European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 8, 1994 the stars and stripes Vatican gets allies in abortion fight 8 More nations bolster opposition to . Compromise French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau listens through headphones to the translation of a speech at the . Population conference tuesday in Cairo Egypt Cairo Egypt apr a group of countries joined the Vatican on wednesday in opposing a Section on abortion in the . Population conferences 20-year plan for reining in world population growth. The announcement upset a Compromise reached late tuesday that would re Tain a Section recommending government policies on abortion but declare that it should not be promoted As family planning. A. Iran Pakistan and Benin previously Vatican allies agreed to support the Compromise. And the european Union Norway and Sweden accepted the changes in the conferences Central document As their a Rock Bottoms position. When talks resumed wednesday morning however delegates said eight countries a All with roman Catholic majorities a announced support for the Vatican position. They Are Malta Argentina Guam Honduras Guatemala Slovakia Uruguay arid Ecuador. The Section under debate a one paragraph in a 113-Page plan a deals with unsafe abortion and motherhood. The Compromise would have retained sections urging governments to treat unsafe Abor Tion As a major Public health concern. It would acknowledge the legality of abortion in some countries and say women who have abortions should have Access  for medical complications counselling and family planning to avoid repeat abortions. Namibian Delegate Henning Melber said wednesday that As Many As 20 countries now oppose that language a there is absolutely no Progress on the matter a he said. A for those who came to a consensus this is very frustrating.�?�. Unable to reach consensus the negotiators broke up into informal groups to discuss the next step. The conferences plan of action does not require the Blanket approval of Alt participants. But great Effort is being made to reach Compromise because the United nations likes consensus when issuing Long term goals Mary Ellen Glynn spokeswoman for the . Delegation said 95 percent of those at the conference support the Compromise and she called it unfortunate that a few were delaying Progress on More important population issues. A we done to want this conference to be on abortion and stringing it out does just that a she said. Melber also said Namibia and Many other countries were losing patience with the upending of a Compromise that had been very difficult to reach. A How Long will they be Able to Compromise Compromise Compromise a he asked. The Vatican and Muslim nations have objected to parts of the plan on abortion or sex education. Other nations have complained that arguments Over morality were taking attention from the real purpose of the conference slowing the population explosion by giving Power to women. In a key Concession to the Vatican the Compromise on the abortion provision restored language from the 1984 population conference that abortion should never a be promoted As a method of family  a military flies first cubans to canal Camp Panama City a weary cuban refugees settled into a tent Camp beside the Panama canal on wednesday after a . Airlift of thousands of rafters got under Way. Quot a Down with Fidel Castro a Young men in Bluet shirts and plastic sandals chanted late tuesday As they got off a c-130 military transport plane. They were among the of test 93 refugees to make the three hour flight from the . Navy base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. A Quot Panama is letting 10,000 refugees stay temporarily As a a humanitarian  it told the United states that the cubans must be relocated within six months. The cubans will be flown in on . Military planes and chartered jetliners in the coming weeks to help ease crowding at the fast filling Camp set up at Guantanamo the american outpost on cubans Remote Southeastern tip. More than 23,000 cuban rafters picked up by the . Coast guard have been detained at Guantanamo Bay. They were among the More than 30,000 cubans picked up since Early August. The base also houses about 14,000 haitian refugees. . And cuban diplomats Are negotiating in new York Over halting the flow of cubans attempting risky raft trips to Florida. Washington has offered to boost Legal immigration if Cuba stops the exodus but has rejected cubans demand to tie a Deal to the easing of the . Trade embargo. The first arrivals in Panama included a shoe repairman a civil Engineer and a Mother Jacqueline Ochoa de la Rosa who hugged her 9-year-old daughter Maria Cecilia. A i am free of Cuba. I feel great a Ochoa de la Ros Copperhead bites boy in school v a .4- i 4 my a cuban leaps off a plane tuesday after arriving at Howard fab in Panama from Guantanamo Bay naval base Cuba. Said after getting off the first of two c-130 flights late tuesday at Howard fab near Panama City the capital. A handful of . Service members looked on. One Soldier watching the scene told another a who knows if life had turned out different that could be  the cubans will sleep on aluminium cots inside Olive Green tents set behind 8-foot-High Cyclone fencing in a Clearing surrounded by Jungle covered Hills overlooking the Panama a Nal. The first arrivals said they were volunteers for the Airlift glad to be anywhere but Cuba. A even in Cuba anyone can get at least a Little to eat. But in a not leaving because of the economic conditions. I m leaving because i want my Freedom a Raul Reyes Bravo said. A Man . Apr a poisonous Snake slithered into an elementary school and curled up on a classroom chair. The 8-year-old who found it there thought it was a toy and was bitten while trying to pick it up. Mallory Grade school was closed tuesday after Nicholas Turkale suffered the snakebite from a Copperhead a water Loving Snake whose bite can cause severe pain and illness but is rarely fatal. The boy was hospitalized in fair condition with a swollen had at Man appalachian regional Hospital. Nicholas found the Snake coiled on his seat and mistook it for a rubber reptile said his Mother Sheila Turkale. The Snake was killed. The school was closed through wednesday so workers could Check the grounds and buildings for any More snakes. They planned to Block openings near pipes and doors to keep other intruders out said Logan county schools superintendent John Meyers. Teachers also were told to remove classroom pets such As mice and hamsters which might attract  operation draws Down Washington a most of the 800 . Service members assisting the rwandan Relief Effort could be withdrawn by the end of the month. A a it a something we re watching a Pentagon spokesman Dennis Boxx said tuesday adding that no withdrawal Date has been set. Asked about criticism that the United states Hasni to done enough in the crisis Boxx said that the . Military has flown 900 Airlift missions delivering 17,000 tons of supplies to the refugee Camps. He said the Pentagon wants a smooth transition As . Duties in operation support Hope Are turned Over to the United nations and other organisations which could affect the timing Damp he removal of . Forces. At the height of . Involvement in Early August More than 2,000 americans were in the Region Pentagon officials said