European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes Friday april 20,1990panel condemns iraqis rights violations Washington apr a House panel brushed aside Bush administration objections on thursday and voted to condemn Iraq for a Gross violations of human rights including the use of chemical weapons to kill 5,000 kurd. The House foreign affairs subcommittee on human rights also voted to criticize Cuba for Harras sing human rights activists and denying proper treatment to its citizens. The non binding resolutions were approved unanimously and sent to the full committee. Subcommittee chairman Gus Yatron a a. Said the state department told Congress that officials opposed the measure because it referred to iraqis a consistent pattern of Gross violations of human rights. A i think there is no question that iraqis human rights record is abysmal a said rep. Doug Bereuter a neb. The Resolution cites among other violations iraqis use of chemical weapons against its kurdish minority in 1988, the persistent repression of All political opposition and the forced resettlement of 500,000 kurd and assyrians. Yatron said the state departments human rights office at first endorsed the Resolution but reversed course at the insistence of the near East division. Although the iraqi Resolution is not binding the state department said it fears it could set the stage for attempts to impose sanctions. Rep. Howard Berman d-calif., is preparing to introduce legislation that would ban All . Aid to Iraq. Edward Gnehm Deputy assistant Secretary of state in charge of persian Gulf affairs said the administration is particularly opposed to a provision in the Draff Bill that would ban credits and Loans by the governments Export import Bank for iraqi agriculture. Gnehm speaking at a seminar on wednesday said the administrations a policy on sanctions is to oppose  he said the United states Hopes Iraq will be Able to play a constructive role in the Middle East tensions have risen in recent weeks because of iraqi president Saddam Hussein a threat to use chemical weapons against Israel and the exposure of an alleged smuggling ring seeking to bring nuclear triggers to Iraq the British government recently seized pipes bound for Iraq that the British say were probably meant to be part of an enormous barrel for firing missiles. A recent iraqi actions have raised serious questions in our mind about iraqi intentions a Gnehm said. A Iraq cannot flout our Laws and act in ways which Call its International commitments into question with  he urged the iraqi government to a take Early action to allay the concerns we have about its recent  although Iraq has denied it intends to develop nuclear arms Gnehm said Iraq continues to work on nuclear chemical and biological weapons. Iraq has the world s second largest proven Oil reserves and . Dependence on imported Oil from the persian Gulf Region is growing. Iraq also has the regions largest military  trashy ending students at Harvard University in bags of garbage in Harvard Square to Cambridge mass., wind up a a trash remind people to Recycle and to sup Parade wednesday at the statue of port environmental efforts for the a John Harvard. The participants piled Tio wide Earth Day on sunday. A year later n. Y. Jogger recovers As trial nears new York apr she was out running. They were out  one year ago thursday their paths crossed on a Central Park jogging Trail where the woman was gang raped beaten and left for dead. Today the woman is Back at her Wall Street Job after an astounding recovery. She has been promoted to a vice president at Salomon Brothers inc., said Lisa Borowitz a spokeswoman for the investment firm. Six youths Are awaiting trial in the attack two have spent most of the last year in jail. And Central Park authorities say is now a safer place. A this crime has helped us in bringing Down crime. It gave the impression that if you commit a crime in the Park you re going to get taken Over the coals a said capt. Thomas Matthews commander of the Park police precinct. Statistics Bear him out. Robbery in the Park is Down 50 percent this year compared to 1989, when it was Down 22 percent. Joggers Are Back running on the once empty 102nd Street transverse where the brutal assault occurred. The site became an Impromptu shrine in the Days following the attack with passers by leaving cards Flowers and notes. The Lone reminder thursday of what happened a year ago was a plaque put up by a runners organization a april 19, 1989. As a remembrance lets run  according to police the woman was running alone through the Park when she encountered the roving gang of teen agers at about 10 p.m., the time she always took her nightly jog. Before they ran into her the youths allegedly had beaten another Jogger and a homeless Man during a violent tear through the Park. The woman was smashed with a Rock and dragged into a wooded area off the path where she was raped and battered again authorities said. Her crumpled body was not found for hours her body temperature had plunged she nearly bled to death and she arrived at the Hospital in a coma. The brutality and randomness of the attack stunned new yorkers All too familiar with violence. While doctors initially were pessimistic about her recovery she bounced Back at an astounding Pace. After emerging from the coma she transferred to a Connecticut Hospital to continue her rehabilitation. She returned to her Job with Salomon Brothers in november. Two months later she was promoted to vice president. Her Story served As an inspiration to Many including Fred Lebow president of the new York Road runners club which sponsors the new York Marathon. A if she can overcome i can overcome a said Lebow who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer. The woman now 29, is Back jogging again and May testify at the trial. Police arrested a half dozen youths in the Case and the suspects said they were out for a night of a a Wilding a their term for roaming violence. Because of statements to police that incriminated each other the defendants were divided into two groups that will be tried separately. The first trial was supposed to begin two weeks ago but was delayed when prosecutors discovered a potentially vital piece of evidence had been overlooked. A semen stained sock found at the crime scene is being Analysed in an Effort to link it to one of the defendants. Two of the six suspects remain jailed while awaiting trial because they could not make bail Raymond Santana 15, and Kharey Wise 17. The four other suspects a Kevin Richardson 15, Steven Lopez 16, Antron Mccray 16, and Yusef Salaam 16 a Are free on bail. Salaam Santana and Mccray Are the defendants in the first trial. Skin cancer victims keep sunbathing study finds Chicago apr a study of More than 1,000 people who had skin cancer surgery found that nearly Alf continued to stay in the Sun in the belief that cancer a was not enough of a problem to give up a  still a leading dermatologist sees the Sun setting on sunbathing. A a in a encouraged in the Way attitudes Are changing Quot said or. Howard k. Koh chairman of the american Academy of dermatology committee coordinating its annual Effort to encourage skin cancer prevention and detection. A i think the message is out that the deep Tan is  the study found 44 percent had not changed their habits concerning outdoor activities one year after removal of their cancers despite a doctors repeated counselling. Thirty eight percent said they still weren to using sunscreens despite their doctors advice said the study published in the april Issue of the american medical associations archives of dermatology. Though giving up sunbathing was the most common behaviour among subjects after surgery 24 percent admitted they were still tanning a year later. A the attitude of these non compliant individuals who were usually women was that skin cancer was not enough of a problem to give up a Tan a said the study a author or. June k. Robinson a dermatologist at Northwestern University medical school in Chicago. The patients who disregarded their doctors advice said a Tan a made them feel Good and that the Sun screens have an objectionable Sticky feeling wrote  subjects underwent surgery Between 1983 an 1987. They were counselled before and after by Rod son and a nurse who told them they could reduce tin risk for subsequent cancers by reducing Sun expose wearing protective clothing and using sunscreens. The study focused on non Melanoma skin canc because its known cause is the built up effect of exposure Over several years Koh said. Though rarely fatal non Melanoma skin cancer strike an estimated 600,000 americans this year american cancer society says. I in contrast Melanoma skin cancer is expected t 27,600 americans in 1990 and kill 5,300