European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday november 24, 1992australia tosses out ban on Gays in armed forces from wire reports Canberra Australia a the Cabinet has decided to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military a spokeswoman for prime minister Paul Keating said monday. In september a special labor party caucus committee recommended that the ban be lifted despite opposition from australian defense Force chiefs and the armed forces federation which represents rank and file soldiers. Top military officials had persuaded defense minister Robert Ray in june to continue the ban citing what they called the potential threat to unit cohesion and morale. The Cabinet was split on the Issue. Attorney general Michael Duffy who pushed to overturn the ban had his position boosted by the commitment of . President elect Clinton to admit Gays to the . Military and a similar decision earlier this year by Canada Guam typhoon eases up. T v 9,a�?T Guam a typhoon Gay rolled Over the . Pacific territory of Guam on sunday packing sustained winds of 120 Mph but causing Only minor injuries and damage. A this is what we basically Call a a banana storm a a lot of crop and vegetation damage but very Little structural harm Quot local journalist Dave Ecret said. A gov. Joseph Ada went on radio using the emergency broadcast system a Little while ago and said there did not appear to be enough damage to Call for an emergency  Ecret added that the storm brought very Little rain a just High winds. Nonetheless 4,200 people hunkered Down in emergency shelters As Guam a Pacific Island approximately Halfway Between the . West coast and Japan weathered its sixth typhoon in three months. Before easing up the storm had been classified As a super typhoon last week with maximum sustained winds of 150  cleric arrested Rio de Janeiro Brazil a an evangelical preacher predicting the end of the world on dec. 11 was arrested for causing panic in a devout Region of Brazil Media reports said sunday. Pastor Elifas Ferreira a Silvas apocalyptic message had encouraged poor inhabitants of the northeastern City of Caru uru to Start giving away their meager possessions to a purify Quot themselves for judgment Day. But unconvinced local police officers silenced the Good news Mission Church preacher by arresting him for the crime of a causing panic with false  a the is a madman Quot Carnaru police chief Acmar Candido told the daily journal do Brasil newspaper a in a Region As poor As this with a population with so much religious Faith he could end up driving Many people to  Gate gets the Gate t Oronto a terrorist proof Gate made for the Canadian embassy in Washington at a Cost of $ 100,000 is being sold for scrap a to on Garth a a add of polished stainless steel broke in 1989 after just two weeks of use because it was poorly designed and weighed too much embassy spokesman Malcolm Mckechnie was quoted by the 1 Oronto Sun As saying. The computer controlled Gate would Cost $60,000 to repair so the embassy has decided to spend $24,000 on a lighter Gate. The embassy which Cost about $64 million and sits on prime real estate Between the White House and the Capitol building opened in 1989.thailand puts sex on hold Bangkok Thailand a police have seized More than a thousand pirated copies of Rock Star Madonna a sizzling sex Book but authorities had conflicting opinions monday about its contents. Sex was among some 3,000 books believed to be pornographic that were seized in a major sweep of Bangkok bookshops last week police said. But the Fate of sex remains Uncertain in the country although it has been banned in a number of Oiler nations. Col. Samrong Mett Ajit of the police special Branch division said the american singers Book was pornographic As defined by thai Laws and would be destroyed. But police maj. Boon Hob Ket thet from the same division said in another interview that photos in the Hook were a artistic rather than  s5 s group sends cubans supplies to Challenge . Embargo Tampico a Pirn / a i f i. I 9 a Mexico apr people from around the world loaded a Havana bound ship with 15 tons of wheelchairs bicycles and bibles on sunday in Defiance of the . Trade embargo on Cuba. A caravan of 44 trucks and More than 100 people 25�?~tat?s and nine countries arrived in this Busy Gulf of Mexico port after crossing the Border at Laredo Texas on Friday. Some group members flew aboard a chartered Cuba a Airliner to Havana on sunday night. Others were going with the freighter which is to depart wednesday for a the acc Day trip to the Caribbean Island. Ii or a me embargo was not Only illegal but immoral and this was a Chance to break it a said David silk a businessman from Mystic Conn. A the 30-Ycar-old Trade embargo was imposed after Fidel Castro look Power and prevents most Commerce with the Island by . Citizens and corporations. The caravan of supplies organized by the Minneapolis based pastors for peace entered Mexico after a scuffle with . Customs officials who tried to prevent the group from crossing because members would not fill out Export licenses. A it was a Small sacrifice compared to what cubans arc going through a said a smoke Tokunbo a 29-year-old mail Carrier and student from Oakland Calif. He was arrested in Laredo after refusing to give up a Supply of notebooks and pencils. Three people were jailed and $1,500 Worth of Medicine was confiscated before . Officials allowed the group into Mexico. A your main purpose was to Send Aid to Cuba but also to demonstrate against the blockade.,&Quot said Tom Hansen National coordinator of pastors for peace. A we also want normalization of relations with Cuba a hopefully within the first 100 Days of Bill Clinton a administration. Clinton has said he favors keeping sanctions against Luba one of the worlds last communist nations. The caravan with Drivers waving peace signs and cuban flags at puzzled mexicans on the Roadside was met sunday morning in the outskirts of Tampico by police escorts who led it to the town Square for a rally. Rut5c  ? Roc t0 the part and loaded boxes idled with Spanish language bibles powdered milk and  a nth 2�?T500 ton freighter 3 women arrested in Cairo for alleged Muslim terrorism Cairo Egypt apr police arrested three Cairo Egypt apr police arrested three women wearing islamic  suspicion of torching shops and committing other Muslim extremist violence a newspaper reported monday. A if True the Case would Mark the first Active female involvement in Muslim extremist violence with the women using the veil As cover. Fundamentalist sheiks prescribe head to toc veiling for pious Muslim women. News per Al ashram said the a when Nolis vhf i so cd a a sweep North of Cairo in sabotage a Pirn  do so Vered Earle Mist plans to As Spinat Public figures a pc Quot try ins Al Atiz Quot a and the newspaper quoted provincial Security sources. Fujimori factions Lead in peruvian balloting Lima Peru a president Alberto Fujimori a non ammo Lima Peru a president Alberto Fujimori a allies dominated a new parliament on sunday in elections boycotted by main opposition parties according to unofficial projections. The returns appeared to indicate support for Fujimori s authoritarian measures to defeat shining path rebels and liberalize Peru s troubled Economy. With military backing Fujimori dissolved parliament in april to impose one Man Rule accusing lawmakers of hampering his fight against guerrillas and Drue traffickers. 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