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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes saturday december 7,1991 . Says Iraq still stalling on nuclear site inspections United nations apr Iraq is still obstructing . Efforts to conduct Surprise inspections of nuclear facilities says the . Official in charge of dismantling iraqis weapons of mass destruction. The Security Council on Friday was scheduled to consider relaxing its economic sanctions against Iraq. The Lack of cooperation with . Weapons inspectors was Likely to be discussed. A non cooperation and obstruction continue to be encountered when . Experts attempt the Surprise inspections in Iraq Rolf ekes said in his report to the . Security Council. A thus there is no Progress to report which would indicate a change of policy on the part of Iraq to one of Candor transparency and cooperation at All Levels a said ekes head of the . Special commission investigating iraqis nuclear program. President Bush and British prime minister John major have Aid sanctions will not be lifted while Saddam Hussein still rules Iraq. Und Emhe Security councils april 3 cease fire Resolution ending the Gulf War Iraq must cooperate with . Special commission inspectors in scrapping its program to develop and store weapons of mass destruction. Since the inspections began the iraqis have had numerous run ins with . Experts attempting Surprise visits at military and research Sites. On june 28, iraqi soldiers fired shots in the air when . Inspectors tried to photograph a speeding Convoy carrying crates of nuclear related material including electromagnetic separation equipment. On sept. 24, an inspection team discovered copies of hidden iraqi documents showing the personnel Structure of the country a nuclear program and Cata logs from foreign suppliers. The discovery led to a four Day standoff in a Baghdad parking lot Between iraqis and the 44 inspectors who refused to relinquish the records. Iraq permitted the inspectors to leave after cataloguing the information. Villagers examine the huge Crater left by the explosion of a world War ii bomb in Leholtz Germany. Wii bomb explodes hurting 3 Leonitz Germany apr an unexploded bomb from world War ii blew up wednesday night ripping a Crater 20 feet deep and spewing debris As far As 300 Yards in this Village near Berlin police said. Two people were injured seriously and one suffered minor injuries while numerous houses were damaged a police spokesman said. The blast increased worries that other bombs buried deep in the Earth might be reaching the Point of explosion after almost a half Century of corrosion and chemical decay. Rudi sonntag a police spokesman in the town of or Nienburg said Friday that the 550-Pound bomb was under a Street and exploded without warning. The or Nienburg area 15 Miles North of Berlin was heavily bombed by the allies in late 1944 and Early 1945 because munitions factories were located there. It is one of Many regions in Germany where specialists aided by old Aerial photographs taken by the allies to assess bomb damage Are searching for unexploded bombs. World report contradicts chinese on child labor from wire reports Beijing a a government newspaper acknowledged Friday that child labor is partly responsible for students dropping out of school in China contradicting recent denials. The report in the English language China daily concerning government efforts to ensure education said Only 2.4 percent of the school age children in China dropped out of school last year the lowest level in four decades. But the newspaper quoting an official of the state education commission said around 4 million children were still leaving school each year most of them elementary school pupils. A Large proportion of the children a 83 percent a was girls it said. The reference contradicted recent government denials of child labor in which officials have said child labor no longer exists in China simply because it is illegal. The denials came in response to Calls in the United states for a a a Boycott a or Boycott of buying chinese made toys this Christmas season because of reports that Many items Are made by child  inspectors fired Tijuana Mexico a Mexico fired nearly All 3,000 of its customs inspectors this week without warning replacing them in an Effort to combat corruption and improve efficiency. The action is aimed at preparing the country for the increased Commerce with the United states expected As a result of free Trade talks under Way. The government of president Carlos Salinas de Gortan has been trying to Battle  woman named Moscow a National lawmaker Galina Semyonova has been appointed an adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev a the first woman Ever on the soviet presidents staff a newspaper reported thursday. _ Semyonova the former longtime editor in. Chief of Krest Yanka peasant woman Magazine will advise Gorbachev on family marriage and women a issues said Moskovskaya  workers strike Athens Greece a employees of state owned Public Utility companies Banks and the National airline walked of their jobs thursday to protest government privatization plans. Greece a two largest unions have called for a nationwide strike by their nearly 2 million members on . 17 to protest the privatization Bill and the conservative governments proposed budget cuts for 1992.female priests rejected Melbourne Australia a the australian anglican churches highest court refused Friday to authorize the ordination of women priests. The anglican primate of Australia Melbourne archbishop Keith Rayner said the appellate tribunal Nad ruled out individual Bishops ordaining women and individual diocesan authorization of such  around world take note of Mozart s death from wire reports Vienna Austria a pilgrims bedecked Mozart a Tombstone with Flowers thursday and cathedrals across Europe resounded to the haunting requiem that the composer called his own Dirge shortly before he died 200 years ago. Scores of newspapers eulogized the musical Genius. But As a year of Mozart celebrations Drew to a close dozens of dailies also criticized a sour note a attempts to Cash in on his name. A the months of junk eting leading up to today a bicentenary of Mozart a death have induced a condition perilously close to Mozart fatigue a wrote the times of London. Mostly though europeans observed the anniversary of the austrian composers death with music. The great austrian composer died in Vienna on . 5, 1791, and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave. He was 35. A six hour concert on two continents was broadcast live by satellite to millions of radios listeners. The commemorative concert titled Mozart live from Vienna to Vienna began at 9 . On the stage of the barns of Wolf trap the National performing arts Park in the Countryside of suburban Vienna va., 20 Miles West of washing ton . The concert ended at 3 . After a two hour performance of Mozart a requiem performed by the Vienna philharmonic at the cavernous St. Stephens Cathedral in Vienna Austria under the Baton of sir Georg Solti. Both performances in Virginia and Austria were beamed by satellite to National Public radios 440 stations throughout the United states for broadcast to their 6 million listeners. The concert was broadcast As part of a pro a performance today program. Princess Diana and other British royals attended a requiem performance wednesday in London a St. Paul Cathe dral timed to end approximately at the hour of Wolfgang amadeus Mozart a death at 12 50 . Thursday. Pope John Paul ii was to attend a special performance in Rome. In Milan Italy Ricardo Muti was to conduct it at the famed la Scala opera House. Lisbon Portugal and Athens Greece staged requiem performances while dozens of other cities presented lighter Mozart fare. The German City of Dresden also unveiled a reconstructed Mozart memorial destroyed by Allied bombers in world War ii. And the Welsh College of music and drama staged a mock funeral  
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