European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes Friday december 6, 1991army Hopes Survey yields clues on aids by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington the army is in the midst of surveying 18,000 soldiers in randomly selected units to find out Why 250 new cases of the aids virus arc surfacing in the service each year. A a we re not asking for anything that could identify someone a said or. Col Donald Burke chief of the aids program at the Walter Reed army Institute of research. A that information is meaningless for what we re trying to do which is to see How Well the army a current intervention efforts Are working. A the infection rates have been going Down but the question is what s responsible for the decline we d like to know so we can redesign our educational efforts if  when the army began aids testing in the mid-1980s, 500 to 600 new cases of the infection were identified each year. That figure has dropped to 250 new cases each year. In the . Army Europe the number of new identified infections from the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids has declined from 42 in fiscal 1989 to 29 in fiscal 1991. But army health officials feel the number should be even lower. A it s still on the order of an epidemic when you consider that each year 250 soldiers continue to become infected with a fatal disease a Burke said. In Europe where soldiers from five Germany communities a Baum older Numberg Frankfurt Wurzburg and Darmstadt a took the Survey in late october some participants expressed Surprise at the surveys explicit nature. Along with questions on where respondents get information about the disease and How much they know about it the Survey ventures into such areas As whether an individual has Ever frequented prostitutes or had extramarital affairs. But the answers which Are kept Anonymous Are crucial to understanding How soldiers knowledge about aids relates to their sexual behaviour Burke said. A we have to ask personal questions to get any information of value a he said. A but we Are going out of our Way to ast people the Quot Ifica and Init going i _ sure people that there is no Way to link a specific individual to a Survey response. That information Means nothing to  it is impossible for answers to be traced to an individual a unit or even an installation and commanders will not have Access to any of the surveys he said. Given the intensify of the military s aids educational Effort Burke said officials cannot understand How anyone in uniform can be oblivious to the risks of unsafe sex. A but it seems Clear that some people can have certain knowledge attitudes and beliefs about aids and yet continue to engage in behaviour that just does no to match a Burke said. A what we need to do is get a handle on How to reach those  Smi write Vine Craw toy in str Many  to tails remembering Bhopal disaster an of logy of former Union Carbide corp. Chairman membrane of the 4,000 people who died As a result of Warren m. Anderson Burns during n massive rally a Gas leak at Carbide s Bhopal facility in 1904. Ander tuesday in Bhopal India. The rally was staged in re son was Carbide chairman at the time of the disaster. World Libya detaining 2 men wanted in pan am bombing from wire reports Paris a two libyans wanted by the United states and Britain in the december 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 Are being detained in Tripoli two top ranking libyan officials said. A they Are in preventive detention but the real Crimi als Are probably laughing at All of us a the libyan ambassador to France Sara Hujber told la Cine Televik nals Are probably laughing at All of us a the libyan ambassador to France Sara Hujber told la Cine television network wednesday night referring to Abdel Basset Alt Mezrahi and Lamen Khalifa Uhunah. A unfortunately for them they will be in preventive detention until we have resolved this problem with the concerned  earlier wednesday the new libyan intelligence service chief col. Youssef Abdel Kader Dobri told a saudi arabian newspaper that the two libyan suspects in the germans press Seoul to make businesses change nazi names currency barriers tackled bombing had been arrested but that they would not be extradited to either the United states or Britain. Mezrahi and Uhunah were accused by the United states and Britain last month with having planted a bomb on the flight which exploded Over Lockerbie Scotland killing 270 people. A remorse remark disputed Tokyo a japanese officials dispute that foreign minister Michio Watanabe expressed a deep remorse for Japan a role in world War ii and insist his words were mistranslated the Japan times said thursday. The daily quoted unidentified sources at the foreign ministry As saying a key word uttered by Watanabe in an interview with the Washington Post should be read As a a regret or a soul searching. The Post reported Watanabe As saying a this is the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor and we feel a deep remorse about the unbearable suffering and sorrow Japan inflicted on the american people and the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific during the Pacific War a War that Japan started by the Surprise attack on Pearl  , who conducted the interview and wrote the article said the word a a remorse was supplied by the ministry a a translator. A we talked about How Best to translate the word for about five minutes a Reid said. A a a remorse was her  Seoul South Korea apr first it was the hitter Beer Hall. Now its the Ges Lapio coffeehouse. For the second time in weeks the German embassy said it has asked the government to Force establishments to change names deemed detrimental to Germany a image and National reputation. Martina Nibbelink Friessnig an embassy spokeswoman said wednesday that the embassy Haa not received a reply from the South korean government regarding either establishment. In october Germany asked South korean authorities to Force the Beer Hall to change its name and Stop advertising itself with swastikas blinking Neon Hitler signs Ana Hitler matchbooks and pictures. The Beer Hall is named after Adolf Hitler nazi dictator who led Germany from 1933 to 1945. Germany holds great fascination for koreans. Many korean students study German in school and German style restaurants abound in this City of 10.5 million people. One Seoul newspaper reported that the Gestapo coffeehouse a named after nazi Germany a secret police a planned to keep its name but will use korean characters instead of roman letters so As not to offend germans. In addition the Hitler Beer Hall said it plans to change its name to Rhine after Germany a major River. However an employee said the changeover will take time. The German embassy contends that the use of nazi pictures and symbols offends germans and is detrimental to Germany a reputation. It requested that the Beer Halls owner be formally asked to remove All references to Hitler. The use of nazi symbols is illegal in Germany. Brussels Belgium a european finance ministers wednesday cleared away most of the obstacles to adopting a single currency to replace the German Mark the French franc and As Many As 10 other National currencies to the end of the decade. Their agreement which would give Britain and Denmark a Chance to wriggle out must still be approved at the upcoming Summit of 12 european Community nations. The Deal could become unglued in horse trading Over other issues. Germany for example says that it will not go along with a single currency unless its dec partners agree to work toward common foreign and Security policies. But Henning Christophersen the eco a commissioner for economic affairs said a it is now Likely that at the latest on Jan. 1, 1999, we will have a single currency. It is my impression that there Are no insurmountable  /