European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the Star band stripes tuesday May 12.1987 99-Day Beirut Airport shutdown ends Beirut Lebanon a regular flights to Beirut s Airport resumed Mon Day after a 99-Day shutdown caused by heavy Shet fire but sectarian violence was reported at the capital s Harbor and along the Green line thai separates the Christian and moslem sectors. The opening or the Airport is seen As an important Symbol of order returning to the capital s Western moslem sector wracked by factional warfare before 7,Sod syrian troops moved in feb. 22. However four rockets slimmed inc die capital s Harbor area which straddles the Green line shattering windows but causing no injuries police said. There was no immediate indication of who fired the korean made Orad rockets. Sniper tire broke out on the Green line prompting the lebanese army to close the mid City franciscan crossing monday for a second Day no injuries were reported. In Damascus Syria meanwhile emis Saries of lebanese president Amin gym Ayel held talks monday with syrian officials on ways to end Lebanon s economic and government crises. Beirut s Airport was closed feb. 1 after two Days of shelling during which a plane belonging to Middle East airlines Leb anon s Flag Carrier was destroyed on inc Tarmac. Officials declared the Airport open on sunday and an empty plane arrived from Warnaca Cyprus where Middle East airlines parked its planes during the Airport closure. Regular flights resumed Flag burning in France Young extremists from the group demonic lion was organized in Paris Tro Efeme Vole third by brandish by the rightist National front party to flags and raise their fists after burning Mark the anniversary of the death of the us. And soviet hags. The son to Joan of arc monday. Before the shutdown the Only other carriers using the Beirut Airport were syrian Arab airlines and four Eastern european airlines. There was no word on whether they would resume flights to Lebanon. Beirut s Airport is Lebanon s Only civil aviation Gateway. While it was closed travellers had logo Overland or by boat to Syria or Cyprus for flights. Western airlines boycotted the Beirut Airport after the hijacking of an Ameri can trans world airlines plane by shiite moslem militiamen in june 1985. A . Navy diver was killed and 39 other Pas sengers and Crew members were held in Beirut for 17 Days in that hijacking. Since the 1975 outbreak of Lebanon s civil War the Beirut Airport has been closed 13 times for a total of 626 Days. Former foreign minister Elie Salem a presidential adviser on political affairs and military intelligence chief cot. Simon Kassis travelled to Damascus on sunday and met with syrian vice presi Dent Abdul Hatim Haddam and for eign minister Farouk Al Sharaa. Beirut radio stations said talks focused on a blueprint for political reforms that arc designed to give moslem an equal share of Power with inc christians such reforms hav. Been the moslem main demand in the civil War. Syria the main Power broker in Leb anon maintains about 25,000 soldiers incest and North Lebanon under a peace keeping mandate from the 22-Nalionarab league. Forest destruction called prelude to biological disaster gland Switzerland a destruction of tropical forests is proceeding at a rate that threatens the greatest biological disaster Ever perpetrated by Man according to a Booklet distributed monday by the world wildlife fund. It says that every minute an area of tropical Forest equivalent to More than 20 soccer Fields is damaged or destroyed and that worldwide More than 40 per cent of the forests already Are lost. Tropical Forest cover Only seven per cent of the Earth s surface but they Are believed to contain Over half of the world s 5 million species the Booklet says. Their destruction will be the greatest biological disaster Ever perpetrated Byman creating a spasm of extinction unequalled since the disappearance of the dinosaurs Over go million Yean ago it says. At the present rate of logging agricultural development and cutting for fun Elwood there will be no undamaged trop ical Forest of any son within 80 years the Booklet warn. What look millions of years to evolve Wili be lost during f i re times of children born  since 1975, Forest Protection has had top priority among the various programs of Whf the world s largest private nature conservation organization it is leading non governmental supporter of the United nations sponsored International tropical Timber agreement thai provides for reforestation projects an cooperation in organizing the tropical Limber Trade. The Booklet describes the agreement As one of Many constructive strategies that give reason for Hope. The 87 countries worst affected according to inc Booklet included Brazil will lose eight percent of remaining forests by the year 2000, on area described by the Whf 2vj limes the size of Portugal. India ail primary rain Forest destroyed. Nigeria Complete deforestation expected by 2000. Philippines 55 percent Forest loss during the past 25 years Ivory coast Forest almost logged out. Nicaragua will lose More than Hal of remaining Forest by 2000. Malaysia Forest resources will be exhausted by 1990. Colombia will lose one third of remaining Forest by 2000. Thailand 45 percent Forest Tost Dur ing the past 25 years. Congo 68 percent of rain Forest scheduled to be logged sri Lanka All primary rain Forest destroyed. Bangladesh All primary rain Forest destroyed. . Urges Western nations to stockpile More Oil Paris a . Energy Secretary John s. Herrington citing the risk of a future Oil Supply crisis called on other Western industrialized nations monday to move faster in building emergency i stockpiles. His urging was countered however by some european officials who said More emphasis should be placed on cutting of demand and improving Energy efficiency. Herrington said president Reagan was committed to a More rapid buildup of . Emergency stocks but that some other Western countries were lagging be Hind. A credible strategic Oil stockpile serves As a deterrent to those who might be tempted to use Oil As a political Wear Herrington on herring on told Energy ministers from he 20 other members of the inter National Energy Agency. The minister met to discuss Energy issues including the Long term effects of the 1986 Oil Price collapse on Western Energy Security. No major new initiatives Are expected. Herrington said Llinat while the Iea countries As a group were meeting the Agency s Gal of holding Oil stocks equal to at least 90 Days of Domestic consumption some nations were falling Short. He did not mention countries by name but Britain and France Are a dived to be among a Small number of Iea members that fail Well below the 90-Day figure. Nicolas motor Energy commissioner of the european economic Community told the meeting that top much emphasis was being placed on building Oil reserves for use in an emergency an too Little on cutting Oil demand. The More relaxed Energy situation we have today is largely As a result of durability to Curie our demand for Oil he said. It will be through the continued Active Pursuit of this that we can Hope to avoid Ever having to use our stocks in a fuel  herring on called for a renewed political commitment by the Oil importing nations to strengthening Shtir prepared Ness for an Oil Supply emergency. We must avoid complacency or i reappearance of inaction thai would Send an erroneous signal to those who would manipulate the Market for economic or political gain the Energy Secretary said