Study finds European police racist LONDON (AP) — Some police in Europe are contrib uting to the “rising tide of racist violence" instead of turning it back. Amnesty In ternational said in a report released Wednesday. The human rights organiza tion, based in London, said police are guilty of abuses "ranging from racial insults and threats of deportation to severe beatings and other forms of torture.” "It is pitifully rare for these officers to be brought to jus tice for their behavior." it said in a statement. "In the present climate, with racial attacks on the in crease and racist groups growing in size, that failure to act is tantamount to con doning racist crimes in socie ty at large." Amnesty said many vic tims are foreigners, including asylum-seekers. It cited ex amples of abuse in France, Germany. Italy, Greece. Spain and Portugal where “the race of the victim ap pears to have been a factor.” Amnesty said governments must take action to curb po lice racism by screening pro spective police officers more closely, providing better training and dismissing po lice who show racist atti tudes. Amnesty International noted "several reports" of as saults on asylum-seekers by German police in 1902. It said it had received reports "of a raid on a hostel in Granitz ... where people are pulled from bed. beaten with batons and punched." It said the authorities are investigat ing. Rose Special mm ^ Feb. 3,4,5 only FREE ROSE (»*h pwcfcatt iiI a rind Don't wait for Valentine's Day... \ Valentines love flowers every day. ‘Eugtu'i flwtr ttont THE UNIVERSITY FLORIST W tKLIMRrMMnM Russia commemorates Battle of Stalingrad i! <1. i WORLD VOLGOGRAD. Russia (AF) — With moun tains of flowers and a thunderous flyover by military jets, Russia on Tuesday commemorat ed the 50th anniversa ry of victory over the Nazis in the Battle of Stalingrad In this industrial river city, cal led Stalin grad before dictator |osof Stalin died, it was a day of emotional reunions of old veterans. Communist outrage over the Soviet collapse, and muted attempts to reconcile with a for mer enemy. A Russian honor guard laid more tlian 90 wreaths at the Eternal Flame that stands near the old department store where Nazi Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrendered on Feb. 2, 1943, ending the 200-day brittle and the German advance to the east. The Battle of Stalingrad — a turning point in World War II — remains a powerful sym bol of the sacrifice that the Soviet republics made during the war, which took the lives of an estimated 26 million Soviet citizens. More than 800.000 Germans and 1 million Soviet soldiers and civilians died at Stalin i grad, which Adolf Hiller was determined to take and Stalin to hold at all coats. Only fl.000 German survivors made it home after the war Thousands of veterans displaying rows of medals on their chests watched solemnly as wreaths were presented by parliament speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov, Vice President Alexander Rutskoi. Defense Minister Pavel Grachev and Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, mili tary commander of the Commonwealth of Independent States At one point. Shaposhnikov was sur rounded by a small group of veterans who demanded to know why the military had al lowed the Soviet Union to collapse. "I could ask you the same question." Shaposhnikov replied, and walked away. Hundreds of pro-Communists. led by hard-liners Sergei Baburin and Viktor Alksnis. marched to the Eternal Flame be neath red flags hearing the hammer and sick le. "We fought for the Soviet Union at Stalin grad. and we will fight to restore the Soviet Union," said Alexandra Ivanova. President Boris Yeltsin did not attend, but sent a message to German Chancellor Hel The survivors of Stalingrad have become the most convincing advocates of peace between our nations and peoples.1 — Helmut Kohl, German chancellor mut Kohl He said Russia and Germany have "embarked on the route of final and com plete reconciliation, cooperation and part nership" Kohl echoed Yeltsin's message. "1 feel especially encouraged by words and gestures from veterans of both sides who demand with special emphasis a closer co operation Iietween liermans and Russians," Kohl said. "The survivors of Stalingrad have become the most convincing advocates of peace between our nations and peoples.” Although German veterans were welcome in Volgograd, they kept a low profile, hover ing in the background. a «<• • m ui* • rt f o nans r