European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday sunday december 25/26,1993 world the stars and stripes Page 9gunmen get $10 million release some hostages Mineral Nye Vody Russia a four masked gunmen released seven children and their teacher Friday after they received the $10 million in . Currency they had demanded. But they were still holding seven other hostages in a helicopter packed with explosives demanding passage to Iran an official said. The hijackers released five girls two boys and their teacher. They had threatened to begin executing hostages if they did not get the Money russian television reported during the second Day of the hostage crisis. The hijackers said they intended to Fly to the azerbaijani capital of Baku where they would release the other hostages before proceeding to neighbouring Iran said Vladimir Shcherbakov a duty officer at the Miner Al Nye Vody police department. He said it appeared that there were still four students a bus Driver and two Crew members being held. The drama began thursday morning when the gun men armed with three automatic rifles and a pistol burst into a classroom in the Southern russian City of Rostov a Donu the itar Tass news Agency reported. They forced teacher Ludmila Melikhova and about 12 students believed to be about 14 years old into a bus and drove to a military air base Nerc they demanded a plane or helicopter to Iran. The hijackers later allowed authorities to Send blankets and hot food to the shivering children the russian government agreed to pay the $10 million and a Security officer hand delivered the Money from Moscow to Mineral Nye Vody Airport Friday. Viktor v. Gerash Chenko chairman of russians Central Bank said it was not easy for the government to gather so much foreign Cash on Short notice. Some of the Money was borrowed from private Banks he said. A the country a leadership que to correctly considers human life to be its top priority a Gerash Chenko said. Commandos of the former pkg by a elite a a alphas unit and other troops also arrived at the Airport  available there Are 387 parking spaces left thursday in the parking of the Rhine River. It is not in it in when the owners of lot at the train station across from the Cathedral in co these cars can reclaim their vehicles or whether they ii be Logne Germany. Recent torrential Rains caused flooding ticketed for not paying parking fees.5 at dutch military Academy suspended for a Breda Netherlands a five cadets at the Royal military Academy were suspended for taking part in an alleged a sex orgy in front of other cadets on  defense ministry spokesman said thursday the five men were suspended indefinitely after other students accused them of grossly indecent conduct. There is no ban on Gays in the dutch military and the dutch have generally derided the . Controversy Over the Issue. A. The five Are alleged to have engaged in a variety of a physical acts in front of other male and female cadets said the spokesman Paul Hartman. Orgy Hartman refused to comment on a report by de Rele Graaf the nations largest daily which described he incident last week As a a sex orgy. But he said the Ive Are accused of a severely crossing the line of Good jehavior.�?�. A we have no rules Here against homosexuality among consenting students in he privacy of their rooms a Hartman said. A but there Are rules of Good behaviour that apply Here or in a High school or anywhere in dutch  the five face dismissal from the Academy and possible criminal charges of violating Public decency Laws if the charges Are substantiated Hartman said. The Pentagon outlined its a a done task done to Tell policy allowing Gays in the military wednesday. The new regulations which allow homosexuals and lesbians to serve As Long As they done to engage in homosexual conduct has met with Strong opposition from some . Military leaders and politicians. The dutch military opened its doors to Gays in the 1970s in line with the dutch society a tolerant View toward different sexual  dispute heats up Between Iran Gulf states from wire reports Nicosia Cyprus a Iran reasserted ils a incontrovertible sovereignty Over three disputed islands thursday after six persian Gulf states unanimously backed the United Arab emirates claim to them. Talks have been deadlocked for More than a year on ownership of Abu Musa arid the greater and lesser tunes islands strategically located at the Strait of Hormuz Gateway to the Oil Rich Gulf. The rift has stirred alarm in the Gulf since it coincides with a rapid iranian military buildup aimed at achieving regional strategic superiority. The six member states of the Gulf cooperation Council ended a Summit in saudi Arabia this week with a statement asking Iran to recognize the emirates sovereignty Over the Isles a on the basis of International  on thursday the islamic Republic news Agency in a dispatch monitored in Cyprus said Iran s. Foreign ministry a expressed dissatisfaction Over., the baseless claims and affirmed a the incontrovertible sovereignty of Iran Over the three iranian  their Heads Warsaw Poland a the polish party of Bald people one of More than 200 political parties. Operating in Poland has adopted an Anthem that says Bald people Are Lucky. A the Bald who arc the children of Good Luck arc marching in the Beautiful world a the Anthem says. A Bald scalps in every province Parish and country reflect the Light up into  the party a Board which met in the Southern City of Krakow filed a letter with the speaker of the polish parliament Jozcfa Oleksy who is Bald. The Board urged him to a support the efforts of the party so that More Bald people who once had hair will be installed to top state  the polish party of Bald people which claims several Hundred members is one of the offshoot groups that have sprung up in Poland a new political atmosphere. Others include the party of owners of video recorders and the   materials seized Kiev Ukraine a police have caught six people trying to smuggle nuclear materials out of Ukraine and the investigation led to the seizure of a bigger Load in neighbouring Moldova the Interior ministry said thursday. A ministry spokesman Ivan Levchenko said the in ounces of materials seized this month in the ukrainian port of Odessa included various radioactive elements used in nuclear weapons Medicine and atomic Power reactors. He refused to list the substances or to say whether they included weapons Grade material. In an offshoot of the Case 3.3 pounds of radioactive materials were seized wednesday in Kishinev capital of Moldova the ministry said. Ukrainian and moldovan police arc investigating its origin Levchenko  Back in museum Florence Italy a the first painting restored after being damaged in a May 27 bombing Gherardo Delle Nottis adoration of child was returned thursday to the uffizi gallery. A it was just a coincidence that the painting was finished before Christmas a said Anna Maria Perioli Tofani director of the uffizi Italy a Premier Art museum. The work depicts baby Jesus in a Manger and has been reproduced on Christmas cards around the world. In All 30 paintings were damaged by the bombing that devastated a Wing of the uffizi and killed five people in nearby buildings in the historic heart of Florence. Authorities blamed the bombing on the mafia Moscow wants to chime in Moscow a the keepers of the Kremlin want to bring a Little music Back to red Square by restoring the spa Skaya Tower clock Chimes. By installing a computer and restoring some missing Bells experts Hope to get the Chimes to play the russian National Anthem and a Melody from czarist times May you glorify the newspaper so Bodnya reported thursday