European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 17, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9 world trains crash in Taiwan killing 29 passengers from wire reports Taipei Taiwan a two trains collided near a railway Tunnel Friday killing 29 passengers in the worst train Accident in Taiwan a history. Railway officials said 102 other passengers including seven japanese were hospitalized for treatment of broken Bones and bruises. They did not specify the patients conditions. Police said the Accident occurred at 4 . When a Taipei bound train slammed into an oncoming train bound for Kaohsiung 223 Miles South of Taipei near the  get correspondent Mainz Germany a Germany Szof television network said Friday that it is opening a Bureau in Latvia claiming it is the first foreign to network to have a permanent correspondent in the Baltic. Adf said that starting monday Dietmar bar Sig will report on Latvia Lithuania and Estonia from the latvian capital of Riga. The Baltic states gained Independence from the soviet Union in august.409 whales found dead Buenos Aires Argentina a More than 400 Young Pilot whales have been found dead on a tiny Island off Argentina a South coast the environmental Protection department said. No explanation was Given for the beaching and deaths of the whales. The Island is near Bustamante Bay near the City of comodoro Riva Davia in Hubut province. The 409 whales were found by ecology specialists studying Marine life. As Spring approaches in the Southern hemisphere Wales and penguins Are returning to the area in great  crashes into Crane Nottingham England a three people died and eight others were injured Friday when a commuter bus smashed into the swinging Crane of an excavator that had become wedged beneath a Low Bridge on a Busy Road in the English midlands police said. The excavator was being carried on a flatbed truck when it collided with a Low railway Bridge and became stuck police said. The Crane of the excavator swung out of control and smashed into an oncoming bus. Bus passenger Simon Hill 20, credited the bus Driver with preventing More casualties. A i think the Driver did a great Job to swerve partly out of the Way. Otherwise it would have hit us head on.�?�. Police said two men and a woman from the Leicester area were killed in the Accident at Tollerton near Nottingham 120 Miles Northwest of London. A Nottingham Man was seriously injured and seven others were  s hat auctioned London a Winston Churchill a famous hat a a Homburg with his initials embossed in Gold a sold for 6,600 pounds about $11,750 Friday auctioneers at Christie a said. A the bidder wants his identity kept secret a said a spokeswoman for the auction House. Britain a wartime prime minister wore the hat during state visits and other formal occasions. Group claims it bombed flight 103, iranians say Nicosia Cyprus apr a previously unknown group said saturday that it planted the bomb on pan am flight 103 nearly three years ago and denied . Claims that Libya had a role in the attack iranian radio reported. Tehran radio monitored in Nicosia said the claim came in a published statement a announcing the existence of the revolutionary Arab brigade  it did not say where the statement was published. The report did not provide other details on the group including where it was based. It was also not immediately Clear Why iranians would want to involve themselves a even peripherally a in the bombing. American and scottish authorities thursday issued arrest warrants for two libyan intelligence agents for the bombing of the Boeing 747 Over Lockerbie Scotland on dec. 21,1988, which killed 270 people. The statement read on iranian state radio called allegations of libyan involvement  s a dog s life has new meaning in stressed Japan Tokyo apr Japan a pampered pets already enjoy water Beds flush toilets and Gold jewelry. Now for those Days when they get up on the wrong Side of the litter there is stress therapy. Veterinarians say the stressful lives of hard working japanese owners often affect their sensitive cats and dogs. The answer a new treatment for animal anxiety called music for healthy pets. A cheerful but Serene music is Good for dogs and romantic music is Good for cats a said Norio Aoki a 49-year-old veterinarian who selected the tunes after experimenting with dozens of pieces on More than 100 cats and dogs. The music developed by Nippon Crown co., a record company that also produces stress Relief music for humans was composed and performed by professional musicians especially for the project. The compact disc for dogs contains six slow and Calm instrumental tunes. The seven cat numbers Are Bounder and More rhythmic. Quot a when they appreciated the music pets approached the speakers and tilted their ears. About 20-30 minutes later some cats even fell asleep a Aoki said. Nippon Crown which introduced the $17 cd last month has already sold 10,000 copies said company spokesman Katsuhiko Kasai. Sony music entertainment Sells cassette tapes containing stress Relief sounds for cats including the sound of buzzing flies and Johannes Brahms hungarian dances no. 5, performed with cat sounds Woven in. Aoki said pet owners should be concerned not Only about their own stress but also about the effect of that stress on their pets which Are heavily influenced by people. A my idea was to create sounds that can be shared by a those allegations Are within the framework of a Western prearranged plot aimed at compromising the countries of the steadfast Arab front a it said. Iranian president Hashemi a Sfanjani has tried to improve relations with the West and shed the nations reputation As a Radical state that has sponsored terrorism. Anti Western iranian radicals oppose rats Anjanie a Effort and have frequently called for attacks on the United states and its allies. The White House said the United states was considering retaliatory action against Libya and did not Rule out military Force. The United states bombed the libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi in april 1986 after a terrorist bombing in Berlin that killed an american service member. On saturday a Radical iranian newspaper Jom Huri islami accused the United states of fabricating charges against Libya a to secure to itself the right to embark on any action against any country without facing any protest from  Mitsugoro a 4-year-old cat living in Tokyo listens to music from her favorite Perch in her owners Home. Veterinarians say the stress til lives of hard working japanese owners often of acct their sensitive pets. Humans and their pets a Aoki said. A the Best thing is to listen to the music  Many japanese fear their pets suffer from loneliness during the Long hours they spend alone while their owners work As Well As Claustrophobia in cramped City apartments. To compensate Many give their cats and dogs water Beds toilets Gold jewelry and bathrobes. Meals for cats and dogs include a variety of canned gourmet meat and fish food supplements and even Energy drinks. Purified drinking water for pets is also  gathering blocked Madrid Spain a police blocked a demonstration saturday that was intended to pay homage to nazi aviators who took part in the bombing of Basque areas of the country during the Spanish civil War. Would be participants holding red carnations gathered outside at the Entrance to the Almudena cemetery with a Large Banner Reading a Freedom of  among those turned away was Canadian Ernest Zundel who is fighting suits in Canadian courts brought because of his publication of works that include denials of the existence of nazi death Camps. Police checked identification of those trying to enter the City a main cemetery and allowed Only journalists and Bona fide mourners to pass. A memorial stands inside the cemetery in the form of a semicircle with the inscription a to German aviators who died for god and  the memorial is dedicated to eight German aviators who died in military action during july and August 1937 in support of Gen. Francisco Franco. In Seville Interior minister Jose Luis Corcuera said saturday he agreed with the ban on the gathering but said he Wasny to considering Banning any Neo nazi groups that might exist in Spain. Russia to kick out Honecker Moscow api a the russian government has decided that the presence of former East German Leader Erich Honecker in the soviet Union is illegal and he must leave the country the inter fax news Agency said saturday. The news Agency quoted russian Justice minister Nikolai Feodorov As saying the decision to expel Honecker was made Friday by russian president Boris n. Yeltsin a government. Honecker 79, fled to the soviet Union last March from a soviet military Hospital near Berlin with the help of the soviet armed forces. Germany has requested that he be extradited to face criminal charges of ordering East German Border guards to kill people who tried to flee to the West. Inter fax said Honecker a presence in the russian Republic was declared illegal and a the government took a decision to expel Erich Honecker from the russian  the government has not decided How and when to carry out the expulsion