European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 10, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 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 the 2,400 people under death sentences in the United states As of july 1991,31 were juvenile offenders. 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 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 s wailing Wall a year after 17 palestinians were killed in riots at the nearby Temple mount s 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 a1 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 a1 Asa  Britain picks route for Channel Tunnel rail link Blackpool England a the British government on wednesday announced the route of the Channel Tunnel rail link choosing a path that avoids heavily populated areas. Transportation Secretary Malcolm Rifkind made the announcement at the conservative party s annual conference. A we have decided that a route which approaches Central London from the East via Stratford and terminates at Kings Cross is to be preferred a Rifkind said. Delegates at the convention cheered the announcement. British rail had preferred a route through South London and had already purchased a thousand Homes for demolition along that route. The link to be built by private investment will not be ready when the Channel Annei is expected to open in 1993. Rifkind said existing rail capacity is adequate until 2005, although Britain has no lines suitable for French High Speed trains. World sikh militants suspected of abducting romanian from wire reports a a new Delhi India a suspected sikh militants kidnapped a romanian charge do affaires shortly after he left his Home wednesday in an upper class neighbourhood for a drive across town a to the romanian embassy police and government sources said. There was no immediate claim of Respo Sibili 3r for the abduction of Liviu Radu but the indent occurred about a month after romanian authorities captured two suspected sikh militants involved in an attack on Indian ambassador . Ribeiro in Bucharest. Radu 51, left his Home in the Jor Bagh neighbourhood about 8 . And was followed by a White Indian made compact car believed to be carrying three or four armed sikh militants the United news of India reported. When Radu stopped to let a car pass at an unmanned police barricade near the Jor Bagh marketplace two or three men jumped out of the White car entered Radus vehicle and forced him to drive away at gunpoint the Agency  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 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 applause and Calls for her to speak. Eager to downplay the Impact of thatchers dumping As party Leader last november her successor prime minister John major and other 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 years were spent in Turin. There she met and later 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  prompts warning Beijing a hard line president Yang Shang Kun on wednesday marked 80 years since the fall of China a last dynasty with a Stark warning that advocates of taiwanese Independence will a perish by  the communist president addressing an anniversary rally also accused unnamed a foreign forces of supporting separatists on the nationalist held Island in a cynical grab for Power. A some foreign forces Are actually encouraging the Independence activists to split the motherland so that those forces can take a share of it a the official Xinhua news Agency quoted Yang As saying