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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 21, 1992 world the stars and stripes b Page 9ex-red army cuts total in Germany by 350,000 prom wire reports Berlin a withdrawals of former red army troops from Eastern Germany Are running on schedule with Only 200,000 of the original 550,000 soldiers and family members still stationed in Germany an army spokesman said Friday. A the role As a fighting Force in the sense of the earlier soviet military doctrine has Long ceased to exist a said it. Col. Konrad Freytag a spokesman for the German armed forces the Bunaes Wehr adding a the task today is planned  the 380, army troops stationed in former communist East Germany during the cold War were regarded As a key military treat to Western european Security by nato planners. Under the agreement Between the German government and the former soviet Union that brought about the oct. 3,1990, German unification All former soviet troops must be withdrawn from Eastern Germany by the end of 1994.strike Likely next week in London subway system London a an indefinite stoppage of the London underground transportation system appeared almost certain to begin next week As both sides in a labor dispute appeared entrenched the guardian reported Friday. London underground insisted Friday that it could continue services despite the proposed strike by 12,000 members of the National Union of rail maritime and transport workers. A spokesman said earlier in the week that rail services would operate and that Many passengers would be Able to travel without paying because of a shortage of ticket collectors. German Law enforcers to fight rightist violence Berlin apr Germany Stop Law enforcement officials Friday agreed on wide ranging measures to curb extreme rightist violence. Jewish groups social activists and others say government leaders have failed to crack Down on the troublemakers since the latest Neo nazi troubles started. A it l most of the violence has been directed at political Asylum seekers who arc expected to reach 500,000 this year alone in Germany. On Friday the Interior ministers from Germany a 16 states met with Federal Interior minister Rudolf Seiters in Wiesbaden and adopted the comprehensive measures. The Interior ministers supervise police functions in Germany. The chief of the one Day conference Saarland state Interior minister Friedol lip pc said the states would keep police units ready to be moved to trouble spots a without  so far local officials especially those in economically troubled Eastern Germany have said they Are unable to keep enough police reserves on standby. Among others measures adopted a improved communications among Law enforcement agencies especially to keep track of extreme rightists and build up cases that could Lead to a ban on their no nazi organizations. A better Protection plans for buildings threatened by the radicals. A outreach programs to ensure that foreign refugees can quickly reach police in Case they re threatened. The Interior ministers also want to Sec whether the extended preventive detention that exists in sonic German states can be adopted in the rest of the country. Neo nazi attacks surpass 91 rate Hanover Germany apr nearly 300 More Radical rightist and Neo nazi attacks have been carried out in Germany this year than in All of 1991, a ministry official said thursday. Claus Henning the no. 2 official in the state Interior ministry of  said that Between Jan. 1 and nov. 8, there were 1,760 attacks carried out by Neo nazis and other Radical rightists in Germany. That compares with 1,483 in 1991. Henning said about one third a or 586 of the violent acts a were arson and bomb attacks against Asylum seekers and foreigners. About 70 percent of the radicals carrying out the violence were Between the Ages of 16 and 21, he said. Other attacks included throwing rocks at Asylum shelters attacking foreigners on streets and desecrating jewish cemeteries and memorials. A officials have said 11 people have been killed in the attacks this year. 7 allies meet in secret to form High tech policy Bonn Germany apr representatives of seven Allied nations met in a secret location Friday to forge a policy on High tech exports to Iran and other adversaries. Delegates from the a group of seven nations a the United states Britain Germany Japan France Canada and Italy a met in Bonn. An official with Germany a economics ministry who spoke on condition of anonymity described the talks As confidential and refused to disclose the site. He also said the participants Hadnot decided whether the outcome would be made immediately Public. State department spokesman Richard Boucher said thursday that the United states would participate but offered few details. The virtual news blackout appeared to reflect the sensitivity of the topic and Broad disagreement among the nations about Iran. The officials also discussed curbing exports to Iraq North Korea and Libya sources said. All but Libya Are suspected of trying to develop nuclear weapons capability. The United states is especially concerned about the booming business being conducted by Germany and Japan with Iran. Germany is Iran s largest Western trading partner with exports of about $4 billion. The economics ministry official said he did no to know what his country a position would be in the talks or precisely what the american Side was seeking. Germany has been forced to tighten its Export control Laws because of disclosures that German companies helped build a chemical weapons Plant in Libya helped with iraqis nuclear weapons program and were involved in the arms buildup in India and Pakistan. The Industrial countries have refrained from Selling Iran military or nuclear related equipment but there is no common position on the Sale of dual use technology which can be applied to either civilian or military purposes. The . Concern is focused not Only on Iran a nuclear weapons potential but also on possible iranian development of ballistic missiles and germ warfare capability. Laos to let Mia team visit sit prison break bout 150 inmates and others at Arlinnie prison in Glasgow Scotland begin a six mile run within prison Walls thursday to raise Money for a a Cash for kids Christmas fund. Other events such As pole vaulting were not included in the activities. To Chi Minh City Vietnam apr Laos will let american investigators visit the site where a satellite photo showed what May have been a . Military Rescue code dug into the ground a . Senator says. American teams will also see previously closed areas where there have been reported sightings of people who could be mias said sen. John f. Kerry the chairman of the Senate committee on missing . Servicemen. He announced the agreement thursday after returning from a Day trip to Vientiane the capital of Laos. The . Satellite photo taken in january 1988, shows the 12-foot-High letters a Susa Quot with something underneath that could be the letter  the letter a a a Quot was used As a secret emergency code by american aviators during the Vietnam War. Some people have said the letters might have been a signal from an american held prisoner since the Vietnam War. Experts agree the a us a was Man made but they Are not sure whether the other marking was a a a a a or whether it was intentionally stamped out in a Rice Paddy. Kerry d-mass., is visiting Southeast Asia with Sens. Thomas a. Daschle d-s.d., and Hank Brown r-colo., to seek More information on the 2,265 americans unaccounted for since the War  
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