European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 stars and stripes wednesday april 4 2007 in the world six of the British sailors held by Iran talk together in Captivity in Iran it was not immediately Clear if publication of the images was a breach of Tehran earlier suggestion that no More images would be published Iran unveils More photos of captives Al Blair next 48 hours critical in freeing troops the associated press Tehran Iran iranian Media filed More images of the detained British sailors on tuesday showing them sitting on a carpet in track suits but did not publish any More of the confessions that had been condemned by me Brit ish government the pars news Agency carried three images possibly stills taken from a video on its web site one showed six sailors sitting on a per Sian carpet in a room wearing Blue Black and red track suits what appeared to be a bowl of nuts stands in the Middle of the group another showed two of the sailors playing chess while a third showed More sailors sitting on the carpet the caption said British sail ors Are chatting and eating fruit drinking Coffee and playing chess it seems that the sailors Are Satis fied with their situation in which they Are enjoying Good conditions instead of working in a hard Situa Tion in the persian Gulf British prime minister Tony Blair said tuesday that attempts to resolve the diplomatic show Down Over the seizure of the sail ors were coming to a head the next 48 hours will be fairly critical Blair told a scottish radio station he said top iranian negotiator a Larijani had offered the Hope of an end to the crisis Somalia Calm amid ceasefire talks Mogadishu dominant clan in Somalia Capi Tal held talks with the ethiopian military in a bid to prevent fur ther bloodshed in Mogadishu which remained Calm for a Sec Ond Day tuesday after fighting left nearly 400 people dead us european Arab and Afri can diplomats also were meeting in the egyptian capital Cairo to try to get the warring parties to end the fighting the new violence the worst in the somali capital in 15 years last week when somali government forces and their ethiopian backers began an Offen Sive against islamic insurgents from the associated press Otar Slof Otril Pes your Hometown newspaper Why pay Fuu Price Home delivery Only per week Toli free 0800101 1270 Germany 0800780265 Italy 08000858827 us 080078073 Belgium 08000225203 Netherlands 0900958303 Spain Dan 3498437 email hours of operation of 07001800 Samsun 07301300 european stars and stripes attn circulation dept unit 29480 Apoate 09211 damage toll unclear after Solomon islands tsunami by Seraiah Foley the associated press Honiara Solomon islands the first boat loads of Aid arrived tuesday in the Solomon islands tsunami zone to Aid desperate survivors As More bodies were found amid the rubble triggered by a massive undersea earthquake flights Over Remote coastal villages in the stricken Western province of the islands on tuesday re ported widespread destruction a local official said As the death toll edged toward 30 and was expected to climb further there was still no official number for those miss ing More than a Day after the combination punch of a powerful earthquake and killer Waves struck on monday morning thousands faced a second night sleeping outside on the higher ground where they fled to escape a 17foot Wall of water Solomons Deputy police commissioner Peter Marshall said boats arrived tuesday morning in the towns of Gizo and in nearby Munda from Honiara the capital carrying food and other urgent supplies some were distributed while planes flew Over out lying areas to try to determine where other Aid was most badly needed they spotted bodies floating in the water As Well As damaged roads and airstrips there Are some very ragged Remote areas and theres no connecting roads just isolated villages Marshall told australian broadcasting corp radio Julian Makaa spokesman for the National disaster management office said officials could Only guess at the numbers of dead in the remotest villages where two Way radio is the usual Mode of con tact with the outside world television footage shot from a helicopter that flew Over parts of the coast outside Gizo the areas main town showed building after Tinor thatched roof building collapsed along a Muddy foreshore others leaned awkwardly on broken stilts the disaster also rekindled a scientific debate about whether multimillion Dollar warning systems being installed in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami Are Worth the Cost or whether More Money should be spent simply on teaching people How to read the danger signs and get to High ground More quickly the confirmed death toll stood at 28 in the so Lomons and was expected to Rise As More rubble was searched and outlying villages reached five unconfirmed deaths were reported in neighbouring Papua new Guinea Wall size Iraq map updated a installations and fobs your Hometown 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