European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 17 2007 stars and stripes k Page 13 in the world armed maoist rebels train at an undisclosed location in the Jungles of Indian state of Chatt Isgard in 2006 at least 49 police officers were feared killed after suspected maoist insurgents attacked a Jungle Post a 49 police killed at India outpost by Ashok Sharma the associated press new Delhi nist rebels armed with rifles hand grenades and petrol bombs attacked a police Post in the Jun Gles of Eastern India on thurs Day killing at least 49 officers police said the predawn attack thursday was the latest in a series of increasingly bold assaults by the rebels who have been fighting for More than two decades in Cen trial and Eastern India Longum Pover shed hinterlands rebels launch strike in Jungle 12 Hurt equipped with rifles hand Gre Nades and homemade petrol bombs the insurgents appeared to have caught the 79 officers guarding the Remote Post by sur prise said police office no Swarn Kar another 12 officers were wounded in the attack the Post is located in the state of Chatt Isgard nearly 930 Miles Southeast of new Delhi before fleeing with weapons stolen from the police Post the at tackers scattered land mines around the area Swarn Kar said by midday police reinforce ments had reached the Post and were fanning out into the Jungle to search for the attackers rebel operations have become increasingly bold Over the past two years in March 2006 insurgents detonated land mines under four trucks carrying villagers in Chat Tisha re killing 25 people Days later they seized a passenger train for 12 hours in the neighbor ing state of Char hand a Well coordinated operation that highlighted their capabilities even if no one was killed More than 6000 people police soldiers and civilians have been killed since the rebels launched their Campaign from the Southern Indian state of Andora Pravesh More than two decades ago the rebels who claim to be inspired by chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong demand land and jobs for agricultural labourers and the poor scientist disputes us Woodpecker claim the associated press London a scientist in Scot land says american Bird experts May have been wrong when they concluded that a Woodpecker Long thought extinct might have survived Martin Collinson a geneticist at the University of Aberdeen and a passionate birder disputed whether a video shot by an Arkan Sas scientist showed the Ivory billed Woodpecker Accord ing to an article published in the journal Bic biology Collinson Analysed the Arkan Sas video Frame Frame and compared it with that of a pleated Woodpecker which is a related species with similar Black and White plumage his study suggested that it was not possible to be certain that the Bird in the video was the Ivory billed Woodpecker the last confirmed sighting of the Ivory billed Woodpecker Bird in North America had been in 1944 researchers believed the species was extinct until 2004 when a kayaker is said to have spotted one in Eastern Arkansas since then there have been sever Al sightings and the release of a videotape shot by David Luneau an electronics professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock but the poor Quality of the video has led to debate Collinson said he thought it was possible to spot the pleated Wood peckers distinctive Black trailing Wing edges in the Arkansas video the trailing edges of the Ivory billed woodpeckers wings Are White John Fitzpatrick a director of Cornell University Laboratory of ornithology said different for Mats of the footage result in com paring apples to oranges Fitz Patrick said Cpl Vinsons evidence about similarities in the Birds col Oring Wing patterns and flight Pat terns Are skewed As a result the Ivory billed Woodpecker has become a source of International Contention among birders United states defends placing missiles on bases in Poland the associated press Berlin us plans to base 10 interceptor mis Siles in Poland represent no threat to Russia and will protect Europe As Well As the United states from a possible nuclear attack from Iran the head of the us missile defense program said thursday this in no Way shape or form threatens the rus Sian missile Fleet it Gen Henry a Obering Iii told journalists in Berlin the numbers dont add up russian officials have sharply criticized the plans and the head of russian missile forces suggested Moscow could target the base in Poland but the interceptor base along with a proposed radar in the czech Republic would be in the wrong place to Stop rus Sian missiles Obering said also there Are Only a Small number of interceptors but Russia has thou Sands of nuclear weapons Obering head of the us missile defense Agency is in Europe to counter what he called conster nation and misinformation on the part of some nations since the announcement that Poland and the czech Republic were entering into talks about Host ing the bases Obering said that with a radar base in Britain and another planned in Greenland the us would be Able to detect incoming missiles from Iran headed for the United states but not toward european Al lies or us troops based in Europe before heading into consultations with German officials he spent almost an hour explaining us plans to German journalists at a press breakfast after appearing on Germany Adf Public television the bases would protect our allies and friends As Well As the United states from what we see to be a very serious threat emerging from Iran a very aggressive missile development program there he told journalists brits to replace nuclear subs in Victory for Blair London British lawmakers have approved a government plan to replace the country Fleet of four nuclear armed submarines a crucial Victory for prime minister Tony Blair Blairs proposal Likely to Cost billion survived a rebellion wednesday by 95 lawmakers in his own party making it the big Gest revolt among his ranks since the Iraq War the prime minister told the House of commons before the vote that Britain nuclear armed submarines due to be phased out from 2022 should be re placed to meet possible future threats from rogue regimes and stat sponsored terrorists i think its right we take the decision now to begin work on re placing the Trident submarines i Survey says 1 in 5 Young eur citizens Binge drink by constant Brand the associated press Brussels Belgium Binge drinking across Europe continues to be a problem in Ireland Britain Finland and Denmark according to a european Union sur vey on alcohol consumption re leased wednesday the Survey conducted in octo Ber and november last year found that almost one in five peo ple Between the Ages of 15 and 24 drink five or More alcoholic beverages in one session or 19 per cent of those asked across the 27nation bloc Croatia and North Ern Cyprus eur spokesman Philip Tod said the eur poll which questioned 28584 people defined Binge drinking As when More than five alcoholic drinks Are consumed in one sitting the poll found that 34 percent of Irish people questioned saying they usually Binge drink Fol Lowed by Finland where 27 per cent of respondents said they did the same Britain was third with 24 percent and Denmark fourth with 23 percent much lower Levels of alcohol were consumed in Italy and Greece where Only 2 percent of those asked said they Binge drink Tod said the Survey found that the average of Binge drink ing was around the same level As the last similar Survey conducted in 2003 on alcohol consumption Tod said the european commis Sion which sanctioned the Survey is calling for better Public Educa Tion As to the dangers of drinking too much especially for pregnant women Drivers and Young people the eur Survey also found that 77 percent of those asked would agree on a Clamp Down on How Al Cohol is sold notably agreeing to put warning labels on alcohol bottles and advertisements to warn vulnerable groups of the dangers of drinking too much think its essential for Security in an Uncertain world Blair said Jordan four militants sentenced to die Amman Jordan Jordans military court on thursday sentenced to death four iraqi Al Aida militants charged with terror attacks on jordanians in Iraq of the four Only one is in custody the court also handed Down sentences to 10 others in the Case also at Large and believed to be in hiding in Iraq ranging from 15 years in jail with hard labor to life imprisonment the groups alleged master mind Ziad Khalaf Raja altar Bouly was charged with leading the group of 14 in plotting attacks on trucks with jordanian License plates on iraqi roads from the associated press