European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday March 7, 1992 up in the air former soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev lifts a girl who handed him a welcoming bouquet on thursday night. Gorbachev who is making an eight Day visit to Germany was met by the girl As he headed for a dinner engagement at the Bonn Home of German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher. 5 tourists attacked in Kenya Nairobi Kenya apr a gang armed with Machete like weapons and clubs has attacked five British belgian and South african tourists camping in a game Park officials said Friday. Police and game wardens caught two suspected attackers and continued searching for an estimated three others. They also recovered the tourists passports and air plane tickets said spokesman Jeremiah Matagoro. The tourists reportedly were not seriously injured. The incident thursday at the Buffalo Springs game Park 136 Miles North of Nairobi was the latest in a string of attacks on tourists in Kenya most of which have occurred in the southwestern Masai Mara Reserve. Study determines exercise helps men avoid strokes London apr men who exercise at least three times a week Are up to 60 percent less Likely to suffer a stroke than their More sedentary Peers according to a British study released Friday. The findings published in the British medical journal Back up reports showing the benefits of exercise extend beyond reducing the risk of heart attacks said or. Gerry shaper a professor of clinical epidemiology at London a Royal free Hospital school of Medicine. Shapers study of More than 7,730 men Ages 40 to 59 also found exercise lowered the risk of stroke among men who suffer from heart disease. But the benefits varied depending on the level of exercise. Vigorous workouts such As jogging or biking reduced the risk of stroke by 60 percent. Men who walked daily or participated in a sport at least once a week were 40 percent less Likely to suffer a stroke. It came one Day after the United states issued a travel advisory warning . Citizens to use caution when visiting this East african nation and to stay away from the Masai Mara Reserve. Germany and Britain have issued similar warnings. The attacks come at a bad time for Kenya whose Economy depends heavily on tourism and which also is suffering from rising political violence. Tourism has become kenyans largest foreign Exchange earner bringing in an estimated $400 million last year. The latest incident occurred shortly after Midnight wednesday when about five men armed with Machete like Blades and Short clubs attacked the tourists in their tent and stole their  to help cemetery Issue Jerusalem apr former Secretary of state Henry Kissinger has promised to help Stop construction of a shopping Center Over an old jewish cemetery in Germany an israeli member of parliament said Friday. The legislator rabbi Menachem Porush said he called Kissinger on wednesday to ask him for help. A the Kissinger said he would do whatever was necessary a Porush said. The rabbi said Kissinger told him that he planned to travel to Germany this month and take up the Issue with German authorities. Kissinger who is jewish was born in Germany in 1923 and fled the nazis in 1938. He served As Secretary of state from 1973 to 1977. The cemetery in the Northern German City of Hamburg dates to the 17th Century and contains about 4,000 grave Sites Porush said. City officials say they have no Legal grounds to refuse a building permit because the Hamburg jewish Community and jewish Trust corp. Sold the property to investors in the 1950s. Swiss military cuts exercises after near collision Bern Switzerland apr air Force officials have halted some exercises pending an investigation of the near collision of a fighter Jet and a Swissair plane with 111 people on Board. The Swiss air Force Tiger Jet came within 165 feet of the a310-200 Airbus near the Border with France on thursday said air Force spokesman Hans Rudolf Hae Berli. The planes were flying at 19,800 feet in Clear weather about 8 45 a.m., officials said. Neither Pilot apparently was aware of the approach of the other plane. Swissair spokesman Herbert Schmell said that the Airbus did not have to change course and that apparently no passengers noticed the incident. The flight carrying 101 passengers and a 10-member Crew was in route to London from Geneva. Air Force chief Werner Jung announced a halt to some military exercises while authorities  fails to help condition of Israel s begin from wire reports Jerusalem a former prime minister Menachem begins condition worsened Friday Israel radio reported. Begin 78, has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit of Tel Avivm Sichikov Hospital since suffering a heart attack tuesday. Late thursday doctors gave him a pacemaker to Stop irregularities in his heartbeat said health ministry spokesman Hagai Elias. Begin was in serious but stable condition Friday morning but remained hooked up to a Respirator Elias said. On Friday afternoon Israel radio said begins condition had worsened As a result of weakness of the heart muscle. It said his condition was a serious but less than  it did not  belgian government Brussels Belgium a King Baudouin directed a mediator to form a new government after rival parties broke a 3-month-old stalemate Friday Ana agreed to reassemble their coalition with a slim majority in parliament. The mediator Jean Luc Dehaene is expected to head the coalition government ending the 13-year term of fellow dutch speaking Christian Democrat Wilfried Martens Europe a longest serving prime minister. The socialists and Christian democrats which also made up the outgoing coalition voted to form a new government. Each party has French and dutch speaking  jailed for smuggling Sydney Australia a a lebanese priest who smuggled nearly $1.5 million of heroin to Australia in suitcases was jailed Friday for a minimum of Ivi years. Nicholas Al Yanni 39, wept quietly in District court when the judge referred to the Eastern greek orthodox priests wife and family. A it is of course regrettable that your family in Lebanon will be deprived of your support and Comfort for Many years to come a Justice James Sinclair told the prisoner through an interpreter. A but As sure As night follows Day that must be the consequence of your own  Disney dispute Paris a construction companies engaged in a contract dispute with euro Disneyland deployed trucks thursday to Block Access routes to the soon to open theme Park. Police said 15 vehicles blocked a Highway East of Paris for about two hours during the morning. The companies said 50 vehicles joined the protest and created a traffic Jam 12 Miles Long. The protest was organized by 16 contractors who have United to demand $157 million in Cost overruns. The companies who claim to represent about 300 subcontractors have threatened to disrupt the april 12 opening of the  Dies in London London a Robert Beatty a craggy faced actor who often played Tough Guy movie roles has died in a London Hospital. He was 82. Manager Thelma Wade said Beatty died tuesday night after being stricken with pneumonia. Beatty bom in Hamilton Ontario came to London in 1937 to train for the stage. Early in world War ii he worked on the British broadcasting  North american service describing the London Blitz to americans. His films included Odd Man out Captain Horatio Hom Blower something of value 2001 a space Odyssey and where eagles  have an aids virus Johannesburg South Africa a Many Lions in South africans pee tier wildlife Park have the feline version of aids but experts say there is no cause for alarm. The Star newspaper reported thursday that veterinarians recently tested about 60 Lions at the Kruger National Park and found 90 percent of them tested positive for feline immunodeficiency virus