European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 7, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 9 Kuwait rejects criticism of . War Effort envoy by the Washington Post Washington a Kuwait a government has dissociated itself from a parliamentary leaders remarks that the United states played Only a Small role in liberating the emirate from Iraq the state department said Friday. The Washington Post on Friday reported the comments by Abdul Aziz Masamed a close supporter of the Ming Sabah family and the head of the National Council Kuwait a interim advisory legislature. He said the United states ousted iraqi forces last year to protect its own interests rather than As a a a Favory to Kuwait. He also said . Ambassador Edward Gnehm a interferes a lot by speaking about democracy and a a encouraging opposition to the government. Department spokesman Joe Snyder said Gnehm had been instructed to raise the matter a at the highest Levels of the kuwaiti government and had been told cat prayer for peace Pope John Paul ii prays Friday beneath a Cross in Huambo Angola. The Pope called for lasting peace during his visit to the City that was hit hard by angolans 16-Ycar civil War which ended last year. Go Mically that Masae cd a views a do not represent those of the government of  a i think we Are satisfied with the answer we got from the government a Snyder said. A i think its also very Clear that promotion of democracy is a fundamental Tenet of . Foreign policy throughout the world and Gnehm will continue to do  a was for the remarks on the contribution of the United states to the War i think the world understands what our position was and what our contribution to that Effort was a Snyder added. Since the Sabah family resumed its Rule of Kuwait the United states has pressed it to relax its Feudal style of autocratic Rule and Institute democratic reforms. Elections to restore the suspended parliament Are scheduled for october but some members of the Sabah family Are known to oppose democracy and to be resentful of american Calls for political  can Trade Iron lady for just lady London apr the Iron lady became lady a or Baroness a Thatcher on saturday. After More than 30 years in the House of commons Margaret Thatcher entered the largely ceremonial House of lords with a clutch of newly enabled henchmen and turncoat from her past governments. Thatcher has yet to choose a title. She could be lady or Baroness Thatcher of Grantham the Central England town where she was raised above her father s grocery store or of Finchley her North London District. Thatcher 66, topped the list of 21 new peerages announced by prime minister John major who succeeded her after she resigned in 1990. The list was approved by Queen Elizabeth ii. Others included two controversial Thatcher allies a Nicholas Ridley and Cecil Parkinson a and the former ally who precipitated her downfall former Deputy prime minister sir Geoffrey Howe. Ridley 63, was forced to resign As environment Secretary in 1989 after an anti German outburst that caused a Public juror. Parkinson 60, masterminded thatchers second election Victory in 1983. Then his sex Secretary announced she was pregnant by him and said he had reneged on a Promise to leave his wife. He quit but was brought Back to the Cabinet As Energy Secretary in 1987. Howe 65, left his Post As Deputy prime minister to protest thatchers rejection of the european Community a Unity drive. Thatcher failed to win a subsequent party leadership Challenge and resigned As prime minister. Thatchers title is for life but wont be passed to her 38-year-old son Mark. Captors seek Concrete assurances from germans on 2 shiite Brothers from wire reports Beirut Lebanon a kidnappers holding two German hostages said saturday that they would release them Only if they got a Concrete assurances about two shiite Muslim Brothers imprisoned in Germany for terrorist acts whose Freedom they have demanded in the past. The announcement came in an arabic language statement delivered to a Western news Agency in Beirut by a group calling itself the holy warriors for Freedom. The statement was accompanied by a picture of German hostage Heinrich Striebig 51. He was kidnapped with fellow Relief worker Thomas Kemptner 30, in the Southern port of Saida on May 16, 1989. It was the first communique from the group since dec. 26, when it said it would not release the two germans unless the two shiites Mohammed Ali Hamadi and Abbas Hamadi Are freed in Germany. Saturdays communique coincided with a flurry of diplomatic activities by . And germans officials and Calls by iranian and lebanese officials for closing the chapter of Western hostages in Lebanon. A Day earlier the German government reiterated its Oft declared refusal to make a Deal. German ambassador Peter Kiewitt on Friday played Down reports of an imminent release of the germans by the shiite Muslim kidnappers. A this is Mere talk. I done to think they will be released in two  the germans Are the last westerners held in Lebanon. A a the matter is moving through a reasonable mechanism within the framework of a positive solution toward a satisfactory conclusion for All a said the two Page Handwritten statement by the holy warriors for Freedom. A the release will take place after the completion of assurances. And this will be announced in due time a it said. The germans were working for the humanitarian group Asme hum Anitas when they were kidnapped. World Hospital releases Arafat after blood clot surgery from wire reports Amman Jordan a Plo chairman Yasser Arafat was discharged from the Hospital Friday five Days after he had emergency surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain that resulted from a plane crash. The palestinian Leader looking tired and shaky left the King Hussein medical Center accompanied by the King. A i feel very Well a said Arafat who was dressed in his Arafat traditional Olive drab fatigue and Black and White Check ered Kaffayeh headdress. A wok. Thank  Arafat 62, wore tinted glasses to hide a bruised right Eye. His physician or. Ashraf Kurdi said the swelling was the result of a slight Haematoma. A Haematoma is a to Morlick collection of blood located outside of a blood  crashes atop Fuji Tokyo a three people were believed to have been killed saturday after a Small plane on a sightseeing trip crashed into a Snow covered Crater on top of mount Fuji police said. Officials said by Coll Pirry a French Moun i to incur heard the loud Impact of the crash at 12 20 . And found the aircraft with its nose buried in the Snow 62 Miles West of Tokyo. Mount Fuji is Japan a highest  to ease restriction Jerusalem a the defense ministry announced Friday that it would allow thousands of workers from the occupied Gaza strip to return to jobs inside Israel for the first time since a closure order was imposed on the area late last month. But the easing which takes effect monday is expected to leave More than half of the 35,000 Ganzans who previously worked in Israel confined to the strip. I he measure was initially imposed for three Days As a response to the stabbing of a 15-year-old israeli girl by a Gazan in suburban Pel  curb imposed Helsinki Finland a aiming at russian and estonian Vodka smugglers Finland said Friday that it will bar Many Short term tourists from bringing alcohol into the country. A it was getting out of hand a police superintendent Goran Wiksten said of the smuggling. The ban takes effect june 15. Officials said imports of alcohol will be forbidden for visitors who plan to stay fewer than four Days and who arrive by Road rail or sea from countries outside the european Community and the nordic area. The ban will not apply to airline , bread prices soar Moscow a Moscow shoppers found milk and bread prices quadrupled saturday after the City government lifted Price controls on the Low Cost Staples russians mat increasingly turned to when other food became too expensive. Milk and bread had been spared when the government lifted Price controls on most goods Jan. 2, which sent prices for other foodstuffs skyrocketing and forced changes in the russian  water improves Brussels Belgium a the european Community commission said Friday that the Quality of the eco a bathing water improved last year. Ireland and Denmark topped the list while France and Spain lagged behind. A considerable efforts were made to improve the Quality of bathing water a environment commissioner Carlo Ripa i Meana said in a statement. A there is still a lot to be done but we can be proud of the Progress