European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday March 21,1990 a death strip no longer children join an East German Border policeman left and a West Berlin policeman tuesday in planting a Symbol of life near the Brandenburg Gate on the former Berlin a death  before the fall of the Berlin Wall some East germans seeking to escape to the West were gunned Down by communist guards. Many iranian lawmakers want Lebanon to decide hostages Fate Nicosia Cyprus apr a majority of Iran s members of parliament have asked that Iran distance itself from the Fate of Western hostages in Lebanon saying the lebanese must determine the captives Fate Tehran radio said tuesday. In a statement issued late monday and signed by the lawmakers the parliament also condemned what it called a Western Media propaganda Campaign to separate the hostage Issue from other problems in Lebanon the radio said. A the Fate of the Western hostages in Lebanon depends on what the moslem people of Lebanon want a an end to the . Plots in Lebanon and the clarification of the late of the lebanese and palestinian hostages in prisons in the West a Tehran radio quoted the statement As saying. The pro iranian shiite moslem factions believed holding most of the 18 Western hostages in Lebanon have demanded the release of hundreds of palestinian and lebanese prisoners held in israeli jails. The statement from the majlis or parliament was addressed to the foreign ministry. It was Only the most recent evidence of an increasingly Public Battle in Iran Over the Fate of the hostages. The debate which began with a newspaper editorial in the Tehran times in february saying the hostages should be released without preconditions fuelled speculation a hostage release was imminent. Moderates led by president Hashemi a Sfanjani have said the hostage Issue is moving toward a solution. But the parliament statement reflected the stance taken in a recent newspaper editorial by leading Hartline legislator Ali Mohammed Mohtashemi saying Iran would not interfere in Lebanon and encouraging the kidnappers to retain their captives. Most of the 18 hostages in Lebanon Are believed held by groups linked to Hezbollah or party of god a shiite moslem organization heavily financed by Iran. They include eight americans four britons two West germans two Swiss an irishman and an italian. The longest held is american Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press who marked his fifth year in Captivity on Friday. Most captives have been held for More than three years. Tehran radio monitored in Nicosia said the statement was signed by 170 members of the 270-seat parliament. It said they called on the country a foreign ministry to take a stand on recent rumours about Iran a alleged secret talks on the Western hostages by confirming that Iran is not involved in the Issue. A Sfanjani said on March 7 that there had been no direct contacts with the United states Over the hostages and foreign ministry officials have repeatedly said Iran is not directly involved. Deputy foreign minister Ali Besharati said in an interview published sunday that a Tehran has no direct or indirect role in this  Swiss parliament oks Tough Law to combat laundering of Money Bern Switzerland apr the Swiss parliament has completed approval of a strict Law against Money laundering Likely to take effect july i. The legislation hailed by a Deputy As an International pacesetter was passed by the Council of states or upper House late monday the National Council or lower House adopted it last november. Both votes were unanimous. The new Law will make premeditated Money laundering a crime punishable by fines of up to 1 million Swiss francs $666,000 and prison terms of up to five years for the worst offenders. Professionals in the financial sector who fail to exercise a due care Quot in obtaining the identification of customers risk drawing unspecified fines or terms of up to one year in jail. Rene Rhinow head of the commission that prepared the Bill told the upper House that the Law had already been described abroad As a pioneering Effort. He said it would give Switzerland a leading position in the figlus against organized crime. Justice minister Arnold roller said the government was examining possible legislation that would require people crossing into Switzerland with Large amounts of Cash to declare the Money to customs. He said this $6600v�ive am0unts eci divalent to $33,300 to Switzerland has been rocked by several Money laundering cases in the past two years. Last november a parliamentary commission criticized prosecuting authorities for not doing enough to fight International crime including the drugs and arms Trade and Money laundering. Under the Swiss system of direct democracy possible opponents of the Law now have three months to launch a National referendum. They could Force it by collecting at least 50,000 signatures calling for such a ballot. Barring this move which is not expected the Law would enter into Force july i. World today Sudan rejects conditions set for new if Loans Khartoum Sudan up a Cut off from  economic Aid 10 Days ago Sudan monday said it a rejected International monetary fund conditions of further assistance. The if has asked Sudan to devalue the sudanese Pound freeze salaries and increase duties on imported goods in order to receive funds. A we will not accept these demands a said Gen Omar Al Bashir military ruler of Sudan since june last year. A we will not Bend before the conditions put Forward by the International monetary fund and foreign donor countries a he said. He said Arab donors had recently loaned Sudan $100 million. Total sudanese debt in 1989, including arrears amounted to about $12 billion. Its arrears to the if alone Are More than $600  put out on cruise ship after it kills Crew member Sydney Australia apr a fire in the engine room of a cruise ship off Australia killed one Crew member and injured another sunday but the Blaze was put out before it could reach the 1,200 passengers or disable the vessel. A amp of sitar cruises owners of the fair Star. Said a 44-year-old boiler attendant died after suffering Burns to 75 percent of his body during what was to be a routine testing of an auxiliary boiler. Officials said another Crew member suffered minor Burns but he will remain on Board the ship until it docks in Sydney on monday  opens Center to treat chemical warfare victims Nicosia Cyprus apr Iran has opened a Center for the treatment of chemical weapons victims the official islamic Republic news Agency reported. The Agency monitored in Cyprus said the Center in Tehran Iran was opened by health minister Iraq Fazel. It gave no other details on the facility. It said the Center was opened to Mark the third anniversary of an iraqi chemical weapons attack on the Mountain town of Halaja on March 16-17, 1987, soon after the area was captured from  Star Capucine jumps to her death in Switzerland at 67 Lausanne Switzerland up a French movie actress Capucine a Recluse for the past five years jumped to her death from her eighth floor apartment last weekend police reported tuesday. Capucine 67, took her life on saturday a police statement said. Friends of the actress said she had been ill and depressed for some time and for the past five years she had been almost a total Recluse wanting Only her cats and plants for company. Born in Toulon France As Germaine Lefebvre Capucine first studied painting and then became a top International Model based mainly in new York. Beautiful tall variously blonde and dark haired but always elegantly sophisticated Capucine broke into Hollywood in 1959, starring with Dirk bogarde in  a series of movies followed through the 1960s with stars such As John Wayne Stewart Granger and Jane Fonda. Capucine was the Slinky Femme Fatale in the first of the a Pink panthers comedy films with Sellers playing the loony French police inspector. Returning to Europe she starred in a dozen or so films alongside Alain Delon and other leading men and with Jean Paul Belmondo in Fellini so satyr icon in 1971. Her last film appearance was in a the curse of the Pink panthers in 1984, another in the series produced by Blake Edwards. A shy person she chose the stage name Capucine front the French for an exotic ornamental South american Flower with Large petals that Are typically Orange. The word is also French for a nun of the St. Francis order