European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday october 23, 19b7 the stars and stripes egyptians have Bell Ful of dance Cairo Egypt a belly dancing is As old As Egypt bin die government has decided enough is enough. It has stopped issuing licenses to the women who wiggle and shake for a living. The decision was prompted by the judge or of licensed belly dancers Slit i pm Cal hat the number belly dancer n the business is enough and there is no need for More said Farouk Salem director of the Cul Ture ministry s artistic control department. A source close to the fundamentalist moslem brotherhood said the government probably took into account an upsurge in religious Fervour in recent Yean. Engravings on ancient Tomb Walls show women performing the Art. Many scholars con tend the name comes no from movements of the dancer s body but As a comi lion by Early British travellers of he word Balady or native. Until the mid-1950s, belly dancers wort revealing costumes that displayed Bare midriffs and much leg. President carnal Abdul Nasser who overthrew the monarchy in 1952, ordered midriffs covered. Thai edict remains in Force. Additionally Many belly dancers have begun in recent Yean alternating Between the traditional costume and the flowing Galatia of Rural Egypt adding a tight Belt just below the Waist to accentuate hip move ments. Salem told the associated press the in Public died License suspension order was issued about six months ago. He said almost 1,000 women now hold licenses. About half the dancers have retired or Given up temporarily for various reasons age health figure or family reasons such As marriage and bearing children f Lem said. Barschel s Fame ibb me Siah u Bik to Iriri rage poles petitioning for vote on pro soviet military oath Warsaw Poland a several thousand poles state or the patriotic movement for National Rebin have signed a petition to the polish parliament calling Tor a nationwide referendum on dropping pro soviet references from the country s military oath an opposition activist said wednesday. The petition Campaign was launched earlier this month by University students in the Southern Silesia Region said Wojciech Ziembinski a Warsaw opposition activist. The petition asks parliament to include a question on charging the military oath in a nationwide referendum scheduled for nov. 29 that is to cat with the government s economic Reform program. Ziembinski said several thousand signatures have already been collected on copies of the petition circulated among students in Warsaw Krakow and Wro claw As Well As residents of the southwestern Towie of Nowa sol Glogow and Legnica where Large numbers of soviet troops arc stationed. Opposition activists have objected to the present oath which obliges military conscripts to swear Rostand on guard for peace in fraternal Alliance with the soviet army the petition Calls Tor a referendum on changing the oath to say the polish army stands on guard for the sovereignty and Independence of the polish nation its Security and peace Ziembinski showed the associated press copies of petitions signed by it people in Glogow 37 in Nowa sol and 37 in Legnica. He added that about 500 Stu dents in wroclaw had also signed the petition. He said the petition drive was continuing and a final tally of the signatures would be released next week. Under polish Law the parliament can approve Call ing a nationwide referendum Only on motions submitted to it by the government executive Council of Slat t of rebirth a pro government National front organization. In another development about 30 member of the banned Independent students association or nos demonstrated in downtown Warsaw on wednesday to demand that soviet authorities lift the death penalty imposed on a 19-year-old student who took part in december s anti government riots in soviet Kazakhstan. The protesters chanting Solidarity and Independence marched for a Block along Warsaw s main shopping Street behind a Banner that read Pardon Piskul Berkov an Alma Ala student sentenced to they also scattered leaflets denouncing the death sentence As Ordinary murder and an act of re Venge that completely undermines the credibility of the changes declared by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev the struggle for Fror Dom and human rights knows no boundaries the leaflet declared. Gorbachev Don t after about five minutes the protesters dispersed peacefully after dashing into a courtyard. The protest happened too quickly for police to intervene on tuesday nos members scattered leaflets pro testing the death sentence in Warsaw near the soviet embassy and the offices of the soviet airline Aeroflot and polish soviet Friendship society a member of the group said. In june an Alma Ala court sentenced Kiriat Piskul Byckov an architecture student to death in connection with the slaving of a Volunteer policeman during the dec. 17-is Noli by ethnic kazakhs in the Kazakhstan capital of Alma Ala. The protests broke out after an ethnic russian re placed a kazakh As the communist party Leader in the Central asian Republic. Y drops request for 2nd autopsy Geneva a the family of for Mer German stale governor Uwe bars Chol found dead under mysterious circumstances in a Geneva hotel has dropped a demand for a second postmortem examination the family s Swiss lawyer said wednesday. Jean Marie Rivaz told the associated press he has written at letter to investigating magistrate Claude Nicole Nardin informing her of the family s decision. The lawyer declined any fur ther comment. The 43-year-old Christian Democrat resigned As governor of the slate of Schleswig Holstein following allegations that he was involved in a smear Campaign against his social democratic rival in last month s stale elections. He denied the allegations giving his word of Honor that they were Complete fabrications. Sixteen Days later his body was found fully clothed in the Bathtub of a Geneva hotel where his family said he planned Domeet an would have vital evidence for Clearing his name. Forensic experts found traces of five different sleeping pills and tranquil Lizars in his blood and stomach. Police said the drugs made & potentially lethal Combina Tion. They found no traces of violence. Barschel had left no suicide note and in personal papers found in his hotel room he described a meeting with the mysterious informer. His widow Freya Barschel and his brother Ekic said they were certain he was murdered but declined to speculate about the motive. They had asked for a second postmortem examination. It s a piece of cake Multi pastry chef Uwe Kochart displays his latest writ creation hoping to Mike the guinness Book of world records he made 1,100 sugar ornaments to top Champagne glosses used for hiring cock Niu. It took the German chef 100 Boon ind 250 kilograms of Sulu to make the among tent. He then arranged the glasses to spell the name of the Hull stunt i a Kutta Bumpur Ford Lincoln cars to be sold again in Arab nations Riyadh saudi Arabia a Ford and Lin cola cars barred from saudi Arabia and other Arab countries for More than is years because of a Trade Boycott of Israel will return to the kingdom next month a newspaper reported wednesday. The re entry follows the lifting of a ban on Ford motor co by the Arab Boycott office last year. The office blacklists International companies that have significant economic dealings with Israel. Most Arab countries comply with the blacklist. Since the Boycott was lifted Ford dealers were selected in the United Arab emirates Kuwait and Bahrain and sales have resumed. The saudi Gate lie an English language newspaper reported the Riyadh based auja Zirah vehicles agencies co. Ltd. Will be dealers for the Ford and Lincoln cars in the capital and in the red sea Pun cily of Jidida As of Early november. Another showroom was planned for the persian Gulf port City of dam Mam in said. In late 1986, Haji Hussein Aliriza and co. Was Given the inclusive saudi rights to Mercury Model cars also produced by the Ford motor co. Mercury cars still Are rarely seen on saudi streets. Businessmen in saudi Arabia say at Nazirah recently was set up and will sell Only Fords and Lin coins. The company expects to sell about 3,000 cars its first year
