European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday april 29, 1992 syrian jews Given rights to travel own property world prosecutor requests life for alleged nazi criminal prom wire reports Bonn Germany a a state prosecutor monday sought life imprisonment for alleged nazi criminal Josef Schwammberge saying the 80-year-okl had murdered 34 jews and had participated in the killing of More than 200 others. Prosecutor Kurt Schrimm told the Stuttgart court that charges for participation in another 3,000 killings would have to be dropped because there was not enough evidence against the former concentration Camp commander. He asked the court to order Schwammberge jailed for life saying that the alleged nazi criminal had often killed in a gruesome and deliberate manner Between 1942 and 1944, when he commanded the Roz Wadow and Przemysla Camps in  Rock Nicaragua Managua Nicaragua a several quakes Shook Managua and cities along the Pacific coast if Nicaragua before Dawn monday but no injuries or major damage was reported authorities said. Tremors beginning at 3 30 . Registered up to 5 on the open ended Richter scale according Lii Fabio Segura director of the seismology department of the land studies Institute. The epicentre of the quakes was not immediately . Office targeted Jerusalem a an arson attack damaged the office of a private american organization that provides training and scholarships to palestinians in the occupied territories police said monday the Blaze late sunday caused about $40,000 in damage at the East Jerusalem office of America Mideast educational and training services said Bruce Stanley the organizations  wins damages London a an autoworkers forced to retire by a repetitive Strain injury has been awarded More than $100,000 in compensation the most Ever in Britain for that health problem the amalgamated engineering Union said monday. The unions health and safety spokesman Nigel Harris said Jane Inskip had to quit work in 98 i because she developed severe pain in her left hand after 13 years As a machine operator for the Vauxhall car  can t sell Roaches Moscow a the St. Petersburg zoo Lias begun Selling off Birds Moose and other animals to meet expenses but there have been no takers for one of its Low end critters american cockroaches for 10 rubles apiece. Parrots and swamp tortoises have been hot however fetching Between 130 and 215 rubles at two Public auctions since late March the weekly Commer Sant reported  strands norwegians Oslo Norway a families Cut off from the Mainland by a ferry strike monday began hoarding milk and gasoline while others tied their islands in Small boats. Two unions ordered 1,400 shipmates and 400 machinists off the Job Early monday crippling coastal traffic after pre Dawn talks failed to Settle a new  disrupts train traffic London a a a fire on train tracks near London Bridge station severely disrupted the evening Rush hour for thousands of people monday. There were no injuries police said. British transport police dosed London Bridge and Charing Cross train stations for three hours while Cannon Street station remained dosed All night. Quot it looks like Sparks set rubbish alight alongside the track and burned a Cable Quot said a police spokesman. Washington up the process of normalization Between Syria and the United states took a giant step Forward monday when Damascus lifted travel and property ownership restrictions on its jewish population a state department spokeswoman said. The easing of restrictions on syrian jews is an Issue president Bush and Secretary of state Janies a. Baker Iii have discussed on at least 10 occasions with syrian president Hafez Assad state department spokeswoman Margaret d. Tutwiler said monday. A fall members of the syrian jewish Community will now be accorded the same rights As those accorded to All other syrian citizens a Tutwiler said. A syrian jews will now be allowed to travel abroad As a family on business and for vacation. The syrian government has removed restrictions on the Sale or Purchase of  exit visas will now be Given to unmarried syrian jewish women she said and divided families will be Able to reunite. The ban on syrian travel to Israel has not been lifted Tutwiler said. The new policy which the United Stales a a welcomes a has already been implemented Tutwiler said. Syria however has not been removed from the state departments list of nations supporting International terrorism. The announcement could not have come at a More opportune time. The fifth Washington round of the Cal matters during his 48-hour stay in Romania. Former romanian Premier Petr roman asked on Swiss television for his opinion of Michael a tumultuous Welcome said a Romania has a Republican Constitution voted by More than 80 percent of the pop chernobyl reactors Brussels Belgium up a ukrainian authorities May have to reactivate two chernobyl nuclear reactors if they fail to get the necessary funds to build a new Independent heating system the european Community environment commissioner said monday. Carlo Ripa i Meana said he was told during a recent visit to Kiev that a shortage of heating could become dramatic during the Winter. Until recently heating was supplied by two of four reactors that continued to operate after the april 1986 Accident at chernobyl. But Alt reactors have now been closed Down two after the chernobyl disaster and the remaining two after a leak was discovered in a similar nuclear Plant near St. Petersburg in March. Currently 15 other chernobyl Lupe reactors called the pm by Type a Are still operational in Russia Ukraine and Lithuania these nuclear plants Are using obsolete technology and Are managed in an unsafe Way Middle East peace talks in which Syria is a participant began monday. And mondays announcement provides further evidence of a rapprochement Between Syria and the United states. The administration said Friday that it was lifting its 1-year-old travel advisory for . Citizens wishing to visit Syria. Although Tutwiler called that decision a nothing More than a routine matter a other state department officials pointed to it As another step toward normalization of relations. A we have cur differences but we also have an open dialogue a said a state department official speaking on condition of anonymity. 1 Tutwiler said syrians participation in operation desert storm and the Middle East peace talks were a High Points a in .-syrian relations Over the past two years. Edward Peter Djerejian assistant Secretary of state for near East and South asian affairs and syrian ambassador Walid Al Mualem met last week to discuss the travel restrictions and recent news reports implicating Damascus in the bombing of pan am flight 103 Over Scotland in 1988. Djerejian told Al Mualem that the United states thought the allegations were a baseless a the state department official said. Elation. Lets not forget  Michael is a descendant of the House of Hohenzollern which first came to the romanian throne in 1866 after centuries of infighting Between local  Start again the commissioner said. He warned of High risks from these reactors stressing that a every night without a problem is a Good  he said four other soviet built reactors of the Vvr-230 Type could also cause problems but Are less hazardous. One of these reactors is in Bulgaria one in Russia and two in Czechoslovakia. In addition four plutonium producing reactors for military purposes in the former soviet Union Are obsolete and potentially dangerous he said. Eventually All these reactors will have to be dismantled but the first priority is the elimination of die pm by types he said a we Are currently facing a race against the clock he said adding that Moscow had confirmed the danger. Quot we actually face a  romanian visit spurs Michael to consider returning As King Geneva up exiled King Michael of Romania said monday that he would be prepared to return to the throne following a tumultuous Homecoming reception Over the weekend. But he said his decision would be taken Only after several More private trips to Romania. Whether he returned permanently As King or As private citizen would depend on the romanian people he said. He spoke on his return to Switzerland after tens of thousands of romanians greeted him during ceremonies to celebrate the orthodox churches easter. It marked the first Lime King Michael banished in 1948 from his country after the communist takeover had been allowed to return for a visit after two earlier attempts. T would not want to make a decision on returning definitely to my country until after 1 had made several More private visits a Michael said Quot but i was extremely gratified by the reception my fellow countrymen accorded me and my  Michael declined comment on Politi romanians exiled King Michael and his grandson Nicolae 7, wave to supporters at a religious ceremony in cur Tea de it Arges on monday