European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 12, 1993 world the stars and stripes b Page 9 three More in italian probe of High level kickbacks Milan Italy apr three top Man agers in Italy a state controlled Energy conglomerate were arrested thursday in the mushrooming corruption scandal rocking Italy a highest political and business circles. Pio Pinorini Gianni Dell orto and Raffaele Santoro were taken into custody two Days after Gabriele Cagliari chairman of the Ente Nazionale Idro Carbury conglomerate was placed under arrest. Franco Ciatti president of Enid a engineering unit was arrested along with Cagliari on tuesday. The year old investigation into kickbacks for Public works contracts and illegal financing of political parties has led to the arrests of nearly 1,000 politicians and businessmen. According to the italian news Agency Ansa Pinorini Santoro and Dell orto Are accused of violating political party finance Laws and falsifying balance sheets. Cagliari and Ciatti were charged with authorizing payment of a multimillion Dollar Kickback on a contract to Supply Gas turbines to Enel Italy a electric Power group. This weeks arrests of eni executives crippled the management of Italy a third largest employer which has a work Force of 130,000. Reports of Cagliari a arrest had caused share prices to plunge on the Milan Stock Market Italy a largest but the latest arrests did no to cause a Ripple. Car bomb rocks Berlin Berlin up a a car bomb exploded thursday in the Center of Berlin injuring one person and damaging seven other cars police said. The bomb exploded around 10 45 . Inside the trunk of a red Mercedes near Alexander Platz in the heart of Berlin slightly injuring its woman Driver police said. Police declined to release the identity of the Driver and a second person in the car who was not injured by the explosion but said they did not Rule out a political motive for the incident. Also on thursday in Berlin a blast at an explosives factory in Western Germany killed two people and injured five others a factory spokesman said. Two factory employees aged 38 and 44, were killed in a blast that rocked the West Alisch Anhalt Ischen Spreng Stoff a Mph Wasag Plant shortly after the morning shift began work the spokesman said. The was a Plant in the town of Halter in the Western German state of nor Rhein westfalen manufactures explosives used by the mining Industry. Us John Bomor getting to Root of trouble a pain dead Ching shot is administered by army dentist maj Tom Borras As he takes time out from work on humans to do a Root canal operation on a military police dog at Kaiserslautern Germany. The animal was brought to the Vogel Weh dental clinic Are it accidentally broke four of its Teeth. Three of them had to be capped. / dutch homosexuals feel by Jerome Sokolovsky the associated press Amsterdam Netherlands a As president Clinton prepares to end a ban on homosexuals in the . Armed forces the dutch military is trying to make them feel More at Home. Nearly two decades after lifting its ban on Gays in uniform the defense ministry is increasing efforts to eradicate prejudice from the forces. A we want to create a climate in which homosexuals can feel free to be themselves a said Robert Wester ministry spokesman on military personnel. Beginning this year the army plans to devote several Days of officer training courses to the understanding of homosexual lifestyles. The Navy and air Force started similar programs last year. Personnel Counselor Are being trained in dealing with social and emotional problems faced by homosexuals. A a it a certainly not a Gay Paradise in the dutch armed forces but we re working on it a joked it. Col. Rene Holtel the highest ranking officer who is openly Gay. After receiving a citation from the nation s leading Gay activist group in 1992, defense minister Relus Ter Beek said he was Only doing a what i consider  a just As i keep a snapshot of my wife and children on my desk they should be Able to Nave one of their Boyfriend a he said in an interview with Gay Krant the National newspaper for homosexuals. Military officials estimate about 10 percent of the 130,000 military personnel Are Gay. Integrating them info the forces is in line with a policy adopted in the 1970s of accommodating personal preferences of soldiers such As having labor unions not saluting superiors and wearing Long hair and jewel by. U is All part of making the armed forces a a Mirror image of society a Wester said. Quot you have a better armed Force when its a tolerant place. Its the Best Way to Good morale and  Fritz Van Rikxoort a former draftee and chairman of the conscripts Union said he a decided rather soon in Basic training to Tell my Captain that 1 was a homosexual. When that happened i was summoned and some of the others thought i d be kicked out. A but he told me that he too was a homosexual. 1 was no longer  on paper Gays in the military have equal lights. That Means homosexual companions Are entitled to the same housing insurance and pension benefits As heterosexual mates. Under civilian Law unmarried couples living together homosexual and heterosexual have the same rights As married Copples military leaders concede however that Macho attitudes persist in the services and that harassment of homosexuals is common. A but it does t mean they get beaten up like in the american military a said Holtel a 26-year Veteran who commands the 102nd in. He also leads the 700-Mcmber homosexuality and armed forces foundation which is financed by the defense ministry and meets monthly with Ter Beek and other top military officials. Van Rikxoort said homosexual sex docs occur on bases mostly off duty and there is a fair amount of flirting on duty.. To resume with Thailand s Bangkok Thailand a the United states will resume joint military Maneu vers with Thailand in Early May a . Embassy spokesman said thursday. The annual exercise code named a cobra Gold a had been suspended for the past two years because of . Protests against the thai military s intervention in politics. A thai army spokesman said wednesday that this years exercise would be held in Northern Thailand the Bangkok Post reported. The embassy spokesman who asked not to be identified was unable to confirm the location or any other joint exercise military forces details of the exercise which usually involves several thousand troops from both countries. Last May with american troops already in the country for the exercise the . Withdrew its forces to protest the thai military a violent suppression of pro democracy demonstrations. The United states also cancelled its participation in 1991 to protest a coup do eat that ousted an elected civilian government. Since the May 1992 demonstrations a new civilian government has been elected and the military a Power reduced. 33 killed 29 Hurt in attack by gunmen on houseboats phenom penh Cambodia apr raking houseboats with automatic Rifle fire unidentified attackers killed 33 people in an ethnic vietnamese fishing Village in Northwestern Cambodia a . Spokesman said thursday. Another 29 people were Hurt in wednesday nights attack about six Miles South of the capital of siem reap province said . Spokesman Eric fait. He said 20 to 30 assailants entered the Village at 10 p.m., boarded five houseboats and repeatedly fired automatic rifles. At least eight children died in the attack and one baby was missing and presumed dead. Fait said racial motives were suspected. Only one of the five houseboats targeted showed any signs of robbery a a stolen television