European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes sunday april 12, 1992 2 killed in pileup two German firefighters look Over the twisted foggy autobahn near Hamburg on Friday two peo wreckage of cars involved in a massive crash on a pie were killed and 10 seriously injured. . Military sends helicopters to help halt lava flow in Sicily Zafferano Etna Sicily a workers furiously piled dirt onto a second earthen Barrier saturday to hold Back a Stream of lava oozing toward a town at the base of mount Etna officials said. The . Military agreed to an italian request to Send helicopters to drop 10,000-Pound Concrete barriers onto the Mountain to divert the lava flow. By saturday afternoon the molten lava was about a half mile from Zafferano Etna a town of 7,000 people at the base of Europe a most Active Volcano according to civil Protection ministry officials. It travelled about 1,000 feet Between late Friday and Early saturday the local prefects office said in a statement. Officials said they were optimistic because the lavas Speed had slowed since the previous Day. Camp of Donnell Philippines apr prisoner of War medals were pinned on 41 filipino and american veterans saturday As a memorial was dedicated to the thousands imprisoned Here after the notorious Bataan death March during world War ii. Eleven americans and 30 filipinos received the medals. Family members of three filipino veterans too old to attend the ceremony received the medals for them. Fifty four thousand filipinos and americans were imprisoned in a Broad Field Here. They marched North for More than 60 Miles from Manila through searing heat after surrendering to the japanese on april 9, 1942. About 25,000 filipinos and 2,500 americans died Here and were buried in mass Graves. The surviving filipinos were released eight months later. The americans were transferred to other Camps in the Philippines and the far East. A to us veterans who survived the holocaust this Day Brussels Belgium apr four russians including two diplomats have been accused of espionage and told to leave the country after authorities staged a nationwide sweep to smash an alleged spy ring the foreign ministry said. Quot High level technological information of military use was supplied to a foreign Power a a spokesman for the belgian attorney general a office said Friday. The russians were ordered on Friday to leave within 24 hours. They were not identified although the foreign ministry said two were diplomats and the other a still we must not make the error of underestimating the danger a said Alfio Leonardi the mayor of Zafferano Etna. The italian Cabinet declared a state of emergency in the town. The lava began flowing in mid december. Italian demolition experts Are studying ways to use explosives to divert the flow which has begun to surge Over an earthen Barrier built in january. Meanwhile . Ships in the Mediterranean Are sending two ch-46 Navy helicopters and several ch-53 Marine helicopters to drop the Concrete blocks onto the flow said . Navy it Mark Mccaffrey a spokesman at the Nas Simonella in Sicily. Is a Day filled with painful memories a said retired col. Rafael Estrada chairman of the defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. President Corazon Aquino signed a proclamation establishing the Capas National shrine in memory of those who suffered and died in the Camp located a few Miles West of Capas town in Tarlac province. The ceremony marked the end of weel Dong celebrations honouring filipino and american veterans of world War ii. The main ceremony took place wednesday at mount Samat where japanese forces broke through .-philippine defences and forced the surrender of Bataan. . And philippine forces under Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur evacuated Manila on Christmas eve 1941 after the japanese invasion and set up defensive positions in the Bataan Peninsula 35 Miles West of Manila and on nearby Corregidor Island. Macarthur and philippine president Manuel Quezon fled Corregidor to Australia before the Island fell in May 1942. Two were members of the russian Trade Mission. The government spokesman who spoke on condition of anonymity said the ring involved 11 people including several members of the belgian armed forces. Members of the alleged ring organized by the former soviet Kab intelligence Agency were seized in a nationwide raid Friday. They were being questioned by an investigating judge who will decide whether to formally charge them. World japanese Iet fighters Chiase off Cis spy plane from wire reports Tokyo a two japanese f-15 Jet fighters chased off a spy plane from the Commonwealth of Independent states that violated japanese airspace Early Friday defense officials said. The Antonov 12 aircraft entered japanese airspace at 9 41 . Over the japanese Island of Rebun 683 Miles North of Tokyo officials said. It flew East Over the Island and turned away North with the incursion lasting about eight minutes. The japanese air Force broadcast a warning message in russian to the spy plane and scrambled two f-15 eagles from its Chitose air base in hokkaido to warn off the plane they  says Bear attacked Moscow a zookeepers Are accusing a student of attacking a Polar Bear with a Kitchen knife to get its fur Ana meat according to a newspaper report saturday that underlines the desperate state of the soviet Economy. The student identified Only As Alexei said he was trying to sketch the 3-year-old Polar Bear named Lada when he accidentally fell into its Cage Moskovsky Koms molets  executes 24 Beijing a authorities in South China a Huangdong province executed 24 people in a single Day after they were sentenced at Public rallies As Highway robbers and Railroad bandits state run Media reported saturday. The reports in state run newspapers in Beijing and Canton the provincial capital said the executions were carried out Friday after courts in seven Huangdong cities held sentencing rallies.40 killed in violence Colombo sri Lanka a at least 40 people were killed Friday in two separate bombings in sri Lanka and 20 soldiers were killed in two separate ambushes by rebels in Northern regions officials said. Authorities said 25 civilians were killed when suspected rebels bombed a bus in Eastern sri Lanka. The second bomb exploded later Friday in the Colombo suburb of Maha Agama 12 Miles from the Center of the capital. Sri lankan police estimated 15 people were killed but Saia the death toll could go As High As 25. No other details were available. Nicaragua Volcano erupts Managua Nicaragua a a Volcano erupted late thursday in Northwest Nicaragua injuring at least one person and spewing Ash Over the City of Leon ranches and farms officials  kills Shepherd Jerusalem a a 12-year-old palestinian Shepherd was killed when he set off an unexploded artillery Shell As he grazed his flock in an israeli army firing zone the army said Friday. The army said the boy apparently was playing with the  to get seat belts Sydney Australia a seat belts will become compulsory in 1994 for All Long distance bus travel in Australia in an Effort to ease the severity of major crashes. State and Federal transport ministers included the requirement in a bus safety package they unveiled Friday. There have been Calls for improved safety in the Wake of three major accidents in new South Wales state since 1989 which claimed a total of 60  blast injures 3 London a three people were slightly injured in a Gas explosion Friday on an Elf enterprises Oil production platform 80 Miles off the coast of Scotland a company spokesman said. The blast in the compressor exhaust system shut Down production for about 40 minutes said Elf spokesman Alex Blake Milton. Death March memorial dedicated Belgium ousts alleged russian spies