European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 17 2007 stars and stripes Page 13 in the world us defends missile base in Poland the associated press Berlin us plans to base 10 interceptor missiles 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 russian missile Fleet it Gen Henry a Obering in told journalists in Berlin 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 russian missiles Obering said also there Are Only a Small number of interceptors but Russia has thousands of nuclear weapons Jordan four militants sentenced to death Amman Jordan Jordans military court on thursday sentenced to death four iraqi Al Aida militants charged with terror attacks on jordanians in Iraq Only one is in custody the groups alleged master mind Ziad Khalaf Raja altar Bouly was charged with plotting attacks on trucks with jordanian License plates on iraqi roads from the associated press 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 in India rebels attack Jungle outpost leave 12 wounded 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 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 Survey says 1 in 5 Young eur citizens Binge drink 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 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Friend and receive off on each contract signed Usa tsunami of 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 sur Vived Martin Collin son a geneticist at the University of Aberdeen and a passionate birder disputed whether a video shot by an a Kansas scientist showed the Ivory billed Wood Pecker according to an article published in the Jour Nal Bic biology Collinson Ana lazed the Arkansas video Frame Frame and compared it  de Woodpecker which is a related species with Simi Lar 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 Wood Pecker the last confirmed sighting of the Ivory billed Woodpecker Bird the Ivory billed Woodpecker has become a source of International Contention among birders 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 de Bate Collinson said he thought it was pos sible to spot the pleated woodpeckers distinctive Black trailing Wing edges in the Arkan Sas video the Trail ing edges of the Ivory billed Wood peckers wings Are White John Fitzpatrick a director of Cor Nell University Laboratory of Orni pathology said different formats of the footage result in comparing apples to oranges he said Collin sons evidence about similarities in the Birds colouring Wing Pat terns and flight patterns Are skewed As a result