European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes wednesday december 18, 1991 world crime in England Wales hits record Mark for year from wire reports London a crimes in England and Wales reached an All time High in the year ending aug. 31, with 5.1 million offences recorded the Home office says. The figures released monday represent a 19 percent increase Over the previous 12 months. The biggest percentage increase was in the Countryside where recorded crimes Rose an average of 22 percent. Urban crime Rose by 15 percent on average. Theft and other offences against property comprised 94 percent of the recorded crimes. Figures for crime in Scotland and Northern Ireland Are compiled  attends his Wake Giginto Philippines a Nardo san Diego was surprised to find a Wake being held at his Home after he returned from visiting a Friend. Quot who died Quot he asked. Quot you Quot a startled Friend replied. The mix up began dec. 2 when san Diego an Alderman in this town 30 Miles North of Manila left to visit a Friend in another province according to a report in a local weekly newspaper Mab Hay. That same Day police found a body lying on a Road near the town and mistakenly identified it As san Diego s. They turned the body which strongly resembled the Alderman Over to his grieving Mother who then organized the traditional nine Day Wake at the Home of the deceased the newspaper said. On the third Day of the Wake san Diego returned Home to the Surprise of the mourners. Police said they still do not know the real identity of the body which was turned Over to a local funeral Home. General blasts n. Korea for stand on nuclear  Seoul South Korea up the top . General in South Korea in an interview published tuesday said North Korea will become an a International Leper Quot if it continues to pursue nuclear weapons development despite worldwide opposition. Gen. Robert w. Riscassi said in an interview with the English language Korea Herald there can be no additional reduction of . Forces in Korea As Long As North Korea is a nuclear threat. The general who Heads the United states South Korea combined forces come and the United nations come said North Korea has rejected offers of peace and economic assistance from its neighbors and turned instead to nuclear weapons for its future. A North Korea sits As an angry Turtle in the midst of these asian tigers. Its moribund political and economic institutions iconoclasm and militarism Are out of sync with the time and place Quot he said. A this is Why we term North Korea the greatest threat to regional peace and  Riscassi said North Korea was building an a entirely undesirable future for itself and the near term risk for North Korea is a very  a if it continues along this path. North Korea will become an International Leper excluded from political and commercial Intercourse while the other nations of this Region bound into the 21st  concerning a North korean assertion that it will accept International inspection of its nuclear facilities if . Tactical nuclear weapons Are withdrawn from South Korea Riscassi said North Korea which is a signatory to the nuclear non proliferation treaty must accept International inspections unconditionally. The general said North Korea is refusing to recognize the legitimate concerns of . Members and their belief that the North korean nuclear program is a threat to regional and world peace. A it is possible we will see a wide scale participatory exclusion politically and economically of North Korea from the International Community a Riscassi said. Philippines charges Marcos with graft Manila Philippines up a the government formally charged former first lady Imelda Marcos with graft tuesday in a bid to recover $356 million she and her family allegedly stashed in secret Swiss Bank deposits. Solicitor general Francisco Chavez said the action came in response to a Swiss Federal court ruling that the Manila government must file charges against Marcos before Friday in order to maintain a freeze on her funds in Switzerland. It was the second set of charges to be formally filed in court against Marcos aside from seven counts of tax fraud. The rest of the 80 criminal charges arc still under evaluation by state prosecutors. Chavez said he would Send a formal communications Quot to Swiss authorities to request a permanent freeze on the Money while litigation is under Way. Eleven More graft charges were expected to be formally filed in court today Chavez said. Meanwhile the youngest daughter of Imelda Marcos and her late husband Ferdinand Marcos arrived in Manila the fifth member of the family to return from nearly six years of exile. Irene Marcos Araneta 31, flew in aboard a malaysian airlines flight from Kuala Bumpur with her two sons a 8-year-old Luis and 7-year-old Alfonso. She was met at the Airport by her Mother and other members of the  vow Ira bombs won t ruin Christmas by Richard o Mara the Baltimore Sun London the Ira is like the Clinch it is trying to steal Britain s Christmas and As it was with the infamous though eventually rehabilitated villain created by the late or. Seuss nobody Here thinks they will succeed. Quot we re a pretty stubborn Bunch in England Quot says Brian Hudspith a spokesman for Marks amp Spencer s department store. A a we re going to conduct life As Normal. We re determined that the terrorists won t  conducting life As Normal becomes More and More difficult As bombs go off with increasing frequency in and around London. Yet the response on the part of the working and shopping Public seems to be a very British determination to carry on despite the danger. Monday in probably the worst incident in England since last Winter s Ira bombing Campaign an explosion ripped up a track near British rails biggest Junction Clapham Junction in Southwest London. It happened at 6 ., 15 minutes after a telephoned warning from someone claiming to be with the Irish Republican . The Ira is carrying out its threat to take its War against British Rule of Northern Ireland to London. Hundreds of thousands of workers and shoppers were unable to get into Central London or got there hours late after the monday blast. Margaret Hodge a spokeswoman for the association of London authorities said the disruption of the commuter flow would be costly to London s business. About 40 percent of London a commuters travel into the City by rail either directly or by connecting with London a massive underground subway system. But the Clapham bombing was t All. Also monday the underground in response to a warning closed All 13 of its stations that intersect with British rail. The closures which lasted from 6  To 9.30 ., affected nearly a million people. About 800.000 people pour through the subways 300 stations every weekday during that time. Soviet Navy sails into sea of capitalist style finance Moscow up the soviet Navy facing the Prospect of shrinking defense budgets launched its own capitalistic commercial business monday to bring in extra Cash the soviet news Agency Tass reported. Quot to improve its financial position the soviet Navy decided to engage in business Quot Tass said. Adm. Igor Makhonin the Navy a Dep Uty commander for logistics said the Navy had set up a holding company called Navy con to invest in various commercial ventures including shipping transport meatpacking and food processing and manufacturing consumer goods. Makhonin who also is president of the new company said the firm will buy raw materials and technology from the Navy and other branches of the soviet armed forces. Remnant of a disaster an empty life raft bobs in Waters off the coast of Saofaga Egypt on monday As an egyptian naval vessel passes nearby. More than 400 passengers Are missing m a Quot Sundy Oft Saofaga. . Navy aircraft joined egyptian Rescue teams monday in searching for survivors in the shark infested red sea