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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes monday june 1 7,1991arabs to meet on Gulf peace Force Cairo Egypt up a egyptian syrian and persian Gulf experts sched tiled a meeting in Doha Qatar on monday to work out details of a plan to do ploy an Arab peacekeeping Force in the aftermath of the persian Gulf War state owned Qatar radio reported. The radio broadcast monitored in Cairo said recommendations from the meeting were expected to figure prominently when foreign ministers of Egypt Syria and the six nation Gulf cooperation Council meet in Kuwait next month. ,.�������� the foreign ministers will make a final decision on whether to go ahead with a the troop deployment or not. X Quot Quot egyptian and syrian soldiers took part in the  coalition that took action against Iraq in february to support . Resolutions that ordered the expulsion of occupying iraqi troops from Kuwait. The saudi led acc which includes Kuwait Bahrain United Arab emirates Oman and saudi Arabia signed a March agreement with Egypt and Syria for the deployment of Arab peacekeeping troops to the Gulf. The agreement became a known As the Damascus declaration. But Cairo and Damascus later announced their forces were withdrawing from the area apparently angered by reports that Gulf leaders preferred Western to Arab peacekeeping troops and were reneging on their pledge to provide billions of dollars in economic Aid in cd change for the troop deployment a Gulf states originally announced they would finance Tho deployment to the tune of some $15 billion. Kuwait a Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah dismissed reports he preferred foreign to Arab peacekeeping troops. But he did not say whether his Oil Rich emirate would bankroll their  it is unreasonable to Welcome foreign troops at the Cost of egyptian and other Arab troops a Jaber told egyptian editors in Kuwait. His remarks were published in Cairo newspapers on sunday. A these lies Are aimed at harming the Good relations Between the people of kuwaiti and Egypt a Jaber added. Kuwait a Crown Prince and prime minister sheikh Saad Abdullah Al Sabah said the Qatar meeting would try to find a practical solution to the regions Security , germans sign treaty ran families from Page 1 caused by the tons of volcanic Ash spewed out by mount Pinatubo a thunderous eruptions saturday. Navy officials said about 100 buildings Many of them temporary warehouses were damaged by falling Ash a filipino civilian and the daughter of an american enlisted Mian were killed when a roof collapsed late saturday at Subic. About 900 spouses and children of air Force personnel sailed sunday from Subic Bay aboard the Cruiser Arkansas and two frigates the Rodney m. Davis and the Curts said Navy spokesman it. Cmdr. Kevin Mukri. They were bound for Cebu Island about 350 Miles South of Manila where they were scheduled to Board Plages Tor the United states. Airports on Luzon Island were closed due to the Ash which can cause Jet engines to fail maj. Wayne Crist an air Force spokesman said 7.000 More dependents would begin leaving for Cebu on monday on other ships. Transport and electricity problems prevented 1.500 . Troops from returning to Clark a which they abandoned saturday during the height of the eruptions. The base is about 10 Miles East of the Volcano. The troops who had stayed behind to guard the base were evacuated to an agricultural school about 10 Miles farther East and had planned to return sunday. They decided to stay at the school after a reconnaissance team reported the roads were blocked by Ash and there was no Power at the base . Officials said. Mount Pinatubo continued to erupt sunday but at a much lower intensity than in previous Days. At least four Volcano related Earth tremors rocked Manila and southwestern Luzon Island but there were no reports of damage. Raymundo Punongbayan director of the philippine in Mittie of y Ulca ology and seismology said portions of the Volcano had broken off during saturdays eruptions hut the effects had not been As grave As originally feared. But Rolando Rimando a scientist at the Institute Bonn Germany up a polish prime minister Jan Krisztof Bielecki arrived in Bonn on sunday to sign a historic Friendship treaty that reconfirms the polish. German Border.  treaty is aimed at casing 1,000 years of troubled relations Between the two nations and also outlines minority rights for t million ethnic germans in Poland. Bielecki and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl planned to sign the agreement at a state ceremony in Bonn on monday. A polish and German government officials hailed the treaty As a Milestone in relations Between Poland and Germany after 1,000 years of troubled history which climaxed when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland on sept. 1, 1939,. Arch conservative German politicians have criticized the treaty on a Good Neighb oiliness and Friendly cooperation a claiming it did not give enough special rights to the 1 million poles of German descent demands which were rejected included double Eit Zens ship for German poles and the erection of bilingual Street signs in areas where ethnic germans live. The treaty states German poles a have the right a alone or Logcher with other members of their Community a to freely express preserve and develop their cultural linguistic and religious identity free of any attempts to be assimilated against their  in the treaty Germany agrees to support polish efforts to associate itself with the european Community and to support economic reforms in Poland. The document also reconfirms the Border Between the two countries which Germany had first formally recognized in a treaty signed in Warsaw on nov. 14, 1990.y. A a a a a. I after Germany. Lost world War ii soviet troops shifted Poland a Border 100 Miles Westward and the Western occupational Powers agreed the former German areas should come under polish administration pending final determination of the Border. The polish and German delegations were also to sign agreements on youth exchanges on the creation of a joint environmental Council arid on the establishment of a regional cooperation commission. Officials said june 17 was chosen for the signing ceremony because of the historic importance of the Date which Marks the 38th anniversary of the crushing by soviet tanks of a revolt by 300,000 workers in East Berlin. At least 25 people Are thought to have been killed and Many others were arrested and sentenced to death when the revolt was put Down on june 17, 1953. The same Day the red army commander in the soviet sector forces declared East Berlin a War zone. Until last year West germans marked june 17 As the Day of German Unity which will now be celebrated oct 3, the anniversary of the 1990 reunification of East and West Germany. From Page 1. Said a whether the taxpayers will pay will have to be determined by the future. I done to think they will have to but no one can say for  in a separate interview on in no so news maker sunday a Seidman said Banks a Are not going Down the same path As the a amp is. In addition rep. Charles Schumir. D-n.y., said a taxpayer bailout can be avoided., a the key is we have to have faster action by regulators to close Down Banks in trouble a Schumer said. Seidman said on Abc that he believes 340 Banks will fail in 1991 and 1992 a if we come out of this recession  otherwise he said the figure could reach 440. A in any event a he said a the fund will be depleted and has to be  asked whether the government was considering pumping Money into the troubled Banks Seidman said a if you can save a Bank and keep it from failing you can prevent Large losses. At the moment we Are not using that process but we Are looking very hard at it and May use it in the future a. Asked if that Wasny to dangerous he said a everything we do is dangerous. If you let them fail its costly. If you keep them open its potentially a mistake. There is no Good answer Here because we Are dealing with  7 a. A a a. A a he later qualified that by saying. A the disaster is that the Banks Are failing and each one As they fail is a separate  a filipino family Waits by their stalled car covered with volcanic Ash As other refugees Inch Forward sunday. Said the Volcano was still in its a eruptive stage Quot and would continue to pose a danger. Fears of a Gigantic explosion had increased after scientists discovered a nearly 1.8-Mjle fissure on the South Side of the Volcano Between two craters. Punongbayan said he might recommend reducing the 25-mile danger zone around the Volcano hut would wait until an Aerial inspection of the Volcano possibly on monday. On sunday the government began evacuating the cities of Olun Gapo san Fernando and Angeles but washed out Bridges Ash clogged highways and a Lack of transport slowed the Effort. Officials said they had Only about 300 buses and trucks 10 move More than 500,000 people in the thre cities. Tens of thousands took to the roads on their own to seek Haven farther from the Volcano. Run television reported that 100,000 refugees arrived in Manila alone. Fortunato de Hora director of the office of Civi defense said it was impossible to determine How Man people had fled their Homes but that the number mus be Quot in the hundreds of  those who stayed behind had to Cope with electric it outages interrupted water supplies and tons of Ash pile up on roofs and streets and in Wells. Most stores in an Giles and other hard hit cities were closed and the Street in the commercial districts were almost deserted  
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