European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 18, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9plight of aids fight major concern Florence Italy apr an expected and Welcome peaking of aids in the West in the mid-1990s could prompt an unwanted drop in commitment to Battle the killer in Africa and Asia according to a . Report presented monday. Infection with the his virus responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome is spreading faster than first forecast in Africa and the disease in Asia a has come up rapidly and this is the major concern a said or. James Chin chief of the aids forecasting unit at the world health organization in Geneva. Chin presenting the latest statistics at the first working session of the annual International conference on aids said statistics on hand Only a week ago showed 500,000 aids cases in Asia but the new data puts the number at More than 1 million. Most of the asian infections Are in Thailand and India he said. Part of the Rise was due to an a explosion in intravenous drug users in Bangkok a Chin said later at a news conference. Sharing contaminated Needles sexual Intercourse with infected persons and getting transfusions of blood from infected persons transmit the aids virus. He reported encouraging news for North America and Western Europe. A epidemiological data indicate that in industrialized countries where extensive spread of his began in the late 1970s or Early 1980s, the majority of i v infections occurred during the first half of the 1980s. As a result Peak incidence for aids cases and deaths is expected to occur around the mid-1990s.�?� Chin said he and other health officials arc concerned that such predictions could Lead to a slackening in commitment by developed countries to fight aids elsewhere. V., v a a we re at a stage in International efforts against aids where general funding has levelled off a he said. Asians fast multiplying populations pose an alarming potential for explosive aids Case growth. Chin said recent data caused epidemiologists to sharply revise upward their prediction for his infection in sub saharan Africa where incidence of adult infections is the greatest. A 1987 study put the figure at 2.5 million cases who estimates the number now at 5 million and predicts 10 million for the mid-1990s. Cautioning about the accuracy of predictions Chin said a if they change most will probably have to be revised  Chin predicted More than 15 million adults worldwide will be infected with his by 1995. Referring to developed countries Chin said a the future of the aids pandemic is in the heterosexual  he said intravenous drug users who share Needles will be the main cause for the spread in the heterosexual Community and that male and female heterosexuals would probably be infected in relatively equal numbers youths demonstrate in downtown Florence on sunday shortly before a worldwide aids conference opened. A Baker arrives in Berlin for Post cold War talks a Berlin apr Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii arrived in Germany on monday for discussions with european leaders on How to meet the political and economic needs of a continent emerging from cold War divisions  itinerary was expanded to add stops in Yugoslavia and Albania following his attendance at a meeting of foreign ministers from the 34-nation conference on Security and cooperation in Europe. The organization includes european countries Canada and the United states. State department officials said Baker would go to Yugoslavia on thursday where he is expected to meet with yugoslav foreign minister Budimir Loncar. From Belgrade he will travel Friday to Albania for a Brief Stop to meet with Premier Ylli Bufi and leaders of the coun try a democratic opposition. Baker is scheduled to meet with soviet foreign minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh to try and resolve differences Over a treaty slashing both sides Long Range nuclear arsenals. Settling the remaining differences would pave the Way to a Summit Between president Bush and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. The state department has supported the maintenance of yugoslav Unity despite announcements from the Northern states of Slovenia and Croatia that they will dissociate from the federation and the failure of the feuding leaders of Yugoslavia a six states to agree on the country a future. Albania recently emerged from its communist isolation and began sharing Hovver with the country a political opposition. The United states and Albania signed an agreement last March to normalize relations after a bitter 52-year estrangement. Because of its self imposed isolation and severe human rights abuses Albania is the Only european nation that is not a member of Csc. A but it has asked to join the organization and the United states is willing to support the move if the government continues democratic reforms a . Official said. A a a a a. A a the two Day Csc meeting which begins wednesday will focus on fleshing out several Bare Bones institutions formed last year at a Summit where the organization celebrated the end of Europe a cold War division. A a we re trying to turn the theoretical umbrella that unites Europe into a practical organization a said one . Official. Last november Bush Gorbachev and other Csc leaders met in France and decided the organization s focus she d be expanded to include political and economic concerns As Well As human rights issues. At this weeks Berlin meeting leaders will discuss setting up a mechanism for a country to Call an emergency session of the Csc to mediate conflicts. The country a request would have to be supported by either five or eight other members. Hijacker captured after fleeing plane Moscow apr a Man armed with a knife and a fake bomb attempted to Hijack an Aeroflot jetliner to Turkey on monday but changed his mind and fled during a refuelling Stop the Tass news Agency reported. The Man identified As Nikolai Mudrenko passed a note to the Crew demanding that the plane change course for Turkey the news Agency quoted Deputy civil aviation minister Mikhail Timofeev As saying. A if the Crew did not cooperate he threatened to blow up the plane a Tass said. It said he was a spacing up and Down the plane holding what looked like a  athe device turned out to be. A bar of soap a masked As a bomb a Tass said. The Tu-154 Jet with 112 passengers was on a Domestic flight from Krasnodar in Southern Russia to Krasnoyarsk in Southern Siberia. Mudrenko boarded the flight at a Stopover in the City of Orenburg a after aviation officials confirmed that customs officials in Orenburg had carefully checked the Luggage the Crew talked the Hijacker into Landing in Krasnoyarsk for refuelling a Tass said. As the plane was being refuelled Mudrenko a had a change of heart and ran to the Woods a where he w As arrested by police Tass said. Earlier the news Agency reported that my Grenko 27, had two accomplices but it later said he appeared he was acting alone Tass said. No one was injured in the incident Tass said. Turkey to form new government Ankara Turkey apr president Turgut Ozal on monday appointed Mesut Yilmaz the new chairman of the the ruling motherland party to form turkeys next government. Yilmaz a 44-year-old former foreign minister Defeated incumbent Yildirim Akbulut at the party a Congress on saturday forcing Akbulut to resign As the Premier. \. A a Quot. A a a a a Yilmaz said it could take As Long As a week to draw up a Cabinet list and submit the names to Ozal for the required approval an indication that careful handling of the various factions in the party will be needed. \ in an initial Effort at party Unity Yilmaz who Heads the Western oriented a a Liberal Wing of the Center right party included leaders of a Strong islamic fundamentalist faction and some secular politicians in the party a 50-member executive committee although they backed Akbulut. Cherokees re elect Tahlequah okla. A Wilma Mankiller the first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma easily won a second term with More than 80 percent of the vote according to unofficial results released sunday. The election marked the first time the 24,223 registered voters of Oklahoma a largest tribe selected a tribal Council by districts instead of at Large. About 48 percent of registered voters cast ballots. Mankiller 45, proclaimed Victory saturday night with fewer than half the precincts reporting. Yilmaz selection was seen As a Clear preference for a new face to reverse the motherland a sinking fortunes which Akbulut considered by Many As excessively Loyal to Ozal was unable to prevent. The party swept to Power in 1983 with a sweeping Reform program but has steadily lost popularity because of chronically High inflation running at around 70 percent and recurring corruption scandals. Despite Yilmaz a Post Congress Call for Unity about 90 motherland deputies most of them fundamentalists have threatened to resign if he included three Akbulut ministers in the new Cabinet according to turkish press reports. The three who Drew the Wrath of the party a Defeated Wing were state minister Mustafa tsar transport minister Cengiz Tuncer and Public works minister Cengiz Altin Kaya. They had backed Yilmaz against Akbulut in the Congress. Woman As chief a this is the first time in be not had a real Squeaker Quot she said. A a in a going to go Back to work monday and try to catch up on everything i got behind on during the  Mankiller garnered 9,674, or 83 percent of the ballots cast. Marketing consultant Art Nave 50, Drew 1,079 and a former health administrator William Dew 44, got 945. After being named principal chief in 1985 when the incumbent Ross swimmer stepped Down to work for the Federal Bureau of Indian affairs Mankiller first won the office by election in 1987