European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes tuesday february 11, 1992 Japan opposition seeking to exploit latest scandals Tokyo up a opposition parties threatened monday to press Nome their advantage and oust prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa after a candidate from his governing Liberal democratic party was soundly Defeated in a by election that became a litmus test of Public outrage Over alleged bribery affairs. Yukihisa Yoshida who gave a thorough drubbing to the lip candidate turned the Campaign into a referendum on the series of scandals that have swept up senior lip members repeatedly ripping the governing party for its a corrupt  one close political ally of Miyazawa a has been indicted two others Are also said to have accepted bribes and opposition lawmakers have brought All business in the diet Japan a parliament to a standstill to Force the lip to summon senior politicians to testify on their involvement. Yoshida a member of the Rengo no Kai party sailed to an easy Victory sunday in the Western District of Nara garnering 51 percent of the vote. The lip Candi Date Nobuhara Enoki had 37 percent and Mitsuko Imai of the Japan communist party took 12 percent of the vote. A we Are not ounce for the _ _ largest opposition party. A the Victory was just a first step. We Are prepared to introduce a motion of no confidences if Miyazawa does not yield. Spokesmen for the democratic socialist party and the Komei party also said their parties would press for a vote of no Confidence a or perhaps move to dissolve the diets powerful lower House a unless lip politicians Are summoned to testify. The election which was held to fill a Post vacated by the death of the former Rengo no Kai legislator was widely regarded As a measure of Public sentiment in the sunup to the upper House election in july. The lip lost its majority there in 1989 for the first time since its inception after party members a including Miyazawa who was then finance minister and Deputy prime minister a were forced to step Down from the Cabinet for their involvement in a shares for favors scandal. The party had hoped to recoup its losses and regain a majority but recent developments make that nearly impossible now. Opposition politicians have vowed to Hammer away at the lip in the diet. The opposition has demanded that the lip agree to summon Fumio Abe and others to testify. Abe was indicted feb. 1 on charges of accepting bribes from Kiowa co., a now bankrupt steel Frame maker. Police say Abe who was a Cabinet minister at the time took $634,000 from the firm and in return provided privileged information regarding government initiated construction projects. At least two other politicians accepted bribes from the company according to press reports citing sources in the prosecutors office. A separate scandal involving massive Loans to gangsters and alleged payoffs to politicians by the same trucking firm boiled a ice rep tons of up to $60,000 from the company. Ing firm boiled Over sunday when the Kyodo news service reported five politicians received Dona Miyazawa elected prime minister in november has seen rejected every major piece of legislation he has sponsored. World six injured in attack on Bonn rightist rally from wire reports Bonn Germany a at least six people were injured during violent clashes in Bonn Between 100 Ultra right wingers gathered at an anti foreigner protest and a group of counter demonstrators a police spokesman said sunday. He said that the violence started when a group of masked people among the 500 counter demonstrators hurled stones at the participants in the demonstration. The protest was called by the Ultra right Wing free German workers party under the slogan a against integration of  behind schedule London a the Channel Tunnel will not be ready for its scheduled opening on june 15,1993, eur Tunnel announced monday. The company said the $16 billion project has been delayed by the Lack of Progress made by the construction firm Tel. Eur Tunnel said it hoped the Tunnel would be open by the end of the summer in 1993.More troops for n. Ireland London a another battalion of 600 troops is being sent to Northern Ireland where 27 people have died this year in political and sectarian violence Security sources said monday. The ministry of defense will not comment on troop deployments but Security sources said the addition of the 2nd battalion the Queens regiment will bring the total number of army troops in Northern Ireland to almost 12,000. Monument defaced a Man going for a sunday stroll passes a Berlin memorial to socialists who were killed in the Eastern part of the City during the nazi Era. Vandals smeared the Stone with swastikas Friday. The inscription in German reads a the dead remind  news of affair boosts politician s popularity London up a the popularity of Liberal Democrat party Leader Paddy Ashdown has soared since he admitted an extramarital affair that took place five years ago a poll for sundays Independent newspaper said. The Independent on sunday poll also showed More Public distaste for press coverage of the affair than for the activities of Ashdown a former Captain in the Royal marines and now Leader of Britain a third ranked party. The poll also showed a slight increase in nationwide support for the Liberal democrats As a party up from 13 percent four weeks ago to 15 percent in fridays follow up Survey. Ashdown whose wife has stood by him during the Saga has seen his personal rating As a future prime minister climb significantly from 34 percent to 47 percent according to the poll. The surge pushed him ahead of the Leader of the county a a main opposition party labors Neil Kinlock whose rating climbed from 32 percent four weeks ago to 34 percent Friday. However he still trails conservative prime minister John major whose popularity remains stable at 55 percent. The Liberal democrats could hold the key to forming a coalition government with either the conservatives or labor in the event of a split vote in a general election which must be held by mid july. Ashdown admitted last week that he had an affair five years ago with his then Secretary Patricia Howard after documents describing the Romance were stolen from his lawyers office. Two suspects Simon Leo Berkowitz and his sex wife Maria Watson were charged Friday in a London court with handling the stolen documents. Lebanese villages Cut off As More Snow hits Region Beirut Lebanon apr Rescue teams battled avalanches and 26 feet of Snow to relieve marooned villages in Lebanon As disastrous blizzards in the Eastern Mediterranean area dumped More Snow on Syria Jordan and Israel. The lebanese civil defense said two rescuers died overnight in a Snow Avalanche near Hiz Zirta in Central Lebanon. A Man froze to death in that Village bringing to 23 the total number of blizzard related fatalities since . Weather forecasters expected the storm to begin ebbing today but said temperatures would remain lower than Normal for february in Turkey Syria Jordan Israel and Lebanon the lebanese Interior ministry described the snowstorm the third this sea son As the worst in living memory. Elsi where in the Region it has been Dubbe the harshest Winter in 40 years. On the highest lebanese Mounta peaks Snow was reported 50 feet deep. To open the main Beirut Damascio Highway and reach Central villages suffer ing severe shortages syrian troops teared up with lebanese soldiers and re cues to Clear 26 feet of Snow. But the task was hindered by to Snow and Frost. Lebanese rescuers pushing Beshir bulldozers and cranes were trying reach Hiz Zirta and Many other nearby i Lages isolated for More than a week. T1 villagers were urgently appealing i food Medicine and fuel