European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday april 19, 1991 world elephant kills american taking its photograph. From wire reports Bangkok Thailand a an american woman was trampled to death by an elephant in Northern Thailand after she reportedly startled the animal by taking a Flash photograph of it. Anne Harrison 24, died shortly after she was trampled wednesday in a Remote Village in Surin. Province said a spokeswoman of the . Embassy Gloria Berbena. She said Harrison was from Pennsylvania but she did not know the  Bangkok Post newspaper said the elephant attacked Harrison after it was startled by the Flashbulb of her camera. Harrison worked with a population control project in nearby Chiang Rai province. She had arrived in Thailand last summer by Rbuna said. Whale Hunting halts Oslo Norway a the government says it will not Hunt any whales this year the year will thus be the first a since the 16th Century that Norway has t killed any whales and i am Happy for that said Bjoern Ockum of the Greenpeace environmental group. The International whaling commission has banned Norway and. Other countries from com Mercial whale Hunting but allowed then to kill a few whales each year for a scientific  foreign ministry spokesman Bjoern blokus said Norway would continue to press the whaling commission to lift the 5-Ycar-old ban on commercial Hunts and said research Hunting would be resumed in 1992. Boat capsizes killing 24 Cairo Egypt a a crowded boat capsized in the Rea sea and killed 24 people including 16 children. Another 14 were seriously injured Security sources and newspapers reported thursday. Sources said the boat was packed with More than 40 picnickers when it suddenly capsized wednesday night sending the occupants acc into Waters near the summer sea resort of Hur Ghada on the Southern coast of Egypt. The Accident happened about 300 Miles South of Cairo. It was not immediately known Why the boat turned Over but the newspaper reports said an investigative team will determine the cause of the Accident which occurred on the second Day of a four Day Holiday marking the end of the monthlong Muslim fasting of Ramadan. Cuba Marks Bay of pigs Mexico City a cubans celebrated the 30th anniversary wednesday of the Victory at the Bay of pigs Over .-trained cuban exiles in a a reaffirmation of Faith in socialism a cubans official news Agency said. On april 17, 1961, cuban forces Defeated a Cia trained and financed group of 1,000 anti Castro cubans trying to launch an invasion from the Bay of pigs. The . Government severed diplomatic relations with Havana the same year. In a dispatch monitored in Mexico City Prensa Latina called the failed . Invasion a the first great military defeat of the United states in latin  a involved in an epic Battle to confront economic difficulties cubans commemorated the 30th anniversary of the failed invasion. With a reaffirmation of Faith in socialism a Prensa Latina said. Sky High technology Germany has unveiled plans for by tax an experimental hypersonic plane tentatively scheduled to make its first flight in 1998. The nearly 76-foot plane depicted Here by an artist will be designed to test space shuttle technology taking off from runways and cruising at speeds of Mach 5,5. Germany s technology minister Heinz Riesenhuber said this week that the final decision to build the plane will be made after studying costs. Environmental damage remains As soviets leave East Germany Furstenberg Germany apr after the Sovi it army left a base in Firstenberg last Spring East germans stripped the buildings of sinks radiators Light fixtures and tiles but there were some things villagers did t haul away soil contaminated with motor Oil and diesel fuel and hand grenades discarded by red army soldiers. A for those of us who grew up with the soviets that kind of environmental damage comes As no Surprise said mayor Wolfgang Engler. A we can Only determine the full extent of the pollution after the damage from the discarded ammunition and grenades has been taken care of a Engler added. Eastern Germany is an environmental Basket Case and the soviets Are turning out to be among the top offenders. Chancellor Helmut Kohls government is insisting that the soviet military brass help curb the damage before the last of the red army pulls out in 1994. But the list of soviet offences seems to grow every week. In fact the threat to water supplies is the most frequently mentioned soviet transgression. After months of grumbling by local officials the Federal government has stepped in with a Strong lecture to the soviet military leadership in Germany. Bertram Wieczorek a top ranking official in the environmental ministry told soviet officers on saturday that about 125 Sites have been targeted for immediate cleanup. / Wieczorek urged the officers to a avoid All further pollution investigate environmental damage at the pin pc potential danger for people and nature. P b uses 5oint contaminated areas and evaluate the Wieczorek said a treaty signed by the soviets shortly after German unification last october obliges them to abide by Germany a environmental Laws. In the end however the germans will wind up footing the Bill for the cleanup. They have promised an initial payment of $42 million. In Many cases buildings on soviet bases Are in such disrepair that they will have to be torn Down just to keep them from collapsing. A the people Are furious Quot but what docs that change a said Heinz Herbig a worker Clearing the site in Firstenberg. In his View the soviets knew All along they would one Day leave communist East Germany and thus did the minimum to keep their bases in repair to say nothing of protecting the environment., adding insult to injury the soviets demanded a and got in writing a a Promise of nearly $5 million for the return of the first base in Firstenberg. Mayor Engler proudly says that so far nothing has been paid to the soviets for the 123-acre site which the soviets gave up May 20. Soviet forces occupy More than 4,500 acres of land in Firstenberg meaning the years Long cleanup Job has just begun. The mayor says he understands Why Many among the 6,000 townsfolk hungry for anything to Spruce up their Homes stormed the base last year. A a a i done to want to make any excuses for our people a Engler said. But he added a they also wanted to show How Happy they were that the first soviet base was cleared  . Vow Abidjan Ivory coast up1 a Black americans gathered thursday for the first Summit with africans and promised to help Span the growing Gap that separates the developed and underdeveloped worlds. Representatives of 16 african nations including the presidents of Turkina faso Gambia and the Ivory coast heard . Blacks pledge they will not allow Africa to be forgotten by the Rich industrialized world. _ a we Are sending a message to America and the world that they will never do to us again what they have done before to Black people a the Rev. Leon Sullivan pastor emeritus of Philadelphia a Zion Baptist Church said at the opening session. A three Hundred years ago they took us Quot away in a boat. Now we have come Back in an air plane. We have a Black connection Quot Sullivan the conferences organizer told the s00 delegates from Africa and the United states. A the world cannot do w without  l in promised that Black americans will take the initiative in keeping Africa from sliding further into its economic crisis. A hold on Quot he said. A we Are Here. We Are coming and we should live together. This is the promised  Sullivan a Sermon like speech Drew cries of support from the Large american delegation which included Coretta Scott King wife of slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King or. Some africans unfamiliar with the style of american preachers appeared bewildered. The conferences Host 85-year old president Felix 1 Lou Phout Bovigny of the Ivory coast said his 30-year policy of dialogue was the key to improving the continents fortunes. _ a we Are without hatred and without rancor a  said. A love is the solution to All our problems. Peace is at the heart of All our Hopes and at the heart of  a the two Day conference being held at the Ivory coasts luxury hotel Rivoire conference Center was to debate education needs industrialization agriculture food production and health care. The strengthening of relations Between the United states and the african continent was also on the Agenda. The Summit was to draw up a declaration of principles and Steps needed to ensure ongoing cooperation