European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes sunday March 4,1990 a on trial in Romania officers of the former romanian secret police stand trial in Timisoara on charges of committing or assisting in genocide to suppress december a popular revolt against the late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. On saturday the chief defendant of the 21 accused testified that the current defense and Interior ministers were sent to the City to help quash the uprising but that units never fired on demonstrators. Heavy Coffee drinking linked to excess risk of heart disease London apr heavy Coffee drinking especially by men increases the risk of dying from heart disease according to a norwegian study published Friday in the British medical journal. The study of 38,564 men and women by the National health screening service in Norway found that Coffee drinking by men is a significantly related to death from coronary heart disease even after allowing for other important risk factors such As heavy smoking and High blood pressure. Women were at risk but to a lesser extent the researchers said. Heavy Coffee drinkers had higher Levels of cholesterol than those who drank moderately but the researchers concluded that a Coffee May affect mortality from coronary heart disease Over and above its effects in raising cholesterol  the norwegian researchers studied 19,398 men and 19,166 women Ages 35 to 54 from 1977 to 1982. They reported no symptoms of cardiovascular disease or diabetes and later were followed until the end of 1986. During the follow up period 168 men and 16 women died of coronary heart disease the researchers said. Of the men 130 drank Between five and nine cups of Coffee a Day. There were six deaths among men who drank one or two cups a Day and three deaths among men who drank less than one cup the study found. Among women the researchers said an excess risk was found Only for those who drank seven or More cups of Coffee every Day. The researchers said the major uncertainty in previous studies has been whether the apparent relation Between Coffee and death from coronary heart disease might be caused by lifestyle. Tunnel found under koreans Doz demilitarized zone Korea apr . And South korean military engineers Cut through 9 feet of Granite saturday to unearth a Tunnel officials say was dug by North Korea under the demilitarized zone that separates the two Korea. The Tunnel was discovered in a Remote mountainous Border area called Punchbowl the site of a fierce Battle Between . And communist troops during the 195053 korean War. A breaking through a shouted onlookers As engineers with giant drills and Earth moving equipment succeeded in reaching the Tunnel. In Seoul defense minister Lee Sang Hoon told a news conference that the Tunnel about 100 Miles Northeast of the capital is a a southward Tunnel that could be used for.  the Tunnel is the fourth found since 1974. Lee said his ministry believes there Are More than 20 being dug by North Korea inside the 2.5-mile-wide, 155-mile-Long Doz one of the most heavily armed Borders in the world. South korean officials claim North Korea built the tunnels to infiltrate communist troops behind South koreans first lines of defense. North Korea has denied digging tunnels. A statement issued by the .-led . Come said the Tunnel was a apparently dug by North Korea to invade the  it said the Tunnel is 6 feet High and 6 feet wide Large enough for three armed soldiers to run through it Side by Side. A full regiment could pass through the Tunnel in an hour officials said. The Man made Tunnel is 430 feet beneath the surface the defense minister said. He said its length and age Are not yet known. Col. . Linke spokesman for the . Come said the Tunnel was first detected on Christmas eve by a . Army investigation team. The team drilled into a cavity that appeared to indicate the presence of a Tunnel underneath. Closer observation confirmed the probability that a Tunnel existed and work to confirm the suspicion began dec. 30, 1989, Linke said. A this also confirmed our belief that North Korea has constructed other tunnels across the front line a Linke said. South Korea has found three other tunnels allegedly dug by North Korea across the Border in 1974, 1975 and 1978. Two of them were discovered near the truce Village of Panmunjom 35 Miles North of Seoul. A third Tunnel found in 1978 near Panmunjom was dug through Granite nearly 500 feet below the surface and extended 1,300 feet into South korean territory. It has been opened to the Public. World today. I italians to cast their votes on controversial Hunting Laws Rome apr after years of lobbying by animal Protection groups the Cabinet on Friday set a Date for a nationwide referendum on Hunting Laws. Italians will vote june 3 to either keep or throw out the Laws which also allow Hunters Access to private property in their quest for game. The Hunting season now is nine months Long. If the Laws Are rejected in the referendum parliament will have to draw up new Laws. Environmentalists and animal protectionists want restricted Hunting areas a much Shorter season and a ban on nets for catching  anti Hunting Campaign gathered the necessary voter signatures to Force holding the referendum. The Hunting season in Italy is marked by numerous accidental shooting deaths and  will join Interpol at Congress late this year Moscow apr the soviet Union is ready to join Interpol at Interpol a next Congress in late 1990, Interior minister Vadim Baratin said Friday to the official news Agency Tass. Interpol is the International criminal police organization a worldwide Clearinghouse for Law enforcement officials to Trade information on International criminals. It particularly focuses on narcotics smuggling counterfeiting and forgery. The soviet Union is experiencing a dramatic upsurge in crime As reforms permit businesses and individuals to accumulate Large sums of Cash and thus become inviting targets for  Post to print editions in arabic French Jerusalem apr the Jerusalem Post israelis Only English language daily will publish weekly editions in arabic and French by this summer its editor said Friday. The arabic edition is aimed at the More than 800,000 israeli arabs said Post editor n. David Gross. He said that if the project is successful the Post will publish an arabic daily. He said the weekly would mainly contain translations from the Jerusalem Post with additional regional contributions geared toward the palestinian readership. Currently four arabic dailies Are published in israeli annexed Arab East Jerusalem but they Are mainly distributed in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank and Gaza  uruguayan Leader urges big economic Effort Montevideo Uruguay apr Uruguay a new president has asked his nation to make a serious Effort to enable the country to Cope with the enormous economic problems it encounters. A a let a make a transformation in our minds. Then nothing will be impossible a said Luis Alberto Lacalle As he took the oath of office. The 48-year-old career politician former senator and scion of one of Uruguay a most prominent political families was sworn in to replace Julio Sanguinetti. Before the swearing in ceremony at Congress Lacalle his wife and three children attended a roman Catholic mass at metropolitan Cathedral the first time those two ceremonies have been linked in this country of 3 million since 1894. Lacalle 48, takes Over a once prosperous beef and Grain exporting nation that is suffering economic problems and is still troubled by the after effects of a military government that ruled harshly from 1973 until Sanguinetti was elected president in 1985.17-Century painting found several persons arrested Istanbul Turkey apr a 17th-Century painting believed stolen from an Irish collection four years ago has been recovered in Turkey police said saturday. An official at the department of financial police said that a team of turkish Art experts had determined that the painting is by Gabriel Metsu a dutch Painter from the collection of sir Alfred beit in Ireland. The police official who declined to be identified said several people had been arrested but he declined to give  official said the painting would be shown at the trial expected to be held in connection with the Case. Several turkish papers reported saturday that the painting was one of 18 stolen from the beit collection. Seven lesser works were later found damaged near the beit estate