European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes saturday april 28, 1990 Strong earthquake kills 115 in Remote Central China area Beijing apr a powerful earthquake killed 115 people and demolished More than a thousand Homes in a Remote area of Central China populated mainly by tibetan herders the state seismology Bureau said Friday. A Bureau official who did not give his name said another 160 people were injured in the tremor and aftershocks that struck the Hainan tibetan autonomous prefecture of Ginghai province on thursday. China scentral television showed hundreds of Peoples liberation army troops digging with shovels through Homes crumbled by the quake which measured 6,9 on the Richter scale. A tremor of that magnitude can cause severe damage in a populated area. The to report said 5,000 people were left homeless by the tremor. The seismology Bureau official said More than 1,000 Homes collapsed from the initial quake and More than 600 in aftershocks. The affected Region is an arid nuclear protest on the fourth anniversary of the chernobyl nuclear disaster a crowd masses thursday outside Sophia Cathedral in Kiev the ukrainian capital to demand better medical treatment and Protection from radiation. Residents of badly contaminated Southwest soviet regions organized protests against government inaction. Windswept Highland populated mainly by tibetan herders and miners. Many of China a prisons and labor Camps Are said to be located in Ginghai province. The official said aftershocks were As Strong As 6 on the Richter scale. The first quake was Felt in the provincial capital of dining 70 Miles to the Northeast of the epicentre and in the City of Lanzhou 185 Miles to the East. The official Xinhua news Agency said Homes in Hera township of Ginghai county were damaged and a landslide occurred at the Longyang Xia Reservoir on the yellow River but left a hydroelectric station at the Reservoir undamaged. The Richter scale is an open ended gauge of the Energy released by a quake As measured by ground motion recorded on a Seismograph. A quake measuring 6 can cause extensive damage in a populated area and one measuring 7 is 10 times  controls removed by Italy a after 56 years Rome apr the italian government on Friday lifted the country a remaining foreign Exchange restrictions putting an end to 56 years of currency controls. The action will allow italians to open foreign Bank accounts hold foreign currency in Domestic accounts and freely Export and borrow foreign currency from italian Banks. It also lifts restrictions on foreign currency positions held by italian Banks. Nino Cristofori undersecretary of the Cabinet told reporters that foreign Trade minister Renato Ruggiero signed the decree during a Cabinet meeting. The move comes two months before the june 30 deadline of the european Community when All barriers to International capital flows must be lifted. Italy is the last of the group of seven industrialized countries to abolish foreign Exchange controls which went into effect Here in 1934. The measures will allow foreign financial services companies to offer their investment products to italian residents More easily. For instance the measure abolishes the requirement that italians Deposit foreign securities with italian Banks. The decree is accompanied by new fiscal regulations aimed at fighting International Money laundering. Any International transaction of More than 10 million lire $8,300 must be reported while All foreign investments must be declared on income tax returns. Italy has gradually been lifting its foreign Exchange restrictions to avoid a sudden outflow of capital As occurred when Britain abolished All restrictions at once in 1979. World today Eton to allow students to Wear jeans into town London apr Eton College Breeding ground of the British establishment has bowed to modern times by allowing the boys to go into town wearing jeans and open necked shirts. But if they look scruffy the Concession May be withdrawn headmaster Eric Anderson ruled. Until recently the exclusive 550-year-old school West of London required boys crossing the single Bridge into the neighbouring town of Windsor to Wear sober trousers jackets and ties. The change was recommended by a committee of teachers and senior pupils said a statement issued thursday. A we try to keep a balance Between Comfort and looking respectable. If the More informal rules for Windsor result in Scruff iness we shall review them again a Anderson said. A but i suppose you could say that we want to retain our traditional uniform at work but to be in tune with the times when  Eton has 1,260 students All boys. The statement said there was no change in the Rule requiring boys to Wear Tail Oats and striped trousers in the classroom.8 million people May have aids who director says Geneva up a some 600,000 aids cases have been reported worldwide and it is estimated that 6 million to 8 million people Are infected with the his virus which causes the deadly disease the head of the world health organization said thursday. Who director general Hiroshi Nakajima said the estimated 600,000 cumulative cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome represents a an 18-fold increase Over the number four years  the . Health Agency always puts the True number at up to three times higher however because Many african and other developing countries Lack the Means to diagnose the  awarded prize for work toward peace Oviedo Spain apr West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher was awarded the Prince of Asturias International cooperation prize Friday for his work toward peace and disarmament in Europe. Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo Prince of Asturias foundation Secretary and former Spanish prime minister said Genscher won the award for a this vital contribution to the building of the european Community for his decisive role in the process of disarmament for his efforts to create a pan european Security system and for his tenacious defense of human  the prize is named after Prince Felipe de Borbon heir to the Spanish throne and carries a $47,200 prize. The prize is one of several awarded by the foundation based in the capital of the autonomous Region of Asturias. Other finalists considered by the jury were South african anti apartheid Leader Nelson Mandela and czech president Vaclav . Sailor goes to jail in unusual philippine Case Olon Gapo Philippines apr a . Sailor began serving a 60-Day sentence thursday for injuring and insulting two filipino reporters in what officials said was the first Case of an american Serviceman being jailed Here. Prosecutor Torentino Floresta said Michael Carpaneto a crewman on the aircraft Carrier Midway was taken to the Olon Gapo City jail three weeks after a court convicted him of the charges. No Hometown was Given for the 27-year-old Sailor. Olon Gapo is the Home of the . Navy a Subic Bay base. Floresta said that since 1980, 95 percent of the complaints lodged against . Military personnel in Olon Gapo were dismissed before reaching trial. Of those cases that went to trial Only 1 percent ended in conviction. In those cases americans opted to serve sentences in the . Navy Brig or were sent out of the country the prosecutor said. A this is unprecedented a Floresta said of Carpaneto Scase. Subic Bay is among six . Military installations in the Philippines on a lease that expires in september 1991. Manila and Washington Are to begin talks in May on whether to extend the agreement. Opponents of the bases have complained that . Personnel involved in crimes against filipinos escape prosecution or arrest because american authorities intercede on their behalf. Carpaneto was accused of punching and shouting profanities at two filipino reporters during an altercation last year. The two filipinos refused a $50 out of court settlement and hired a lawyer to pursue the Case. After nearly a years delay Carpaneto was convicted april 4. He was sentenced to 60 Days in jail and ordered to pay damages of More than $1,700 to the  water sold to Israel bought Back by Norway Oslo Norway apr Israel agreed Friday to sell Back to Norway a shipment of heavy water it bought 31 years ago rather than allow inspection to prove it was not used to make nuclear weapons. A we have negotiated an agreement that satisfies both sides a said foreign ministry spokeswoman Sigrid to mindset. The agreement removes a Long standing irritant in relations Between the two countries. The Accord signed in Oslo by israeli ambassador Yehiel Yative obliges Norway to pay about $1.8 million for the remaining 10.5 tons of heavy water or deuterium oxide which is a nuclear reactor cooler. Norway sold 20 tons of heavy water in 1959 and 1 ton in 1970 for use at a research reactor in israelis Southern desert City of dimona. Inspection rights were written into the sales contract. The agreement allows Israel one year to Drain the heavy water from its facilities and return it. A experts concluded that there is about 10.5 tons left after evaporation and Normal use a said rom Undset. Heavy water can also be used to convert uranium into the plutonium used in atomic weapons. Claims by former dimona technician Mordechai Sanunu in 1986 that Israel had produced up to 100 nuclear warheads prompted Norway to demand to inspect its heavy water. Israel refused to open dimona. According to norwegian press reports it had not allowed a norwegian inspection since 1961. Oslo banned exports of heavy water in March 1989 after learning that at least three shipments ended up in countries on a norwegian blacklist