European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday april 15, 1992 popular sex Trade Secretary party London apr former Trade Secretary John Smith announced tuesday that he will run for the leadership of the Defeated labor party following the resignation of Neil Kinlock. Smith labors finance spokesman made the announcement at a news conference at the House of commons. A it is my Strong conviction that an efficient Economy and a fair society go together. Britain can a and must a have both a he said. Smith a 53-year-old scottish lawyer on the right of the party is considered the favorite to win the contest at a special party convention in june. His main rival the party s environment spokesman Bryan Gould also 53, was expected to declare his candidacy later tuesday. ,. The fight threatens to reopen deep seated divisions Between right and left in the labor party which Kinlock took Over in 1983 and hauled Back to the Center. The 50-year-old Kinlock a welshman announced his resignation monday following the party a fourth straight defeat by the conservatives. Thursday s defeat was labors second under Kinlock. Polls during the Campaign showed Smith a soft spoken Man was More popular than Kinlock. He was also rated higher in opinion polls than the government s Chancellor of the exchequer Norman Lamont. Smith Trade Secretary for two years before the last labor government was Defeated in 1979, is one of the few leaders of the party Long out of office who has been a Cabinet minister. He suffered a near fatal heart attack in 1988, but says he is fully recovered. Smith outlined a program of modest increases in state spending and tax increases for the High income citizens on which labor fought the election. The son of a Village school official Smith was raised in Ardrishaig in Western Scotland. John Smith finance spokesman for Britain a labor party wants to succeed Neil Kinlock As party Leader. Suspected French Collaborator won t face trial on War crimes Paris apr an appellate court ruled monday that Paul Rouvier one of Frances most notorious suspected War criminals will not stand trial for alleged crimes against humanity. The ruling outraged jewish leaders and holocaust survivors who questioned Frances willingness to confront the role of French collaborators the court said there was enough evidence to support a sixth charge of complicity in the execution of seven in War crimes. No Frenchman has Ever been tried for crimes against humanity stemming from wartime collaboration in the holocaust though French police and militia leaders organized and carried out roundups of jews. Rouvier 77, headed the pro nazi militia in Lyon during world War ii. He evaded Justice for years with the help of roman jewish hostages in 1944. But it ruled the killings were not part of a a methodical extermination plan and thus not a crime against humanity meaning time had run out for a prosecution. The attorney general a office said it would Appeal the ruling to Frances highest court the court de Cassa world quake rattles Tokyo no damages reported from wire reports Tokyo a an earthquake with a preliminary Reading of 5.0 on the Richter scale Shook Tokyo and the surrounding area tuesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the 12 04 . Quake.6 die in cargo ship fire Beirut a six sailors died tuesday in a fire on Board a cargo ship unloading gasoline at a lebanese port South of Beirut. Twenty five other Crew members were rescued from the Blaze Relief workers said. The fire broke out shortly before Dawn tuesday on the maltese registered ship at the port of Jinyeh 14 Miles South of Beirut officials  Butcher show decried Moscow a a gallery exhibit where viewers watched through a Monitor As a Butcher chopped a live Piglet into tiny pieces has sparked an animal rights protest a newspaper reported tuesday. A hired Butcher a slowly relishing every moment of the fatal agony sliced and killed a pig a on saturday As people looked on from behind a Wall at the i Dzhinyan Art gallery Moskovskaya pravda  getting troops Canberra Australia a the first big contingent of australian peacekeeping troops was to leave today for Cambodia. Defense minister Robert Ray said the 121 military personnel will act under the authority of the . Transitional authority in Cambodia. Australia eventually will commit a total of 495 Iii Tail personnel to Cambodia including 65 members of an Advance . Force already stationed  population Falls Sofia Bulgaria a More than 300,000 people have emigrated from Bulgaria since travel restrictions were lifted in 1989, accelerating a decline in population caused by High infant mortality and Low birthrates the National statistics Institute said monday. Ruling in rim Ives i _ i a a Tion. A my first feeling is one of revulsion said Serge Day Ali Radist oets Dyson  n Lawver and nazi Hunter. I Xvi we. G r my a a Klarsfeld a lawyer and nazi Hunter. The charges for which the appeals court found insufficient evidence included the killing of the president of .1. No it. A n built. I Anatia in Tref in Mph Anh the French human rights league Victor Basch Anda Fly a a a n l Lippis. A a _ jewish couple and deportation of the couples son. His wife in 1944 a hand grenade attack on a synagogue in Lyon complicity in the deportation of resistance Leader Jean de filippis complicity in the killing of a Rouvier Catholic officials and was arrested in 1989 at St. Francis priory in Nice. P he was released on bail in july and reportedly suffers from prostate cancer. The appeals court said there was insufficient evidence to Back up five of the charges against Rouvier. The court said there was sufficient evidence to try Rouvier for complicity in the killings of seven jews at Rillieux la Pape on june 28, 1944. But the statute of limitations rules out trials for crimes committed so Long ago with the sole exception for crimes against humanity. Klaus Barbie the Gestapo chief in Lyon who worked with Rouvier is the Only person tried in France for crimes against humanity. Barbie a German died in a Lyon prison Hospital last year. Rouvier was sheltered for years at St. Francis priory run by followers of the late archbishop Marcel Lefebvre Leader of a Catholic fundamentalist movement. Czechoslovak Leader seeks re election Prague Czechoslovakia apr president Vic Lav Havel said tuesday that he will seek another term to keep democracy alive and the czechoslovak federation intact. A i decided to run not because i want to be president at any Cost and under any circumstances but because 1 want to contribute to the assertion of certain values a Havel told parliament As it opened its last session before june elections. He cited democracy human rights rapid economic Reform and the survival of the czechoslovak federation As his main goals. A my candidacy is. Tied to the possibility to enforce these values a Havel said. According to czechoslovak Law the Federal parliament elects the president with a minimum of a three fifths majority. In a recent interview Havel indicated he would run on the condition that his support already significant in the czech Republic would grow in the Eastern Republic of Slovakia. His spokesman Michael Yantovsky said tuesday the decision to run was recent and based on the support of a fall democratic parties in  Melbourne Australia a Man who raped an 18-year-old woman a second time because she reported the initial attack to police was sentenced to 14 years in prison monday. Robert Patrick tache 22, of Melbourne a fulfilled his victims worst Nightmare of a rapists return a said country court judge Bruce mcnab.508 haitians returned port a Prince Haiti the cuban government sent Home 508 haitian boat people monday the red Cross said. The refugees were returned in three flights to port a Prince where they were processed by immigration officials at the Airport. The red Cross gave them $15 bus fare and a month s food Aid punch  shoot Soldier Derby England a a splinter group opposed to British Rule in Northern Ireland claimed responsibility tuesday for shooting a Soldier who worked in an army recruiting office. The 43-year-old Soldier whose name was not released was in critical condition in a Hospital with a head wound. The Irish National liberation army made the claim in Telephone Calls to the British broadcasting corp. And downtown radio in Belfast