European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Palestinians drop key provisos for talks Algiers Algeria a the Palestine National Council dropped key conditions for a Middle East conference recommending that palestinians attend to argue their Case instead of missing a rare Opportunity for peace. The 468-seat Council considered the palestinians parliament in exile cast aside its insistence that the Plo announce the palestinian delegation to the conference. But it maintained the Palestine liberation organization has a right to choose the panel something Israel has opposed. It was not Clear if the Plo would exercise that option. Israel on saturday dismissed the coun world Cilus action As a nothing new Quot and said is plans to participate in the talks were not affected by the palestinian move. In another Concession the Council considered the palestinian parliament in exile no longer demanded a pre talks commitment by Israel to relinquish the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. Later saturday the Council removed Mohammed Abbas from the plots executive committee. Plo chairman Yasser Arafat reportedly urged the removal of Abbas the alleged Mastermind of the 1985 Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking and a foiled seaborne attack on Tel Aviv in May 1990 that led to a halt in the u s in the policy positions were outlined 111 a statement on the peace Contact Cnoc. Scheduled Loi next month. The delegates approved it by .1 Vole of 313 in after Das of passionate debate. The concessions May have resulted trom a belief among main palestinians that the conference could be a last Chance at some sort of self Rule. The Council s policy statement Calls for a the right of the Plo to name the palestinian delegation and to determine the formula of its participation in the peace conference and the authority Over the delegation would be the i he decision was a major Bicak through ending the impasse 111 the Del discussions Ovici palestinian Reni is citation to the Jumic enl Euenee. Aimed 111 a 11 at establishing a palestinian Homeland. Arafat who pushed the document through the Pai Hament. Took to the stage alter the note and told the delegates i now. As 1 have vowed a Toie. That we will continue to .icuis.ilem. To 1 lie claims East Jerusalem annexed by Israel As the capital of the self proclaimed state of Palestine. There was no immediate comment today from Washington. Bolivia won t accept body of Barbie for burial from wire reports la Paz Bolivia a the bolivian government will not allow the burial of nazi War criminal Klaus Barbie because he is an a undesirable a i can assure everybody that i will not authorize any request for Klaus Barbie to be buried in Bolivia and i must give such an order a Interior undersecretary Roger Pando said Friday. Barbie lived in Bolivia under the name of Klaus Altmann from 1954 until he was expelled in 1983. His son and wife Are buried in Cochabamba 250 Miles East of la Paz. Barbie 77, died wednesday in Lyon France of leukaemia while serving a life sentence for War crimes. He was convicted in 1987 for crimes against humanity stemming from his role in the deportation of hundreds of jews when he was Gestapo chief in Lyon from 1942 to 1944. Racist incidents reported Bonn Germany a police on saturday reported a renewed wave of racist incidents in various parts of the country. Where Neo nazi ewouds hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at building housing foreigners a at a time when the government is seeking to curb illegal immigration. The latest wave of violence occurred in the Eastern Federal states of Brandenburg and Saxony Anhalt and in the Western state of nor Rhein westfalen. Heroin Cache seized Alexandro Polis Greece a a dutch couple driving into Greece from Turkey in a trailer Van was arrested at Dawn saturday after a police search uncovered about 105 pounds of heroin hidden in the vehicles roof. Police identified them As Jan Plomp 21, and Ursula Dame 19, both of Rotterdam. A the heroin was packed in 46 parcels and hidden in the vans roof a said Stavros Zoras Kipins customs director. Zoras estimated the heroines Street value at More than $8 million. Police disperse miners rally Bucharest Romania apr police used trucks and tear Gas saturday to Clear the Central Square of hundreds of protesters unsatisfied with government promises to meet their demands for better living and work conditions. A we need sincere people to Lead us a Doina Cornea a leading anti communist dissident told romanian television on Friday. A the leaders we have now lied to a we want the communists out a others said. A we want real Marian Munteanu a Leader of student protesters who was brutally beaten by miners last year when they were called to Bucharest to crush anti government protests later appeared alongside miners at downtown University Square. A the miners Are our Brothers a he told the crowd of about 5,000. A i done to agree with violence but i must admit that in crisis situations like this we need the protests began wednesday when thousands of angry miners descended on Bucharest to demand improved pay and living conditions. Some miners left Bucharest late Friday after their leaders met with president Ion Iliescu and declared they were satisfied with his promises to address their demands. But Early saturday about 800 people Many of them miners wearing dirty and tattered work clothes camped out at University Square. They slept on the pavement the grass in front of the National theater even at the Doorstep to the intercontinental hotel. Some built bonfires and listened to speakers discussing the residents attempt to Ward Oft the effects of tear Gas used to Clear protesters from downtown Bucharest on Friday. Country a future. Nearby Metal barricades blocked off streets leading into the Square and a massive Earth moving tractor stood ominously nearby. Police using trucks and tear Gas then began Clearing the Square. People were reported running away Many of them seeking shelter in a nearby houses and the lobby of the intercontinental hotel. Oona o Neill Chaplin Dies of cancer by the new York times Oona of Neill Chaplin the daughter of one of the great tragic playwrights of the Century Eugene of Neill and wife of one of the screens greatest comic geniuses Charles Chaplin died Friday at the age of 66 in Cor sier sur Vevay Switzerland Swiss radio reported. She died of pancreatic cancer said her lawyer Herbert Jacoby of new York City. Chaplin who became known As lady Oona after her British born husband was knighted in 1975, was an 18-year-old Brearley graduate and fledgling actress in 1943 when she became the fourth wife of the internationally beloved actor and director who was then 54 years old. Their elopement so infuriated of Neill who was the same age As Charlie Chaplin that he disinherited her. The chaplins who had eight children lived most of their married life in their 18th-Century mansion overlooking Geneva. After her husband s death in 1977, Chaplin stayed on becoming something of a Mireille pounds another japanese Island Tokyo up a powerful typhoon hurling 120 Mph winds pounded Japan for a second Day saturday leaving 32 people dead and nearly 800 injured and cutting electricity to More than than 3 million Homes authorities said. Typhoon Mireille raked the northernmost Island of hokkaido on saturday morning after racing North All the Way from Okinawa 938 Miles South of Tokyo a Day earlier. It was the third typhoon in 13 Days to hit Japan. Twenty four people died in the previous two storms. Police confirmed 11 deaths in Fukuoka prefecture three in Nagasaki three in Kumamoto and one each each in Kago Shima and Oita prefectures. Twelve people were reported dead in the chug Oku Region on the Western Edge of the main Island of Honshu. Police said one person died in the Kinky Region in Central Honshu. Fukuoka police said 282 injuries resulted from the typhoons mighty winds and heavy Rains. On Friday Japan railway cancelled All service in Kyushu and five major airlines cancelled More than 470 flights the highest number in a single Day so far this year. Airports in some of the Hardes hit areas said saturday All or most flights were i s uncovered Knees prompt lawsuit in Pakistan Lahore Pakistan a a Muslim Clergyman violated islamic Law when he let Britain a Princess of Wales enter a mosque with her Knees uncovered a lawyer charges in a lawsuit released Friday. Sohaib Ahmed Roomi a lawsuit filed thursday also assails Abdul Qadir Azad of the Badshah mosque for shaking Princess Diana a hand and presenting her with a copy of the Koran the Muslim holy Book. Conservative muslims say islam forbids a Man from touching a woman w to is not his wife and from giving the Koran to a woman with Bare legs. Diana left Friday after a four Day visit a her first to this strict islamic nation. Officials who planned the visit wrestled with the contradictions of trying to show off their glamorous guest while respect ing traditional islamic sensitivities. In Lahore they appear to have failed Roomi contends a and flouted the tenets of islam when he let Princess Diana enter the 300-year-old House of worship wednesday evening in a knee length dress. The plunging neckline and High hem of Princess Diana s outfit also stirred controversy in the provincial Assembly of Pakistan s orthodox Northwest Frontier province
