European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Orice secret arms a Moscow up a Russia plans to exhibit previously top secret military hardware at an arms fair in the United Arab emirates in an Effort to recapture its shrinking share of the world weapons Market a russian defense official said Friday Russia will a for the first time demonstrate weapons and hardware which we have never shown before a Victor glue High head of the state defense Industry committee told reporters. Russia Wilt exhibit its s-300 anti missile sys tem which glue High boasted was a considerably better than the . Patriot missile As Well As fighters helicopters tanks armoured personnel carriers and Small arms next month in Abu Dahabi. Russians share in the International arms Market has shrunk As a result of the loss of the soviet unions traditional clients the effects of arms embargoes and russians economic decline. Glue High said the soviet Union was the worlds leading arms exporter in 1988 and 1989, commanding a 38.7 percent share of the Market with the United states lagging behind at 30 percent., however russians share has fallen to 17 percent while the United states increased its portion to 56 percent last  High said Russia had forfeited $7.5 billion through the loss of clients such As Yugoslavia. Sicily s top mafia Don held after 20-year Hunt Rome apr the Don of dons in the sicilian mafia was arrested Friday after a 20-year Chase in which he reportedly had plastic surgery to throw police off his track authorities said. Salvatore Riina was convicted in absent a of directing the mafias International heroin Trade and is suspected of ordering the bombing murders of the counties two leading anti mafia fighters. Riina Italy a no. 1 fugitive was unarmed and did not resist As he was taken from a car in the sicilian capital of Palermo de Uty Premier Fabio fab Btu said in Rome. 1 Riina 62, is said to Lead the ruling clan of the sicilian underworld the Corleone family whose Riina notoriety was spread worldwide by the godfather novels of Mario Puzo and movies starring Marlon Brando and a1 Pacino. 1 police gave few details of Riina a arrest saying he was in a car with other people who had false identification papers and were thus not immediately identified. Riina disappeared in 1969 shortly after he was released from prison after serving a five year term for mafia association. The arrest capped a series of successes on the anti mafia front Over the past few months. Members of Itai yes Cabinet applauded when the news was announced during a regular meeting in Rome. Riina was tried in absent a and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987 for ordering murders including those against some of his rivals for mafia Power and directing heroin trafficking. Italian television said investigators believe he was implicated in More than 50 slayings. Several turncoat mafiosi have identified him As the undisputed chief of the mob. Public outcry Over the killings last year of pros Ccu Tbs Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino seems to have invigorated the governments Campaign to wipe out organized crime As it infiltrates the North from its Basc in Southern  i always said my greatest aspiration was to arrest Riina a said Interior minister Nicola Mancino. A from this arrest i draw encouragement that we can continue to threaten the Cupo a which seemed unreachable a he said using the italian term for the ruling mafiosi. Premier Giuliano amatos government had set As its goal the capture of Riina. Excitement at his arrest was tempered with caution a a it a inevitable that the mob will strike Back  will be a big one but we will go ahead a said Luciano Violante the head of parliaments anti mafia commission. A in embezzlement probe Bamberg Germany a amps a an assistant manager at a Burger King in the Bamberg military Community is in German police custody while . And German authorities investigate the reported embezzlement of about $14,000 from the restaurant. A. A. A Ted Johnson 23, was arrested Jan. 8 at the City Strain station As he took a suitcase out of a locker that the army a criminal investigation come and German police had under observation said Theodor Butler Daams chief District attorney in Bamberg. A. Police said they found five empty Money Deposit cassettes and several paper bands used to package currency in the suitcase. Johnson was carrying a plane ticket to Chicago at 10 05 . The next Day Butler Daams said. At the time of his arrest he was accompanied by his 4-year-old daughter. Muller Daams said an american girl was found in Johnson a apartment but he would not comment on the circumstances. A spokeswoman for the army and air Force Exchange service which oversees the Burger King in Bamberg said Johnson was hired in april 1989 in Dallas and began work at the Burger King in Stuttgart Ger Many in july that year. He transferred to the Bamberg restaurant in april. Johnson is being held by the German police in Bamberg without the possibility of bail until the american German investigation is finished. Miiller drains said the inquiry could be completed within three months. Charges May be brought at that Lime he said. By de Reavis staff writer Bonn Germany a representatives from seven nations have agreed on revised rules for Allied forces in Germany a spokesman for the . Embassy said Friday. However an official announcement gave no details on How the agreement could affect living conditions for thousands of american military personnel and  of the changes Are procedural. The gis Don t have to worry about their Standard of  a Karsten Voigt German parliamentarian the announcement came following months of discussions Over the supplement to the status of forces German parliamentarian agreement which details Laws for matters such As civilian cars and military shopping for Allied forces in Germany. Talks concerning the supplement began sept. 5,1991. German and . Officials Friday would not explain what has been changed in the revised supplement which has been in effect since the 1950s. A German Diplomat said the agreement is preliminary and that the governments of the seven Allied nations each must approve the revisions before they take effect. A theoretically it could be sent Back to the negotiating table but no one believes that will happen a said the Diplomat who asked not to be named. A both sides Learned something during these negotiations Quot he said. A we germans Learned to make conces Sions in spite of our newly gained sovereignty. They were concessions necessary to ensure the continued presence of the americans in particular in Germany. And continued american presence is the stated policy of our Chancellor Helmut Kohl. A the allies Learned that their privileges Are temporal and not  Karsten Voigt a German parliamentarian and foreign policy spokesman for the social democratic party called it a Good treaty. A we were not party to the revisions but i was allowed to read them a he said a we social democrats would have liked More rights for germans employed by the allies but we can live with what the experts worked out. Most of the changes Are procedural. The gis done to have to worry about their Standard of  the 400-Page supplement signed aug. 3, 1959, details 83 areas regulating everyday life of the Allied forces in Western Germany the United states Britain France Canada the Netherlands Belgium and West Germany signed the treaty. In the past official German complaints to the allies have entered on four issues a Low level flying. A death penalties handed Down by military courts in Germany which has no death penalty. A standards of military vehicle inspection which the germans find lacking and cite As the cause of too Many accidents. A environmental standards on military bases. In a separate press release the German foreign ministry announced the  and those of Canada Britain and Northern Ireland will Stop using the Soltau Niineberg training area in Northern Germany by july 31, 1994. Judge blocks discharge of lesbian army major Kansas City. Kan. A a Federal judge has blocked the army from discharging a lesbian officer. . District judge Earl e. Of Connor granted the order thursday hours before maj. Joyce l. Wal Mcra a honorable discharge was to take effect. The order remains in effect until at least Jan. 30 while the 35-year-old officer at fort Leavenworth pursues a lawsuit challenging the Pentagon a ban on homosexuals. Walmer has acknowledged that she had a lesbian relationship with a civilian for nearly a decade but she said she admitted to the affair Only after a commanding officer threatened her with court martial. President elect Clinton has promised to lift the ban on homosexuals. Nureyev knew of aids for 8 years doctor says Paris up a russian Ballet Star Rudolf Nureyev was infected with the aids virus and had known it since november 1984, his doctor confirmed Friday. A i make this announcement today because it is not a shameful illness a or. Michel Canesi said. A medical bulletin released by the doctor  Day of Nureyev a death Jan. 6 said Only that the world famous dancer and choreographer had died of a a cardiac complication following a cruel  a Rudolf did not want people to speak of his illness during his lifetime for professional reasons for fear that the world would once again be closed to him Quot the doctor said in an apparent reference to the dancer s exile from the soviet Union