European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 0 the stars and stripes sunday november 13,1988 soviets say aids pact made with some Western nations world today Moscow a the government has agreements with Britain Denmark and other countries requiring their citizens to prove themselves tree of the aids virus before they can enter the soviet Union pravda reported Friday. In its report of an interview with Alexander i Kon druse the Deputy health minister the communist party daily did not say whether the accords already 4 were in Force. A foreign office spokesman in London speaking anonymously in keeping with British practice said be was unaware of any agreements but the soviet Union introduced certain regulations for foreigners Over a year ago. That s All we  no requirement of aids tests or visa applications has been reported. The soviets who once called the deadly disease a purely foreign problem caused by Western sexual deca Dence have expressed growing concern about it. Tass reported the country s second aids . A 4-Momh-Otd child from the Odessa Region on the Black sea apparently infected by its Mother. A 29-year-old Leningrad prostitute died of aids in sep. Terri bar. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome for which no cure has been found is caused by a virus that darn Ages the body s immune system leaving victims susceptible to infections and cancer. It is spread most often through sexual Contact Needles or syringes shared by drug users through infected free at last Maria Graziella of Castro receives a Job Fol Home coming in Blanco Italy on Friday night a Day after police freed her from kidnappers. Dezastro spent 46 Days in Captivity before the was rescued in the a promote mountains. Above Del Caubu teacher is escorted by her husband who refused to pay a $770,000 Ransom demanded by the kidnappers. Blood or blood products and from pregnant women to their offspring. Pravda quoted Kon Druscy As saying one Way to combat the spread of aids is the Exchange of certificates which by agreement with another country re quire anyone coming to our country or leaving it to show a document that proves negative results from a lest for he virus. Today such an agreement already exists with the countries of com econ Britain Denmark and others he said. Com econ is the soviet bloc equivalent of the european economic Community. Kondrosky said existing regulations require All for Eigners staying More than three months to undergo mandatory checkups for aids. That requirement which the soviets said Early last year was under study never has been mandatory for the thousands of Western diplomats business people and journalists who live in Moscow. It was not Clear whether Kond Rusev s remarks presaged wider enforce ment some african students who have tested ads Posi tic have been deported according to soviet Media reports Kond Rusev said the soviet Union has More than so carriers of the aids virus. He said that is Low com pared with 70,000 aids patients in the United suites but the number of soviet carriers has nearly triple this year. 2 americans on pow quest freed by Laos Bangkok Thailand a communist lao saturday released two americans who were detained for More than a month after entering the country on prisoner of War Rescue Mission. Donna Long and James Coop both of non i Carolina arrived in Bangkok on a flight from Vientiane the laotian , of Jacksonville and Copp of Hampstead were taken into custody after they look a boat across the River Boundary Between Thailand and Laos entered a laotian Village and distributed leaflets Adver Tising a j2.4 million Reward for the return of e living american prisoner of War in Southeast  laotians angrily deny they Are holding prison ers from the Indochina War from which America with Drew in 1973. Donald Slader a slate department official responsible for Southeast Asia said Friday that laotian authorities agreed to release the pair in return for $1,500 in administrative costs that sum was based on a judicial proceeding in Vien Tiane where Long and Copp were taken after they were detained in a Remote area of the country Spader  condition imposed by the laotians he said was that a . Veterans group cancel a demonstration it had planned for the laotian embassy in Washington on Friday to protest the detention of Long and Copp after being advised of the laotian conditions the National steering committee for american Vietnam War veterans cancelled the protest and turned Over the $1,500 fee to Spader. Laotian authorities subsequently were notified that both their demands had been met fit was a horrible 41 Days but i Don t regret it said Long who lost 15 pounds. Long a 45-Ycar-old writer from Jacksonville n.c.,and Copp a 44-year-old schoolteacher from Ham plead n.c., were taken into custody oct. 3. Mir cosmonauts set space record  Moscow a two cosmonauts aboard the Mir Orbital station set a record for endurance in space sat urday by surpassing the 326-Day Mark established last year by soviet spaceman Yuri Romanenko the official soviet news Agency Tass said. -. Tass said the conditions of the flight commander Vladimir Titov 41, and Engineer Musa Sanarov 37, arc i Ihnn the Norm but that there have been Small changes in their weight and muscle makeup. Titov has lost 4.4 pounds in space and Sanarov has gained 3.3 pounds tags said. Both soviet spacemen rocketed to space on dec. 21. They Are scheduled to return to Earth on dec. 21. Romanenko who has spent a total of 430 Days i space set the previous endurance Mark last year aboard their. -,".the . Record for the longest manned Mission is 84 Days set in 1973 by astronauts Gerald Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue aboard the skylab. 2 jetliners nearly collide in Canada paper reports Toronto a two jetliners carrying 201 people on Domestic lights came within 1,700 feet of colliding after Takeoff from Toron to s Pearson International Airport the Toronto Star reported  said one plane went into a dive to avoid the other sunday no injuries were reported. Denis begin an investigator for the Canadian aviation safety Board was quoted As saying the planes should have been at least 3.1 Miles apart with 990 feel Between Altitude Levels. The Star said on plane was flying Only 98 feet above the other. The paper said the incident involved a Ca Nadian airlines Boeing 737 with 90 people on Board that was leaving for Montreal Anil a. Wind air Airbus 310 with 111 people that was headed for Ottawa. Norway denies reports Krone will be devalued Oslo Norway api. Finance minister Gunnar Berge and Bank of Norway spokesman Leif Eide said saturday Norway Bai no plan to devalue the  / nothing justices a devaluation it this Lime. That would destroy the govern intent s economic policy Eide Laid on the norwegian Erk National radio. Erk had reported Friday night that the norwegian Krone currency is under Strong pres sure on the International Money markets and is supported by Bank of Norway intervention. Speculation about devaluation is ridiculous. Devaluation is absolutely not figuring in our cur rent policy Berge was quoted As saying sat urday in an interview with daily newspaper Sla Vanger Al Cabiad. Floods in wildlife Reserve kill hundreds of animals new Delhi. India a recent Hood Ata wildlife Reserve in the northeastern mate of Assam drowned 44 rhinoceroses 1,050 Deer two elephants and two tigers an Indian Newt Agency reported saturday. The floods also killed 69 wild pigs 28 badgers 10 porcupines and three wild buffaloes press Trust of India quoted an announcement by the ministry of environment and forests As saying. Fri quoted officials As saying there is a proposal to create High ground refuges for the animal sat the Kaz Iranga wildlife Reserve. The Park on the Brahmaputra River is famed for its Herd of about 1,000 rare one homed rhinoceroses that were facing extinction before the animal Sanctuary was established in 1926. Legend says that when medieval traveler Marco Polo saw the rhinos on his Way to Chin. He thought they were the unicorns of mythology derailment kills Engineer 12 passengers injured St. Helens. England