European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes world Friday november 6,1992 russian legislature votes to slash atomic missiles Moscow apr Russia s legislature ratified the strategic arms reduction treaty with the United states on thursday despite the Contention by hard liners in sometimes heated debate that it would be seen As a gift to president elect Bill Clinton. Start would Cut by about one third the . And former soviet arsenals of Long Range missiles and bombers Over the next seven years. In a joint session of the supreme soviet lawmakers voted 157-1, with 26 abstentions to ratify the treaty. It must also be ratified by the former soviet states of Ukraine Belarus and Kazakhstan which also have nuclear arms. The . Senate adjourned last month without ratifying the pact which was signed in july 1991 by president Bush and former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Hard liners in the russian legislature demanded that the ratification vote be delayed because the treaty was unfair to Russia and because it followed Clinton s election Victory tuesday. A some people want to present the treaty on a Silver Platter to the . President elect a said Vitaly sivas Yanov a former cosmonaut. A but we  make presents. I am for this treaty but we should take a reasonable attitude he said arguing to delay the vote. He complained that Many technical problems relating to the dismantling of the missiles remained and that Russia lacked the Money to resolve them. Legislator Nikolai Pavlov one of the leaders of the hard line opposition National salvation front said the treaty was unfair to Russia. A we will have to eliminate our Best missiles while the Usa will be Able to keep their Best weapons a said Pavlov whose party was disbanded by president Boris n. Yeltsin last week. Although the treaty technically requires the destruction of strategic launchers and not actual missiles or warheads the practical effect would be to reduce the former soviets stockpile of warheads from about 11,000 to 6,500. The . Stockpile would effectively drop from about 12,000 warheads to 8,500. Reformers in the russian legislature stressed that if Russia failed to ratify the treaty it would damage russians image As a reliable partner. Off Road vehicle a woman looks at an unwelcome visitor outside her Day. The truck barrelled into the Home after the Driver Home in Saint Laurent do lat Lay France on wednes lost control of the vehicle. No one was injured. Jewish Graves damaged in Germany Frankfurt Germany a in the latest anti semitic outburst in Germany vandals have damaged 90 Graves at a jewish cemetery police say. In another development a Rostock City councilman withdrew his apology for an affront he made to the country a jewish Community and faced expulsion from his political party. Police said wednesday that 90 of the 190 Graves at a Century old jewish cemetery at Wuppertal 36 Miles North of Bonn had been damaged. The vandals knocked Down Marble tombstones and trampled on. Other parts of the cemetery. Jewish monuments also have been targeted in the wave of attacks on foreigners and Asylum seekers in Germany. Among the most serious anti semitic acts have been arson attacks at the site of the former Sash Senhausen concentration Camp and at the former women a slave labor Camp at Ravens Nick. The attacks have caused concern among Germany a 35,000 jews who have also been angered by they affront in Rostock to the Leader of their Community Ignatz Bubis. Bubis was asked monday during a news conference in the Baltic port whether he considered Israel his a a Homeland and what he thought of the violence Between israelis and palestinians. The Rostock City councilman who posed the question Karl Heinz Schmidt resigned hours later saying he regretted asking the a a misleading question. On tuesday Rostock mayor Klaus Kilimann and Berndt Seite minister president of Mecklenburg Vor Pommel the state that includes Rostock apologized for the incident. But Schmidt on wednesday said he regretted the time and place of his question not its Content. Schmidt is a member of Chancellor Helmut Kohl s ruling Christian democratic party. An official said wednesday that the party Quot had no choices but to Start proceedings to expel the councilman. Rostock has been trying to revamp its image tarnished by the riots in late August that forced authorities to evacuate a Home for Asylum seekers. The violence began the spate of attacks that have since spread to numerous other areas in the , 21, gets 7 years in attack of Asylum Home from wire reports Berlin a a German court wednesday sentenced a 21-year-old Man to seven years in jail in delivering the harshest sentence to Date against someone convicted of attacking a building housing foreigners. The court in Potsdam found the unemployed bricklayer guilty of arson and the presiding judge described the Many a attitude As a Gross  the Man had admitted that he hurled two gasoline bombs at a Hostel for Asylum seekers in the Eastern German City of Kletzin in Early september saying he had a Strong dislike of what he called economic  kill 9 officers Bogota Colombia a nine police officers were killed and 12 wounded during nighttime attacks in Medellin police said wednesday. Gunmen in cars or on motorcycles opened fire with assault rifles on police patrols around the City. National police director Miguel Gomez said the killings were probably carried out by the Medellin cocaine Cartel in retaliation for the death of one of their leaders. Honecker to remain jailed Berlin a a Berlin court has ruled that former East German Leader Erich Honecker who suffers from cancer must remain in jail on charges of manslaughter Honecker a attorney said. A this is a flagrant violation against human dignity a Wolfgang Ziegler said wednesday. Ziegler said the Berlin state court rejected an Appeal that called for the former communist Leader to be released on health grounds. Honecker 80, suffers from an advanced Case of liver cancer. Observers said rejection of the application Means Honecker probably has lost his last Chance to avoid going on trial in Berlin on nov. 12.Man cleared in Pigeon Case Vienna Austria a a cemetery Gardener who took a pot shot at a Pesky Pigeon was acquitted wednesday of cruelty to animals because no Corpse was found. Alexander Urbanek fired an air pistol april 10 to try to shoo away a Pigeon sitting on a Windowsill across the Street from his Home the Austria press Agency reported. The window broke but the Bird got away said Urbanek 21. Nonetheless state prosecutor Ernst Kloyber charged Urbanek with cruelty to animals and destruction of  expert chosen Premier Bucharest Romania president Ion Iliescu on wednesday chose an obscure tax official to head the next government. The new prime minister Nicolae Vacariu promised that reforms will continue but at a lower Cost to Long suffering romanians. Iliescu told a news conference that be had selected Vacariu because Romania s economic woes need a Premier a completely anchored m economic issues Quot and Able a to Stop the decline in production and economic activity Vacariu a 49-year-old economist is chief of the finance ministry a tax department Britain cancels exercise Hong Kong Britain has called off a planned military exercise in Hong Kong based on an imaginary invasion by China because it does not want to antagonize Beijing radio Hong Kong reported wednesday. The government owned radio said the British defense ministry called off the exercise planned a next week at the advice Hong Kong governor Chris Patten. Patten is the commander in chief of British fogs in the Colony which reverts to chinese Rule in Ivy it a Britain and China have been bickering recently Over Patten s moves to encourage greater Democrat in the territory before the chinese takeover