European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday october 30,1990 world today lioness kills daughter of keeper after escaping Cairo Egypt up a a lioness escaped while its Cage was being cleaned at a zoo in the tourist town of Al Qaiyum sunday and mauled to death the 3-year-old daughter of its keeper. The zoos director who happened to be on the scene immediately shot and killed the 8-year-old animal according to the sem official Middle East news Agency but it said Asmaa Ibrahim the daughter of the lion s keeper was already dead. The zoo was closed for the Day and local authorities ordered an investigation into the  s no joke in Sweden a or not yet Stockholm Sweden apr bureaucrats will Start learning to laugh and be Happy next month at a course designed to make jokers out of what is generally regarded As a Boring Breed. A a bureaucrat works a lot with Laws and contracts and is very much controlled which stops him from really opening up a said Ulla Christin Svensson whose humor courses will be offered through the federation of civil servants. She said the courses will Start in november and several institutions have shown interest including the National Road administration and the National Board of agriculture where she works As an official. A we confront problems better by being Happy by learning to find our inner Joy a she said. A i am in no Way a trained humorist a Svensson said. She said she attended a teaching course led by or. Lars Ljungdahl who has helped patients recover More quickly from sickness and injury by using  town crier gives City something to shout about York England apr a part time musician and teacher out shouted the Competition to become the first town crier in this historic Northern England City in Over 100 years Brian Mckusker 35, out bellowed the four other finalists for the $7,200-a-year Job. York received 20 applications for the position some from As far afield As san Diego Vancouver and Calgary. Mckusker who admits the salary is a nothing to shout about a will begin work on nov. 19 in a new Gold trimmed uniform. He will work six Days a week for three hours a Day shouting the news headlines in the walled City a four squares. It is the first time since 1872 that an Active town crier has been on duty in York 150 Miles North of London. Records show the first crier was installed in 1272 and was a continuous tradition until 1872, when the Job became vacant and remained  s government quits in dispute Over free Trade Oslo Norway apr the country a year old coalition government resigned monday after the uneasy Center right Alliance split Over How much Norway should open itself to Trade with the european Community. Conservative prime minister Jan p. Syse told parliament that his government could not agree on the country a position in talks Between the dec and the six nation european free Trade association of which Norway is a member. The talks Are to Center on the creation of a joint economic Region. Syse had worked through the weekend seeking common ground that would allow his coalition of the conservative Center and Christian democratic parties to remain in Power. But the anti Trade bloc Center party with Strong support from the country a subsidized Farmers rejected the idea of sweeping changes in norwegian Laws that protect Domestic Industry and resources. During talks on the creation of the joint economic Region the european Community has pressed for changes in the norwegian Laws. The dec claims the Laws discriminate against foreigners. The Center party the governing coalitions smallest member wants continued Border controls and some Protection of Domestic agriculture fishing grounds and other resources. Norway a parliament was divided into nearly equal blocs of socialists and non socialists in National elections sept. 11,1989, and news reports have said that the near deadlock has made both sides reluctant to govern. Anders Tilleraas the conservatives parliamentary Leader said the party has encouraged Syse to form a new single party government because of the Small no socialist majority. If that fails former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland will probably be asked to form her third labor party government since 1981. The left leaning labor party is the country a  of peace two soviet women stroll past the Wall of peace that the Wall is made up of Ceramic tiles that have been Deco american artist Carolina Marks is creating in Moscow. Rated with paintings by soviet  see West German Boom lasting 6 months Munich Germany up a the Economy in the Western part of Germany is expected to continue its Boom Over the next six months while production will drop further in what used to be East Germany an economic research Institute said in a report released monday. Retail sales in Western Germany will continue to Rise and probably hit a record High around Christmas the report by the Ifo Institute for economic research said. When the Strong Deutsche Mark was introduced in East Germany on july 1 in Advance of German unification which occurred oct. 3, East germans rushed to buy Western imports which they preferred to locally produced goods. West German retail sales shot up and East German production plunged putting Many of the 8,000 formerly state controlled companies close to bankruptcy. The Ifo report said that in september 42 percent of the Eastern German Compa Nies described their situation As bad. Demand fell 16 percent while production plunged 30 percent in september in Eastern Germany the report said. It said Only 2 percent of the firms expect to increase production in the next three months and 6 percent expect to raise output within the next six months the report said. The Ifo report said that despite higher Oil prices and slight recessions on International markets Western Germany a Economy will continue its Boom. But the report warned that inflation will climb faster than expected because of higher Gas prices caused by the Gull crisis. Another report issued recently by the Deutsche Bank Germany a largest commercial Bank said the inflation rate will exceed 3 percent in october after rising 0.4 percent to 3 percent in  fighting claims 26 in s. Africa Johannesburg South Africa a at least 26 people have been killed in More Black factional violence including 16 gunned Down in what appeared to be revenge killings in the Black township of Soweto police said monday. Police it. Col. Tienie Halpryn said the 16 people in Soweto were killed and 33 wounded in several overnight attacks. Police said the attacks came after an inkatha supporter was hacked to death and two were injured saturday in Soweto. Fighting Between Zulu supporters of the inkatha Freedom party and xhosa and other Blacks tied to the african National Congress has claimed More than 800 lives in the Johannesburg area since August. Police said they did not know if any of the dead and wounded were connected to the Anc. Halpryn said it appeared gunmen had gone on a random revenge spree after the inkatha supporters were attacked. The killings came after 6,000 inkatha supporters Many carrying Spears clubs and Shields paraded through Central Johannesburg on saturday. The marchers presented a petition to police accusing Security forces of working against inkatha. The Anc and inkatha both oppose apartheid but Are divided Over plans for a future South Africa and by their rival claims to Lead the country. Police also said monday that weekend factional fight my Between rival xhosa and pothos at a Gold mine i the Orange free state left nine workers dead and 4 injured. The fighting broke out at a workers Hostel saturday at Rand mines Harmony Gold mine in Virginia 16 Miles Southwest of Johannesburg and continued int sunday. The mine was reported quiet monday As mar gement officials talked to the rival groups and tried t restore peace. Police said mine officials did not know what sparked the fighting. In a third incident police said the body of a Blac Man who had been stabbed to death was found Nea Bekk Ersdal in Natal province. No details were Given