European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 14, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 9 Canadian Bill to require men to get consent for sex by the Washington Post Toronto a Canadas Justice minister thursday introduced a Date rape Bill that spells out the Legal definition of consent and requires that a Man engaging in sexual activity assure beforehand that he has obtained the unequivocal agreement of his partner. The so called a no Means not legislation is supported by All parties in parliament and is expected to easily become Law. Critics have said the Bill would practically require a Man to obtain a signed affidavit from a woman before engaging in sex. Women a rights groups scoffed at such interpretations As Gross exaggerations and said the Law would merely remove ambiguity As a defense in rape cases. The Legal definition of consent to sex that is included in the new measure requires an explicit a voluntary agreement a in words or action by the partner to engage in sex. The Bill makes it Clear that it is the Many a obligation to establish consent. Moreover consent would not be considered to have been Given if the victim were too intoxicated to make a consensual judgment. Similarly the Man could not use his own intoxication As a defense. Public support for the new measure gained momentum during the televised trial of William Kennedy Smith in West Palm Beach fla., which was followed As closely by canadians As it was by americans. Florida a sexual Battery Laws include a definition of consent As a intelligent knowing and voluntary agreement not resulting from coercion. But it does not go As far in setting out the Many a responsibilities for establishing explicit agreement to sexual activity As the proposed Canada Law would experts said. Justice minister Kim Campbell introduced the Bill in response to a Canadian supreme court decision in August that struck Down an Olaf rape shield Law that had prevented defense lawyers from asking an alleged rape victim questions about her past sexual activity. Olympic flame begins journey Maria Pamboukis 26, a greek actress playing the Rale of a High priestess lights the olympic flame on Friday in a concave Mirror that reflects the sunlight in ancient Olympia where the olympic games were born. The journey of the Torch will include two air plane flights and a countrywide relay in France. The flame is expected to reach Albertville France the site of the Winter olympics on feb. 8. 6 killed in blast at dutch Plant Rotterdam Netherlands a six people were killed Friday and another person was missing after an explosion set a petrochemical Plant s storage tanks ablaze authorities said. The explosion at the dutch dam chemical company Plant in Rotterdam occurred in a storage tank of Benzoic acid and set fire to adjoining tanks loaded with explosive hydrocarbon fuels said police spokesman Frank Huizenga. Fire department spokesman Willem Van Arendt Hals said the Blaze was brought under control about 90 minutes after the blast was reported at 10 25 . Initially Only one person was reported killed but Crews found the remains of five other victims in the tank farm area after flames were extinguished said fire department spokesman Gerard Van Staalduinen. He added that one person was still unaccounted for but said it was unlikely there were additional fatalities. The victims identities had not been determined. Officials said the explosion had not resulted in the release of poisonous fumes that would pose a danger to area residents. However dutch radio reported that some people had complained of Eye irritation As a result of fumes carried by the wind. World koreans sign agreement encouraging cooperation from wire reports Seoul South Korea a South and North Korea signed a historic document Friday formalizing an agreement they Hope will help bring an end to 46 years of separation Mutual distrust and animosity. Sion by South korean prune minister Chung t Snik and his Northern counterpart Yon Hyong Muk 13 months after the current series of Intra Korea High level talks started. Following the conclusion of the Accord South korean president Roh Tae woo met the North korean prime minister in private and then hosted a luncheon for the official delegates of the two sides who reached the epochal Accord. Under the unprecedented 25-article agreement the South and the North will respect each others established systems let each mind its own internal affairs and forgo slandering or subverting the other. Porsche chairman Hurt from wire reports Frankfurt Germany a the chairman of porsche a makers of High performance sports cars was injured in a test track Accident a company spokesman said Friday. Chairman Arno Bohn 44, was driving a porsche 911 Turbo Model when he crashed into a retaining Wall on the Peissach test track near Stuttgart spokesman Jurgen Pippig said. Pippig said Bohn is a a very dedicated chairman no sometimes likes to Check the status of the cars  following the Accident which occurred tuesday on a cold track with cold tires Bohn was taken to a clinic because of leg injuries Pippig said. The spokesman said both legs had been placed in a cast but it was not Clear if either was fractured. The porsche 911 Turbo is being prepared for entry in the 24-hour Daytona fla., race in the United states Early next year a report said. Ira bomb injures 60 Belfast Northern Ireland a the Irish Republican army has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in a town that injured More than 60 people wrecked a police station and damaged a Catholic Church filled with worshippers. A second blast thursday night in Londonderry caused no injuries officials said. Six officers inside the police station and about 60 civilians were injured when the 1-ton bomb hidden in a Coal truck exploded in the town of Craigavon 25 Miles Southwest of Belfast police said. The Only person hospitalized was a woman who had a heart condition. She was in critical condition police said Friday. Aids claims conductor Sydney Australia a Stuart Challender chief conductor and artistic director of the Sydney symphony orchestra since 1987, died of aids related complications on Friday at age 44. Challender diagnosed his positive in 1983, died in a hospice where he spent the last few months an orchestra spokesman said. Challender conducted All of the major australian symphony chamber and opera orchestras in recent years. He announced in september he was suffering from aids and would be unable to work As vigorously As in the  who helped raise John Lennon Dies at 88 London a Mary Elizabeth Smith who helped raise beatle John Lennon was buried thursday. She died in the fishing Village of Poole Southwest England on dec. 6 at age 88, two Days before the 11th anniversary of Lennon a murder in new York. The cause of death Wasny to Given. Mary Smith the elder sister of Len non smother Julia took him into her Home in Liverpool after his parents split up when he was still a baby according to Philip normans Book shout the True Story of the beatles. Lennon called her a aunt  he would later describe her As a kind hearted woman who frequently scolded him. Her husband George Smith was the closest thing to a father Lennon Ever had. Smith died in 1955, when he was 15. Mary Smith bought the teen Ager his first Spanish guitar two years later but told him that he would never make a living from Rock a no Roll. In the 1960s, after he had proved her wrong Lennon bought May Smith a luxury Home in Poole in Dorset. Among the approximately 30 mourners were Lennon a widow Yoko Ono their son Sean and Lennon a former wife Cynthia. Wreaths were sent by the other former beatles George Hanson Ringo Starr and Paul Mccartney