomb exploded near two Banks where in Dian soldiers were doing business Mon Day killing at least 15 people and injuring about 20, witnesses said. Suspicion fell on the Muslim separatist groups fighting in Jammu and Kashmir state.  -. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast in the Only Muslim rna Jority state in predominantly hindu India where a rebel insurgency has killed some 12,000 people in nearly six years. India has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers to the Jammu and Kashmir state in an Effort to crush the insurgency. The blast occurred Between branches of the state Bank of India and the Jammu and Kashmir Bank As military officers collected Money to pay soldiers their monthly salaries at their bases said the witnesses who spoke b n condition of. Anonymity.  or Security is often tightened around the Banks when the military collects such payments Early each month. Soldiers and paramilitary troops died in the attack but the fatalities May have included civilians. The explosion was so Strong that it shattered Many windows in the a Siuw s hotel 50, Yards away said its manager Shaukat Ahmed. Schools ban designer goods to fight Rise in s Singapore a several schools in Singapore have banned designer goods after fashion stores reported a Rise in shoplifting of shoes bags watches and other items by teen age gangs a newspaper reported monday. There were 382 cases of shoplifting by juveniles in Singapore during the first half of this year up from 257 for the same period last year the Straits times newspaper reported. Juvenile delinquency is a big Issue in Singapore which prides itself on the strict enforcement of discipline in Day to Day life with Laws regulating everything from behaviour at the office to chewing gum in Public often through fines and punishment. Indicating another decline in juvenile discipline the times said cases of fight ing among students resulting in injuries and damage to property Rose from 58 in january june 1994 to 70 in january june 1995. Vehicle theft increased from 41 to 49, incidents of vandalism from 23 to 31 and arson from three to 11 in that period it said. The ban on designer goods appears to be informal and there is no directive from the education ministry or the police according to the Straw poll of Many schools conducted by the times across the City state. The use of Brand name accessories by Rich students tempts others who Are not so Well off causing them to steal Chia Choon Kiat principal of Loyang secon Dary school was quoted As saying. It starts a bad Type of Competition to get More expensive things,".chut said. One school has a policy of making Stu dents Wear Only while Canvas shoes and another girls school encourages pupils to Wear simple watches and hair accessories the times said. Fifteen downtown shops Selling designer goods said most teen shoplifters oper ate in groups and try to pilfer Small items in their bags or under their clothes the times said  
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