European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world sunday january 16,1994danes to hold naval exercise with poles Berlin apr Germany took the Lead Friday in reaching out to natos former cold War foes announcing joint naval Maneu vers with Poland and military exchanges with the poles and czechs. Denmark also will take part in the Baltic sea naval exercise which is planned for september the German chief of staff it. Gen. Klaus Naumann told a Security conference near Bonn. Naumann did not give a timetable for the exchanges with neighbouring Poland and the czech Republic which he said would consist of sending units to those countries to share expertise and training. Announcement of the joint exercises came just Days after nato leaders approved a . Plan that offers limited military partnership to Fornier East bloc nations. However the exercises were being discussed Long before the Clinton administration came up with the plan in october. Although of Germany for its ravaging of their country in world War ii still runs deep among Many poles opinion polls show they now fear Russia More than Germany a Rich stable democracy. German defense minister Volker Ruhe has been the strongest supporter among North Atlantic treaty organization defense ministers for granting Poland the czech Republic and Hungary Swift membership in the Western military Alliance. But his Hopes were not realized last week in Brussels Belgium where nato leaders accepted the . A partnership for peace program which holds out the possibility of eventual Security guarantees for states deemed worthy. Among Eastern european leaders the poles expressed the deepest disappointment that full nato membership was not offered. Critics have accused the United states of allowing Russia to bully it into backing away from an Eastern expansion of nato but Clinton administration officials say they arc instead opting for a cautious gradual approach. The head of the danish defense ministry a International Section per Carlsen called the Baltic exercise a a natural follow up to the nato Summit a we will teach the poles How we train How the nato exercises Are knitted together,1 he said Friday in Copenhagen Denmark. Carlsen said Denmark also plans to help build up the defences of the three Baltic nations. Of the three Only Lithuania has said it wants to join nato but Latvia and Estonia also fear resurgent expansionist tendencies in Russia. Looking for Luck Ryoko Sato left and Midori Kawamoto hold cups of Sake As they celebrate coming of age Day at the met i shrine in Tokyo on saturday. Young men and women who have turned 20 since last years Holiday dressed in their Best and paid a visit to the shrine to Pray for Good Luck and happiness. A. Lawmakers decide to say Bonn voyage Bonn Germany apr Bye Bye Bonn. Hello Berlin. German lawmakers agreed Friday to move from dowdy Bonn to dynamic Berlin by the end of the decade and set up shop in the Reich Stag parliaments Home before the nazi years. Chancellor Helmut Kohl had already decided that by 2000, the chancellors office and ministries would be Back in Berlin Germany a seat of Power before the country was divided at the end of world War ii. But Kohl could not move parliament without the lawmakers approval. After meeting with Kohl parliamentary leaders said Germany a 662 legislators will follow the executive Branch to Berlin. In anticipation of the move significant renovation has already been done at the Reich Stag. The building went up in flames on feb. 27, 1933. The nazis said a dutch communist torched it and the Man was beheaded after a trial. The newly elected Chancellor Adolf Hitler used the fire As an excuse to arrest 4,000 of his political opponents and suspend democratic rights. Many lawmakers Are eager to move to Berlin a fast paced Metropolis with glitzy shops flashy nightclubs fancy restaurants and big name Heaters. Bonn in contrast is a ghost town by 7 . Germans joke that the City of 380,000 is As quiet As a cemetery and twice As dead. Moving the government will add to the already soaring costs of Germany a 1990 reunification. The finance ministry says $12 billion will be needed to build new offices in Berlin renovate old ones and compensate Bonn for the loss of jobs. Kohls government Hopes the Transfer will make Eastern germans feel More optimistic about reunification which has brought High unemployment and increased quits envoy Post to concentrate on politics from wire reports Moscow a russians ambassador to Washington Vladimir Lukin has handed in his Resigna t to n to president Boris n. Yeltsin t he inter fax news Agency reported saturday. Lukin who was elected to the lower House of the russian parliament last month said he is giving up the diplomatic Post he has occupied since february 1992 to concentrate on politics. A. Lukin 56, is one of the leaders of the a blotto party founded by free Market economist Grigory Zavlinsky which won 26 seats in the state Duma in the december parliamentary released in Yemen san a Yemen a a briton and a Canadian held hostage by tribesmen in Northern Yemen for 12 Days were released Friday the general manager of the Yemen Hunt Oil co. Said. George Slaughter said the two men a 49-year-old Peter Jackson from exciter England and 43-year-old George Hawkins from Vancouver British Columbia a helicopter at around 1 . Central european time. Hawkins piloted the helicopter Back to san a a according to s laughter who said h e h and j ust returned from the Airport where he received the two men. A / a a a a a they looked tired which is understandable As they be been under Strain but they have been treated As Best As could be possible under the Cire Mstan Ces a s1 a Hughte r said i n a Tele phone interview. Hawkins j Jackson and four yemenite employees were kidnapped Jan. 3 by Howlan tribesmen in a desolate Region of Northern Yemen. They were seized when they flew to the Region to investigate a pipeline bombing apparently carried out to lure westerners into a Duchess converts London a the Duchess of Kent joined the roman Catholic Church on Friday night becoming the first member of Britain a Royal family to leave the Church of England in Modem times. The Duchess whose husband the Duke of Kent is a Cousin of Queen Elizabeth is was received. Into the Church by Cardinal Basil Hume the Leader of roman catholics in England and Wales who has become her spiritual Mentor. Quot i believe and profess All that the holy Catholic cd u re h be 1 Ives teaches and proclaims to be revealed by god a the 60-year-old Duchess pledged d u r ing a private ceremony be i e be d to have i a s Ted about 45 minutes laser Man gets life Stockholm Sweden a John Ausenius one of Sweden s Best known killers under the nickname a Glaserman a was sentenced to life in prison Friday for a series of attacks on immigrants and Bank robberies. The shootings two years ago Drew National attention As Public opposition grew against Sweden a Liberal immigration rides. Laser Man got his nickname from using a laser device that projected a red spot on those in his Rifle sights. Ausenius 40, was convicted of murdering iranian Jimmy Ranjbar and wound ing eight other in m Ign an to during a the my is to Kil 11 h pm. He was also convicted of shooting at a police officer and carrying out nine Bank saved from vessel Falmouth England a Royal Navy Rescue helicopters winched 26 Crew members to safety Friday from a ship sinking in the Eastern Atlantic the coast guard said. A spokesman at the Falmouth coast guard said the sweetie Sandra a 500-foot cargo ship registered in Panama put out a mayday Call Early Friday giving its location 150 Miles East of England. A it just started taking on water. The weather was t too bad a said the coast guard spokesman who was not identified. H e a 1 d the croatian and p Hil in pin e c re w members were taken to a naval air station in Cornwall Western England. The ship built in 1975 and owned by Delmar International was carrying steel. Press association the British news Agency said the ship was French owned. The coast guard spokesman said a French trawler also helped with Rescue efforts
