European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 15, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 9baker in Jordan As deadline nears Amman Jordan a working against a deadline now just a week away Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii arrived in Jordan on monday without any indication from palestinians As to whether they would attend a Middle East peace conference. The Bush administration Hopes to hold the peace conference jointly with the soviet Union by oct. 31. Baker said in Cairo after a meeting with egyptian president Hosni Mubarak that he was still hopeful the goal would be met. But he said he did not yet have a list of palestinians who would be at the table or know when he would get it. A i done to have a specific time Frame for it a Baker said before flying to Amman to meet with King Hussein. He met with a palestinian group last week in Washington and has scheduled another wednesday in Jerusalem. The group in turn needs clearance from the Palestine liberation organization. Plo chairman Yasser Arafat has renewed his demand for a palestinian delegation even As the . Plan Calls for a joint delegation with Jordan. On sunday Arafat said the Bush administration was supporting Israel on several issues including exclusion of Jerusalem a future from the peace conference Agenda. A the question of palestinian representation is still being discussed a Baker said in a joint news conference with Mubarak in Cairo. Yet Baker said he was hopeful the peace conference could be convened by the end of the month. Other . Officials noted that the invitations must be issued by oct. 21 to meet the end of the month deadline set in july by president Bush and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Baker planned to move on to Israel on wednesday after stops in Amman and in Syria. The Secretary said a a lot of differences had been settled but there were world some that a we May not be ultimately Able to resolve with any degree of finality. But at some Point we will have to consider the issues and Send  a we Hope that the conference May Convene by the end of this month Quot Mubarak said adding he could not characterize outstanding issues As a big  a there Are some Small things that could be solved a the president said. Baker s meeting with Mubarak coincided with the 10th anniversary of his presidency. On oct. 14, 1981, Mubarak succeeded his assassinated predecessor Anwar Sadat who pioneered peace Between Egypt and Israel in 1979. Military minds meet army Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the . Joint chiefs of staff meets with his soviet counterpart for the first time sunday. Powell was in Vienna Austria where he and Gen. Vladimir n. Lobov discussed the recent american and soviet initiatives to slash their nuclear weapons arsenals. Berlin officials seek Frenchman suspected of running baby ring Berlin apr Berlin authorities Are seeking a Frenchman suspected of running a ring that Sells babies and Small children in several european countries. The mass circulation Bild newspaper ran a frontage composite picture of 15 babies and Small children allegedly kidnapped or bought. Bild said they were then sold in France or in the Netherlands. A is your child among them a the headline asked. Berlin police said they were seeking an International arrest warrant for 44-year-old Joseph colombat who is suspected of running the ring. In All police Are investigating 17 people who kidnapped bought or sold at least 15 babies and Small children. The names and backgrounds of the children Are not known. Police say they have arrested four people including a 42-year-old dutch Man of romanian origin. They said the suspect Ludovicus Basili apparently wanted to buy children in Romania As part of the scheme. Romania has been the site of intense adoption efforts by foreigners because of the Large number of children there in need of Homes. Police said they found a 1-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl in Basilius trailer last week. They said the boy was snatched from a shelter for Eastern German re settlers while the Young yugoslav girl was kidnapped from a shelter for Asylum seekers in Central Braunschweig. The discovery of the two children led to the detection of the ring. Investigators seized a Catalon containing information on the 15 other children. 7 killed after torrential Rains hit Sicily Enna Sicily apr torrential Rains which caused mudslides and collapsed Bridges in Eastern Sicily were blamed sunday for seven deaths including that of a youngster reportedly swept away by a River of mud. Sex people were missing in Sicily after rain which began saturday continued without setup for 16 hours. State television said the child a 3-year-old, was Tom from his parents grasp during the storm. Two Young people were killed when a torrent swept their car off a Road. One of the seven victims drowned in deep water and the body could not be immediately retrieved because fallen Trees and mud blocked would be rescuers the broadcast said. At least two villages were isolated by the storm including Barr Franca where the Interior ministry reported that six people were missing after their cars were swept into a canal. Mud Slick stretches of Highway Between the port City of Messina and Catania the largest City on the East coast of the Island caused that Road to be  spares hands feet of 2 american Brothers from wire reports Peshawar Pakistan a the supreme court on monday threw out an islamic court conviction and spared two american Muslim Brothers sentenced to have their right hands and left feet Cut off for theft. The High court picked apart the prosecutors arguments that Charles Boyd 29, and his brother Daniel 23, had robbed $3,200 from a suburban Bank. Most observers thought the punishment would be reduced to a prison term but the justices almost immediately acquitted the Boyd Brothers.23 die in South Africa Johannesburg South Africa a at least 23 people were killed in bloody attacks in Black townships police said monday including 10 mowed Down by gunmen who stormed a bar and nearby Homes. Police called it one of the worst weekends of violence in Johannesburg a Black townships in recent months police said. The killings came despite a peace pact signed last month by most main political  hits islands area a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale struck in the area of the Solomon islands in the South Pacific Ocean Early tuesday a . Geological Survey official in Menlo calif., said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries but the quake struck very close to populated islands said Pat Jorgenson. The quake was entered about 130 Miles Northwest of Guadalcanal. It occurred at 2 58 . The Hong Kong Observatory said the epicentre was about 43 Miles West Northwest of  harass poles Warsaw Poland a about 20 Drunken germans hurled bottles and insults at polish Border guards according to a spokesman for the Border troops. The incident occurred sunday afternoon at the a ferry crossing at to Lebicz a Small fishing port about 15 Miles North of Szczecin Jaroslaw Zuko Wicz said. No arrests were made and there were no injuries he  violence kills 6 Moscow a six people were killed in a night of crime related violence in Moscow including one in a cafe shootout the Tass news Agency said monday. Anatoly Kalinin the police duty supervisor told Tass there were 35 incidents of robbery and burglary and 25 cars stolen during the night. Four murder suspects were arrested and seven people suspected of theft were taken into custody. In one incident at a cooperative restaurant a fight involving guns and a grenade left one person dead and a foreigner wounded 1 ass said. A fighting broke out Between customers during a party for soviet and . Cooking experts at the cafe a Tass said. It did not identify the your Ted foreigner or give his nationality