European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 10, 1991 amnesty study condemns . For executing juvenile offenders London up a amnesty International condemned the United states on tuesday for the a cruel and inhuman practice of executing adults for crimes they committed As children saying Only Iraq and Iran sentenced More Young criminals to death. A the .a. Is flouting International standards by sentencing juvenile offenders to death a the London based International human rights organization reported in a study of juvenile offenders Given the death penalty in the United states. A it is sentencing and killing More juvenile offenders than almost any other country today the .a. Has More juvenile offenders on death Row than any other country known to amnesty International a the study said. Amnesty went further in its 83-Page report criticizing death Row conditions As a generally extremely  International human rights agreements signed by the United states but not ratified by Congress outlaw the execution of offenders whose crimes were committed when they were under 18 years of age amnesty said. Still four adults who committed capital crimes As children have been executed Between 1985 and 1990 in the United states amnesty said. More than 90 . Juveniles Between Ages 15 and 17 at the time of their crimes have been sentenced to death since the 1970s, although a number of the sentences were overturned on Appeal the report said. Of people under death sentences in the United states As of july 1991, 31 were juvenile offenders. The 2,400 a we oppose the death penalty in All cases a amnesty said. A executing adults is cruel and inhuman and has to Stop. Executing juvenile offenders in particular should no longer be tolerated. A obviously we Are not saying juvenile offenders should not be punished. We Are saying they should not be killed a it added. Only five other countries Are known to allow execution for crimes committed by juvenile offenders a Pakistan Nigeria Bangladesh Iran and Iraq. Only Iraq and Iran sentence More Young people to death than the United states amnesty said. Jews Pray at Jerusalem a wailing Wall a year after 17 palestinians were killed in riots at the nearby Temple mount. Muslims Mark Date of Jerusalem riots Jerusalem apr under the watchful eyes of More than 1,000 police muslims prayed at a1 Asa mosque on tuesday marking the anniversary of the slaying of 17 palestinians by israeli police during riots at the Temple mount. A after despair Victory will come a Abdel Rahman one activist told some of those assembled for prayers. A helicopter hovered overhead during the prayers on the Temple mount called the Harames Sharif by arabs. The muslims quietly dispersed after about an hour. In an Effort to prevent violence at the mount which is holy to both muslims and jews arabs from the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip have been barred from entering Jerusalem since monday morning. In the occupied territories palestinians staged a general strike to observe the anniversary of the riots the bloodiest since Israel captured the West Bank Gaza and Arab East Jerusalem in the 1967 six Day War. Sporadic clashes broke out monday night and tuesday in Jerusalem and the occupied territories. At least five palestinians were wounded by police or army gunfire including Saber Abu Sbeih whose 17-year-old brother was killed at the mount last year. Explaining the tight Security police minister Roni Milo said that a in Light of sensitivity to what happened last year we have lots More police this year and fewer  Sheik Mohammed Hussein Deputy director of Al Asa mosque blamed the Small number of worshippers estimated at More than 1,000, on restrictions keeping palestinians out of Jerusalem. He said he recalled last years events with mixed emotions. A i feel pain because the victims were killed unjustly a he said a but i also feel dignity because they were killed defending Al Asa  ancient canoes unearthed at Paris site Paris apr archaeologists digging at a construction site have unearthed prehistoric treasures including three canoes thought to be 6,500 years old among the oldest found in Europe. The excavation team headed by Philippe Marquis and Jean Claude Blanchet also dug up bottles vases and axes with Silica Blades. It was not known what culture made the items. R Paris mayor Jacques Chirac touring the site of the future International food Center in Eastern Paris the stars and stripes world b Page 9 said tuesday that the a extraordinary scientific events proves the City was inhabited 6,500 years ago. The canoes Are solid Oak and measure Between 11 and 17 feet Long. One was virtually intact. The archaeologists also discovered several mooring posts and the foundations of houses dating to the 6th Century . Archaeologists have been working at the site since last january and had never before been authorized to dig so close to the level of the Seine. Excavations will continue until december 1992.once-jammed bbl welcomed by soviets from wire reports London a the world service of the British broadcasting corp., once jammed by soviet authorities on wednesday signed an agreement giving it air time on a russian radio station the bbl announced. A this is the first Deal of its kind to be concluded Between a Western broadcaster and a russian radio station a said John Tusa managing director of the bbl world service. Under the agreement formally initiated by Tusa and Oleg posts of chairman of the All russian state televisual and radio company radio Russia will broadcast two half hour bbl current affairs programs in russian each weekend Start in next year. The bbl russian language service was periodically jammed for 24 years after it first went on the air in 1946. The last period of interference coincided with the Rise of Poland a Solidarity movement in 1980 and ended in 1987. Soviet jamming of the by cd a polish broadcasts lasted until 1988.Germany sentences spy Dusseldorf Germany a a Disseldorf court wednesday sentenced a former West German code technician to nine years in prison for spying for the East bloc at nato Headquarters in Brussels Belgium. The court found Heinz Werner 47, guilty of spying for More than 20 years for the intelligence service of former communist East Germany. The court sentenced Werner to nine years jail after finding him guilty of treason and corruption. Werner had worked As a code technician for the German armed forces for the foreign ministry and later at the Headquarters of the North Atlantic treaty organization. He was arrested in april 1990 during a major crackdown on East German  shrines damaged Tokyo a a powerful typhoon that killed at least 47 people in late september resulted in approximately $17.7 million in damage to some of Japan a most famous shrines government officials said wednesday. Officials from the cultural Agency said 238 Sites in 34 prefectures were damaged by the typhoon which packed winds up to 120 Mph. The famous shrine on the Island of Itsuku Shima was destroyed. The shrine attracted thousands of tourists annually Many of whom came to see the huge wooden a a Torii Gate facing the  gets ovation London a Margaret Thatcher arrived at the Congress of the ruling conservative party on wednesday to a Long standing ovation from party delegates deeply divided on closer ties with Europe the Issue that led to her ouster As Britain a prime minister in november. Thatcher Britain a first woman prime minister stepped onto the podium in the Blackpool conference Center and was greeted by rapturous s applause and Calls for her to speak. Eager to dumping a. Cessor prime minister John major and other Ager to downplay the Impact of thatchers a As party Leader last november her Suc party leaders looked embarrassed at the support Given her by delegates As she climbed onto the podium. British newspapers speculated that Thatcher was prepared to publicly disown a Compromise on a single european currency that major is expected to conclude at december a european Summit in maastricht  author Dies Rome a Natalia Ginzburg 75, an author and playwright noted for her deft treatment of family life in Italy has died of cancer. Her publisher Einaudi reported she died at her Home in Rome on monday night. Born in Palermo Sicily Ginzburg a formative rears were spent in Turin. There she met and i r set. Water married Leone Ginzburg who was Active in the anti fascist intellectual Circle that in the late 1930s formed the Core group of the Einaudi publishing House. Funeral services were to be held today