European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes tuesday february 18, 1992 world1,000 koreans sue Japan Over forced War service from wire reports Tokyo a More than 1,000 South koreans brought suit monday against the japanese government seeking an apology and compensation for the suffering of those forced to serve during world War 11 in Japan s army and As slave labourers. The unusual suit in which the plaintiffs Are not represented by attorneys does not specify the amount of monetary damages sought but demands that Japan acknowledge its responsibility to compensate the victims. The suit is being brought by 800 who were conscripted As soldiers or put to hard labor to Power Japan a War machine and about 300 of their  nets jail stay Cairo Egypt a although in court Nabil Mohammed could not restrain himself and kissed his Fiancee. It Cost him 24 hours in jail. Mohammed s Fiancee protested and asked that either Mohammed be freed or she too be jailed. Safwat Al Husseini the criminal court judge in the Mediterranean City of Dumrat chose jail and she also received 24 hours. Mohammed a 27-year-old plumber had come to the court with his teen age Fiancee to attend the trial of a brother charged with dealing in narcotics according to the Cairo newspaper Al gom Huria. The brother was acquitted and freed. Mohammed and his Fiancee whose name was not Given went to different  Carter Dies London a Angela Carter 51, whose novels included the magic toyshop the infernal desire machines of or. Hoffman and Wise children died sunday of cancer her publisher said. She was 51. Carter had been ill for a year said publisher Carmen Carlill. Her Short Story the company of wolves was the basis for a film of the same name in 1984, and her second novel the magic toyshop published in 1967, was translated to film in 1986, she is survived by her husband Mark Pearce and their son Alexander 8.Hunters flush protesters privas France a about 100 environmentalists and ornithologists watching migratory Birds pass through a Section of Southern France sunday were chased by about 2,500 Bird Hunters protesting attempts to ban their sport. A Squadron of riot police several dozen local gendarmes and other police units were deployed to keep the Hunters from attacking the environmentalists Agency France press said. The Hunters and ecologists have been locked in a fight for several years Over the Hunting of Thrush and Wood pigeons in the Arteche Region. The environmentalists want it  blast kills 5 Singapore a five Crew members on a panamanian registered Tanker were killed and 16 injured in an explosion sunday in International Waters East of Singapore police and shipping officials said. The shipping officials said nine other Crew members were missing. His mane Man s45 Kan George while Snow blankets the area of southwestern France where the Winter olympics Are being held life goes on As usual elsewhere in the nation. Here Spring cleaning gets under Way Early in Verdun in northeastern France As a worker steam cleans a tired looking Concrete lion.4 suspected Ira soldiers killed during attack on police station Belfast Northern Ireland apr four suspected Irish Republican army soldiers were shot and killed by British soldiers after they attacked a police station in Northern Ireland police said monday. Two other gunmen and a Soldier were wounded in the gun Battle  Day at Coalisland 30 Miles West of Belfast a police  Yih ree were under police guar Chya be Spital. A stray Bullet struck Atuel tank touching off a fire that gutted a nearby  Church. The deaths continue the worst sequence of sectarian violence in More than a decade in Northern Ireland the outlawed Ira has attacked police and army units in its Effort to end British Rule in the province. The police spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity said a heavy machine gun which had been mounted on a stolen truck was recovered at the scene along with several ak-47 rifles. The spokesman said that a Short time after the Coalisland police station was attacked a soldiers in uniform encountered a number of vehicles and armed men outside the town at Demaght Crossroads at a car Park at St. Patrick a roman Catholic  people living near the scene of the shootout which happened just after 11 p.m., said the gunmen were ambushed by the special air service a highly trained army unit. Witnesses told of flares lighting the night sky and said soldiers were dressed in Black. A was soon As the shooting started we ducked to the floor. The shooting went on and on and on Quot an unidentified woman told British broadcasting corp. Radio. A it lasted roughly about 10 minutes All  a it appears to have been an Sas ambush a said Francis Malloy a local councilor for sinn fein the Legal political Arm of the Ira. S a maximum Force was used when these men could have been arrested. This looks like another Case of shoot to kill. A such terrorist activities Are totally unwarranted a he said. A but the Community must remain  last week 600 extra troops were drafted into Northern Ireland and additional Covert operations were put in place in response to the upsurge in violence which has left 31 people dead this year. The recent spate of violence started when eight protestant construction workers died after a bomb planted by the Ira destroyed their minibus Jan. 17 As they travelled Home from work at a Security base. Military chiefs deployed More soldiers in county Tyrone where the latest attack occurred in an attempt to Stop Ira attacks. The Ira suffered its single worst loss in 1987 near Coalisland in the Village of Loughgall. An eight Man gang was wiped out by Sas men who were lying in wait when they bombed a police  one Friendly whale off turkish coast Synop Turkey apr anybody out there lose a Friendly whale after the 13-foot-Long creature first was spotted in the Black sea off turkeys coast on Jan. 27, Turkey asked other countries bordering the sea if they knew where the sociable whale came from. Tansu Gulpinar an official with the environment ministry said sunday that so far turkeys queries have yielded no reports of a missing whale from Bulgaria Romania and the former soviet republics which share the Black sea coast. He speculated that the whale a Beluga might have escaped from an aquarium along the sea of Azov on the Northern tip of the Black sea. But he said it was also possible the whale May be a test animal for underwater military research recalling . Experiences with dolphins which Are closely related to belugas. The whale was last seen on Friday Gulpinar said and has a slight injury to the jaw. An International search team was looking for the whale in a bid to Rescue it from the almost landlocked Black sea. Belugas natural habitat is frigid nordic Waters Gulpinar said adding that this whales friendliness showed it was used to being fed by humans. The whale reportedly has been approaching jetties to accept food offerings and allow its head to be patted. British Marine biologist Barclay Hastings an official of the worldwide fund for nature and diver Ray Gravener were to meet with environment ministry officials monday about the whale. Gulpinar said the whale was More than 5 years old judging from its mature White color. Such animals normally weigh close to a ton and consume 110 to 155 pounds of food daily. A reporter for the Istanbul daily Mil Wiyet said experts were studying How to transport the whale to the Arctic before the Black sea warms up or the whale beaches itself