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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 10,1993 world 1 the stars and stripes b Page 11 a . Threatens Pakistan sanctions report says prom wire reports Islamabad Pakistan a the United states has Given Pakistan 180 Days to prove it is not promoting International terrorism or else face weapons and Trade sanctions a report in Islamabad said saturday pakistani foreign Secretary Shaharyar Khan told the news an Independent newspaper that . Ambassador John Manjo delivered the ultimatum thursday. The newspaper said pakistanis ambassador to the United states Syeda Abida Hussain was called to the state department the same Day and told of the warning by Arnold Kanter assistant Secretary of state. If Pakistan cannot prove its innocence it risks. Being placed on a state department list of terrorist states and could face arms and Trade sanctions and other punitive actions diplomatic sources said in Islamabad. French arsonist sentenced Paris a an Man who set fire to a synagogue received a 214-year prison term Friday while two men who handed out tracts denying the reality of the holocaust were Given suspended sentences. The separate cases reflect a bout of anti semitic incidents Over the past few years which has mostly been manifested in vandalism of jewish cemeteries. Raphael Bys 26, a homeless Man with a penchant for arson sacked and set alight the Sanctuary of a synagogue in Saint Avold in Eastern France last summer after a Drunken robbery spree. The fire destroyed several valuable books. Bys reportedly told investigators a a it a a Long time that in be wanted to do a  in Aix in Provence in Southern France a court handed Short suspended prison terms and fines of about $1,800 to $3,600 to two men who denied the. Existence of the holocaust. The pair were found guilty of handing out tracts claiming that the extermination by the nazis of 6 million jews in world War ii never took place. Such statements Are illegal in France. A saudi Arabia behead 2 Riyadh saudi Arabia a a pakistani was beheaded Friday for smuggling heroin and a saudi was executed the same Way for sexually abusing and killing a boy the Interior ministry said. The pakistani Zulfikar Rasoul Bakhsh was beheaded in the Northwestern City of Tabuk following his conviction by an islamic court the ministry said. The saudi Tala Ibn Mohammed Al Dos Sari was executed in the Eastern City of dam Mam on the persian Gulf coast. He had lured a Young boy to a House rooftop where he sexually abused him before throwing him to the Street the statement said. Quake shakes Montenegro Podgorica Yugoslavia a an earthquake Shook the montenegrin Adriatic coast Friday. Causing panic but no injuries the Belgrade based Tan Jug news Agency reported. It said that the quake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale occurred at about 2 . In the Region of Buda an Adriatic resort about 25 Miles Southwest of Podgorica the montenegrin capital. German official nominated Bonn Germany a a top official for the Agency Selling off former East German industries was nominated Friday As the country a new economics minister. Gunter Rexroat 51, would replace Jurgen Molleman. Molleman resigned last sunday after admitting he tried to use his office to win business contracts for a relative. Chancellor Helmut Kohl has the final word in the appointment but he usually rubber Stamps ministerial nominees. Rexroat was chosen by the free democratic party a member of Kohl s three party governing coalition. Retro dts a main tasks include pulling Germany out of a deepening recession and speeding up the. Reconstruction of former East Germany. Rexroat is a director of the Agency in charge of privatizing an estimated 8,000 businesses once owned by communist East Germany. Proposal to Frankfurt Germany apr a government minister on Friday proposed aids tests for some refugees raising the ire or an opposition already angered by plans to use radar at German Borders to Stop illegal immigrants. One activist said requiring such aids tests would be like a pouring Oil on the fire of growing xenophobia in Germany a where right Wing extremists have been waging a violent Battle against foreigners. The proposal came As the government also prepares controversial changes to Germany a Liberal Asylum Taw to Stop the huge influx of refugees from Eastern Europe and third world countries. Carl Dieter Spranger minister for economic development made the proposal in an interview with the Ham Burg based Bild newspaper. Sprangers spokesman Wolf gang Canera confirmed sprangers statements. Spranger a member of bavarian a conservative Christian social Union said Asylum seekers from countries Quot with High infection rates of his a the virus that causes aids a should be tested and their Asylum applications quickly processed. He said test were necessary in View of increased numbers of his infected people in Genf Ciny and the a explosive spread of the disease aids in. Certain african and asian countries a Bild reported. Cornelie sonntag a spokeswoman for the opposition social democratic party said the idea represents a but right promotion of prejudice and fear of foreigners. Reinhard Heikamp head of the Berlin based aids assistance office described Spranger s proposals a forced aids testing of refugees and said it was like a pouring Oil on the fire of growing xenophobia in  it More than 430,000 Asylum suckers flooded Germany last year almost double the 256,000 in 1991. The influx has caused growing resentment against foreigners and increased anti foreigner violence. Last year there were More than 2,100 Radical rightist attacks against foreigners and 17 people died. Tourist police undergo inspection Friday before beginning their shift on the Giza plateau where archaeologists have discovered a fourth Pyramid. Security at tourist Sites has been increased following extremist attacks on foreigners. In by discovery of Small Pyramid Glza plateau Egypt a Egypt gifts have unearthed the ruins of a Small Jitian archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of a Small Pyramid several feet from the great Pyramid of pharaoh Cheops perhaps built to ensure his soul would live forever. A what a Shock a said Zahi harass general director of antiquities for the pyramids and the Sphinx. A if anybody had told me this time last year that wed find another Pyramid at Giza id have said they were  the Surprise discovery a made while the area was being cleaned a comes at a time when tourism Egypt s principal source of foreign income has been severely curtailed try Muslim fundamentalist attacks on sightseers. The Pyramid is being called a cult or satellite Pyramid dedicated to Cheops who ruled Egypt about. 4,600 years ago. Although Only three rows of huge Stone blocks remain on what was once a base that was 66 feet Long and wide scores of building blocks have been dug up from Sand and Rocky debris beside the foundation. It is not known How High the newly discovered Pyramid was or even if it was finished. Its Interior ruins consist of no More than a Small ramp leading to a burial chamber. Egyptology its debate the function of satellite pyramids. Harass said experts believe the pyramids were built to hold the dead pharaohs body organs to hold the crowns of lower and upper Egypt As a sign of his kingship to serve As a conduit for the Kings soul to exit and accept gifts from believers or As a place for a virility ceremony to prove the aging pharaoh remained Strong enough to Rule. Ports closed of fierce storm lashes Egypt Cairo Egypt apr rain and winds up to 30 Mph swept across Northern Egypt on Friday uprooting Trees toppling Street lights and forcing harbours in Alexandria and Suez to close. Twenty foot Waves flooded alexandrian a Seaside Road and adjoining streets. Fridays storm came one Day after Hail pelted the Mediterranean City. The Middle East news Agency said the storm brought Down Trees Street lights and billboards in Alexandria. Officials said the City Sharbor was closed for the second Day running and nine ships were reported offshore waiting for it to reopen. A Harbor was also closed for a second Day at Suez on the Southern end of the Suez canal. But canal officials said traffic has been unaffected in the waterway which links the Mediterranean and red seas  
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