European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday december 4,1991 Japan s lower House passes Bill allowing peacekeeper troops Tokyo up a the lower House of parliament passed a Bill tuesday that would allow the routine dispatch of japanese soldiers overseas for the first time since world War ii. The Bill which would permit japanese troops to participate in . Peacekeeping missions next goes to a special committee in the upper House of parliament or diet for deliberation. The legislation a difficult passage through the lower House was highlighted by a Brawl after a vote was proposed last week. The ruling Liberal democratic party attempted to ram the Bill through a lower House committee despite Strong resistance from opposition parties. The Bill was approved tuesday by a 311-167 margin. A we will oppose the Bill to the end Quot said an official of the largest opposition party the social democrats who contend the legislation violates Japan so peace  the Constitution bars the threat or use of Force to Settle International disputes. The proposed Law gives the prime minister the Power to Send troops on peacekeeping missions without diet approval. A Small opposition party a insistence that any dispatch be first approved by parliament triggered last weeks Melee. The Bill is an attempt to counter foreign criticism Over Japan a negligible military contribution to Allied efforts in the persian Gulf Warr the government pushed parliament last year to let japanese troops provide non combat support for Allied troops in the Region. But popular opposition helped opposing parties defeat the pro it Osal. Japan eventually pledged $13 bilion in Aid to front line countries and allies but was criticized for failing to Send personnel despite its great Reliance on Oil from the Gulf. Women cadets join Parade marking Arab anniversary Abu Dahabi United Arab emirates apr women soldiers marched in a military Parade monday marking the 20th anniversary of the United Arab emirates a a first for the conservative Muslim states of the arabian Peninsula. Dressed in desert fatigues and veils tightly covering their hair under military Caps 80 cadets saluted the president Sheik Zayed bin Sultan at Sahyan. Zayed stood and applauded and some 20, spectators followed suit. Seated among the vip guests were saudi arabian Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz and Britain a Princess Anne who brought congratulations from world Queen Elizabeth. The United Arab emirates is a federation of seven former trucial coast emirates that were under British Protection until Independence in 1971. The cadets Are graduates of the female military Academy the Kwawlah Bint Al a War school an institution born out of the 1990 Gulf crisis. Neighbouring countries discarding centuries old social taboos against women invited females As Well As males to Volunteer for civil defense and first Aid services after iraqi president Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of  giant in Berlin a stately Christmas tree from the bavarian forests in Germany graces berlins Brandenburg Gate after being erected monday. The Evergreen is expected to be Replete with lights and decorations by sunday the second one in Advent. German police raid Homes of Radical rightist suspects p la it from wire reports Dresden Germany a police in 30 cities throughout Germany raided the Homes of sus acted rightist radicals tuesday a Dresden to ice spokeswoman said. Sachsen police spokeswoman Sabine Wachter said the raids began late monday and stretched into the Early morning hours of tuesday. According to Wachter similar raids took place in the German states of Bavaria Brandenburg Hessen Niedersachsen and Nord Rhein westfalen. The raids follow hundreds of Rock thrown and fire bomb attacks by Neo nazi youths an rightist skinheads against foreigners in Germany Over the past two months in which dozens of people have been injured and at least one killed. The police spokeswoman said she could not provide any further information on the raids or whether anyone had been  set in synagogue Kiev . A a Booby trap was found in Kiev s Only synagogue just before jews were scheduled to arrive for hanukkah festivities the ukrainian news Agency reported monday. Two grenades and two 130mm artillery shells were planted in a bathroom and were rigged to explode when a door was opened the report said. The trap was discovered sunday by a janitor who saw a string attached to the door and called police who disarmed the  remains discovered at site of 60s air crash near Hanoi Bangkok Thailand apr . Experts searching for the remains of two american airmen missing from the Vietnam War said tuesday that they had found aircraft wreckage but no remains after a two week search. The search for the Crew of a . Air Force f-4 fighter bomber that crashed in Northern Vietnam in the late 1960s began nov. 17 in Hung Hai province 45 Miles Northeast of the vietnamese capital of Hanoi. A a it a a big area. There a a lot of dirt to be moved and sifted a said it. Cmdr. Ken Patterson a spokesman for the . Pacific come. The team will continue its search until dec. 11 or 12, he said from Hanoi. He said two other teams of . Experts Are conducting interviews and surveys in Northern Vietnam to identify Sites for future searches for americans missing in action from the Vietnam War. Vietnamese experts Are working with the three teams which include 25 americans from the joint casualty Resolution Center and the . Army Central identification Laboratory Patterson said. The two hawaiian based organizations search for and identify remains of american soldiers. Vietnam has been increasingly cooperative on Mia searches in Hopes the United states will end its economic embargo of the Southeast asian nation. Washington has made Progress in resolving the Mia Issue a condition for establishing diplomatic ties with Vietnam. The United states opened an Mia office in Hanoi in the Spring. The department of defense lists 2,271 americans As missing in Indochina including 1,656 in Vietnam. Since 1974, it says Vietnam has handed Over More than 400 sets of remains of which 265 have been identified As americans. Rome based counterfeit ring cracked Rome up a police say they have cracked a Rome based gang of International counterfeiters that circulated Large amounts of bogus . Dollars and French Bank notes in cities throughout Europe and the United states. In a raid on the gangs printing shop on the outskirts of Rome police seized $1 million in counterfeited . Dollars and half a million in French francs All in neat bundles ready to be put into circulation police said. Nicola Cavaliere chief of the Rome police Mobile squad said monday that the stereotype printing plates used to make the fake dollars were authentic and must have been stolen from a mint in the United states. Police arrested two residents of Rome both of whom have criminal recurs and were on the premises when police raided it late saturday. Police also arrested the owner of the printing shop. All three men were charged with association to commit crime aimed at the falsification and distribution of foreign Bank notes