European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday August 18,1988 30,000 workers fight flood threatening chinese City world today Beijing a about 30,000 people have been marshalled to fill sandbags and reinforce dikes against River that is threatening to submerge the Industrial City of Qiqihar it was reported tuesday. In Henan province in Central China torrential Rains and Flash floods have claimed the lives of at least 34people and destroyed an estimated 20,000 Homes Over the past nine  Beijing in a broadcast monitored in Tokyo said most of the 34 victims drowned As heavy rain continued to lash the mount Muniu Region of Western Henan province. Thousands of people have been evacuated from Qiqihar 600 Miles Northeast of Beijing in Heilongjiang  Nen River swollen by a we Klong storm Al ready was 3 feet Over the warning level by Early tues Day its highest Crest in 30 years the official news Agency Xinhua said in a dispatch in Beijing. More rain is expected in the mountains North of Qiqihar where the Nen River originates. The nightly news showed hundreds of worker filling sandbags and reinforcing dikes along the River Banks and said they were among 30,000 workers and soldiers called to help with flood prevention. The Northern reaches of the Nen River flooded ear Lier this week submerging parts of inner Mongolia and Northern Heilongjiang province. Hoods in China this year have killed More than1,400 people and caused at least $1.2 billion in dam age. Most of the flooding has been along the coast and inthe Northeast. In Central China a drought has affected 28 million acres or about 10 percent of China s arable land. Winnie Mandela wife of Nelson Mandela leaves a Cape town Hospital after visiting her husband. Imprisoned nationalist Mandela reportedly being treated for to Johannesburg South Africa a jailed Black nationalist Nelson Mandela is suffering from tuberculosis and has been bedridden for most of the past two weeks his lawyer said tuesday. Attorney Ismail ayob made the announcement in Johannesburg after meeting tuesday with doctors at Cape town s Tigerberg Hospital where Mandela is undergoing treatment. His condition has been deteriorating for some time ayob said of the 70-year-old Mandela South Africa s Best known Black Leader. He was Short of breath he had a persistent cough his speech had been impaired and by last Friday he had lost his voice completely ayob said. Mandela has spent most of his time in bed since aug. 3 and had three liners of fluid removed from his left lung after he was transferred to the Hospital last Friday from Cape town s polls Moor prison ayob said. Or. Mandela is very thin but he is on his feet ayob added. He declined to speculate whether Mande la s life was in danger. Doctors say Mandela has an inflamed left lung Andis in satisfactory condition following removal of a drainage tube from the lung. But the medical superintendent of the Hospital or. . Strauss refused to say whether Mandela had tuberculosis. Meanwhile Mandela s family asked president . Botha if it could choose a team of doctors to conduct an Independent examination in order to remove any doubts which the family May feel regarding the nature cause and cure of or. Mandela s  there was no immediate response from Botha. Ayob visited the Hospital accompanied by Mandela s wife Winnie and daughter Zendzi. Several Hundred peo ple who gathered outside the Hospital cheered and gave clenched fist salutes As the three emerged. Mandela who has been in prison since 1962, is serv ing a life term for sabotage and conspiracy to Over throw the White led government. Surveys have shown him to be the most popular Leader among South Afri Ca s disenfranchised Black majority. Tuberculosis which cases fatigue fever weight loss coughing hoarseness and Chest pain is a contagious bacterial infection that can be disabling or fatal. It responds to treatment with drugs. Relapses of latent infection often occur among older people. Dispute Over Boundary goes to International court Copenhagen Denmark a Denmark is taking Norway to the International court of jus Tice at the Hague to Settle a longstanding Boundary dispute Between the two scandinavian neighbors says foreign minister Uffe Elleman Jensen. Talks since 1980 have failed to produce agreement on a Boundary in the 250 nautical mile wide 375-mile Strait Between Greenland and Norway s Jan Mayen , a Semi Independent territory under the danish Crown wants the Boundary question settled to Clear the Way for its consider Able fishing interests in the area. Denmark handles its foreign affairs. Police in Italy find dynamite at Bottom of Cable car Pylon Brunicon Italy a police on wednes Day found 31 Sticks of dynamite at the Boom of a Cable car Pylon near this Alto adige City i Northern Italy the Day after the terrorist bomb ing of a waterline at nearby  Sticks were found during a routine patrol in this ethnically tense Region that is neighbor to aus  Cable car from Viscone i Brunicon to plan do Corones is used by hundreds of tourists a  tuesday a bomb allegedly planted by Ger Man speaking extremists ruptured a water line at a hydroelectric Plant in Lana touching off a minor landslide and flooding some houses and a state Road. 50 fired in Philippines after theft of passports Manila Philippines a fifty employees of the foreign affairs department were fired after the theft of about 1,500 passports was Dis covered foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus announced  of the stolen passports were found on an israeli arms dealer arrested in Hong  told reporters that the theft apparently took place last september. Cow jumps Over hedge lands on passing car Ashburton England a a London family s drive in the country ended in a Bizarr Accident when their car was struck by a cow jumping Over a  and Delytha Bielby and their son Rich Ard were rounding a Bend of a Rural Lane when this fully grown cow literally jumped Over a hedge at Roadside and landed on their passing car sgt. Dennis Houghton of the Devon and Cornwall constabulary said tuesday. It probably thought the grass was going to be a bit Greener on the other  5-foot hedge normally is High enough to Fence in the 1,000-Pound Holstein cow Hough ton  Black and White cow shattered the wind shield of the car and damaged the Hood front fender and Radiator. The family was not injured. The pregnant cow suffered internal injuries and had to be destroyed. 2 robbers take flight after Birds nest caper Hong Kong a Bird nests held to Gether with Swallow saliva Are becoming popular Booty for Hong Kong thiefs As police reported second robbery in As Many Days of the expensive soup ingredient valued by local connoisseurs. Two men posing As customers tied up employees of a company and snatched 66 pounds of nests Worth about $57,700 tuesday afternoon before fleeing a police statement said. No arrests were reported in the  Day before burglars broke into another local business and made off with nearly 90pounds of the delicacy with an estimated value of $77,000.police spokesman Peter Tiu acknowledged that Back to Back Birds nest heists Are unusual in this British Colony. Birds nest soup is considered a healthy Foo that helps build up the body and it is particularly favored by the elderly