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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 12, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5haiti s leaders order observers out port a Prince Haiti a the army dominated government monday ordered All human rights observers from the United nations and the organization of american Sta Tes to leave Haiti. Dante Caputo the special . Envoy for Haiti said the monitors had been Given 48 hours to leave the Caribbean country by the ministry of foreign affairs. He said the verbal order was delivered at 9 . And included the warning that the army would enforce the expulsion if necessary. _ Quot a i consider this an outrageous Deci Slon. More than that it is an insult to the International Community. They kill they murder and rape people and they do not want any witnesses a Caputo said. He said it was a a very very delicate situation As far As Security is concerned for the monitors. There Are 40 . Observers and 64 Oas observers in Haiti. The joint Mission was sent in february 1993 to investigate human rights abuses by Haiti a military and its right Wing supporters. The expulsion order came As the United states was massing additional warships and 2,000 More marines just off Haiti a shores. Eight warships and 15 coast guard cutters already Are stationed off Haiti to Deal with a wave of haitians fleeing their nation and to enforce a . Trade embargo to pressure Haiti a military leaders louvre asks to care for Paris apr the director of the louvre appealed monday to a Brazen Bandit to take Good care of a delicate 17th-Century pastel stolen from the museum while it was thronged with visitors. A this pastel is unique and extremely fragile and we Hope you will be very careful a Michel Laclotte said at a news conference hoping the message reached the thief who walked off with portrait of Jean Dorieus. Created in 1660 by French artist Robert Anteuil the pastel was lifted out of its Frame late sunday afternoon while 27,000 visitors were in the museum. A pane of protective Glass also disappeared. Laclotte said the painting valued at about 500,000 francs $93,000was not hooked up to an electronic alarm system. Thefts were supposed to be deterred by a Security device consisting of four Metal plates screwed into the Back of the Frame attaching it to the Wall. The thief unscrewed the plates leaving no fingerprints authorities said. Several Panama s president elect to take refugees Miami a the United states will be allowed to House haitian refugees in Panama when the country a Power changes hands sept. 1, Panama a president elect said sunday. President elect Ernesto Perez Balladares said current president Guillermo Endara should not have refused to help the United states and called the haitian political situation Quot a hemispheric  a if i were today the president of Panama i would be supportive of the policies of the United nations and the United states to have a specific number of haitians under the supervision of the . Army in Panama a he said at a news conference. Balladares several conditions must be met to allow the opening of temporary refugee Camps. A number of haitians would have to be agreed upon upfront and the . Military would have to ensure the haitians Are confined to the Camps Balladares said. About 5,000 haitians would be a realistic number but no More than 10,000, he said. Endara who came to Power after the 1989 . Invasion of Panama replaced Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega announced a week ago that his country would accept up to 10,000 haitians but changed his mind thursday. Endara a original decision to accept the refugees a Home and . Mystic opposition drawl of the offer. Refugees was widely criticized at a Quot a officials blamed do for Endara a with the operation must also be paid for by the United states and a Date be set for closing the Camps he said. Balladares said that he had tried to persuade the president to accept the Camps and that Endara did not do a Good Job Oxsel Linthe idea to panamanians. Into giving up Power. President Clinton has repeatedly said he would not Rule out the use of Force to restore the constitutional government of president Jean Bertrand Aristide who was ousted in a 1991 coup. He was Haiti a first democratically elected Leader. Vice president a1 Gore insisted monday that the Clinton administration was com thief pieces of toilet paper found on the floor under the Frame probably were used by the thief to wipe offprints police said. The Sully gallery of the museum is guarded by 80 Security officers who make regular rounds. In the zone where the pastel Hung three guards were assigned to watch six galleries. Police believe the thief staked out the gallery in Advance. A visitor noticed the empty Frame and notified Security guards who sealed off exits and searched departing visitors in vain. It was the first theft from Frances most famous museum since july 1990, when a Renoir portrait was taken. The piece was found two months later in Yon. Besides 980 Security guards the louvre is equipped with a system allowing doors to close immediately once a theft is reported. Officials said the system functioned too late sunday. The pastel is a portrait of a prominent magistrate wearing a traditional Black Robe with White Collar. The Long and Short of if is forbidden sumo i Tokyo apr Japan a hulking sumo wrestlers done to look As if they need Silicon implants. But several have them in their scalps a to pass the height requirement of 5 feet 8 inches. No More the sumo association declared monday though it said those who already had passed the height test would be allowed to stay. That leaves in no. 4 Maebashi a senior wrestler Mai Noumi who currently holds sumo a eighth highest rank and is mounting a Strong bid for promotion. After nine Days of the current 15-Day tournament he has a 7-2 record two victories behind the leaders. The ruling came soon after photographs of sumo aspirant Koji Harada 16, appeared in the japanese press Harada was shown with an enormous hairy Lump perched on top of a Box shaped head. The reports said he had a 6-Inch layer of Silicon beneath his Scalp just enough to make the required height. He was rejected anyway. A there have been More than three cases of wrestlers having received Silicon implants on their Heads a said stable master Han Argoma who is also a vice spokesman of the sumo association. A we have decided to ban further use of implants for health  fitted to restoring democracy in Haiti. A a there a no invasion imminent but our military options Are now and have been on the table a Gore said on lbs television. A we believe that democracy must be restored to  . Rights observers have concluded that Many killings in Haiti have been directly attributable to the army and its allies. Up to 3,000 people have been killed in political violence since Aristide was toppled. The . Mission abruptly suspended operations last week after a demand to do so by the military backed government. But on Friday the . General Assembly approved extending the observers Mission for another year and the . Team resumed investigations. Search for embers i ire fighter Cordell French of red Lake minn., looks for hot spots sunday on storm King Mountain near Glenwood Springs Colo. Crews were struggling to put out isolated names after containing the 1,856-acre Blaze saturday. Meanwhile mourners held a service that Day for 14 firefighters who died last week while trying to subdue the Mountain Blaze. Fourteen chairs draped with american flags and Black and White rib. Bons stood before the stage As about 3,500 people gathered to pay tribute  
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