European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes tuesday april 3 2007 in the world 381 dead As Somalia violence hits fourth Day by salad Uhul the associated press Mogadishu Somalia four Days of fierce fighting be tween somali forces and islamic insurgents has killed 381 people in Mogadishu a local human rights organization said monday As the government warned Resi dents to abandon their Homes ahead of a new military offensive tsunami kills 13 in Solomon islands by George herring the associated press Honiara Solomon islands tsunami Waves churned by an undersea earthquake crashed ashore in the Solomon islands on monday wiping away entire Vil Lages and triggering alerts from Australia to Hawaii officials said at least 13 people were killed and the prime minister warned that the toll would Likely grow in the South Pacific nations West where the devastation appeared entered there were re ports of people being swept away As Waves slowed up to a half mile Inland the magnitude8 quake that created the tsunami was Fol Lowed by More than two dozen aftershocks including at least four of magnitude6 or stronger it was just a noise like an underground explosion said Dor Othy Parkinson a resident of Gizo where a Wall of water swept through the streets the wave came almost instantaneously everything that was standing is flattened some residents described a wave up to 16 feet tall we ran for our lives away from the Waves Arnold Pidak Ere a schoolteacher in Gizo told the British broadcasting corp when we looked Back we saw our House being destroyed pid Akere was among thousands of residents of the town of 7000 who fled to a nearby Hill there want any warning the warning was the Earth trem ors Alex lok Opio Premier of Western province told new zealand National radio it Shook us very very strongly and we were frightened and of a sudden the sea was rising up along the coast All of the prop erty was washed away to the open sea he said at least three is lands near Gizo also reported widespread destruction although the number of people affected was unclear in a televised address prime minister Manasseh Soga Vare warned that the number of dead was Likely to Rise during a Lull in the violence civilians were told to leave insure Gen held areas in Mogadishu As Somalia transitional govern ment said it planned new attacks with ethiopian troops tanks and helicopters to crush insurgents backed by the remnants of an islamic group driven from Power in december on foot using Donkey carts cars and trucks they poured out of the ruined coastal City joining the exodus of 47000 people mainly women and children who have sought safety in the last 10 Days according to the uns refugee Agency since february almost 100000 people have fled the growing violence even by Somalia bloody Stan Dards the last four Days of Vio Lence has been intense rotting corpses still littered Dusty alleyways and Back streets in the South of the capital where much of the fighting took place for the last four Days we have registered 381 deaths and 565 people wounded said Sudan Ali Ahmed chairman of Elman human rights organization he said nearly All were civilians mondays Lull appears to follow a truce Between ethiopian forces and insurgents brokered by Mog  image from Iran official arabic language television Channel aired sunday of Short video clips of what it said were two of 15 captured British sailors who in the footage pointed to a map of the persian Gulf iranian no need to try britons the associated press said Mon Day it was willing to talk to Tehran about ways of avoiding Dis Putes Over contested Waters in the persian Gulf As a senior Ira Nian official said Tehran did not plan to put a captured British naval Crew on trial Ali Larijani said Iran priority is to solve the problem through proper diplomatic Chan Nels we Are not interested in let Ting this Issue get further complicated he told Britain Channel 4 television news Larijani said Iran was seeking a Quick conclusion to the crisis which began when the 15 sailors and marines were captured by iranian forces in the persian Gulf on March 23 Iran says they were in its territorial Waters Britain insists they were in iraqi Waters working under a in mandate the British government s Cri Sis committee cobra met monday to discuss the crisis we definitely believe that this Issue can be resolved and there is no need for any trial Larijani said but it remained unclear How Long the crisis might drag on optimistic signs have emerged before Only to be Fol Lowed by a hardening of positions and Tough rhetoric earlier monday an iranian state run television station said All 15 British sailors and marines had confessed to illegally entering iranian Waters however iranian state run radio said the confessions would not be broadcast because of what it called positive changes in Britain negotiating stance the radio did not elaborate on the changes but in London a British offi Cial speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the Issue said prime minis Ter Tony Blairs government had agreed to consider ways to avoid such situations in the future the official insisted that Brit Ain was not negotiating with the iranians and still wanted the Cap Tives freed unconditionally i Tehran the head of the Ira Nian parliamentary committee on foreign policy and National Security Alaeddin Bro Uberdi said Britain should Send a representative to Tehran to discuss the alleged incursion next sainthood hurdle cleared for John Paul n the associated press Vatican City roman catholics marked the second anniversary of Pope John Paul is death monday with vigils in his native Poland and a Cere Mony in Rome to Seal shut with red ribbons and on the Popes life that Are vital to making him a Saint Church officials formally closed their investigation into John Pauls Virtues with a latin filled Cere Mony in St John Lateran Basilica Clearing a hurdle in the pontiffs sainthood process in near record time John Paul has been on the fast track for sainthood Ever since Pope Benedict Xvi 41 Days after John Pauls death on april the Cus Tomary five year waiting period to allow the investigation into his life to begin immediately Benedict was responding to chants of Santo Subi to or sainthood immediately which rang out during John Pauls funeral theres no doubt for me Hes already a Saint said Teresa Broda who came to Rome with other polish pilgrims from Katowice for the ceremony but she added in Here with All my heart Awishus dominant clan but it is unlikely to last it is null and void Deputy de sense minister salad am Jelle said As ethiopian troops were seen reinforcing close to insurgent strongholds in the South of the City around 4000 ethiopian troops Are in Mogadishu said Western diplomats who spoke to the a on condition of anonymity biologists find easy Way to convert blood los Angeles times danish researchers have perfected an inexpensive and efficient Way to convert types a b and a blood into Type 0 the uni versa donor blood that can be Given to anyone an achieve ment that promises to make trans fusions safer and relieve shortages of Type o blood the team reported sunday in the journal nature biotechnology that they isolated bacterial enzymes that safely remove from red blood cells the sugar mole Cules that provoke an immune re a Tiffin the recipient previous studies of Type 0 blood produced from Type b by a different method have shown it to be both Safe and effective and the researchers Are now conduct ing trials with the new product mismatching of blood causes at least half of All transfusion relat de deaths and the need for precisely matched blood drives the costly and inefficient process of shuttling blood units Between regional blood Banks and hospitals to match daily requirements those issues could be largely resolved if there were a universally trans fusible blood Supply said Doug Dib Ourn chief executive of by request inc in Beverly mass which is developing the technology by request commissioned cellular biologist Henrik Clausen of the University of Copenhagen to search for new enzymes to carry out the conversion Clausen and his team sifted through More than 2500 bacteria and fungi before identifying the two candidates afghan bad weather death tolf reaches 88 Kabul Afghanistan Ava Lanches and floods triggered by heavy Rains and Spring Snow melt have killed another 37 people in Afghanistan the in said Mon Day bringing the weather related death toll across the country to 88 Nineteen of the country 34 provinces have been inundated according to the ministry of Rural rehabilitation and develop ment which has distributed tents blankets and sandbags for assistance the Kabul River breached its embankments around 2 am monday from the associated press