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Show Tuesday, December 26, 1995 The Daily Herald Shamir won't seek parliament V "JERUSALEM (AP) Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, a staunch opponent of agreements with the Arabs, aanpunced today that he will not r,uh, for parliament in the 1996 general elections. Shamir. 80, lost the 1992 election, to Yithak Rabin and a year later was replaced by Benjamin g Netanyahu as leader of the Likud party. Shamir contin-uedt- o serve as a Likud legislator, ; Today, Shamir told Israel army j, radio that he did not plan to compete in the Likud primaries. "I am finished, I will not run for parliament any more," Shamir said. , ,.: -. ! ' I Pope recovers from fever, nausea bout t II , ""w. - 1 w By BRIAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer - VATICAN CITY A day after illness forced him to cut land-for-pea- I , 1 . Vf . a t y ' e A " i x. right-win- j , 1 . ,"! sage to the world. Cult member pope, appearing tired and drawn, waved today to the thousands of people gathered outside his window in St. Peter's Square for the feast day of St. Stephen. He made no direct admits to attack doc-y..i- n ing, nerve gas on Tokyo subways admitted involvement in the group's crimes today, telling a court there was "no room for mention of his health or his inability to finish the traditional Christmas greetings in different xjxcuse." ;..Ikuo Hayashi, who reportedly has provided police with a detailed account of the March 20 attack, pledged at his first hearing at Tokyo District Court to tell all during his trial. am perplexed about how to ,. apologize to the many people to whom I have caused damage and trouble," he said, according to the Kyodo news agency. "I will tell thjMruth in court." 'Today's hearing dealt with three charges accusing Hayashi of .sheltering a fugitive member of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult and illegally confining two people. He has pleaded guilty. Iremor shakes southern Israel ! An (AP) with a magnitude of Jil shook southern Israel today, there were no reports of dam- Bge or injury. I The morning tremor came a trjo'nth after a stronger quake JERUSALEM Earthquake , I J j ktlled eight people in ' Jordan, AP Photo Pope John Paul II leans on the reading desk which sits on the window of the balcony of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Monday. The pope cut short his Christmas message due to a fever and digestion problems, according to a spokesman. ! ! ! xCrjnage. floods kill 47 in South Africa IETERMARITZBURG. Floods have Jith Africa (AP) 47 least at people in eastern IjIJed ftjjth Africa, police said today as searched for more than 100 Ciders missing along a rain-3- il $y len river. Police Superintendent Henry jilhram said soldiers and police :ftl recovered 47 bodies by this morning in flooded communities wfund Pietermaritzburg. about Z) miles southeast of Johannes-Ryg- . 2"We mander Brig. Gen. Abdel Zaaydi. After the handover outside the former Israeli military headquarters in the village of Dahariya, the Israeli troops left in six army jeeps. Hanging out of bus windows waving Kalashnikov rifles, Palestinian flags and pictures of PLO chief Yasser Ar. it, the Palestinian police then drove into the former Israeli headquarters and raised their flag. Hundreds of villagers placed olive branches on the arriving bus- - By NASSER SHOUKHI Associated Press Writer DAHARIYA. West Bank (AP) Hundreds of Palestinian police took up positions in villages around Hebron today, assuming local law enforcement duties in one of the most restive areas of the West Bank. Israel formally turned over the limited control with a brief hand- shake between Israel's Hebron army commander. Col. Gadi Shani, and Palestinian police com English, rather than the 54 planned for Christmas. "Thank you for your presence yesterday and today," the pope said in Italian as he closed the speech, in which his wavered. sometimes voice "Thank you very much." He said "Arrivederci," then left the window. The crowd loudly applauded the pope, who wore a red cape over white robes. Navarro said the pope celebrated a Mass in his private chapel before giving the address., The pope is taking anti-fl- u medication and plans two full days of rest at the Vatican, said Navarro, who speculated that a demanding holiday remote, mountainous region of KwaZulu-Nata- l southern province, 375 miles south of Johannesburg. Police had earlier put the toll at 13. but said a 14th body was found schedule may have weakened the pontiff. "I cannot continue," the pope said on Christmas from the window of his residence before quickly ducking back inside. The stunned crowd milled around the square until the pope returned about 15 minutes later to say he wasn't feeling well but was trying to regain his health. Navarro said the, pope was overcome by a wave of nausea during his speech. The pope also was unable to celebrate Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica' something he had never missed since assuming the papacy in 1978. today. "I never dreamed that one day Palestinians would be in control," Hassan said. "Now we can feel safe and secure and we are very happy with the Palestinian police es and the departing Israeli jeeps, dancing and singing nationalist songs. Inside the headquarters, Muhammed Hassan, 35, stood out- here." Rejoicing villagers strung Palestinian flags of red, green, black and white along the entrance to the area prison and presented departing Israeli guards with cof- side a small room the Israelis used as an interrogation cell. Hassan was questioned in the room for 1 days in 1988. He also spent 18 months in Israeli jail from 1988 to 1990 for membership in Fatah faction of the the Palestine Liberation 1 fee and cola as a goodbye gift. They were asked to drink some themselves first. then-outlaw- ed The area was an African National Congress stronghold and the attackers were believed to be supporters of the Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party, an ANC rival, police Sgt. Denis Meyer said. One of the victims was ANC ' local chairman Kiphiha Nyawose, he said. Three national ANC leaders Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, Defense Minister Joe Modise and Safety and Security Minister Sydflew to the ney Mufamadi for talks with province today Frank Premier provincial Mdlalose and a visit to the scene of the killings. Mdlalose is an Inkatha official. On Dec. 15, 10 people died when a gang of killers attacked two houses at Nsimbini, near Iziii; golweni. Four days later, eigbf women and children died tn attacks on two houses 25 miles tp the south. Those attacks also were believed linked to the rivalry that has killed in thousands in KwaZulu-NatANC-Inkat- al the past decade. The area was reported quiet this morning. Police said extra police and army troops had been mobilized in case of further trouble. Suit filed over bully death i fstyptknd Israel, IvThe Institute for Petroleum J&search and Geophysics said today's quake was centered in the (Julf of Aqaba. 60 miles south of t!jj Red Sea resort of Eilat. There itfilre no reports of damage or injliry in nearby Jordan, v;Jesidcnts of the Israeli town of jiyr Shcba, 25 mill's north of ij&it, said the quake shook walls ijfijl windows there. quake of magnitude 5 is of causing considerable languages. Today, he offered a shortened list: six' languages, including IZINGOLWENI, Extra police and army (AP) called out today to were troops of southeastern a region patrol South Africa where 32 people have died in political violencfjn , less than two weeks. Fourteen people were killed Monday by about 1,000 men Jand women armed with assault rifles, shotguns, handguns and spears who swept through Izingolweni, a Palestinian police patrolling Hebron villages six boys were involved in the death, the seventh boy, who had pleaded guilty in the family court, recanted and has sought to have the earlier verdict overturned. The boys are minors and their names have not been released. The suit was filed today at the Yamagata District Court's branch in Shinjo. 180 miles north of Toko. In the suit, the family says school and municipal authorities failed to ensure a safe school environment. Bullying widespread in Japanese schools, where rules are strict and pressure to succeed is enormous. A 1994 study by the Education Ministry found more than 56.601 cases of bullying in public schools that year, more than double the 21.598 cases reported the prev ious year. In 1994, five students killed' themselves because of bullying, the ministry said. By KOZO MIZOGUCHI Associated Press Writer . I short his Christmas greetings, Pope John Paul II felt well enough today to greet crowds from his window and offer belated holiday wishes. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro said the pope's fever and digestive problems had "almost completely disappeared," and again characterized the illness as flulike. He said a wave of nausea forced the pope to cut short his address on Christmas shortly after finishing his annual mesThe The top (AP) 'j TOKYO the cult accused of unleash- Christmas violence kills 14 S. Africans; South Africa The family of a in a killed boy filed case a SI. 9 milbullying lion lawsuit today against his alleged attackers, the municipal government and the local school board. The 1993 death of Yuhei TOKYO high-profi- le Kodama, who suffocated after being wrapped inside a gym mat. became a symbol of the problems of Japan's conformist, highly competitive schools. 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