European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world sunday november 29, 1992italian Cabinet oks women in military Rome apr nearly two years after the persian Gulf War forced Italy to take a hard look at what its military can do the Cabinet on Friday approved proposed legislation to let women join the armed forces and encourage volunteers. Enrolling women on a Volunteer basis Only in the armed forces would begin a year after the Law is passed by parliament but there has been no prediction on How Long parliament might take. Women would be allowed to make a career of the military but under no circumstances be allowed to go into combat. The proposal passed by prime minister Giuliano amatos Cabinet envisions armed forces made up of about 120,0 j0 members about half of them volunteers. The forces now have 250,000 men the majority of them draftees. Proponents of the new army said heavier Reliance on volunteers especially Long term ones will make the forces More efficient and thus in the Long run mean fewer soldiers will be needed. Calls to overhaul the armed forces came with the Gulf War when Italy sent minesweepers and other naval vessels and a Squadron of Jet fighters to join the bombing missions of Iraq. But unlike Britain and prance to which it often compares itself it did no to sent ground troops. Critics contended that decision was made because the largely draftee composed ground forces Arentt Well trained enough to handle costly and complicated armaments. Young men currently arc obliged to spend a year in the military. About 30 percent of the military is made up of \ of Una cars but most of them done to make it a career. Under the revamped military volunteers would sign up for stints of three to five years or for Long term careers. Volunteers would be guaranteed places in Italy a various police forces after they finish their military service. Earlier in the week a group of Young women underwent a couple Days of training at a military Barracks outside Rome in an Experiment to help the army determine How women could Best serve in the armed forces. Libya pressured again on bombing suspects Liy John m. Gosi Iko the Washington Post t he United states Britain and France on Friday condemned libyans continued refusal to surrender the intelligence agents accused of bombing pan american plight 103 and threatened new efforts to compel libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi to cooperate in bringing the suspects to Justice. T he three governments acted on the first anniversary of their demand that Libya give up the agents charged with the 1988 pan am explosion Over Lockerbie Scotland and the 1989 bombing of a French Uta jetliner Over niger. However while saying they will intensify efforts to tighten the economic sanctions imposed by the . Security Council against Libya last March the three did not specify what new penalties they might seek or when they plan to ask the Council for action. . Officials said privately the three allies May seek an embargo on libyan Oil exports the North african nation s most important foreign Exchange earner. But previous attempts to get a majority of the 15-Mcmbcr Council to support an Oil embargo have been unsuccessful. A total of 270 people a 259 on Board and 11 on the ground a were killed when the pan am plane blew up on dec. 21, 1988, in route from London to new  Uta explosion resulted in 171 deaths. Following extensive investigation the United states and Britain charged last year that the pan am bombing was committed by two libyan intelligence officials Abdel Basset Ali Al Mezrahi and Lamun Khalifa Fahimah. Last Jan 21, the Security Council approved a Resolution calling on Libya to give a a full and effective response to . And British demands for custody of the two suspects it also called on Libya to cooperate with a French investigation into the Uta bombing. When Libya failed to respond the Council adopted a Resolution March 27 imposing sanctions that included cutting off air links with Libya denying the libyans new aircraft and spare parts and maintenance for existing planes and prohibiting All military Aid or training. W americans trying to sneak into Canada As part of Drill Toronto up1 Canada is testing its immigration Security by hiring . Actors who will try to enter the country illegally an immigration official said fridas. Department spokesman Ian Midgley said the program is to test immigration agents in the Field. A it is All part of the evaluation Cycle held every five to seven years by Canadian immigration a Midgley said the Ottawa based los research group was hired by immigration officials to Survey How effective immigration guards at various stations throughout Canada Are. The program which has been unpublicized until now began monday and will continue until Early december. Reports say two. . Actors have been caught so far by immigration agents. One Man was picked up at Toronto a Pearson International Airport while another was caught at a Border crossing in British Columbia. Midgley said the agents have been warned of the exercise and added it is expected to he one of Many. A this is not being done because of problems with employees a he  the books a austrian policemen remove books from the great Hall of Fth National Library on saturday after a fire severely damaged Vienna a Homburg Palace which houses the Library. About 200 officers removed 10,000 or the Library is 192,000 rare books and manuscripts. British vips Praise Queen for volunteering to pay taxes Ondon apr paying income taxes is Likely to enhance the popularity of Queen Elizabeth former prime minister James Callaghan said Friday. How appalling thought lord Hailsham. Public opinion is Quot nearly always wrong and almost always ill informed Quot said Hailsham former lord Chancellor in Margaret thatchers government. But he told Channel 4 that he supported the Monarch s decision to voluntarily pay tax on her income because her judgment is impeccable she never puts a loot  lord Callaghan a former Leader of the labor party said on bbl radio that the Queens decision Quot places her on an Equality with every other citizen in this  Callaghan said that the Queen s agreement to reimburse the Treasury for payments to her children Quot is significant and will help to strengthen the position of the  Quot it is also something which will 1 Hope silence some of the newspapers a Callaghan added. There was Little evidence of that Friday with headlines ranging from the guardians sober Quot Queen agrees to pay income tax and Cut size of civil l Isth to the tabloid daily Star s Quot wham Bam thank you a  even the communist party a daily. Morning Star doggedly waging the class struggle took rare notice of the Royal family with a front Page announcement Quot Queen volunteers to curb tax dodging by  in addition to demands that she pay tack there have been Calls for Elizabeth to contribute More to repairing Windsor Castle. A recent fire did extensive damage to the Queens weekend Retreat. Heritage Secretary Peter Brooke told parliament that the government would pay for structural repairs expected to run into the tens of millions of dollars and the Queen would restore the damaged contents. Major said the Queen will Start paying on her annual pro ate income in the tax year beginning april 6. The prime minister said Prince Charles who already Pav s percent tax on income from his duchy of Cornwall estates had also indicated he wished to pay taxes e i the same basis As his Mother. I he Queen s wealth is difficult to determine but thusly estimated at Between s135 million and $9.8 h nun