European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 15, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9n. Korea offers Refuge to Honecker Moscow apr North Korea on saturday offered at least temporary Refuge to former East German Leader Erich Honecker who was holed up in the chilean embassy while Russia threatens to expel him to his Homeland. Germany is seeking Honecker a return to stand trial on manslaughter charges for the communists shoot to kill policy against people who tried to flee from East Germany. Russia had set a deadline of Midnight Friday for Honecker 79, to leave or be world expelled. But International Law prevents authorities from seizing him in the embassy. The deadline was extended to monday. Last week Honecker requested permission to seek medical help in North Korea said Nyong Yun Jin a Counselor at the North korean embassy. A your authorities have considered the request Quot he said. Quot we have decided to provide such  he said North Korea was not offering to provide political Asylum Only medical assistance for a humanitarian  also saturday hundreds of pro communist demonstrators gathered outside the embassy. They Sang communist songs and carried signs that said Quot keep your hands off Honecker Quot and Quot Down with the Gorbachev Yeltsin  Quot Honecker fought the fascists Quot said a Middle aged protester Svetlana Sveri Denko. Quot to give him up would mean that there Are fascists  Honecker has been a a guest Quot at the Home of an old Friend. Ambassador clo Domiro Almeyda since wednesday night. In the 1970s, East Germany gave Asylum to Almeyda who had been defense minister under chilean president Salvador Allende and was forced into exile by the 1973 coup in which Allendc died. Germany has been pressing for Honecker a return since the soviet military spirited him to Moscow in March for unspecified medical treatment. Honecker has sought permission to go to Chile where his daughter Sonia lives with her chilean husband. The chilean government has been pressured by Germany not to accept him.10 killed by wild tigers rampaging in villages from wire reports Jakarta Indonesia a wild tigers raging through villages in West Sumatra province have killed at least 10 people and injured several others during the past two months a news report said saturday. Local authorities said villagers had been allowed to capture the tigers alive but warned that they could not kill the animals because of their status As an endangered species. People at the Pes sir Melatan Village located close to a National Park in West Sumatra province reported to the visiting governor that the protected Sumatran tigers had killed at least 10 people and injured several others since october. Qadhafi victim s dad meet London a the father of a victim of the pan am flight 103 bombing says he met with col. Moa mar Qadhafi last week and returned Home with a letter from the libyan Leader for the chief of the British investigation. Jim swire whose daughter was killed said of the sealed letter a i think i know what it contains but 1 am not saying. It will be up to the lord advocate to disclose it if he  lord Fraser of Carmyllie the senior scottish Law officer is leading the investigation into the bombing. The new York bound plane blew up Over Lockerbie Scotland on dec. 21, 1988, kill ing 270 people. Last month scottish and . Authorities charged two libyan intelligence agents with the bombing and demanded they be handed Over for trial. Qadhafi a a government has denied involvement in the bombing and rejected extradition demands. But a libyan judge says the two Are under House arrest in  Wool tested Canberra Australia a australian government scientists who already have developed self shearing sheep Are working on Breeding sheep with Moth proof Wool. The genetic engineering research is aimed at producing sheep with special Wool follicles that secrete insect deterrents. It was unveiled by the Commonwealth scientific and Industrial research organizations division of animal production Sand blaster of a Hurricane smacks Samoa Apia Western Samoa apr Western Samoa looks As if it were hit a by a Sand blaster Quot after being pounded for five Days by Hurricane Val new zealand a foreign minister said Friday. The Hurricane weakened rapidly and by Friday had been downgraded to a storm. At least a dozen people were killed in Western Samoa and one died in american Samoa As the Hurricane buttered the Pacific islands with winds of 150 Mph and gusts even higher. President Bush on Friday authorized Federal disaster assistance for american Samoa whose governor Peter Talico Ieman estimated the damage at $83.2 million. Tal Coleman said the storm left 200 people injured 4,000 people homeless and wiped out nearly All crops. American Samoa is a . Territory with a population of 38,000. Western Samoa an Independent Chain of islands with a population of 169,000, Quot was almost like a nuclear holocaust in parts Quot said Greg Mcglone an australian army helicopter navigator. Mcglone flew Over the Island of Savaii i on thursday and reported houses flattened roofs ripped off Trees snapped roads filled with debris and areas hooded. New zealand s foreign minister Don Mckinnon surveyed the devastation and estimated damage in the hundreds of millions. New zealand acts As Western samoans official Channel of communications outside the Pacific Region. Thousands arc reported homeless. Many Are reported to be sick after spending four Days in wet clothes. Officials said shortages of drinking water pose a health risk. Crops roads schools and hospitals were  confesses he s All thumbs London apr prime minister John major made an admission Friday a he a no Handyman. When the lights go out at Home and a fuse needs replacing or when that new photograph of him with president Bush needs hanging major said he Calls for his wife Norma. He disclosed his Inadequacy As a do it yours Elfer while visiting the North London neighbourhood of Enfield to support a local Energy Coffi Cincy program. Surrounded by  major tried to hang insulating tape around the door of pensioner Joyce Ball 67, he apologized for the poor Standard of his workmanship saying he Wasny to much of a Handyman. A but Norma is thank goodness a he said. Looking at the inches of tape hanging from the Bottom of the door he said a i think i la leave this to the  but Ball said All major needs is More practice. A the was getting the hang of it by the end a she said. When the majors Arentt at Downing Street which comes with a staff to take care of household chores they Are at their Home near Huntingdon 60 Miles North of London. Mjor canadians urged to shop at Home Niagara Falls Ontario up a foes of Cross order shopping Friday unveiled a $400,000 awareness Campaign to discourage canadians from shopping in the United states. Quot there is this illusion that everything in the United states is cheaper than Canada and that just Isnit so a said Tony Commisso chairman of a Consumers group called shop Ontario. A a we re asking Canadian shoppers to Check prices on this Side of the Border before they Cross. We know  find Good value Quality and service right at  a billboard Campaign begins new years Day while radio and newspaper ads begin Jan. 4, about half the advertising is being donated at Cost. Organizers Are also calling on Niagara arca retailers to join the a great Canadian Border Bash Sale Quot scheduled for Jan. 22-Jan. 25. Ontario Trade and technology ministered Philip said the government will participate in the Campaign because Cross Border shopping is a draining millions of dollars from the provincial  announce cleanup plans for Everest Katmandu Nepal up nepalese Mountain climbers Friday announced an International Effort to clean the worlds a highest junkyard a proposing to spend two years and More than $500,000 to Clear an estimated 17 tons of trash from mount Everest. The plan proposed by the Nepal mountaineering association and backed by climbers worldwide is an Effort to Start removing the piles of trash both Large and Small that have accumulated since sir Edmund Hillary and the late Tenzing Norgay first climbed the Peak in May 1953. Everest sits astride the Nepal Tibet Border. Everest is littered with plastics Glass Metal and a Host of other items including a 5-ton helicopter that crashed there in 1973 when italians made their first Conquest of the Peak said the associations president tick Chand Pokhrel. A the clean Everest Campaign is the result of the concern shown by the International Community of mountaineers environmentalists and Mountain lovers Over the increasing pollution in the Himalayas caused by the irresponsible attitudes of people visiting it Quot he said. Pokhrel said it was estimated that 127 expeditions since 1953 have left More than 17 tons of refuse at the foot of the 29,028-foot mount Everest the worlds tallest Peak and on its upper reaches. Quot we Are proposing the cleanup because of the religious significance to the hindus and buddhists who live beneath the Peak in Nepal and Tibet Quot he said. Quot but the most important reason is because it receives More climbers and garbage than any other Mountain in  under Normal conditions steel objects take about 95 years to degrade and plastics about 220 years but at higher and colder altitudes the disintegration process takes much longer he said