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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 the stars and stripes world Friday March 12.1993 . Commission assails Sudan s rights violations Geneva apr the . Human rights com Mission thursday accused Sudan a government of wide spread executions torture detention and expulsions and for the first time ordered a Public examination of the rights situation in Sudan. The 53-nation body voted to appoint a special investigator under a procedure traditionally reserved for nations with the worst rights records. Until now Sudan has been studied behind closed doors. A a a a representative of Sudan a Muslim governed country of 26 million people that has been cited by watchdog groups for serious rights violations rejected the charges As Quot totally  later wednesday the commission also voted to con Dean Iraq for Quot massive violations of the gravest nature resulting in an All pervasive order of repression and oppression which is sustained by Broad based discrimination and widespread terror a it asked the . Secretary general to a take the necessary measures to deploy a team of human rights experts and monitors to Check reports of widespread atrocities. The commission also renewed investigations of Iran Cuba Haiti and Burma and condemned atrocities committed by Security forces trying to keep zairian dictator Mobutu sese Mckoin Power. The United states led the Effort this year to increase pressure on Sudan a islamic military dictatorship by pushing for a Public investigation. . Delegate Kenneth Blackwell said rights violations in 1992 and Early this year had worsened. Blackwell said there was a a reign of terror by Security forces fighting rebels in Southern Sudan where the people Are predominantly Christian or animist. He said government troops had executed hundreds of people including sudanese workers of International Relief agencies in Juba. Russia joined the West in pushing through the Resolution. The Resolution expressed Quot deep concern at the serious human rights violations in the Sudan including summary executions detentions without due process forced displacement of persons and  it urged Sudan s government and rebels to allow Relief agencies Access to the hundreds of thousands of vie Tims of famine and civil War in the South. Mistaken identity Marine col. Fred Peck holds up two toy guns taken troops serving in Somalia Are having trouble Distin from somali children wednesday in Mogadishu. Gushing Between the toys and the real thing. Israel releases soviet jewish spy in Exchange for eased emigration Jerusalem up a Israel has released a convicted soviet jewish spy three years before the end of his prison term in a Deal that will allow jews previously labelled Security risks to leave Russia officials said thursday. President Chaim Herzog commuted the sentence of Shalai Kal Unovitch 47, on wednesday after Israel conducted Complex negotiations with russian president Boris n. Yeltsin a government which initiated the move. In Exchange for Kalma Novitch a Early release from his nine year prison term the former soviet Union will allow the emigration of jews who were previously considered a a Security risk a said toy spokeswoman. Ere Previc a a Herzl i a Erzog a she said she did not know whether Kalmanovich would remain in Israel or return to Russia which he left 21 years ago As a jewish immigrant to Israel. Kal Yanovitch was convicted in 1988 on unspecified Senio nage charges in a secret trial. A this release from prison opens the doors to the emigration of jews whose exit from Russia has been Ore vented up until now a Herzog said in a statement. Setting free the russian jews is one of several measures to improve relations Between the two Covern ments Herzl said. She would not elaborate on other c is.1 Kal Unovitch who built up an influential career in Israel As a real estate Developer and importer of Dir amends and aluminium served two thirds of his nine year sentence. L earlier he was also israelis official representative to Bohu Hal Swana an Independent South african Home land with which he had lucrative business lies Kennedy family member reportedly slated As envoy from wire reports Dublin Ireland a Jean Kennedy Smith sister of sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., is expected to be nominated As the next . Ambassador to Ireland the Irish times reported thursday. Quoting unidentified sources in Washington the Dublin newspaper said president Clinton is expected to announce her nomination on St. Patrick a Day March 17, when he meets with Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds in Washington. Boston newspapers carried similar reports thursday also citing unidentified sources. There has been no official confirmation of the reports either in Washington or in Dublin. Smith 65, lives in new York and is a frequent visitor to Ireland. She has four children. A son or. William Kennedy Smith was acquitted in december 1991 of a charge that he raped a woman at a family Home in Florida. Teen student accused London a a 15-year-old boy was in custody thursday for butting his headmistress in the face and breaking her nose in two places the daily Telegraph reported. The boy who cannot be identified attacked the teacher after she told him to Stop playing with a computer game in class the paper reported. Magistrates in the Southern Welsh town of Newport were told wednesday that the boy had been told to switch off the machine and move on to his next class. When he ignored the 39-year-old teachers request she switched the computer off herself. A a the paper said the teen Ager then threw the computer and to Monitor on to the floor grabbed the teacher and pushed her Over a desk. He then smiled Down at her and butted her twice in the face. Another teacher dragged the boy off the shaken headmistress. No explosives found Moscow a a false bomb threat at Mcdonald a in downtown Moscow forced an evacuation and Early closing of the popular restaurant wednesday a police official said. A bomb squad inspected the restaurant located on the first floor of an apartment building and determined there were no explosives said Alexander Litvinov a duty officer at Moscow s police Headquarters. Mcdonald a officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Mcdonald a is setting sail Helsinki Finland a Mcdonald a is going to sea. The first floating Mcdonald a fast food re Tauran sets sail sunday on a new luxury passenger ferry that will Cross the Baltic sea daily Between Helsinki and Stockholm Sweden. Silja Europa with room for 3,750 passengers and 350 cars will have a Mcdonald Sas Well As several gourmet restaurants and boutiques in its Central shopping mall Silja line officials said wednesday. Principal is suspended Tokyo a a school principal was suspended of 20 Days wednesday for failing to Stop the harassment of a 13-year-old boy who suffocated when he was wrapped up in a gym mat. Seventh grader Yuhei Kodama was found dead on Jan. 13. The Case has focused National attention on the problem of school bullying in Japan a highly conformist society. Noriaki mine the principal of Meirin Junior Hig school will be suspended through March 29, said the Board of education in Yamagata in Northern Japan where the school is located. Police have arrested three eighth graders in Yuhei a death. License to perform Brussels Belgium the City of Brussels reacting to growing complaints from subway riders plans to curb the number of musicians playing in underground trains and stations by issuing them special licenses. A we Are thinking of issuing passes to musicians i that lets them play Only in subway corridors and at i station Entrance and exit doors a said Annemie i Smets a spokeswoman for Brussels 55-station underground on wednesday  
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