European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 12 d the stars and stripes world sunday March 7,1993 Germany will fight racism panel told Geneva apr Germany will combat attacks on foreigners with every con Stit Trona Means foreign minister Klaus Kinkel told the . Human rights commission on Friday. Quot the xenophobic outrages of the last two years have been All the More horrifying for Rne and most of my countrymen Quot because millions of foreigners had been living peacefully in Germany for years Kinkel said. Quot these events Are a source of shame for our country Quot he added. But millions of germans have rallied to demonstrate against hostility with a powerful message that contempt for humanity Quot will never regain the upper hand in Germany Quot he said. Quot we will fight xenophobia with every constitutional Means with education information and judicial punishment Quot Kinkel said. He said germans know the value of human rights because they were Quot once bitten Quot by totalitarian government under the nazis and in East Germany also under the communists. Kinkel one of a number of foreign ministers to appear before the 53-nation commission during its current six week annual session applauded the panel for adopting a Resolution on racism and xenophobia earlier this week. J the Resolution which diplomats said was drawn up with Germany in mind without singling out the country by name provides for a special investigator to conduct a three year investigation of racism and xenophobia. T the world needs a special investigator Quot who will follow this disgusting phenomenon of intolerance wherever and however it shows its ugly face a said Kinkel. Quot racism and intolerance must be fought against decisively a whether it comes from government groups or individuals he said but he added Quot we must not blur the difference Between state terror and grievances in when governments violate human rights the victims have no. Protection Kinkel said. In a free society a people can unfortunately become victims because of their skin their nationality and their race Quot he added. Quot but police and the judiciary Are there to bring the guilty to account and to protect potential witches and warlocks begin their annual conference Friday in a Park in Central Mexico City with a ceremony asking Mother Earth for forgiveness for humanity a crimes against her. White witches gather to beg Earth s Pardon for a by Lawrence Koo Nikoff associated press writer Mexico City a eight lanes of Rush hour traffic roared past the witches and warlocks gathered in a downtown Park to beg the Earth s forgiveness Here in the worlds most polluted City. Quot a sounded the chant. Clad in flowing White Robes the witches stood shoeless in a Circle on the grass. A a % Quot let us breath deeply Quot said bearded Warlock Antonio Vazquez the traffic belched exhaust into an already soupy Friday afternoon sky. Some 45 witches and warlocks pledged their Powers to the fight to ease the stinging Gritty smog that is sexing Mexico City a 17 million residents. They also pledged to take some More conventional Steps promising to Cut Back on their driving and polluting. Witchcraft is ancient the smog is a modern curse one the 150 Quot White Quot or benign witches and warlocks meeting in Mexico City hoped they could help dispel through Powers and potions. Quot at our feet is the Earth a own Energy Quot Vazquez said As the chanting opened the 16th annual National meeting of witches and warlocks. Quot Mother Earth we ask your Pardon for what we have done to you. We know that we have Hurt Quot we believe that the Earth has a spirit and we be come Here to communicate with her Quot Vazquez said. Delegates to the three Day coven planned workshops in ritual cleansing Quot Aroma therapy Quot and traditional mainstays such As spiritualism Tarot card Reading and numerology. The gathering ends today. Israeli authorities free 2 ill palestinian deportees from wire reports Jerusalem a Israel has freed two sick palestinians who were returned last month from exile in Lebanon the army said saturday. A they were among the nearly 400 palestinians deported to Lebanon on dec. 17 As alleged supporters of Radical Muslim groups blamed for the murders of six israelis thursdays releases raised to three the number of deportees Israel has repatriated and returned to their families. On Jan. 10, Israel allowed a 16-year-old boy to return to his family. It said the boy had been deported Quot in sixteen others who were ill or deported by mistake have been brought Back to Israel and jailed. The two released thursday were identified As Zohair Lobb Adeh 26, who suffers from a kidney malfunction and Zuhdi to Baileh 23, who has a stomach ailment. 2 held in Organ trafficking new Delhi India a police said Friday that they have arrested a doctor and another Man accused of masterminding a Racket that bought healthy human organs from impoverished people and supplied them to hospitals As donor organs for transplant. Chhabra a specialist in kidney problems and Virendra Gupta were involved in locating donors and supplying transplant kidneys to hospitals across the country for a considerable fee police said. They were believed to have supplied at least 125 kidneys for transplant police said. For each operation the doctor made about $950, while Gupta made about $1,900, which is a a substantial sum by Indian standards police said. The donors made about $475. The relatively healthy donors were picked up by Gupta a agents from blood Banks where they donated blood for a Little Money. One of the donors was found to be a heroin addict who needed the Money to feed his habit. Trafficking in human organs is forbidden by Indian Law. Kuwaitis Quick to help a even the irs Italy fights scandal. A a. Ii i to a v m we h Ai m Kuwait apr the internal Revenue service does no to figure High on a list of beloved american institutions. But hundreds of kuwaitis contacted a local representative this week offering Cash property or other assistance. It All started when the irs placed an advertisement in local papers offering courses to american citizens wanting to help others fill out their annual income tax forms. About 400 kuwaitis apparently read Only the words Quot american citizens needing assistance Quot and contacted Margaret Combs 41, of Fallon nev., whose phone number was in the and. A they thought americans were in trouble and wanted to do anything to help Quot said Combs most callers offered Cash property or whatever help was needed saying that the United states had helped them end the nearly seven month iraqi occupation in february 1991 and that they Felt it was their duty to respond Combs said. No specific sums were mentioned but the phone rang about 60 to 70 times a Day. One Call came at 1 30 . A i just kept explaining that the Only help needed was to fill out the paperwork Quot Combs said. Dutch to crack Down on cafes Selling drugs the Hague Netherlands apr after . Criticism of its lenient drug policy the dutch government Friday announced a crackdown on the rising number of Coffee shops Selling hashish and marijuana. The initiative Marks an apparent reversal of the Law enforcement policy that witnessed a surge in the number of Coffee shops from several Hundred to nearly 2,000 in recent years. It comes at a time when the dutch Are promoting government controlled soft drug distribution As the Best Way to keep a lid on drug related crime in Europe. The dutch claim their policy reduces health and crime risks to both drug users and the general Public. Foes of decriminalization warn that the country is undermining the War on drug abuse. Drug use is not a criminal offence in the Netherlands and the Sale of the so called soft drugs marijuana and hashish is allowed. Rome a Premier Giuliano Amato said the Cabinet approved measures Friday night aimed at finding a political solution to the vast corruption scandal that has sent tremors Down the corridors of political and economic Power. The new measures would decriminalize a series of violations of Laws regulating the financing of political parties and the administration of Public property and Money. Some of the Cabinet decrees change the Laws retroactively in effect granting amnesty for certain violations. However Amato and Justice minister Giovanni Congo said the changes would not remove criminal penalties from people whose violations involved extortion corruption or the receiving of stolen goods. The so called political solution is the governments attempt to limit the economic damage from the i granding scandal that has touched every major political party and led to the resignations of two party leaders and three Cabinet ministers. The scandals involve hundreds of millions of dollars kicked Back to political parties in Exchange for Public works contracts or disaster Relief funds stolen or squandered. A a
