European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 stars and stripes june 2007 in the world austrian parliament Lowers voting age to 16 Austria Parlia ment on wednesday passed a Law making Austria the first Europe an Union nation to allow 16 Jearolds to vote in National elec the measure which was backed by four of the five parties represented in parliament but opposed by the rightist Freedom party was approved As part of a larger package that also introduced Absentee ballots and extended the country legislative period from four to five austrians already were Al Lowed to cast ballots at 16 for some local elections before tues Days vote in eur Light bulb makers plan eco Friendly future Belgium euro Pean Light bulb makers said tues Day they want to phase out the Standard incandescent Light bulb in eight replacing it with More Energy Effi client the manufacturers submitted to the european com is similar to plans under Way or under consideration else including Cali and As govern ments seek Energy savings and Green Friendly the group includes general electric Havells and Serbia investigates possible mass grave Serbia serbian authorities on tuesday began excavating what appeared to be a mass grave containing the bodies of More than 350 Kosovo Alba the in an abandoned Quarry on a Border zone Between ser Bia and Kosovo filled with shattered vehicles and a swamp Cov ered with would be the third mass grave containing Vic Tims of Slobodan milosevics War against Kosovo albanians in since about 800 bodies have been discovered in two mass Graves in Iran its too late to Stop nuclear program Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said tuesday that it was too late to Stop Iran nuclear program and warned the and its allies not to push for new comparing his country to a lion sit Ting quietly in a we advise them not to play with the Lions Ahmadinejad asked about Ahmadinejad comment that it was too late to halt Iran nuclear state department spokesman Sean Mccormack said it he could make the decision today to take up the reasonable offer to negotiate with the rest of the world so that Iran can make peaceful nuclear Energy and not have a Cloud hanging Over the Mccormack the International system is not going to be intimidated by these kinds of threats and this Bluff and Blus Ter by the iranian from the associated press Bush chides Russia for democratic backsliding Evan president Bush addresses a democracy forum tuesday in a speech at Prague Czernin the associated press czech Republic president Bush on tuesday risked fueling tensions with saying Moscow had derailed democratic in reforms that once promised to empower citizens have been with troubling implications for democratic Bush speak ing at a democracy conference in Prague organized by former this discussion of democratic backsliding in rus Sia under the leadership of president Vladimir Putin was just one part of a Strong Bush noting that America can maintain a Friendship and push a nation toward democracy at the same but the lecture was not Likely to be Well received by Moscow has become increasingly irritated by plans to build a missile shield in Eastern eur Putin warned Over the weekend that Moscow could take retaliatory Steps including aiming nuclear weapons at military bases in part of a Good relationship is the ability to talk openly about our Bush said in the speech at Czernin so the United states will continue to build our relationships with these coun tries and we will do it without abandoning our Princi Ples or our the conference was hosted by Natan a former prisoner of the soviet regime and former czech president Vaclav who led the velvet revolution that ended communism in the former Czechoslovakia in Bush and the czech republics leaders de fended the plans for the missile the people of the czech Republic dont have to choose Between being a Friend of the United states or a Friend with Bush said at a joint appearance with czech prime minister Mirek Topolanek and president Vaclav Klaus in the medieval Prague you can be we dont believe in a Zero sum arabian Peninsula braces for Cyclone Hamid stronger than Normal Waves come ashore tuesday at a Cyclone expected to be the strongest storm Ever recorded in the arabian Peninsula churned toward the Oil Rich forcing thousands of Resi dents of omans coastal towns to flee their the storm was expected to lose strength before hitting the most important installations in the persian Gulf off of saudi Arabia and Southern but Oil analysts said it could delay the loading of tankers in the Gulf something that could cause a Spike in Oil palestinian Leader warns state on verge of civil War the associated press West Bank marking 40 years of israeli occur palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on tuesday warned that his people Are on the verge of civil War and said infighting is worse than living under israeli military israels capture of the West Gaza and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast War was a Black Day for the who paid a heavy Price for de Abbas said in a televised speech on the anniversary of the june Start of hostilities that lasted six Days and changed the face of the in the palestinian worry about fighting Between Abbas Fatah movement and the islamic militant Hamas dominated speeches and the two parties have governed in an uneasy coalition since after a year of Hamas Only but another round of deadly gun Battles erupted in Abbas warned that the fighting has harmed the palestinians standing in the mass grave found in Ukraine May hold holocaust victims by Natasha Liskova the associated press Ukraine a mass grave believed to contain the re Mains of thousands of jews killed by the nazis has been found in Southern a jewish Community representative said tues the grave was found by Chance last month when workers were digging to Lay Gas pipelines in the Village of near said roman a spokesman for the regional jew ish the nazis established two Ghet tos during world War ii near the Village and brought jews there from what is now the nearby nation of Moldova As Well As ukrainian regions including Shvartsman in november they set up a concentration Camp in the area and killed about jews he several thousand jews executed by the nazis lie Shvarts Man Shvartsman said the jewish Community had known about the mass killing in the but had not known exactly where the Bod ies were Yitzhak a holocaust scholar and a former director of the had Washem holocaust museum in said he was not surprised by the discovery be cause the Village was a known site of mass executions of jews during the he said some jews were brought to the area from surrounding towns in november and put the death toll at with 500 people dying every