European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 10, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9libya to try 2 accused of plane bombing Dakar Senegal a Libya will try two men charged by . And British authorities in the bombing of pan am flight 103 and Wilt deliver the severest punishment a death a if they Are guilty libyans foreign minister said sunday. However he said his government did not believe the men were guilty earlier an official in libyans information ministry said the two libyans went on trial sunday but he likened the proceeding to an investigation rather than a trial. The discrepancy could not be immediately clarified. The two men identified by the americans and British As libyan intelligence agents have been charged with smuggling a bomb aboard the new York bound jumbo Jet. The plane blew apart Over Lockerbie Scotland on dec. 21, 1988, killing 270 people. London and Washington insist that Libya admit responsibility compensate families and surrender the suspects for trial in a . Or scottish court. A spokeswoman for the British foreign office repeated that demand sunday saying a libyan trial would not change Brit ainu a stance. Libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi denies his government was involved and foreign minister Ibrahim Bishari repeated sunday that his country would not hand the men Over for trial. He said that would violate libyans sovereignty and Independence. A libyan judicial authorities will put them on trial a Bishari told Western reporters while in Senegal for a meeting of the organization of the islamic conference. A if they Are guilty they will be punished. If they Are innocent they will be set free a he said. He said the men would be hanged if convicted but added that a we believe that our citizens Are  he did not give a Date for the trial of the men Lamen Khalifa Fhima and Abdel Basset Ali Al Megrath. In London a spokeswoman for the British foreign office said a libyan trial would not cause Britain to retract the demand that the two suspects be handed. Over. A in our View it is totally unacceptable for libyan authorities to be judge jury prosecution and accused a she said. Sis Dow i Hahn fuel tapped pvt. Manfred Boll a member of the pipeline Pioneer in 850, a German army unit at Zweibruck in a works saturday amid a configuration of pipes that pumped aviation fuel from storage tanks at Hahn a into a nato pipeline. About 1.9 million Gallons of Jet Foel were moved from Hahn which no longer has fighters stationed at the base to air bases at Span Dahlem and bit Burg. The 583rd logistics so at Hahn assisted the 850th. Moon s Church plans to invest in North Korea Seoul South Korea apr the Rev. Sun Myung Moon has signed a contract for his controversial unification Church to invest millions of dollars in communist North Korea his newspaper said monday. Moon is a staunch anti communist and his Church criticized in the United states and South Korea for its cult like practices has Long sponsored anti communist activities in South Korea. Despite Moons anti communist background he reportedly has pursued interests in the soviet Union and China and has family in North Korea. Moon travelled to Beijing on saturday after a week Long visit to North Korea that included talks with Leader Kim 11 Sung and visits to his Hometown and prospective Sites of Industrial projects. The segue times a Church owned National daily said Moon signed the contract during his trip to North Korea. It provides for investment in tourism ports and Industrial complexes. No figure was Given but experts said the proposed projects could require several billion dollars. Moons visit to North Korea came As a Surprise. North Korea allowed the visit apparently to attract badly needed foreign investment and to improve relations with the West. The visit by the 72-year-old Church Leader angered South Korea which said it is investigating whether he violated National Security Laws by discussing sensitive political issues. Last week South Korea said his visit had Hurt Intra Korea relations. World wife held in death of suicidal mate Tokyo apr a woman has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing her husband after he apparently failed to hang himself a newspaper reported fonday. A i wanted to make him comfortable As soon As possible a the mass circulation Asahi newspaper quoted Utako Yamashita 43, As saying. She was arrested sunday at her Home in Yokohama on suspicion of murder but it was not immediately Clear what charges prosecutors would file. The report said she stabbed her husband twice in the Chest with a Kitchen knife to put him out of his suffering because she thought his heart was still beating after he tried to hang himself from a clothes rack with a rope. Tamio Yamashita 52, a professor of Irish literature at Hosei University and an expert on the poet William Butler Yeats returned from studies in London in october six months ahead of schedule. Since then he had repeatedly told his wife that he wanted to die and had complained about health and work problems. The report said Utako Yamashita called the police from her Home and said a i have killed my  the police found her husband dead on the bed and she was next to him rubbing his body it said. Egyptian boy 4, cleared of assaulting toddler from wire reports Cairo Egypt a egyptian authorities acquitted a 4-year-old boy on charges that he assaulted a girl toddler when he was 2, marking the first such Case in the history of the egyptian judiciary newspapers reported monday. The trial in a Cairo juvenile court of chocolate chomping Mohammed Mohammed Qarni Drew widespread attention in the egyptian Media. The boy was acquitted of assault and a previous court decision that ordered him taken into care was rescinded. A while the boys lawyers were defending him in court he happily munched on a chocolate bar his parents bought him happily oblivious of what was going on a the Cairo daily a1 ashram reported. The Mother of the 2-year-old girl allegedly assaulted by Mohammed filed the Battery charges last year telling police the boy injured her daughter in an a unprovoked  firebombs hit England London a about 12 firebombs exploded Early sunday at shopping centers in two English cities in a wave of pre Christmas attacks that police say caused Little damage but Bear the Hallmarks of the Irish Republican army. At least 10 firebombs like those used by the Ira ignited in Blackpool 190 Miles Northwest of London and incendiary devices triggered four fires at Manchester 140 Miles Northwest of London officials said. The blasts came one week after the Ira carried out four firebombing in London. Those bombings prompted Scotland Yard to warn shoppers to beware of terrorist attacks across Britain during the Christmas season. Marcos denies charges Manila Philippines a Imelda Marcos pleaded not guilty monday to charges of tax evasion in the Philippines first criminal trial of the family of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Wearing White and holding a Black beaded Rosary the former first lady answered with a firm a not guilty As each of the seven charges were read. Her son Ferdinand a Bong Bong Marcos jr., pleaded not guilty to two counts. State prosecutors allege Imelda Marcos failed to file tax returns or pay about $1,246 in income taxes in 1985 and 1986 while she held two government  forces win a Victory in puerto Rico san Juan puerto Rico apr in a Victory for forces supporting . Statehood voters have rejected a Bill of a democratic rights that would have asserted the Spanish speaking Caribbean islands distinct cultural identity. The measure voted on in sundays referendum also proposed new rules for any future vote on the islands political status. The pro statehood new progressive party led by Pedro Rossello had campaigned hard against the measure warning that it might alienate the . Con Gress which oversees the Island. With nearly All ballots counted returns showed 54.9 percent of voters against the Bill and 45 percent in favor. The referendum outcome dealt a Sharp political blow to gov. Rafael hem amp Nidez Colon. Colon Leader of the popular democratic party favors a continuance of the islands status As a . Commonwealth with greater autonomy. It also represented a defeat for the Small puerto rican Independence party which favors full autonomy. Puerto Picans Are about evenly divided Between those who want statehood and those who favor remaining a Commonwealth according to polls with less than 10 percent wanting foil Independence. The referendum Bill had called for a the right to choose a status of foil political dignity without either colonial or territorial subordination to the plenary Powers of the .  the Bill also sought to a guarantee. Our culture language and distinct identity a including the islands right to Field its own teams for International Competition such As the olympic games. A final clause sought to guarantee . Citizenship for puerto Picans. Spain ruled puerto Rico for 400 years before territorial control was ceded to the United states in 1898. Congress granted the Island Commonwealth status m 1952. Residents of puerto Rico cannot vote in . Presidential elections. However they can be drafted in the . Armed forces. They Are represented in Washington by an elected non voting commissioner in the House of representatives