European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday March 12, 1992hardships United nations a Iraq pleaded tuesday for the United nations to lift Trade sanctions it contends have contributed to the deaths of thousands of people by cutting off essential food and Medicine. Saddam Hussein Stop Diplomat Tariq Aziz insisted that Iraq had met the most important of its obligations under persian Gulf War cease fire terms and accused some nations of keeping sanctions in place for purely political reasons. He said the sanctions were creating Quot severe hardships for the iraqi people. A statement prepared by the Security Council president however contains 15 pages of charges that Iraq has failed to comply with . Orders to destroy its terror weapons. Rolf ekes head of the . Commission trying to neutralize iraqis weapons of mass destruction said Baghdad was simply not cooperating and deserved no Quarter. He said Iraq was hiding scud missiles was keeping a a dormant capability to produce nuclear bombs and was Balking at the destruction of its missile manufacturing and repair equipment. A i done to see that Iraq merits any Praise for its behaviour so far a said ekes whose teams have made 31 visits to Iraq since the War to identify and destroy iraqis nuclear chemical and biological weapons programs. Diplomats said Iraq apparently was seeking a partial lifting of the sanctions in proportion to How much it is obeying the Security councils cease fire terms. But the French British . And russian ambassadors said Iraq must meet All its obligations before sanctions can be lifted. The United nations has allowed Iraq to make a onetime Oil Sale to pay for food and Medicine but Iraq rejects the Sale because it would not have enough control Over the Revenue. Xvi View let wow Aziz a 54-year-old fluent English speaker Well known from Power. For his Public appearances during the Kuwait crisis at first sounded a conciliatory note in talking with reporters after meeting privately with . Diplomats. He spoke of iraqis a Good will and interest in a a fair and reasonable understanding with the 15-member Security Council. But later he spoke forcefully in calling for an end to the sanctions which were imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990. A the sanctions should not be imposed eternally on 18 million iraqi people a Aziz said. He charged that the sanctions were being maintained because of the a political intentions of this or that  Aziz did not identify a specific nation but appeared to be referring to the United states and Britain which have said the sanctions should remain until Saddam is driven Shevardnadze named to Lead native Georgia Moscow a Eduard Shevardnadze the former soviet foreign minister has been named to Lead a provisional georgian government to help break the former soviet republics International isolation radio Russia reported tucs Day. Shevardnadze returned to Georgia last week after seven years in Moscow saying he wanted to help rebuild his native Republic after the civil War that ousted georgian president Oviad  in january. It was unclear How much Power Shevardnadze would Wield russian Media said the military Council that has governed the Republic since january probably would gradually hand Over authority to the Shevardnadze led georgian state Council. The Moscow news reported last week that Shevardnadze was the most popular politician in the Southern Republic despite having lived in Moscow since 1985 and having been the republics communist party Leader before that. Shevardnadze played a key role in former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a realignment of soviet foreign policy. He helped bring the end of the cold War negotiated disarmament treaties and encouraged Gorbachev to. Allow the fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. Some georgians accuse Shevardnadze of having kept political prisoners while he was party Leader in the Republic. Of the 15 former soviet republics Only Georgia has not applied for membership in the United nations. It is also not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent states which includes All the other republics except for the three Baltic states Latvia Lithuania and Estonia. Climber Catherine dust Ivylle poses in front of the Eigert a North Wall tuesday. Woman makes historic climb Paris apr French climber Catherine dest Ivelle has become the first woman to make a Solo wintertime ascent of the Eigert a famed North Wall her support team announced. Dest Ivelle 32, completed the 17-hour ascent of the 13,025-meter-High Peak near Klein Scheidegg Switzerland at 10 . Monday. Dest Ivelle who has been climbing since she was 5, said the ascent went smoothly despite some bad weather. Frances minister of youth and sports Frederique Bredin sent a congratulatory Telegram to dest Ivelle describing the ascent As Quot the most prestigious feat by a woman Quot in the history of Mountain climbing. Accused Jack the Ripper goes on trial in Moscow Moscow apr the trial of russians accused a Jack the Ripper Quot who allegedly raped and killed nine women in an 18-month period has begun with militia members and police dogs guarding the courtroom news accounts reported tuesday. Alexander Timofeyev referred to As a a Jack in the russian Media was arrested last year after a bringing terror to All women in. The Moscow Region a the Moskovsky Komsomol yets newspaper reported. Timofeyev is accused of killing most of his victims near his Home in Southern Moscow attacking three of them on Kosyakova Street a his a favorite spot a according to the paper. Timofeyev who has pleaded not guilty f to the murders has been spending his time in jail writing a lyrical poems. Probably about love women and springtime a the newspaper said. The trial expected to last at least a month is taking place under the constant surveillance of militia members armed with automatic pistols and police dogs the Nezah Ishimaya newspaper reported. Timofeyev sikh militants kill 16 factory workers hark1shanpura, India a militant sikh separatists rounded up and shot 19 hindu Engineer labourers killing All but three because their textile factory defied orders to close during elections last month officials said wednesday. The massacre late tuesday was the first major sikh attack since the controversial election brought prime minister . Narasimha Raous Congress party to office in the government of the mainly sikh Northern state of Punjab. The election was boycotted by sikhs and the militants also demanded that All businesses in the state shut Down during the voting. The privately owned factory of Indian acrylics Ltd. Where the engineers worked remained open. Witnesses said 10 militants in police uniforms came to Harkishan Pura an Industrial suburb 105 Miles Southwest of the state capital Chandigarh in the evening and called people out of their Homes. Covered by four men with automatic weapons six militants segregated 22 punjabis and told them to run. Then they lined up 19 out of state workers and shot them survivors said. A the militants lined up the labourers and made them raise their hands and shot them from Point Blank Range Quot police officer Roshan Lai quoting survivors. Sixteen were killed and three seriously wounded said officials of the company. Police said earlier that 17 were killed and that the shooting took place in Ghana Dan a Village across a Road from Harkishan Pura. Witnesses said a foreign contract Engineer originally from Yugoslavia was freed by the  collide in Portugal killing 3, injuring 20-plus Lisbon Portugal tap two crowded passenger trains col idea in Central Portugal on wednesday killing at least three people and injuring More than 20, firefighters said. Tie Accident occurred at a station in the Village of Albergaria Dos doze 106 Miles North of Lisbon. Fire chief Carlos Carvalhosa said the Driver of one train was killed along with two passengers. One train was travelling to the Central City of Coimbra from Enron Samento 56 Miles South and the other making the same trip in the opposition direction