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Show E , The Daily Herald Friday, , January 19; 1996 5 Group claims ft By CHRSS BIRD Associated Press Writer caused jet crash T, 'LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) A group claiming to represent oppo- nems u; Nigeria s military ruler has claimed responsibility for a plane crash that killed the dicta- tor s son and 13 other people this week. The claim, from a group calling itself the United Front for Nige- ria's Liberation, was sent to news- papers and news agencies Thurs- day' night. The group has not been heard from before, and there was no way to verify its existence or authenticity of its claim. r r J ; ; ( i ' organizations cy apposed to Gen. Sani Abacha's government said they knew nothing of the group and denounced i KEMSI-YURRussia Government troops searched the ruins of a southern Russian village today looking for possible survivors of a bombardment that routed Chechen gunmen holding scores of hostages. President Boris Yeltsin told leaders of the Commonwealth of "Independent States, the loose federation that succeeded the Soviet Union, that 26 Russian troops were killed in the operation and 93 were wounded, the ITAR-Tas- s news agency reported. "This is a tragedy and we mourn, them, but there was no other way out," he was quoted as saying at today's meeting. . Yeltsin insisted the Kremlin will hunt down rebel leaders and "put an end to terrorism on Russian soil." He said 82 hostages were freed when his forces wiped out the Chechen fighters Thursday, ending a weeklong standoff in the village of Pervomayskaya. Eighteen hostages were 'still missing but "must be presumed alive," he said. .Russian forces carried out an search of the village, seeking rebels who may be hiding, the Interfax news agency reported today. The bodies of 153 gunmen were found in and around the vil- - 'trie idea of using violence to achieve their goal of ousting bacha. Sani Abacha's eldest son, Ibrahim Abacha, was killed Wednesday night when the private jet he was in crashed minutes before it was to land in the northern city of Kano. The 13 other people on board, including several members of Gen. Abacha's presidential guard, also died. The statement was not signed, and it did not explain how it could have caused the crash. Aviation officials have said the pilot reported engine problems shortly before the Falcon jet plunged to the ground. , P'pJIin?.tscaPe lage, and 28 rebels were taken prisoner, Interfax said, citing the Interior Ministry. Russian troops were interviewing the freed hostages and captured gunmen. In a related standoff on the Black Sea, a group of ferry hijackers sympathetic to the Chechen cause halted the ship outside the Bosporus strait, as "This is a tragedy and we mourn them, but there was no er way out." Boris Yeltsin . all-nig- ht ordered by the Turkish government. The two sides were in negotiations. It was not clear what the hijackers were seeking. They are believed to be mostly Turks, and are led by a man who has reportedly fought with Chechen rebels in Russia. Interfax's figures on the Percasualties were vomayskaya impossible to confirm independently. Throughout the standoff, Russian authorities have given widely different and often tradictory estimates of the numbers of gunmen and hostages. officials Senior military claimed several times earlier this immigrants -- Galindo added. He. said six of the dolphins were born in captivity, and did not know ? Slow to look for food. ' The rrassing dolphins were yamong 2 that were shipped to the central American resort in September 1994, ' one month after Ocean World in Fort Lauderdale, ' Fla.. was shut down. The Humane Society of the United States had fought to have the dolphins sent to a federally licensed facility in the Florida Keys. But a judge threw out the request jbr a organization's restraining order to prevent the animals from being shipped to Honduras. 1 i yTeen breaks legs getting into show f'MflSmW fAPl H A Russian seeking a glimpse of his favonte rock group fell through the roof of an. auditorium and broke both legs but gamely stayed until the end of the concert. was The unidentified unable to get a ticket to see the rock group "Agatha Christie, perform in the northern city of Kaliningrad Thursday night, so he attempted to climb into the concert through a rooftop ventilation hatch, the ITAR- Tass news agency reported today. The hatch collapsed, and the teen fell into the concert hall, breaking both legs. Doctors wanted to hospitalize the youth immediately, but he refused to be moved until the rock show was over, a concert hall official told teen-ag- er ITAR-Tas- s. n Germany COM said Mambasi very changed." Zairian who Kanda, a has been in Germany for four years. 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When the duchess known as Fergie Most have fled wars and political instability, and their countries are still not stable enough to consider returning. But the deadly blaze and its suspicious origins made them question their safety in the country where they are seeking asylum. "Today, my opinion is very, Z. FOB If the Duchess of York wants to incur huge debts while at play on the ski slopes, she can just dig herself out; and it's time for Princess Diana to be officially divorced from the heir to the throne. The queen has held her fire for chairs. m ;1, Chechen special forces soldiers, loyal to Moscow, warm themselves at an open fire near the village of Terechnoye, six miles south cf Pervomayskaya, today. Government troops combed the ruins of Pervomayskaya looking for rebels who might have escaped the assault that routed Chechen gunmen holding scores of hostages. - daughters-in-la- rs inyl-ar- AP Photo It is not clear how so private a "rightly determined not to bematter got into the press. But while dragged down further by her," The'. readers wondered w hy Fergie, sepGuardian said Thursday. arated from Prince Andrew since The Independent, too, said the 1992 and no longer on the royal queen did the right thing: "Her". duty roster, needed a staff of seven Majesty the Queen was exerting and a $I11.000-a-yea- r mansion, the leadership that the beleaguered " the palace speedily assembled a monarchy requires from her." response. But it also criticized the royal "These are matters which the family's high-livin- g image and' Duchess of York must discuss and said "The time has come and resolve with her bankers and other almost everybody sees it for a", financial advisers," the palace more democratic monarchy." said. The queen would not be bail- -; . The stories of Fergie's foreign I r ing her out. vacations and spending more than This was a very public message twice her annual income offend V- from the throne, not a quiet word Britons who are struggling with ' from a worried mother-in-launemployment and defaulting on-,- , The stone wall that Buckingwhen their own mortgages ham Palace presents to the press incomes won't stretch. cracked open enough for the queen Queen Elizabeth II The queen, says her biographer " intended share a to clearly Elizabeth message Longford, is "always adultery, her emotional distress, her ears. for about the monarchy.; concerned subjects' her doubts about Charles's suitunlimited will She life and her vocation ' not her That's accept ability for kingship, and her deterand her dedication and she sees damage to the monarchy. mination not to "go quietly." "This toughness is proof of a every thing in terms of that." But go she will, if the queen has fear of what is at stake for the She can't entirely separate her, her way. Guardian private life and her duties, Lady ' On Dec. 20. the palace said the crown." the queen had written to Charles and said Thursday. "It shows that the Longford said in a telephone inter- Diana urging a quick divorce. collapse of the royal marriages is view, "yet her duty does come : not just a private but a public probhottest first." That won't end the goslem." the but the item forof 1990s, Lord St. John of Fawsley, sip The royal daughters-in-lamer legislator and staunch monar- queen's move won general "have it in their power to ensnare chist. said, "She's waited tor three approval. Now Fergie, relegated to a seconthe monarchy in disputes which years for the Prince and Princess of d-string tabloid item for months, will weaken its credibility," the. Wales to resolve- - their situation has returned to the front pages with newspaper editorialized. and, clearly, far from being opttim The palace has hoisted the rpsnlvprt thinoc u;pi reports she is more than $li million in debt to her bankers. drawbridse on the duchess, and is worse, due to the broadcasts. LONDON Usually the mildest of monarchs, Queen Elizabeth II has finally stamped her senshod foot and said, sibly "Enough!" to her troublesome from 19 than 80 asylum-seekenine such the nations, largest of homes in this port city. Like the others, it is known only by its address, 3 Raben Strasse. Mostly Africans from Angola and Zaire, the mourners stood smoking in the entrance way, minded the children in a large basement room or found space to sit on the stairs. A few slumped v H v, , By AUDREY WOODS African immigrants mourned through the night houses more in ' . Associated Press Writer LUEBECK, Germany (AP) Mourners held an emotional vigil into-thearly morning today for the immigrant victims of an apparent arson tire. Meeting outside a home for asylum seekers similar to the one hollowed out in the blaze, they were joined this morning by a man whose wife and children were ' among the 10 dead. His sobs silenced discussions among those gathered, and several men carried him up the stairs to the living quarters, setting off cries from women and children on the upper floors. The unidentified man had been out of town when the blaze tore through the house early Thursday morning, and concerned friends set out immediately to find him. The three-stor- y building where asleep Bar-suko- - Queen Elizabeth puts her foot down ; Honduras-- . TEGUCIGALPA, (AP) Eight dolphins shipped here from a Florida marine park 76 months ago were being sought ; in the Caribbean after: they ' escaped from their pool at a luxury hotel during a storm. Julio Galindo, owner of Anthony's Key Resort in the Roatan Bay Islands off Honduras' northern coast, said Thursday the dolphins had been missing for 10 days and that resort, workers were still searching for them. "The strong winds destroyed the natural barriers that kept them in ... and the dolphins will die if we don't find theni quickly." oth- week that the rebels had killed most of the hostages a claim the rebels denied. On Wednesday, saying they had given up hope of finding more hostages alive, the Russians stepped up their merciless assault on the village. Russian Despite the four-da- y offensive, Gen. Mikhail head of the Federal Security Service, said troops found no dead hostages when they entered Pervomayskaya on Thursday. He added, however, that rebels may have buried some bodies. Hostages who escaped from the village said their Chechen kidnappers had forced them to bury dead rebel fighters, the ITAR-Tas- s news agency reported. "There were a lot of them," said Ali Aliyev, saying he dug graves for four Chechens. The drawn-ou- t Chechen war has dogged Yeltsin's presidency for the past year and Russians are increasingly fed up with what they see as the government's helplessness in combating Chechen terrorism. Yeltsin's new, tougher stance could boost his sagging popularibid ty as he weighs a in June. The rebels had been trapped for a week in the village in the Russian republic of Dagestan on the border with Chechnya. ,., , ,- r- .. ,r i . . Uii s ; SAVElJ GORILLA HAS TREADMILLS STARTING AT nMi.il mm $393 |
