European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 1, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9iraq tries to divert peace push Syria says Nicosia Cyprus apr Syria accused Iraq on saturday of trying to distract Arab governments from Middle East peace efforts by creating a conflict with Kuwait on Babiyan Island. The syrian government newspaper Al thaw a said iraqi president Saddam Hussein was trying to make Quot the Arab states Busy in a marginal Battle at a time when these states Are making preparations for their participation in the inter National peace  Al thaw a claimed Saddam Quot is re affirming his hostile intentions against the Independence and sovereignty of Arab  Iraq again denied that it had landed soldiers on the kuwaiti Island. Baghdad claims the accusation was made in an Effort to Force the continuation of the . Embargo that was imposed on Iraq after it invaded the emirate almost 13 months ago. Kuwaiti officials said 46 infiltrators were arrested wednesday in what they called the most serious military action taken by Iraq since the persian Gulf War. But the iraqi army newspaper Al a Dissia disputed claims that iraqi soldiers were involved in wednesdays incident. Iraq opposes plans by Syria Jordan and other Gulf states to Send representatives to an october peace conference with Israel saying that palestinian inter world ests will be undermined in talks with an Agenda set by the jewish state. The iraqi government newspaper Ai Josh Oriya warned on saturday of the a dangerous consequences of the new policy the Arab Gulf countries have adopted with  it referred to the proposed peace conference and to a suggestions Quot by Kuwait and other Gulf states that they might end the Arab embargo against . Journalists wounded a Miami Herald reporter Thomas Long is wheeled into surgery Friday at a Hospital in san Salvador Al Salvador to have shrapnel removed from his Chest. Long and Dan Alder of up were wounded by a mortar round in Chelate Nango province 50 Miles from the capital. Holding Long a head is Pacifica radio reporter Beth Stickney who said the mortar seemed to have been fired by government troops aiming at rebels on a nearby  stolen by turks in 1974 Back in Cyprus after Legal Battle Nicosia Cyprus up a Church Bells rang and the Hierarchy of the greek orthodox Church of Cyprus held a thanksgiving service late Friday As four priceless mosaics were returned to the Island. The mosaics had been stolen by turks from a 12th-Century Church and sold to an american Art dealer. The primate of Cyprus archbishop Chrysostomou received the four mosaics at Lavaca Airport in a Brief ceremony As the pieces packed in two special cases were taken off a Cyprus airways plane. The archbishop expressed gratitude to the people of the United states who had a acted promptly and fairly in deciding that the mosaics should come Home to Cyprus. Chrysostomou condemned what he called the a systematic sacrilege of our churches and the International destruction of our ancient Christian heritage by the turkish  Turkey invaded Cyprus in the Sun Mer of 1974 and expelled 200,000 greek cypriots from their ancestral Homes in the Northern third of the Small Island. The four mosaics were wrenched from the Walls of the Church of the blessed Virgin of Kanakaris. They were then illegally exported by turkish dealers and finally sold to american dealer Peg Goldberg of Indianapolis for $2 million. She later tried to sell them to a California museum for $20 million but the attempt was thwarted by an archaeologist who recognized them. The Church and government of Cyprus sued Goldberg. After a drawn out Legal Battle Cyprus won the Case when . District judge tames Noland in Indianapolis ruled a the greek orthodox Church of a Ornis has a Superior and enforceable claim As valid title to the  described by experts on byzantine Art As being among the most important Early Christian works the mosaics depict Christ the child the archangel and the apostles Matthew and James. Before the Church was vandalized they were part of a Large mosaic that showed the Virgin seated with Christ the child on her  arrest 2 suspects tied to counterfeit dollars Sardinia a two italians suspected a a of circulating counterfeit dollars at a Ducci Morinan no air base have been arrested and $98,000 in false notes seized police said saturday. Officials gave few details. But they said Marco Murgia 28, and Angelo Cuccu 46, both from Sardinia had been under surveillance for some time. Police said the sardinian operated an Auto Dealership North of Milan Ana made frequent trips to the Island. They were believed to have circulated the Well forged notes at the american air base at Ducci mom Annu in Sardinia police  Calls halted the Hague Netherlands a dutch prisons Are cutting off inmate Access to Telephone conference Calls because of fears they could be used to plan escapes the Justice ministry says. The five maximum Security prisons have ordered the National communications authority to Block inmate Access to the conference Call circuits which Are the Only Way for prisoners at different facilities to speak by Telephone. Dutch inmates have limited Access to pay phones which in the Netherlands cannot receive incoming Calls. Officials Are concerned that the conference Calls could be used to Exchange information on prison Security and plan escapes ministry spokeswoman Jannie pols said  gets polish order Warsaw Poland a the polish airlines company lot will buy nine Boeing planes to modernize its Fleet. Lot spokesman Jerzy Woy Dyllo said saturday that the decision was made after months of negotiations with French Airbus Mcdonnell Douglas and Boeing. The spokesman said the details about the Deal will be announced  activists protest Mexico City a hundreds of governing party activists were occupying a state Capitol Early saturday after their candidate who turned Down the governorship amid election fraud allegations was replaced by an opposition Leader. The demonstration that began Friday was the latest protest following aug. 18 nationwide balloting. Officials say the party of president Carlos Salinas de Gortari won the elections but opposition groups say the voting was tainted by fraud. The legislature of Central Guanajuato state controlled by Salinas institutional revolutionary party voted Friday to make Leon mayor Carlos Medina Plascenia the interim governor. Scientists search for cause of Dolphin deaths. I. A. .l_.___i.  Jan Lar a it Mara Ikon 1 Huml a italia Len Lvi to if lifer Rome apr their carcasses Wash ashore with that charming Dolphin a a smile locked on their faces. It is As if these appealing creatures Are trusting Man to come to their Rescue. More than 150 dolphins dead or dying have washed up on Italy a Southeast coast this summer. For environmentalists and scientists it is a Puzzle. What is killing these animals a a virus pollution a combination of both for beachcombers the carcasses Are this seasons reminder that one of Italy a National treasures a its tourist attracting slice of the Mediterranean a has its troubles. Just two years ago smelly globs of algae washed ashore and ruined the Adriatic a swimming season. The profusion of algae then was blamed on pollutants pouring unchecked into the to River which flows into the Adriatic. Slicks of algae still Wash up occasionally. Scientists in Italy think the dolphins May be dying from a virus that is also blamed for the deaths of More than 1,000 dolphins and seals in the North sea and other parts of the Mediterranean since 1988. The virus from the same family that causes measles in humans has been found in some of the dolphins beached in Italy said Luigi stanza i vice president of the Marine mammal foundation based in Rimini an Adriatic resort. More analysis is needed however. A italia Italy a state airline announced Friday that it is flying Dolphin remains to a dutch Laboratory for study. About 150 dead seals and dolphins washed ashore in England and Denmark in August according to Chris Tydeman of the world wildlife federation in Gillingham England a and these May be Only a fraction of those dying. A after All a stanza i said a we Only see what a turning up on our