European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 11 pygmies housed on zoo grounds create stir by Louis Skamba the associated press Republic of Congo a group of pygmy musicians performing at an annual festival were temporarily put up in a zoo by congolese attracting tourists and prompting a protest from a human rights authorities said they were trying to make the indigenous musicians feel com but after a flurry of Media cover they moved the visitors to a High school dormitory late the pygmies Are now being housed with musicians from elsewhere in the Republic of while foreign artists performing at the festival of pan african music were lodged in the pygmies presence in a tent on the officials move musicians to a dormitory following protests by human rights group zoo grounds had attracted who came to stare and take the Congo Lese Observatory for human rights said in a statement vigorously protest the Dis criminal exploitation and bad treatment of these 20 indigenous the rights group since their arrival in Brazza Ville on july these people have been sleeping exposed to mosquitoes and the cold whereas the other delegations have been housed in not All of whom Are below aver age Are believed to be the earliest inhabitants of Central they live in the forests of its larger neighbor the democratic Republic of As Well As in other countries such As Central african re Cameroon and officials said they offered the accommodation on the forested zoo grounds so the 10 nine men and one baby would feel More at its not a Case of said Yvette the director of arts and culture for the Republic of we lodged them in the Park near running water and a Forest simply because that will remind them of their usual surroundings which is the i think our intention was Noble toward our Brothers who came directly out of the Forest and have never seen a she we would like to reassure people that our intention was simply to put them at ease in an environment that resembles their said Dieudonne Mouton who directs the founded in the the Brazzaville zoological Park was plundered during the country civil War in the elephants and monkeys were killed for their it now has no big game Only 13 Mon one two crocodiles and zookeeper Jean Pierre Bol Bantou Korea will dismantle nuke programs if sanctions Are removed the associated press South Korea North Korea is ready to Start dismantling its nuclear programs follow ing the shutdown of its sole operating a North korean dip Lomat said As Long As the United states lifts All sanctions against the communist Kim Myong minister at the norths Mission to the United nations in new confirmed the reactor was shut Down saturday after receipt of a South korean Oil and said inspectors would verify the closure immediately after the arrival of the first heavy fuel the facilities were shut Down and the International atomic Energy Agency personnel will verify Kim said by North Korea foreign ministry said any future Progress in disarmament would depend on what practical measures the and in will take to Roll Back their hostile policies to Ward North according to the statement carried by the offi Cial korean Central news Iaea inspectors were expelled from the North in late 2002 at the Start of the nuclear a 10member team arrived Satur Day in North Korea to make sure the reactor at Yon Byon was switched off the first step by the North to scale Back its weapons program since the standoff Kim noted that the next Steps included the North making a declaration of its nuclear program and disabling the but he said that would happen Only if Washington takes actions in including removing wider economic sanctions and striking the country from a list of states that sponsor after the then we will discuss about the economic sanctions lifting and removing of the terrorism All those things should be discussed and re Kim the main envoy on the North Korea nuclear Assis Tant Secretary of state Christo Pher has said he believes the norths nuclear facilities could be completely disabled by the end of the year and that he expected a Complete declaration of its atomic programs within responding to the norths de Mand that sanctions be Hill said sunday in Seoul they want some we want some and we have to sit Down and figure out How everything going to be Japan said it was ready to Dis cuss outstanding issues with North but said the country had already delayed implement ing an agreement reached at the arms talks in the North is already running late on the and we urge them to carry through with the Steps said Nori assistant press Secretary for japans foreign yom Iuri Yasunari debris of collapsed houses Are seen As a powerful typhoon Manyi carried them in tar Mizu City in Southern Japan on Manyi was expected to hit but passed just East of the typhoon Manyi skirts Tokyo by Hiroko Tabuchi the associated press Tokyo a typhoon expected to hit Tokyo missed the capital and moved toward northeastern Japan on sunday after leaving five people dead and forcing tens of thousands to authorities said typhoon Manyi was losing strength As it passed Southwest of with sustained winds of 56 Miles an As of midday More than people had been forecasters warned of continued heavy High Waves and Strong according to the fire and disaster management earlier in the rescuers found the body of a 79yearold Farmer who was swept into a River after going to Check on his Rice Field in on the Western Island of according to Agency spokesman Yukihide an 11yearold boy and another 79yearold Man drowned in separate incidents on Kyushu Island sat two other men were killed earlier last week after being swept away in Southern it at least 80 people were injured As the typhoon skirted its Way up Honshu islands East Many from being knocked Down by Strong Nakashima fifteen houses were destroyed and about High winds off the Izu Island Chain South of Tokyo whipped up Waves As High As 30 the Agency Manyi is the strongest typhoon on record to hit Japan in when storms Are relatively according to Agency spokesman Toshiyuki airlines cancelled hundreds of flights leaving Kyas Well As from airports in Nagoya and at its current wind Manyi would be considered a tropical storm in the but Japan Classi fies storms with winds Over 38 Miles an hour Asty forces Japan declared Al Clear for kanto Plain bases at 3 the joint typhoon warning Center issued its final warning for Manyi at 6 Manyi packed sustained 52mph winds and gusts of up to 63 Mph at its Center As it churned 66 Miles South of Yokosuka naval 82 Miles South of Zama and Katsugi and 97 Miles South of a two last week forecast Manyi to pass at least 50 Miles closer to each stars and stripes reporter Dave Ornauer contributed to this report advertise stars and stripes your Hometown newspaper Contact Fred Schneider email  Dan 314 me 9738089