European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday november 22,1991u.s. Halts pullout plans from s. Korea Seoul South Korea apr the United states on thursday stepped up pressure on North Korea to Stop developing nuclear weapons by postponing plans to withdraw thousands of troops from South Korea. The announcement by defense Secretary Dick Cheney indicated increasing impatience in Seoul and Washington Over North koreans refusal to open its secretive nuclear and reprocessing facilities to inspections. Communist North Korea denies it has any nuclear weapons program but . Officials say Pyongyang is nearing completion of an atomic bomb. A we Are convinced that North Korea is developing the capability to build a nuclear weapon a Cheney said. North Korea reportedly agreed in principle wednes Day to a Call to rid the korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons. But the reported Accord in working level talks Between the two Korea was not binding. About 40,000 . Troops Are stationed in Korea under a Mutual defense pact. A plan to reduce troops to 36,000 by the end of 1992 will continue Cheney said. But reductions for 1993-1995 will be postponed he said. The number of troops to be pulled out in 1993-95 was to be discussed during Cheney a visit. The number suggested was Between 5,000 and 7,000. A postponement of . Troop reductions shows Washington a commitment to its ally South Korea and its resolve in pressuring North Korea which has Long demanded a . Withdrawal. Major Powers have expressed grave concerns Over in enjoying fair weather hordes of contented looking camels Dot the dunes outside the town of Pushkar in Western India As the annual Pushkar Camel fair gets off to a Gritty Start tuesday. More than 15,000 camels and 400,000 merchants and tourists a Many of them coming from faraway places a took part in this years festivities which were winding up thursday. Tell gence reports that North Korea is nearing capability to produce crude nuclear weapons. Cheney and South korean defense minister Lee Jong Koo said they would a pursue All available Means to halt North korean nuclear development. Lee ruled out military action but said multinational diplomatic political and economic pressure would greatly  Cheney said that of particular concern is North koreans suspected construction of a nuclear reprocessing Plant. A such a facility would give Pyongyang the capability to produce weapons Grade plutonium he said. Cheney said the Plant was unnecessary if the objective of North koreans nuclear development was peaceful. He said other nations have proven that reprocessing is not a necessary prerequisite to a civilian nuclear Energy program. Copter crash kills soviet mediators Moscow apr a helicopter with a High level delegation trying to mediate the conflict Between Azerbaijan and Armenia crashed and caught Are wednesday in the caucasus mountains killing All 20 people aboard soviet Media reported. The Independent inter fax news Agency quoting a unofficial but reliable sources a said Azerbaijan a Interior minister Mamed Asadov was among those killed. The official news Agency Tass said 17 officials and three Crew members were among the victims on the Mi-8 helicopter that crashed in the mar Tuninsky Region of the disputed Magorno Karabash enclave inside the Republic of Azerbaijan. The National evening to news program Eremya blamed dense fog. It quoted the Pilot As saying a we can to see anything. Everything is  Tass said the helicopter apparently slowed into a Mountain. Other victims included two members of the soviet parliament two generals the head of the Magorno Karabash Kab the Deputy Interior minister of Kazakhstan a representative of the soviet defense ministry and two journalists from Azerbaijan. Tass said 12 bodies had been found. Inter fax identified one victim Only As maj. Gen. Kovalev commander of the Magorno Karabash Interior  Camps proposed to curb immigration Paris apr the ultralight National front of Jean Marie be pen has suggested a plan to curb immigration including using chartered boats to Deport foreigners and setting up guarded Camps to hold people awaiting expulsion. Politicians from across the French political spectrum. The. Vic Gime of world War ii when French officials Collano joined anti racism activists in condemnation. They said the 50-Point program stirred memories of the Vichy re it for. Rated with the nazi German occupiers to implement discriminatory Laws against French jews. Others compared the 50 a Concrete Points to the apartheid system of racial segregation and White domination. Be pen told Rel radio in an interview wednesday that a decision would be made later whether the plan would become official National front policy. The plan was proposed by be Penis Deputy Bruno Megret at a rally in Marseille last weekend. A the moment the National front makes a proposition one hears a chorus of outcries a be pen said. A was for the French people most of them have had enough of illegal  Deputy Cabinet minister Kofi Yamuna be an immigrant from Togo said wednesday a i Hope this scandal will Wake up the French. I Hope the French have Learned that be pen is an extremely dangerous  centrist political Leader Bernard Stasi alluding to Marcos shoes other property held for payment of late taxes Manila Philippines up a Revenue officials have ordered a freeze on the property of Imelda Marcos including her 1,200 pairs of shoes saying the former first lady owes More than $6.8 million in taxes. Thursdays order issued by the philippine Bureau of internal Revenue would prevent president Corazon Aquino from returning Marcos personal belong Ings on display at a museum in the presidential Palace said Franklin Drilon Aquino a chief aide. Aquino had said she would give the famous shoe collection expensive gowns and perfumes Back to the widow of ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Marcos pledged to auction off the shoes to raise funds for victims of the volcanic eruption of mount Pinatubo in june. Nazi decrees that forced jews to Wear the Star David asked a when will foreigners living in far have to Start wearing a Star a he said be Penis organization a clearly wants far to be the new land of  Jean Auroux Leader of the governing socialists c Cus in the National Assembly said a a it a the return c dark fascist tradition that we had thought was Forg  immigration has become Frances most vexing Sot Issue a specifically the presence of hundreds of that Sands of muslims from North Africa. The Issue is i tally the sole preoccupation of the National front. Big Mac moving to Beijing Beijing up after a five year quest for a better Side of beef and that perfect potato Mcdonald a is coming to Beijing. The first Mcdonald a restaurant in the chinese capital is slated to open in the first half of next year according to spokesmen for the american fast food giant. It will not be the first in China a big macs and French Fries have been Selling for More than a year at a Mcdonald a in the Southern City of Zhenzhen bordering Hong Kong. But Zhenzhen is among the most open and wealthiest regions of China and Mcdonald a has thrived for years across the Border in Hong Kong. The Beijing outlet will test How the average Mainland chinese take to the american hamburger Standard