European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 232007 stars and stripes Pace 7 in the world militants drag bodies through somali capital soldiers corpses also set on fire by Mohamed Olad Hassan and Elizabeth a Kennedy the associated press Mogadishu Somalia islamic insurgents dragged sol Diers corpses through the streets of this bloodstained capital wednesday and set the bodies on fire drawing crowds who threw rocks and kicked the soldering remains during a surge of Vio Lence that killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens wednesday marked some of the heaviest fighting in Mogadishu since a Radical militia known As the Council of islamic courts was driven from the capital in de Cember after six months in Power but the group has prom ised to launch an Ira style guerrilla War and mortar attacks Pound the capital nearly every Day an associated press photographer saw six corpses All either somali soldiers or their ethiopian allies burned and mutilated while masked men shouted god is great women wearing head scarves and flowing dresses pounded one of the corpses with rocks As a handful of Young men looked on cheering Abdinasir Hussein who said he dragged one soldiers Corpse from the Back of his Motorbike told the a he wanted to show that somalis will defeat the in vaders referring to the ethiopian troops in Happy to drag an ethiopian Soldier on the Mogadishu streets Hussein said Ahmed Mohamed Bataan a clan elder whose neighbourhood was turned into a Battleground wednesday said he counted 16 bodies seven of which were government troops Mogadishu three hospitals reported at least seven dead and 36 wounded the fighting began before Dawn wednesday when somali and ethiopian soldiers entered an insurgent stronghold in Southern Mogadishu in an attempt to consolidate their Power Over Mogadishu but hundreds of masked men were waiting for them prompting an hours Long gunfight a woman places a Candle in the archangel Michael orthodox Church on wednesday in Novokuznetsk Russia to mourn victims of a mine blast Russia mourns deaths from mine blast nursing Home fire the associated press Novokuznetsk Russia emergency workers struggled with flooded caverns and Flamma ble Gas in their search wednes Day for three miners still missing following an underground explosion in russian worst mine disaster in a decade in which 107 died flags across Russia flew at Hal staff Church services were held nationwide and to stations took entertainment programming off the air wednesday an official Day of National mourning Over a Trio of tragedies the mine disaster a nursing Home fire that killed 62 and a weekend plane crash that killed six a methane explosion ripped through the mine in a Colarich part of Siberia known As the Kuz Bass on monday when about 200 workers were underground regional officials said a British employee of the British German mining consultancy inc was among the 107 dead relatives gathered wednesday in a tent outside the main morgue in Novokuznetsk a few standing in line at the door As Sunshine gave Way to a soft snowfall As they waited to be taken in to identify the dead however forensic pathologists said it was proving difficult to identify the badly burned remains Russia news agencies reported sixty three victims have been identified said Valery Korcha Gin spokesman for the emergency situations ministry regional Branch in year of sanctions Aid to palestinians grew the associated press Ramallal West Bank International Aid to the palestinians grew from about Bil lion in 2005 to More than billion in 2006 despite a Boycott of the islamic militant Hamas government officials said wednes Day much of it was emergency Aid from Europe the United nations and the Arab world that was funnelled to people outside the govern ment to ease a humanitarian crisis largely Trig gered by the International sanctions As the world weighs whether to shun the new palestinian government a coalition of Hamas and the moderate Fatah movement critics say the sanctions have Cost the donors More Money while causing Lon term damage to the palestinian Economy Israel is pushing for a continued Boycott but foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev said wednesday that we wholeheartedly sup port efforts by the International Community to upgrade support to the palestinian people prospects for an International policy change Are Uncertain because the Hamas Fatah coalition stopped Short of meeting the conditions for lifting the Boycott including recognizing is Rael and renouncing violence however the european Union and the us have signalled they Are willing to Deal with some of the no Hamas members of the coalition on tuesday a us Diplomat in Jerusa Lem Jake Walles met with incoming Palestin Ian finance minister Salam Fayyad a respected economist who in his previous term in the Post was credited with cleaning up the free Wheeling spending of the late palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat death toll from attacks in Pakistan reaches 100 the associated press Dera Ismail Khan Paki Stan fighting Between local and Central asian militants Esca lated in Northwestern Pakistan on wednesday As the death toll from three Days of clashes Rose to More than 100 officials said militants were exchanging mor tar rocket and assault Rifle fire in four areas of South Waziristan where the clashes broke out Mon Day the government has been urging tribesmen to move against Alsaid linked fighters in the re Gion senior government and Intelli gence officials said about 105 peo ple had died in the fighting mostly uzbeks and chechen the officials who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the Issue said their information came from army commanders and intelligence agents in the Region army spokesman maj Gen Wahid Arshad confirmed that fighting was continuing wednes Day but refused to give any Casu Alty figures As the army was not involved it was not possible to confirm the death toll independently As phone lines to South Waziristan were Down and journalists have minimal Access to the Lawless re Gion Hooters breasts wings to coining to Tel Aviv Atlanta Hooters the restaurant Chain known for its tasty wings and scantily Clad servers is heading to Israel Atlan abased Hooters of Amer Ica inc said in a statement Mon Day that it has reached a fran Chise Deal with Liana and Ofer Shiraz to open the first Hooters restaurant this year in Israel with several More locations in is Rael to follow the first location will be in Tel Aviv Hooters spokesman Mike Mcneil said tuesday the franchisees Are from Israel from the associated press  get legally married while deployed Usa marriage certificate recognized by military no travel required completed in 3 weeks personalized service do the right thing Contact Sam or Barbara Call 0016103535381 toll free 8774822406 s korean Scales Japan embassy in protest Smulick Yahoo com Lee protester of Sun Taek shouts ant Japan slogans after he climbed the Walls of the japanese embassy on wednesday in Seoul the associated press Seoul a South korean activist scaled a Wall of the Japa Nese embassy on wednesday and staged a Brief protest of Tokyo refusal to acknowledge it forced korean and chinese women to work As sex slaves during world War ii of Sun Taek stomped on a Jap anese Flag and shouted ant Japa Nese slogans for 10 minutes atop one of the buildings before he was removed by police witnesses and a police officer said he wore a placard with a picture of Japa Nese prime minister Shinzo Abe that read destroy history distortion of was among 100 protesters gathered outside the embassy for a rally that has been held every wednesday since 1992 to demand that Japan apologize and compensate world War ii sex slaves also called Comfort women for Japa Nese troops the turnout was larger than usual because of abes recent insistence that there is no evidence Japan forced women to work in wartime military brothels on Fri Day japans Cabinet issued a statement repeating the claim historians say about 200000 women mostly from Korea and China worked in japanese Mili tary brothels throughout Asia in the 1930s and 40s Many victims say they were kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery by Jap anese troops Japan ruled the korean Penin Sula As a Colony in 191045 before it was divided into the South and North Many koreans still Harbor resentment toward japans occupation