European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes sunday May 10, 1992 . Loses another Case on Iran goods source says the Hague Netherlands apr an International tribunal has ruled that the United states must either deliver hundreds of iranian goods held following the 1979 iranian revolution or compensate Tehran for their loss a source said saturday. The goods held in the United states mostly non military items that were ordered and paid for include a shipment of iranian fossils a Stradivarius violin and a Load of nuclear fuel. The ruling wednesday by the Iran United states claims tribunal a the Only official forum for Contact Between the governments a marked the second time in six months that Washington lost such a Case. Almost 4,000 claims Worth $2.7 billion have either been arbitrated by the tribunal or settled through negotiation. The tribunal said last week that the United states should have done More to return the property held since Washington slapped an embargo on Tehran following the 1979 seizure of the . Embassy there said the source. A the tribunal recognized that the . Does no to have to ship but is going to have to pay any damages that Iran suffered because of non shipment Quot the official said. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said a compensation figure had not yet been decided by the body. The tribunal is made up of three Chambers each standing out a construction worker sets up scaffolding Friday around n portion of n statue of Buddha being erected in Usaku Japan. The round objects arc the religious figures curly hair. The statue which will be completed later this year will stand about 330 feet tall. Having an american an iranian and a citizen from a third nation As a judge. It was set up in 1981 to arbitrate claims Between Iran and the United states Tehran originally claimed that it was owed $4 billion in compensation for the 270 lots of property. The claims panel was set up under provisions of the Algiers accords which specified that once the hostages were released All iranian property embargoed by Washington after the seizure must be returned. After the . Hostages gained their Freedom then president Reagan issued an executive order releasing All non strategic goods. The goods involved in wednesdays ruling were retained in the United states because of Lions Export controls or financial disputes. Although the bulk of the property has no military application one of the items is nuclear fuel which still cannot be shipped to Iran because of its listing As a terrorist state by the . Government. A . Weapons embargo against Tehran is still in place and is the focus of billions of dollars of iranian claims based on military equipment it ordered from the United states before the iranian revolution. In november Washington agreed in private negotiations before the tribunal to pay Tehran $260 million in compensation for that weaponry. Hie tribunal still has before it about 100 private claims and several government to government claims in excess of $2  strike ended by thai opposition chief prime minister Suchinda Kra Prayoon resigns. The end of the fast May help alleviate the political crisis heightened by huge Street protests last week led by Cha Tong the country a most popular politician. The 57-year-old opposition Leader had weakened considerably during the fast and any harm to him could cause a upheaval. Chamlong led several thousand people in the sixth consecutive Day of Large anti Suchinda rallies at a Bridge where police barricades had blocked people from marching on to the parliament the night before. The crowd beat empty water bottles As activists castigated Suchinda in speeches. A Suchinda get out a the crowd chanted. The protesters want the prime minister to be chosen from the ranks of elected lawmakers. Suchinda a former  chief who led a 1991 coup that ousted the elected government does not hold a parliamentary seat. He was chosen prime minister by a coalition of pro military parties that emerged after the parliamentary election in March. Chamlong told reporters he abandoned his fast because the situation had changed and he now needed to be physically Active in the protest. A i have to eat and fight Quot he said. While reaffirming support for Suchinda the coalition parties called for a meeting with opposition parties monday to discuss constitutional reforms. 26 miners tapped in Canada blast Plymouth Nova Scotia a an explosion at a Canadian Coal mine Early saturday trapped 26 workers underground police said. More than a dozen Rescue teams rushed to the site in Nova Scotia province and were trying to dig the workers out. The blast at the Westray mine occurred about 5 50 a.m., close to a shift change said Ivan Baker a Constable of the Royal Canadian mounted police. The cause was not immediately known. Some of the miners on the shift had gotten out safely before the explosion Baker said in nearby Stellarton about 75 Miles North of Halifax. The explosion rattled windows and Shook houses about a mile away from the mine. Reports from officials at the site indicated there was no Power or ventilation in the mine. No injuries or deaths were immediately reported but there was no Way of knowing the condition of the workers underground Baker Saia. Mayor Clarence Porter of Stellarton said the area has had a history of mine disasters. A there have been so Many accidents Over the years that everyone hoped against Hope that this would never happen again Quot Porter said. John Roach a former Union representative and Miner said there had been a series of explosions in the same Coal seam that Westray is now mining starting in 1914. A it is a very Gassy seam Quot Roach said. A what they done to seem to realize is that even the dust can  panel urges Church to fight drugs from wire reports Vatican City a the roman Catholic Church and its followers need to do More to fight drug addiction a Vatican commission says. Among recommendations made Friday by the pontifical Council for the family was an invitation to clergy to try to fight drug abuse. It also advised laymen to help addicts trying to break their habits. The Council said the Church had t done enough or spoken out enough about the problem. A a a a a it was the first time that a Vatican commission devoted a document to drug use and the Council promised that future documents would tackle the problem of drug production and  mishap hurts 7 new Delhi India a a Monkey fell into a huge frying pan Friday splattering hot Oil that injured seven pilgrims eating in a Community Kitchen at a holy hindu City a news Agency reported. The Accident occurred in Ujjin when the Monkey tried to grab puris a Fried bread being cooked on a fire in the open ground United news of India said. It said five women and two men were burned by the splashing Oil. The Monkey jumped out of the pot and  for olympics Cochin India a a Coconut Rich state in Southern India will Export shells to Barcelona Spain for use As ice Cream cups during the olympics officials say. Three companies in Kerala state will sell 600,000 shells for 10 cents each to a Barcelona company said . Markosey chief Coconut officer of the state run Coconut development Board. A it is better than throwing them away a said Markosey. Discarded Coconut shells Are often used As begging bowls or utensils by the poor in India. Sometimes toys or handicraft carvings Are made from them. In the Southern state of Andora Pravesh left Wing guerrillas use them to make  held in egg theft Oaxaca Mexico a Federal agents arrested a Man near this capital of the Southern state of Oaxaca and seized 15,000 sea Turtle eggs he had concealed in a pick up truck an official said. Fisheries department inspector Jorge Gonzalez Illescas Saia Modesto Olivera Larrea 34, was apprehended thursday by police who intercepted his vehicle before Dawn near the Beach town of Rio Grande. All species of Turtle Are on Mexico a list of endangered Fauna and Hunting them or picking their eggs is forbidden by Law. Large numbers of them nest on Oaxaca a Many deserted beaches. Gonzalez said Olivera admitted under questioning that he had been smuggling eggs for the past three years to Mexico City where there is a lucrative Market. Turtle eggs Are considered a delicacy As Well As an  abortion rate Bucharest Romania a new figures indicate that Romania has the highest abortion rate in the world with three pregnancies terminated for every one live birth the compress news Agency reported Friday. The figures produced by the International federation of family planning were released at the second National conference of the society for sexual and contraceptive education in Romania. The federations chairman or. Sorin Puia said romanians abortions represent 2 to 3 percent of terminations carried out worldwide while romanians population represented Only 0.4 of the world population according to compress. Officials said the abortion rate Rose sharply u 5r demise of Nicolae Ceausescu who a outlawed abortions and birth control in 1966