European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world saturday october 31,1992 the freighter Akatsuka Mam arrives at Brest France to Stock up before loading plutonium in Cherbourg. Freighter arrives in France to pick up deadly cargo Paris a the freighter that is to carry 1.7 tons of deadly plutonium Halfway around the world to Japan is in Brest taking on supplies for its journey. The 326-foot Akatsuka Maru pulled into the port about 300 Miles West of Paris on thursday said the Industry and external Trade ministry. Once it loads provisions it will head to Cherbourg to take on the plutonium. Plutonium is one of the world s deadliest substances a speck can kill a person within hours if inhaled. Plans to ship the plutonium spent fuel from Japa Nese nuclear reactors reprocessed by France s state owned nuclear fuel company Ogema have drawn intense protest from environmental groups and governments whose Waters May be along the ship route. That route is being kept secret for Security Rea sons. Concerns have been raised that terrorists night at tack the ship or that an Accident could kill tens of thou Sands of people. The plutonium is the first of 30 tons to be shipped Back Over the next decade under a $4 billion contract. Japan says the plutonium is necessary to fire up a new generation of fast breeder reactors in a program to Cut Back imports of Fossil fuels. The environmental group Greenpeace on thursday reaffirmed that it intends to track the ship s return Voy age and warn countries in its path the Akatsuka Mam is being escorted by a japanese coast guard vessel. French and japanese officials said they have taken All necessary precautions. The plutonium will be loaded into multilayered stainless steel containers that can withstand pressure at up to 33,000 feet below the  containers also Are equipped with transmitters to help locate them in the event of a sinking and can sur Vive 1,800-degree heat for 90 minutes. Greenpeace and other groups say 120. Crude nuclear weapons could be made from the shipment. But French officials contend that the plutonium is not weapons Grade. Lawmakers in Spain and Italy support european Unity treaty Rome up lawmakers in Spain and Italy overwhelmingly endorsed the maastricht treaty on euro Pean Unity thursday giving proponents of the embattled agreement a boost. The lower House of the Spanish parliament ratified the treaty with a near unanimous vote of 314-3, with the negative votes coming from United people a smal Basque separatist party. The United left coalition split on the Issue eight of its 17 deputies abstained. Final ratification by Spain is due in december. The lower House of the italian parliament ratified the agreement by a vote of 403-46 with 18 abstentions. The vote in Italy where the Senate endorsed the document sept. 17, completed Rome s ratification of the treaty making it the fifth of the 12 european Community member countries to ratify the measure. Ear Lier Ireland Luxembourg Greece and France approved the plan. Belgium is expected to ratify it in the next few Days. The votes in the two countries provided a needed boost to maastricht after a danish defeat a narrow French Victory and an Anglo German dispute that raised concerns about unification. Danish voters narrowly rejected the treaty in a june 2 referendum. Then last month French voters narrowly approved it. Concerns about unification following the French and danish votes combined with other worries to touch off turmoil in the British financial markets forcing London to withdraw the Pound Sterling from the european monetary system. Diplomats said the problems in Britain and Den Mark raise difficulties for unification and appear to Rule out the possibility of full ratification of maastricht by the Jan. 1 target Date. They fear that it May take an additional six months or even a year to Complete the process and that the treaty May have to be revised. Denmark is seeking exemptions from important aspects of the treaty and observers in London doubt about whether the British parliament will ratify the treaty when it comes before the House of commons on wednesday. The prospects for final acceptance of the treaty signed in the dutch City of maastricht on feb. 7, Are not expected to be clarified until a Summit of the euro Pean Community s Council of ministers is held dec. 11-12 in Edinburgh Scotland. Egypt arrests suspect in attack on tourist bus from wire reports Cairo Egypt police have arrested one of three Muslim extremists suspected in the attack on a tourist bus in which a British woman was killed Interior minister Mohammed Ardeu Halim Moussa said  did not give the name of the arrested Man. He said that the identities of the two other men also have been established and that they will be arrested soon. His comments were carried by the Middle East news  have arrested scores of suspects since the oct. 21 attack in which 28-year-old Sharon Hill of Gloucester England died. German broadcasts set Berlin Germany s foreign broadcasting Arm Deutsche Welle will Start transmitting television programs to the United states and the rest of the americas on sunday via the satellite Intelsat k. Appropriately the service will use staff an equipment of the station founded by . Occupation forces in West Berlin after world War ii called radio in the american sector or Rias. Rias to lost its Legal standing after German unification but has been taken Over by the government supported Deutsche Welle for foreign broadcasting purposes. Nato chief heading East Brussels Belgium nato Secretary general Manfred Worner will travel next week tothe former soviet Union to strengthen links with three newly Independent  statement from the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization said thursday that Worne would arrive sunday in Belarus for meetings with top officials about political and Security matters. His itinerary Calls for him to go to Kazakhstan on monday and to Kyrgyzstan on wednesday. Choreographer Dies London sir Kenneth Macmillan principal choreographer of the Royal Ballet died of a hear attack thursday night backstage at the Royal opera House covent Garden. He was 62.macmillan, who almost single hand edly revived the tradition of full length Ballet in Britain died As revival of his 1978 Ballet mayerling was being staged. 12 killed in air crash Moscow a military cargo plane crashed in Western Siberia on Friday killing 12 of the 13people on Board the russian air transport department  survivor was in critical condition said Yuri Pere Yolkin the department duty officer in / Moscow. Rushdie order stands Saa Brucken Germany Iran s ambassador to Germany said thursday that his government had no intention of lifting the order to kill Salman Rushdie author of the satanic verses. We Are not thinking of taking Back this punishment ambassador Hossein Mosavian told Saarland state radio. His statement came one Day after Rushdi appealed to the German government to use its economic might and influence with Tehran to get the death order removed. Museum upset by photos Amsterdam Netherlands Madam Tussaud s Wax museum continued its investigation thursday into How a pornographic Magazine obtained photographs of sem nude women in provocative poses with its Wax  Martin editor of Chick Magazine said the pictures were taken during the museum s regular operating hours by a staff photographer. The photos were published in the Magazine s october  photos show three live models posing next to a Wax statue of Rock Star Tina Turner and kissing and petting a statue of Singer songwriter David  women were also photographed behind the front window of the museum which looks onto the capital s Royal Palace