European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes wednesday May 8, 1991bangladesh pleads for foreign Ai Cyclone termed colossal natural calamity Dhaka Bangladesh a prime minister Khaleda Zia said tuesday that Relief workers have reached isolated areas devastated by last weeks Cyclone but she appealed for International Aid to help the millions caught in a this colossal natural  Zia in her first news conference since the storm said helicopters or boats had arrived in Lowland areas where survivors face disease and starvation a week after one of the worst cyclones to hit Bangladesh this Century. A certainly it is not an easy task for a country like Bangladesh characterized As we Are by endemic poverty underdevelopment and paucity of resources a she said before leaving on a tour of Cyclone damaged areas. Relief missions have been hampered by foul weather Lack of adequate transportation and flooded roads. Relief workers and reporters said Many people were without food or Medicine in most parts of the Southern coast hit by the april 30 Cyclone. A they Are food less shelter less cloth less helpless a said Hajari Lave general Secretary of a local Aid group. A today we arc faced with a colossal natural calamity. Even for a disaster prone country like Bangladesh this Cyclone was the most devastating in living memory a said the prime minister. It by official count 125,730 people were world killed and an estimated 10 million left homeless. A Complete accounting of the dead is unlikely because Many victims were swept out to sea. The deep sea fishing association reported tuesday that up to 100,000 fishermen were missing and presumed dead. A Relief ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity acknowledged that a no one will Ever know How Many people died.�?T7 Abdullah Al Noman the Junior minister for environment said that burying tens of thousands of victims a is now the biggest  after Days of decaying in the sea water the bodies fall apart when disturbed a and no one is willing to touch them a he said. In Muslim tradition bodies must be covered in a shroud for burial but Al Noman said Many areas lacked enough material and bodies were being dumped into mass Graves. For Many survivors meanwhile Aid supplies have been slow in  officials say Bangladesh a Fleet of 12 helicopters a along with five helicopters from India and Pakistan a cannot Cope with the problems. A you need 200 helicopters for this kind of operation and i have exactly two a said an officer of a unit that flies 10 to 12 sorties a Day to drop food packets in districts near the port City of Chittagong. Survivors beg for help from bangladeshi prime minister Khale afire in Spanish hotel kills briton injures 19 from wire reports Marbella Spain a smoke from a hotel fire blamed on arsonists killed one briton and left 19 other persons injured one in serious condition. The hotel fire broke out Early tuesday morning in this Southern Mediterranean resort police said. Firefighters quickly evacuated the hotel and put out the Blaze. The 19 people suffering from smoke inhalation were hospitalized at the mar Bella clinic the police spokesman said. The Blaze broke out in the Bottom floor restaurant of the hotel Skol about 4 a.m., minutes after a watchman unsuccessfully pursued two Young men from the area during an attempted burglary. The fire and subsequent heavy Clouds of smoke affected the first two floors of the nine Story building he said. Lie said police were searching for the two men involved in the burglary attempt. They were also believed responsible for starting the  s blood liquefied a Naples Italy a neapolitan who streamed into the City a Cathedral had to wait three Days but their prayers were answered. The dried blood of san Januarius liquefied monday. Twice a year the dried blood of the 4th Century martyred Saint is supposed to Liquefy and failure to do so is seen by superstitious neapolitan As a sign of impending doom. Cardinal Michele Giordano began the ritual saturday and although the faithful streamed into the Cathedral to Pray the blood kept in two sealed Glass containers remained dry until monday afternoon. The blood of the Saint nearly always turns to liquid twice a year on sept. 19, the Date marking his decapitation in 305 under the persecution of emperor Diocletian and on the first saturday in May commemorating the Transfer of the saints body to Naples. Scientists have theorized that the heat Gener a ated by the presence of several thousand faithful inside the Cathedral May Lead to the liquefaction. Surveyed tourists lose appetites in Egypt and wallets in Mexico London up a British travellers have found Egypt the most hazardous destination for gastronomical nightmares and Mexico and Brazil a Likely place to lose their wallets while Sweden ranks no. 1 for a Safe vacation according to a Survey published tuesday. In a Survey of 34,235 travellers the British consumer a association Magazine Holiday which found 60 percent of visitors to Egypt fall ill mainly from stomach upsets. A a a a  a a. A. A a. A a a a a Gambia came second handing travellers a 47 percent Chance of illness and Turkey tied with Mexico and Brazil for third at 45 percent. A although illness proved to be the biggest Holiday Hazard affecting nearly 16 percent of the readers surveyed the Good news is that most of the diseases were not serious,7�?T the Survey said. A stomach upsets were by far the most common complaint accounting for 63 percent of All  Ireland the Netherlands and Sweden which respondents rated As the safest destinations All offered just a 3 percent Chance of falling ill. The Survey recommended eating freshly cooked dishes wherever possible avoiding shellfish and ice Cream and drinking boiled or bottled water. It reminded travellers that a purified ice can frustrate the purpose of bottled water. In the United states travellers risked a 10 percent Chance of falling ill and a 3.2 percent Chance of theft the Survey found. Although fewer than 3 percent of All travellers reported accidents visiting Malaysia offered the greatest risk. Some 11 percent of tourists were involved in accidents there mainly from tripping and Falls but a number of readers a confessed that their Falls were due to carelessness alcohol or sheer bad  tripping and Falls posed the greatest risk to travellers accounting for 40 percent of All injuries. Other risks were from water sports at 16 percent animal bites at 8 percent and Road accidents at 4 percent. Greece was a particularly bad for animal bites a the Survey said. Aside from alertness against theft the Magazine recommended checking to ensure a your insurance cover is adequate before you go a especially if visiting Brazil and Mexico where 11.5 percent of All vacationers were targets of thieves. Bulgaria followed at 9.3 percent. No thefts were reported by travellers in Gambia or Sweden. A. Of the 34,235 travellers 175, or nearly 1 percent a Felt threatened or were mugged or attacked while on vacation a a a v. A a v. A although Gambia was an unlikely place to be robbed it ranked no. 1 for violence according to an unlucky 8 percent of All travellers who visited there. A similar result was recorded for Morocco. A the Good news is that most Holiday makers in our Survey Felt no threat of danger a the Magazine said. A visitors to Many european countries and places farther afield like Canada and the . Reported no  30,000 soviet troops leave Germany Bonn Germany apr foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher said monday that 30,000 soviet troops have been pulled out of Germany thus far under an agreement that provides for All troops to be removed by the end of 1994. Genscher speaking to reporters in Bonn also said that ratified agreements on troop withdrawals and closer German soviet relations were exchanged by the two nations in Moscow on monday. The agreements were reached in the so called two plus four talks Between the two Germany and the four victorious world War la allies a the soviet Union France Britain and the United states a in negotiations Over unification last year. Some 380,000 soviet troops and about 220,000 family members were based in former East Germany before the pullout began. Genscher said that 30,000 soviet military members have already been pulled out and another 100,,soviet troops and 50,000 civilian family members Are to leave Germany by the end of the year. The rest will be withdrawn by the end of 1994, Genscher said