European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday. June 16. 1994evicted dancers charge Berlin hotel with racism from wire reports Darwin Australia a an aboriginal dance troupe returned Home from Germany on wednesday maintaining that their eviction from a Berlin hotel was racist. Y t the nine member my Maku Inma women a dance and song group was evicted by a hotel co manager who reportedly told a newspaper that she was offended by the members skin color. The German woman also was quoted in a local newspaper As saying the women were a almost not human. A _ a this was done to us on racial grounds and it was most unfortunate but we must not forget that aboriginal people Are constantly discriminated against in Australia Quot said one of the aboriginal dancers tji Kali Colin. A group statement said the women received a standing ovation from the 1,000-member audience at a performance in berlins House of the cultures of the world. The performance was the last in their two Weck tour of  pardons German Bonn Germany a Iran has pardoned a German Engineer sentenced to death for spying for Iraq during the Iran Iraq War. The German government said tuesday that it made no promises to win his release Helmut Szimku was arrested in Iran in 1989 and convicted in 1992, said Norbert Schafer spokesman for Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The Pardon resulted from negotiations Between Germany and Iran whose relationship has been criticized by the United states and Britain a . Government report this year called Iran a the worlds most Active and most dangerous sponsor of  German news Media have speculated that Iran Hopes to influence the trial in Berlin of an iranian and four pro iranian lebanese shiite muslims accused of killing a kurdish Leader in 1992. Prosecutors allege that Iran a intelligence chief Ali Sallahian ordered the iranian defendant to carry out the slaying. Artist Memet into stands next to a Ford sculpture that replaced a display featuring Vladimir Lenin and a  grabs Lenin s parking spot St. Petersburg Russia apr in a sign of the times a sculpture of an american car has replaced an armoured truck that Vladimir Lenin once mounted to give a speech outside the Marble Palace. The director of the russian museum which administers the Palace said at mondays unveiling that Marble time. Monde. Is a a Good  a military orchestra played in the Palace courtyard As German sculptor Memet Ino pulled a huge Blue Sheet from the likeness of a Ford Monde painted to look like Marble. Co sculptor a Schult said the Ford motor co. J sponsored the project. The four wheeled sculpture pokes fun at communists. The Marble Pedestal had supported an armoured truck display called the capitals enemy from the czarist Era. Lenin climbed atop it in october 1917 to make a speech after returning from exile and it became a prominent feature of the october revolution museum. Last year two years after the collapse of communism the truck itself was exiled to the City a artillery museum. A i treat this As a Good joke though there is a Grain of truth in every joke a said Vladimir Gusev the russian museum director. A frankly i liked the truck even  take a walk Iraq pressures Farmers on the other Side with amputation the Uso Berlin continues to offer affordable exciting Berlin tour packages we have inexpensive City Center hotel bookings 10 different types of Berlin City and other Tours including polish Flea Market Tours for $15.00. Information on Alt the Best sights to see travel Book sates maps Public transportation assistance it and of course a Friendly and helpful staff our operating hours Are tuesday Friday 10 00 a.m.-5 00 . Saturday 10 00 a.m.-2 00 . Military phone 332-7585 civilian phone 030 819-7585 Call today enjoy Berlin soon Nicosia Cyprus apr iraqi Farmers were warned tuesday that their hands could be amputated if they done to sell their Cereal harvests to the government. Iraq faces food shortages caused in part by . Sanctions. Trade minister Muhammad Mahdi Saleh said Over Baghdad radio that offending Farmers risk punishment under a june 4 decree that Calls for cutting off the right hands of robbers and car thieves. The broadcast was monitored in Cyprus. A fall. Those who intentionally fail to Supply cereals to the state marketing centers risk being punished by amputation the minister said. The decree Calls for robbers convicted a second time to lose a leg by amputation. Thieves who kill victims face the death penalty. That decree no. 59, signed by president Saddam Hussein reflects the growing crime As hardships Worsen for iraqis 17 million people. The United nations imposed sanctions on Iraq after the Baghdad regime tin faded Kuwait in August 1990. This month Saddam urged his ministers to Deal harshly with government officials who fail to carry out orders to the letter. Team destroys iraqi arms Plant i la a Iusti Manama Bahrain a . Arms experts completed the destruction of Saddam Hussein a main chemical weapons facility tuesday then Over cups of Tea resumed the site to the iraqis. Although other iraqi weapons facilities remain to be dismantled the end of the chemical arms operation is a big step in the . Campaign to prevent the iraqi Leader from posing a military threat in the Region Ron Manley of Britain Leader of the . Chemical team described the handover to reporters after returning to the regional Headquarters of the . Commission overseeing the dismantling of iraqis weapons of mass destruction. After checking that the soil was not contaminated Hossam Amin director of iraqis National monitoring directorate took charge of the site at Samarra 60 Miles North of Baghdad. The dismantled facility will be subject to Long term . Monitoring to ensure Saddam does not try to revive the chemical weapons program he secretly built up for More than a decade before the 1991 persian Gulf War. . Inspectors blew up the main Plant because it contained equipment designed to manufacture chemical weapons Man icy said. The inspectors filled another building with Concrete. Repeated Allied bombings during the Gulf War left behind leaking chemical munitions with live explosives and fuses that made the building too dangerous to enter Manley said. As part of the hazardous two year operation the inspectors also had to dispose of Poison Gas and nerve agents As w Ell As toxic waste from their operation