European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 12 the stars and stripes Friday december 2,1994 Russia downplays War ultimatum Grozny Russia a a russian ultimatum demanding an end to Chechnya a civil War expired Early thursday but Moscow appeared to Back away from threats to Send troops into the breakaway Southern Republic. Russia had threatened tuesday to impose a state of emergency on the caucasus Mountain Region if its president a Khokhar Dunayev and the rebels opposing him did not surrender prisoners and Stop fighting. Neither Side showed any indication of complying. But thursday evening president Boris Yeltsin a office issued an altered text of Yeltsin a original Ultima turn saying a there was some disagreement in the Media in interpreting certain clauses of the the reissued document made no reference to a state of emergency. A delegation of russian lawmakers and1 other leaders arrived thursday afternoon in Grozny capital of the Republic of 1.2 million and began close door talks with chechen officials. Chechnya declared Independence from Russia in 1991, soon after Duda Yevu selection. The fighting which intensified last week after months of skirmishes pits forces Loyal to Dunayev against the rebels who Dunayev says Are armed and led by Moscow. Jet flyovers jangled nerves in Grozny for a third Day and some bombs were dropped. Dunayev looking tired at a news conference in the basement of his presidential Palace said his House had been bombed. A Small Airport near the City was hit thursday and a woman a Corpse was seen. The itar Tass news Agency said two women were killed in the raid at the military air base Ltd Fth ppm Days Iii christinas we have Christmas music too y we have supervision video games and fuel depots were burning. A trickle of heavily loaded cars and trucks continued leaving Grozny before a feared attack by russian soldiers. Moscow openly supports Duda Yevu a opponents but denies providing military assistance. After Duda Yevu a forces captured russian fighters saturday Moscow said mercenaries were fighting on both sides. A single military Jet roared Over Grozny As the russian deadline passed. Later heavy machine gun fire rang out from the City Center Yeltsin offered a limited amnesty to chechen who Lay Down their and Are not implicated in grave crimes against civilians itar Tass said. In Freedom Square outside the presidential building several Hundred Volunteer fighters cradling assault rifles and grenade launchers gathered to hear speeches while a tank mane Vered into position. Chechen elders in Tail fur hats tunics and High leather boots danced in a Circle chanting a Freedom or death a russian Media reported troop movements around the Borders of Chechnya in Southern Russia the inter fax and itar Tass news agencies said russian units would support Interior ministry forces to a ensure stability in the Region safety of the population and Avert the spread of the _ for Moscow which governs dozens of republics and regions in the russian federation Chechnya has become a test of whether it is willing to use military might to hold the country together. 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Hundreds of plaster gnomes Are locked up arid barring any last minute reprieve in court slated for destruction. They Are As Good As finished Little red Caps and All. The gnomes Are contraband dread polish imitations of the authentic German Garden gnome. And German producers Are fighting Back trying to Stop the flow of pirate copies with the help of lawyers such As Spitz a specialist in intellectual property Law. R to an american a gnome May be nothing More than with a spelling impediment. A stretch when it comes to intellectual property. A but gnomes Are serious business in Germany where most everything is serious and this assault on polish fakes is called the a gnome at stake is not Only the gnome business and profits a hundreds of thousands of Little men sold each year for up to $165 apiece a but the heart and soul of Germany Quality and German workmanship. Good German gnomes Are hand paint Bride joke irks philippine government de Ceramic statues ranging from 6 inches to 3 feet High made to withstand the Rigours of a German Winter. Sure the polish copies made by Low wage polish a workers can be had for a Quarter of the Price producers say. But they Are made of plaster and they Are Spray painted for heavens Sake. The colors run together and fade. The plaster freezes in Winter then crumbles in the Spring Sun like stale bundt cake. There is another Issue that germans hesitate to raise probably because it would sound too nationalistic but which obviously is eating at them. Garden gnomes Are German. They Are Little germans carrying lanterns and Hunting rifles and steins of Beer and they Are the crowning glory of a clipped manicured German Garden. Poland is something else All together. Today Bonne a Genera a Zeiger newspaper reports 35 million Garden gnomes inhabit the Earth and at least half of them reside in Germany. A Good 50 of those in assorted sizes and shapes live in Friedrich Kemens front Yard m the Village of Swist Tal Oxendorf near Bonn. Every week during Good weather Kemen carefully moves every one of the statues onto his Center Walkway so he can mow his Lawn then places them Back in the grass again for All his neighbors to see. While Garden gnomes Are quintessentially German a not All germans Are enamoured of then. The prestigious Allensback polling Institute discovered in june 1988 a the last Date for which figures Are available a that 39 percent of germans truly liked gnomes a dramatic drop from 1956, when 58 percent said they fancied them. Manila Philippines apr the philippine government has sent a protest to the producers of the hit Abc sitcom frasier Over a joke it says a denigrated philippine women. Flabbergasted to hear that plastic surgery on his daughter in Law will Cost $25,000, the character of frasier cranes father kids his son a for an extra five grand you can get a whole new wife from the the episode aired tuesday. The department of foreign affairs on thursday called the joke racist and sexist. It said Raul Rabe the Philippines ambassador in Washington sent a protest letter to David Angel Peter Casey David Lee and Cris Floyd the los Angeles based executive producers. A your people Are not chattel a the de Parturient quoted the letter As saying. L Rabe said the reference to philippine women was unfair and a diminishes the significant contributions that the Large economically upscale filipino american Community has made to the very fabric of the United states. In a separate protest letter to Knic to los Angeles the philippine consulate there said a philippine Law passed in 1991 bans the mail order Bride business and other similar practices. It said the episode shows the a insensitivity and ignorance of the writers and a perpetuates the kind of blindly negative stereotyping of other Peoples and cultures reminiscent of a less enlightened period in american television and
