European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world the stars and stripes monday april 13, 1992japanese legislator Dies in stabbing daughter held from wire reports Tokyo Shinjiro Yamamura chairman of the powerful House of representatives budget committee was stabbed to death by one of his daughters Early sunday a police spokesman said. Yamamura 58, died of Stab wounds inflicted by a Kitchen knife to his neck and Chest at his Home in Sahara 45 Miles West of Tokyo officials said. Police arrested Kirio Yamamura his 24-year-old daughter on suspicion of killing her father. Police knew of no motive for the killing but Yamamura a wife told them Kirio who was found wandering nearby in her pyjamas had been undergoing psychological treatment at a  threatens towns le6n, Nicaragua a the eruption of Cerro negro intensified Early saturday throwing fire thousands of feet into the sky spewing car sized boulders and raining hot Sand onto surrounding villages and Countryside. Residents fled the area and the government declared a state of emergency. The red Cross ref it sorted that 20 people were injured by roofs col lapsing from the weight of the Sand and Ash. The half mile High Cerro negro 35 Miles Northwest of Managua the capital erupted unexpectedly Early , kurd protest Bonn Germany a about 20,000 people most of them turks demonstrated in Bonn on saturday to protest what they called pro kurdish policies of the Bonn government while kurd demonstrated elsewhere in Germany against the Ankara government. In Berlin a group of 40 kurd said they had started an unlimited hunger strike. Meanwhile in Hamburg 500 people took to the streets to protest the turkish army a recent bombing raids in the predominantly kurdish Southeast of the country. The German authorities recently suspended All military deals with the Ankara government after the turkish armed forces attacked villages in Southeastern Turkey in a crackdown against kurdish  Dinar shrinking Belgrade Yugoslavia a the Federal government announced sunday that it would devalue the yugoslav Dinar reflecting inflation that has rocketed above 170 percent. As of monday one German Mark to which the Dinar is pegged will buy 200 dinars compared with 85 dinars previously. The Economy of Serbia the dominant Republic is in ruins. Authorities there have financed the yugoslav army a War against croatian Independence by printing new  resume in Kuwait Kuwait a the trials of More than 100 people accused of collaborating with iraqi occupation forces opened saturday resuming a process suspended last year after Sharp criticism from human rights groups. The three judge state Security court adjourned after hearing claims of innocence from two of the seven defendants at the opening session. No Date was set for the next hearing but judge Salah Al Fahed said it would be held before the end of the month. It was the first hearing on suspected collaborators since martial Law was lifted last june and the civilian tribunal took Over the cases from a special military court. Unlike the martial Law courts defendants can Appeal rulings by the civilian judges. Peruvian legislative Deputy slain by masked gunmen Lima Peru apr masked gunmen killed a member of president Alberto k. Fujimori a party saturday in the first slaying of a politician since Fujimori began his military backed crackdown a week ago. The attack against congressional Deputy Roberto Lui we apparently carried out by leftist guerrillas raised concerns about a possible violent backlash to Fujimori a attempts to control dissent and crush drug traffickers and rebels. Former president Alan Garcia in hiding since Fujimori a Power move called for civil disobedience in a letter to militants of his Arista party whose members Are believed to be Well armed. Later leaders of the Senate and chamber of deputies were released from House arrest. Fujimori suspended the Constitution Congress and courts april 5, saying corrupt and inept politicians and judges hampered his efforts to improve the Economy and fight drug traffickers and the shining path leftist guerrillas. Fujimori a actions were backed by the military and received widespread popular support but have been condemned by opposition groups and Many foreign governments. The United states has suspended $45 million in new Aid to Peru. The organization of american states planned to meet in Washington today to discuss possible sanctions. It was not immediately Clear whether wuss killing was in response to Fujimori a crackdown or was another attack in the 12 years of insurgent violence that have claimed More than 25,000 lives. We was killed with three shots As he ate lunch in a Market with his son. Two people at nearby tables were also killed witnesses said. Major reshuffles his Cabinet adds 2 women in Liberal shift London apr prime minister John major has named a new Cabinet bringing in two women and dropping several senior figures in a big shake up following his conservative party a fourth straight election Victory. Major assembled a 22-member lineup that is somewhat More Liberal than his previous Cabinet. It had been largely inherited from Margaret Thatcher whom he succeeded 16 months ago before leading the party to Victory in thursdays National election. Major in making his announcements on saturday dropped the former defense Secretary Tom King 58, and the former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker 57, both close Thatcher aides. The More Liberal shift in the Cabinet was particularly reflected in the dismissal of Baker a right Winger and Strong critic of the november 1990 political revolt against Thatcher. Major named Malcolm Rivkind 46, a prominent scottish conservative and former transport Secretary As new defense Secretary and Kenneth Clarke 51, As Home Secretary a key Job that includes responsibility for immigration and Law and order. The two women health Secretary Virginia Bottomley 44, and employment Secretary Gillian Shephard 52, Are Bottomley the first women in the Cabinet since Thatcher was ousted in a party revolt in november 1990. In her 12 years As prime minister she named no other women to Cabinet posts. Bottomley is a former Deputy health minister and the most prominent new appointee from the Liberal Wing of the party. Shephard was a Treasury minister in the last conservative administration and a Deputy chairwoman of the party. The foreign Secretary remains Douglas Hurd 62, who has had the Post since 1989. The top finance official Chancellor of the exchequer Norman Lamont stayed in his Job despite what critics considered an unsure performance during the election Campaign which focused on Britain a continued recession. Major named Michael Heseltine the flamboyant Shephard politician who precipitated v thatchers downfall As Industry Secretary. Heseltine 59, played a key role in the Campaign for thursdays National election. He also ran against major who was endorsed by Thatcher in the succession race. But Heseltine who resigned from a Thatcher Cabinet in 1986, appears to get on Well with major. Winnie Mandela witness reportedly lied Johannesburg South Africa apr a co defendant and key defense witness in Winnie Mandela a Kidnap and assault trial says he lied in court to protect the activist a newspaper said sunday. John Morgan said that Mandela a Alibi was a farce and that she led the vicious assault on four Young men in december 1988, Johannesburg a sunday times reported. One of the victims later died and Mandela ordered Morgan to a a dump the body the paper quoted Morgan As saying in an interview. Morgan said he lied in court out of fear and because he was ashamed of not reporting the incidents to police when they happened the newspaper reported. It said Morgan was now seeking indemnity from prosecution and Protection from the government. The reported statements follow new allegations that Mandela ordered the murder of a prominent doctor who would have been a key figure in the Case. In Light of those claims police have begun re examining the doctors death which was treated As a robbery related murder. Winnie Mandela the wife of african National president Nelson Mandela has attributed the allegations to bitter and unreliable enemies and says she is innocent of  flow from mount Etna reaches second Barrier Zafferano Etna Sicily a Stream of lava from mount Etna that has been oozing toward this town for months reached a second earthen Barrier Early sunday but appeared to be slowing. Workers had furiously piled dirt onto the Barrier saturday As the lava came within a half mile of Zafferano Etna a town of 7,000 at the base of Europe a most Active Volcano. 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. . 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 Nas Simonella in Sicily. Early sunday a member of the emergency civil Protection ministry team at the site said the lava had reached the second earthen Barrier. A the lava has touched it a said the official on condition of anonymity. A it is there but it Hasni to gone  however he said the flow of lava had slowed and it was not Clear if the lava would eventually cover the second Barrier. It was built about 125 feet below the prior Barrier which was built in january and has been covered by the lava. Officials were to meet later sunday to decide whether to evacuate the town. The lava began flowing in mid december. Italian demolition experts Are studying ways to use explosives to divert the flow