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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, November 1, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes thursday november 1,1990 Germany s late night bathing rules washed up by de Reavis staff writer Cologne Germany a landlord restrictions on late night showers and Baths done to hold water a German court has ruled. The Disseldorf court has concluded that it is perfectly Legal for tenants to Bathe or Shower in their apartments after 10 . Quot the court said in its decision that there was nothing illegal in making the Normal amount of noise during the Normal use of the bathroom for a Normal length of time after 10 .,�?� said Ulrich von Schyne Buck Legal adviser for the tenants Protection Agency Deutsche mice round in Cologne. The organization which made the ruling Public has More than 2 million paying members. The decision flies in the face of landlord regulations throughout the land von Schonebeck said. A the bathing after 10 . Or Only on saturdays the no Flushing of the toilet ruling Etc. A All of these so called rules Are total nonsense a von Schonebeck said. The Case began in August when a lower court fined a doctor 100 Marks about $67 for taking a Shower after the curfew hour. The neighbors charged him with noise pollution. The doctor fought Back to Victory a at least a partial one. Although the court upheld his right to Bathe it limited the process to 30 minutes which he had exceeded that August night. A the Ood doctor apparently held a regular Shower orgy which ended in charges of causing a Public Nusi Ance a von Schonebeck said. Jurgen bar Legal expert with the organizations Frankfurt Branch said the ruling affirms the groups View. A a we be always said the tenant can Bathe and Shower anytime he wants As Long As it does no to unduly disturb his or her neighbors a bar said. A if a landlord claims one cannot Bathe after a certain hour he a  bar said German landlords tend to regulate everything in their so called House rules which they consider sacred. A there Are a number of Points that crop up in those House rules wed like to see eliminated because we feel they Are illegal for example the Locking of the front door of buildings at Sundown a bar  checking alleged tie in with bombing Washington apr the drug enforcement administration said tuesday night it is looking into the possibility that one of its undercover couriers unknowingly carried the bomb that blew up pan am flight 103 Over Scotland 22 months ago. The explosion Over the Village of Lockerbie killed 270 people aboard the plane and on the ground. Law enforcement officials attributed the december 1988 attack to a terrorist group backed by Iran. The terrorist group put plastic explosive in a cassette recorder in baggage that was shipped from Frankfurt no from Page 1 in fact ate res exclusively for up to 30 Days and suffered no Adverse health effects Darsch said. However few Servic members in saudi Arabia now consume More than one Are per Day according to Darsch. Quot of course not everyone is filled with Joy Over the food they Are getting but Overall there is a High level of acceptance Quot he said. Meanwhile researchers have asked permission to include hot sauce with four additional menus. They also would like to add a amp a candies to two More of the meals and the labs just developed a heat stable chocolate to two others. A amp is in particular have been a hit with servicemen Bers in the Gulf and they be flooded company Headquarters in Hackettstown n.j., with letters of Praise according to army officials. One air Force officer who wrote said she knows an Are diner has discovered a package of the candies when she hears a a whoop in the mess  a and by the Way a she added Quot even in the hot desert a amp is melt in your Mouth not in your hand.Bush from Page 1 right i am. And what in a going to do about it a lets just wait and see because i have had it with that kind of treatment of  on tuesday Saddam said he was making final preparations for War and Bush discussed possible military action with congressional leaders. A few diplomats have held out at the . Embassy in Kuwait defying an iraqi order to close missions in the annexed nation. Iraq has responded by cutting utilities and surrounding the compound with troops. Only the British and american embassies remain open. In addition about 1,000 americans Are among the westerners being held in Kuwait and Iraq to deter attack by the .-led multinational forces stationed in the Gulf Region. Many Are being held at strategic Sites As human Shields. Asked wednesday if the hostages have become a More important part of his Gulf strategy Bush said a i would t say More but i am very concerned about  the administration of former president Reagan used the safety of americans As a pretext to invade Grenada in 1983, while the Bush administration also cited the safety of americans when he sent troops to Panama in 1989. Bush said however recent comments from the and Germany according to investigators. Abc news which disclosed the drug policing Agency a new investigation tuesday night said it had Learned that pan am a flights from Frankfurt had been used in a Cyprus based undercover operation to Fly informants and suitcases of heroin from the Middle East to Detroit. Nazir Khalid Jafaar 20, of Detroit was killed in the bombing and the network said part of the drug Agency review was to determine whether he had been enlisted in the drug operation and had been tricked into carrying the bomb. Pan am a baggage operation in Frankfurt was used to putting the suitcases of heroin on planes apparently without the usual Security checks under an arrangement Between the drug Agency and German authorities the network said. In a statement read by spokesman Frank Shults the Dea said it was aware of a allegations made to the Media that a Dea operative was used in the bombing. A although no evidence has surfaced to substantiate such a claim we Are conducting an inquiry into these allegations including a review of Case files and Dea operations and activities in the relevant time period a the statement said. Answering questions Shults said a i done to know e aptly when wed have answers a but the Agency Hopes know where it stands around a the end of this  the presidential commission on air terrorism la May reported it found no evidence that the drug e for Cement administration was involved in the bombing rep. James Traficant a Ohio said last Novemb that he had received an insurance investigators repo that convinced him the Central intelligence Agency i been tipped that an attack might be made on the plane the report he asserted contended that the Cia w a covering up a drug run Between Frankfurt and be York a something the Cia immediately characterize As  pan am subpoenaed documents from the Dea Ai five other agencies in an Effort to prove that Security age cies had received warnings about a possible bombing. The judge in the victims lawsuit against the air Liq reviewed documents produced by those agencies b found no basis for turning them Over to pan am a Steven pounian a lawyer representing the victims fan lies in the . Case. It i of Saab Sci a Channel from Page 1 runs Between the two main rail tunnels. The rail link is expected to be completed in the summer of 1993. French Engineer Albert Mathieu first suggested a Tunnel in 1802, and Napoleon Bonaparte quickly adopted the idea. It got the thumbs Down m London. Another Start was made in 1881, but it ran out of support and Money particularly after Queen Victoria who was initially enthusiastic because she suffered from seasickness decided it was a threat to National Security. Digging started seven times a and stopped seven time not until 1987 was the go ahead Given on both Sid of the Channel and the Green Light kept on. Thatch insisted that the project be privately financed. Financing the $14.8 billion has not been easy for i Anglo French consortium. Doubts about the project feasibility have provoked occasional funding crises. B the 210 International Banks backing eur Tunnel Agre to increase their lending from $9.75 billion to $13, billion last week. The common markets european investment Bank providing $585 million and $1 billion will be raised be month. The final Cost at $14.8 billion compares with initial estimate of $9.1 billion. Mipe t1 re Ai n tin ministration about the possible use of american military might against Iraq should not be interpreted As an indication War was imminent or unavoidable. A you done to use pretext when you have Force deployed a Bush said wednesday. A you just do what a  the United states has More than 210,000 troops in the Gulf Region and recently announced plans to Send up to 100,000 More. About 100,000 soldiers have been deployed by other nations. The multinational Force faces about 460,000 iraqi troops stationed in Southern Iraq and Kuwait. 1 he iraqi ambassador said any attack on Iraq would earn americans the animosity of All iraqis and moslem throughout the world who he said View the use of Force in the Gulf Region As a new form of colonialism. He said Iraq was ready to begin negotiations on the crisis if issues such As the Lebanon civil War and israelis occupation of the Gaza strip and West Bank land claimed by palestinians a were included in the talks. A we seek a peaceful solution to All of these questions a Al Mashat said. A fall of them together. Now. Al Mashat also reiterated claims that iraqi agents in Kuwait had seized a secret document showing that the Cia and kuwaiti intelligence were plotting against Iraa prior to the invasion. A what in a saying is there was a conspiracy by Kuwait with the support of the United states. This is a document that will substantiate what i say a Al Mashat said. Peter Earnest a spokesman for the . Intelligence Agency has dismissed the document As a fake speaking to reporters in Cairo Egypt Mubarak a he hoped a your Brothers in Iraq will understand Well til the situation is very dangerous and could explode at r  v if War comes a Iraq will be ruined and it will ban All of us a Mubarak said. Egypt has contributed 16,000 troops to the Force i Rayed against Iraq a the largest Arab contingent. There was also talk of War in London. A i am sure we All Hope it wont come to that by Saddam Hussein seems reluctant at the moment to i cent the judgment of world opinion a said Britain a a chief marshal sir Paddy Hine speaking at Raf strip come. A a it is looking increasingly unlikely that Saddam hoi Sein will withdraw unconditionally from  l _ he said that 80 percent of Britain a 7th army Bigaj is already in saudi Arabia with 8,000 men and they r pet to be fully operational in the next two weeks said. In other developments. A two sailors died of their injuries hours after Belij burned by bursts of steam aboard the amphibious to ? i j to Jima increasing the number of my killed in tuesdays Accident aboard the ship to 10.a Secretary of state James Baker on saturday begin a we Klong visit to Arab and european countries f consult on the Gulf and other issues. The visit will r elude a meeting with soviet foreign minister Edna Shevardnadze  
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