European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 stars and stripes monday april 23 2007 Queensland a police handout photo shows the abandoned yacht found Friday floating around 100 Miles East of towns Viii Australia search for australian yacht Crew suspended the associated press Brisbane Australia police on sunday suspended their search for the Crew of a Catama ran found Drifting off Australia great Barrier reef with sails up engine running and food on the table saying there was Little Chance of finding the three men alive police believe skipper Des Bat ten 56 and Brothers Peter and James Tunstead aged 69 and 63 May have been swept off the Kaz it when it hit rough seas april 15 unfortunately its supposedly almost a week since Treyve gone missing its quite difficult to survive without adequate food or water Rescue worker Phil Dowler told australian broadcast ing corp radio Queensland police said in a statement the decision to suspended the air and sea search was based on expert medical advice which suggests the men could not have survived this Long in the water the men sent no distress Calls and their plight was not known about until wednesday when a coastal patrol plane spotted the catamaran Drifting some 95 Miles offshore rescuers who boarded the ves Sel Early Friday said it appeared to have been abandoned suddenly the lights and engines were running a Laptop computer was charging and there was even food and cutlery Laid out on the table but no sign of the Crew the yacht s Headsail was shred ded but there was no other sign of damage an emergency Bea con three life jackets and a Dinghy were found on Board police admit they Are baffled As to what became of the three men if s certainly very unusual said inspector Warren Webber it seems very unlikely we will be Able to say exactly just what has occurred at this Point in time investigators who examined the catamarans global position ing system said it appeared to have been Drifting with the wind and currents since sunday when the me May have bit rough seas but the Bureau of meteorology has said the Crew would have faced moderate Southeast winds up to 22 Mph that Day nothing out of the Ordinary for this time of year the men reportedly bought the boat in Airlie Beach and set sail from there april 15 All were experienced sailors at least 47 reported killed 71 Hurt in Somalia capital by salad Uhul the associated press Mogadishu Somalia insurgents and ethiopian troops backing somali government forces fought gun Battles in Mogadishu on sunday while a human rights group said at least 47 peo ple from fighting the previous Day and 71 were wounded Sudan Ali Ahmed the chair Man of the Elman human rights organization said six insurgents and 41 civilians died some of the civilians died of their injuries after being wounded during the previous Days heavy fighting he said Ahmed said the figures were based on what Mogadishu Resi dents hospitals and human rights activists reported to his group sunday they did not have any casualty figures for either ethiopian or so Mali government soldiers the killing of civilians like this is a crime against humanity Ahmed told the associated press by Telephone we urge the inter National Community to Send a team to investigate these crimes they Are War crimes the new tallies bring the death toil in five Days of fighting in Mogadishu to at least 212 with More than 291 wounded according to the human rights group meanwhile a government offi Cial warned that it planned a major offensive against the insurgents soon and wanted residents of the capital to move from insurgent strongholds sundays fighting was less in tense than the previous Days which saw Battles spread across the Northern and Southern districts of Mogadishu with mortars and grenades used As Well As gun fights the Southern Mogadishu neigh boyhood of Tawfiq was the scene of most of sundays fighting and involved mainly gun Battles though mortars were fired in the Early morning somali government forces Cap tured Tawfiq hotel which was owned by a businessman sympathetic to the insurgents said Dep Uty defense minister salad a Jelle people in Mogadishu should vacate their Homes which Are located near the strongholds of terrorists and we will crack Down on insurgents and terrorists very soon Jelle told the a in a separate development that could increase tension in the Horn of Africa Eritrea suspended its membership of a regional body that mediated the somali conflict Eritrea suspended its member ship of the intergovernmental authority on development the Eri Trean foreign ministry said in a statement late saturday us officials have named Eri trea As a supporter the month sold insurgency in Mogadishu something Eritrea has de Nied Mohamed Hassan Somalia transitional Federal government soldiers Are seen with their anti aircraft gun in the Bush West of Mogadishu Somalia on sunday Yak Herdsman wins environmental prize by Gan Bat name Ilanga rav the associated press ulan Bator Mongolia a self educated Yak Herdsman in Mongolia has won an International environmental award for forc ing the closure of destructive min ing operations along a River in me landlocked country tse Segee Munk Bayar is one of six winners of this years Gold Man environmental prize the largest award of its kind in the world the winners selected from Sis regions of the world will be announced in san Francisco on monday each receives a prize of 5125000 Munk Bayar created the Anggi River movement which helped convince the government to tighten and better enforce mining regulations leading to the revival of once dried up lakes and Rivers i spent my childhood by the Banks of the Anggi River and i think of myself As one with the River Munk Bayar said he set up the movement in 2001 to pressure the government to better regulate the mining Industry after seeing the Impact out dated mining methods were hav ing on the River at first his appeals to the government were ignored men he organized protest marches his group also appealed to candidates during a 2004 National election who after they won helped form a parliamentary lobby group for the Protection of the Anggi River Munk Bayar was chosen be cause of the huge Impact he has had on the Issue of responsible mining and water Protection in Mongolia said Richard n Gold Man the founder of me prize not Only has he worked with governmental leaders in crafting appropriate legislation but he has also made it a Point to continue educating the Public about their water resources Goldman said in an email Mongolia landlocked Between China and Russia is largely poor the country has opened up its mining Industry to overseas in vestment but environmental con Cerns have at times been lost in the country rash from communism to capitalism As Well As a move away from traditional Herd ing lifestyles Munk Bayar said one of his goals was to educate the the Alaska size country has 28 million people a third of them no Madic herders about the environment and their rights the other winners this year come from Canada Zambia Peru Ireland and Iceland report British police to arrest 3 russians London a British sunday newspaper reported that police Are to Issue arrest warrants against three russian suspects in the poisoning of former russian Security agent Alexander Lytvinenko British police have enough Evi Dence to bring charges within three weeks the mail on Sun Day reported citing unidentified sources described As close to Litvinenko widow Marina x official germans sorry Over army training video new York German officials have apologized for an army instructors videotaped directions to a Soldier to imagine Blacks in a new York City area the Bronx while firing a machine gun the Bronx Borough president said wednesday Adolfo Carrion or praised the instructors recent dismissal As positive Steps in correcting Bla Tant misperception us firm blames air traffic control for crash Rio de Janeiro Brazil the us company that owned the executive Jet involved in a midair collision with a commercial Airliner blamed faulty brazilian air traffic control for the Accident that killed 154 people according to a report obtained by the associated press on saturday the sept 29 Accident was Bra zils deadliest air disaster in a 154page report to Brazil Ian Federal police this month new Yor based exc Elaire con firmed that both planes were freed by air traffic control to Fly at the same Altitude and the same path in opposite directions from the associated press