European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes world wednesday november 17.1993.i " siege of shrine ends As rebels surrender Srinagar India a militant separatists occupying a Muslim shrine in Kashmir surrendered to in Dian forces Early tuesday ending a monthlong. Siege during which about 60 demonstrators died in clashes with police. Sixty two people emerged from the Hazra bal mos que in two groups leaving behind a Cache of weapons that included rocket launchers assault rifles and am munition police sources said. There were no reports of violence. Indian forces kept people away from the scene by heavily enforcing a cur few in Srinagar a City where Many people support the militants. The safety of the whole shrine which was Pur great est concern has been ensured prime minister . Narasimha Rao said in a statement issued in new Delhi. The terms of the surrender weren t immediately Dis closed. Officials appeared to ignore the rebels demand for Safe passage out of Srinagar with their weapons. Police reportedly put the militants and civilians who left the mosque into three buses and took them to a paramilitary Camp for interrogation. It will be a breach of Trust to talk to the press said Idris a militant who had negotiated with the officials. He gave Only one name. But Sheik Abdul Rashid the Secretary of the Muslim Trust that administers the shrine said the government had agreed to release All no militants tuesday. Two of the 62 people who emerged from the shrine Early tuesday were militants from Pakistan a senior officer of India s Border Security Force said on Condi Tion of anonymity. The drama inflamed the dispute Over Kashmir Indi a s Northern state that also is claimed by Pakistan. Mus Lim discontent with the. Government of hindu dominated India erupted four years ago into an open rebellion that has claimed 7,500 lives. By ending the crisis without opening fire India stands to Benefit More than the rebels from the month Long standoff. India whose soldiers and police have been criticized for torturing and killing suspects recently created its first human rights commission in part to counter the image created by its forces in Kashmir. The militants will probably be embarrassed by sur rendering but they Are unlikely to lose widespread sup port in the Only state in hindu dominated India with a Muslim majority. They could in fact Benefit from the fact that India negotiated during the standoff with a newly formed coalition of 32 political groups that sup port the rebels. The militants seized the White Marble mosque on oct. 15. Troops surrounded the mosque. One person was killed by gunfire the first night and a building next to the mosque was burned to the ground. Profit to cooperation German Chancellor Helmut Kohl front Row left and chinese Premier i Peng Toast their nations tuesday in Beijing after the signing of Trade and economic cooperation agreements Worth about $2.8 billion. China agreed to buy six Airbus aircraft and accepted a loan for a subway project to buy railway cars Power supplies and telecommunications equipment from the German company Siemens the Xinhua news Agency said. An other agreement gave the go ahead to a chinese Iron and steel company to buy a huge steel rolling Milt Iraq frees . Oil worker jailed since april Amman Jordan a a . Oil worker held for nearly seven months in an iraqi prison was freed Mon Day and flew to Jordan after a . Senator appealed in person to the government of iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Kenneth Beaty 45, was arrested april 25 when he crossed the iraqi Border after checking an Oil Well in Northern Kuwait. He was sentenced to eight years in prison for illegally entering Iraq. Accompanied by sen. David l. Doren d-okja., Beaty travelled six hours by Road from Baghdad to the iraqi Border. He then was flown by jordanian army helicopter to the Marka civil Airport near Amman. \ in a news conference at the Airport Beaty said there were 215 other westerners being held in Iraq. He did not say How he knew that number but at least three britons three germans and a Frenchman Are known to be held. I was with them every Day. I spoke with them every Day the europeans the westerners. They re doing Well. They re being treated very Well just As i was Beaty said. Of from what they other prisoners told me things Are in the works for their  Jordan is Iraq s Only link with the outside world. Iraqi airports Are closed by International sanctions imposed after Baghdad s 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Beaty of Mustang okla., was head of exploration for California based Santa be Oil co. His release had been sought on humanitarian because of heart problems. Beaty said that while in prison he was allowed to buy Chicken eggs and vegetables from a prison store. We were free to move around As we could. To eat and visit he said. In Oklahoma Jill Robison a Friend of the family said Beaty s wife had flown to Washington to Greet her . Korea envoy kicked out of Russia for recruiting from wire reports