European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 27,1994 world the stars and stripes r pages . Lifts s. Africa arms embargo United nations a the Security Council has lifted the last of its apartheid Era embargoes on South Africa scrapping its bans on weapons exports and imports. While the lifting of the bans was intended to celebrate South africans move to democracy it could Lead other african nations to turn there for weapons increasing the potential for violence on a continent Long bloodied by civil War and ethnic feuds. The United nations imposed the weapons embargoes and other sanctions on South Africa in an attempt to Force an end to White minority Rule. In an address to the Security Council before wednesdays vote South africans Deputy president said the move would show a acceptance by the world body that we have become a democratic  a precisely because we Are conscious of what the world has done for we too Are determined to contribute what we can to the making of a better world for All a Dep Uty president Thabo Beki said. Beki said South Africa was trying to convert its military technology to civilian  and asked for International assistance. President Nelson Mandela of South Africa hinted tuesday that his country would not turn Down the Chance to sell arms. A i done to think it would be fair to say that a particular country should not engage in Trade in arms a Mandela told South african state television. A arms arc for the purpose of defending the sovereignty and the integrity of a country. From that Angle there nothing wrong in having Trade in  the ban on weapons sales to South Africa went into effect in 1977 the ban on arms exports from that country took effect in 1984. The United nations last remaining penalty on South Africa the 1974 banishment from the general Assembly expected to fall soon and South Africa expected to be allowed to reclaim its scat on the world body this fall. Washington apr president Clinton renewed Trade privileges for China thursday but acknowledged that Beijing fid not meet his demand for significant Overall Progress in human rights. A in a major Retreat Clinton said he was lifting the link Between China a Trade status and human rights issues. A we have reached the end of the usefulness of that policy a the president said at a news conference. Clinton said China had made Progress in important areas of human rights but did not achieve a Overall significant Progress the condition he placed on continued Trade privileges a year ago. He said that serious human rights abuses continue. The president said extending Trade privileges a will avoid isolating China and will permit to engage the  his statement echoed the position of former president Bush whose policies toward China were sharply criticized by Clinton during the presidential Campaign. T a i think we have to see our relations with China within the broader context of our policies within the Pacific asian Region a the president said. Sources on Capitol Hill said before the announcement that Clinton planned a ban on imports of guns and ammunition from China. But it was unclear whether he would jink that step directly to Beijing a human rights record. Before announcing his decision Clinton made a final round of Telephone Calls to members of Congress on both sides of the Issue. He spoke for 50 minutes with rep. Nancy Pelosi d-calif., one of the strongest voices in favor of imposing Trade sanctions against China. Clinton also spoke to sen. Max Baucus d-mont., one of those urging him to end the linkage Between most favored nation Trade status and China a human rights record. Clinton also was expected to announce creation of a commission to Monitor human rights in China and to Call on business to come up with a code of conduct that would ensure . Corporations operating in China did not unwittingly cooperate with repressive practices. He also was expected to pledge that his administration would press China for human rights improvements in All appropriate International forums. The presidents announcement marked the end of a Long process that began a year ago when he issued an executive order saying renewal of Man for China under which its products enter the United states at the lowest available Tariff rates would be conditioned on improvement in human rights. ,. But the announcement also was certain to spark another round of fierce debate in Congress Over the future of . Relations with China a country with More than one billion people and one of the worlds fastest growing economies. Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine was working with Pelosi to draft legislation that would impose sanctions against chinese products manufactured by entities controlled by the military and other parts of the government. Trade Between the United states and China totalled slightly More than $40 billion last year More than $31 billion being chinese exports to the United states. China s $22.8 billion Trade surplus was the second largest in the . Trade account ranking behind Only a Japan. A a a a Clinton has authority under existing Federal Law to ban imports of weapons a in furtherance of world peace and Security and the foreign policy of the United states.�?�. A a it y a a a a a a v last year More than one million guns manufactured in China were exported to the United states an increase of nearly tenfold from the previous year. Most of those weapons were rifles that sold in the United states for less than $100 each. Shortly before Clinton a announcement the state department said a . Technical team reported from Beijing Steps that should end interference with voice of America broadcasts beamed to China. .s., Vito up Hanoi Vietnam apr Vietnam and the United states have agreed to establish diplomatic missions a an important step toward the normalization of relations a the foreign ministry announced thursday. The agreement comes More than 20 years after the two countries fought each other in a War that divided the United states and Cost the lives of nearly 60,000 americans and Many 2 million vietnamese. The foreign ministry said that on May 20 and May 21, . Assistant Secretary of state Winston lord and vietnamese Deputy foreign minister be Mai a exchanged letters concurring in the establishment of representative offices in their respective  it did not say when the offices would open but other officials have said the offices would open within two to three months a spokesman said he had no additional details. /. Vietnamese officials said the offices would handle Trade business tourism and culture and help account for 2,233 americans still listed missing in action from the War. The Clinton administration has made the establishment of diplomatic relations contingent on Vietnam a providing More information on mias and on improving its record on human rights. President Clinton announced plans to establish the Liaison offices when he listed the 19-year Trade embargo against Vietnam on feb. 3. Since then relations Between the countries have steadily improved. Mannheim Germany a an argument Between a turkish family and a German family on a Mannheim Street escalated into a riot by bout 100 right Wing radicals police said thursday Twenty five people Aret Der investigation following the wednesday night Melee in a Workmo class neighbourhood a German girl whose age was not Given punched a 13-year-old turkish neighbor during an argument police said. Relatives of the girls then got into a scrap police said. The two families frequently argue police said. About 100 right Wing radicals showed up and shouted anti foreigner slogans at the turks. Police rushed to the scene and dispersed the crowd. But the Radical right mob later went to the Home of another turkish family where they broke a window and again shouted xenophobic slogans police said. Officers chased the mob away. Three turkish families have been Given police Protection in Case violence flares again. Germany has Beert plagued by far right violence since unification m 1990. A court in the Eastern German City of Erfurt on thursday convicted a leading Neo nazi of inciting a gang of skinheads into beating up foreigners on dec. 13, 1991. Thomas Dienel head of the German National party was also convicted of insulting jews prosecutors said that when Dienel formed his Neo nazi group in 1992 he pronounced that he wanted to a Light the ovens again at the Buchenwald concentration Camp for Simon Wiesenthal the famed nazi Hunter who a holocaust survivor. The 33-year-old Dienel was sentenced to4l4 years in prison. Also on thursday a court in the Northern port of Kiel convicted three skinheads who crashed a wedding reception and attacked guests with a knife and Gas pistols three people were injured. A few Days Days before that attack the skinheads ringleader 20-year-old Peter Borchert stabbed a Kiel bus Driver because the Driver had been kind to a student from Sudan. The Driver was seriously injured. Borchert was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for the two attacks. A Moscow apr Vladimir a Mirinovsky the flamboyant right Winger partial to fisticuffs with fellow parliamentarians has been challenged to a Duel. The Leader of the minuscule majority party Vyacheslav Grechner wants to go one on one with a Mirinovsky in a karate or a kick boxing match. Grechner an obscure politician whose beef with a Mirinovsky unclear offered to give his opponent a head Start a fighting with hands or even Heads  a Mirinovsky Hasni to deigned to reply. But an admirer in the Northern City of sever Dvinsk did volunteering instead for a Duel of wits with Grechner. A i would like to offer Grechner if he thinks Hebrave a Duel worthy of a real Man and an outstanding politician a an intellectual Duel a Andrei Gizatullin said in a letter released by  a press service.  a own style less cerebral. He often threatens to jail reformers if he comes to Power or even hang them. His Ultra nationalist party won nearly a Quarter of the vote in last december a parliamentary elections by promising among other things to restore  Empire and shoot criminals on the spot.  a first fight in parliament was in january when he broke in line at the cafeteria and then punched a reformist lawmaker who objected. In april he beat up a defector from his party and threatened to tear another Sbeard out a hair by  a Mirinovsky then smashed the recorder of a reporter who had taped the incident