European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes thursday april 23, 1992 Canada drops command in Europe to 1 Star level world plane bombs British ship injuring 6 in sea exercise from wire reports London a six sailors were Hurt when a Royal Navy fighter plane accidentally bombed the British Light aircraft Carrier Ark Royal during a training exercise the defense ministry said tuesday night. The Carrier was hit monday night in the Eastern Atlantic by what a ministry statement described As a Small practice bomb released by a sea harrier fighter. The bomb hit the flight deck and penetrated to the mess deck where the sailors were standing the statement said. The newspaper the daily Mirror described the bomb As a 10-Pound  garbage mounts Athens Greece a the government on tuesday empowered local governors to take All necessary measures to gather garbage that has piled up in City streets during a 13-Day countrywide strike by garbage collectors. The possible measures include requisitioning privately owned machinery and hiring temporary workers. Garbage collectors Are demanding higher wages and exemption from paying taxes. The government says it cannot end its economic austerity program. About 30,000 tons of trash have piled up in Athens streets  ban lifted Nairobi Kenya a . Mercy flights resumed to Southern Sudan on tuesday after the country a government partially lifted a ban on air deliveries of food said senior official Thomas Eck Al. Eck Al of . Operation lifeline Sudan said a twin Otter with about a ton of supplies flew to Kobo near ethiopians  eateries spread Beijing a Kentucky Fried Chicken the first Western fast food restaurant in China plans to open stores in other cities following its Success in Beijing and Shanghai an official report said wednesday. The announcement came the Day before Mcdonald a is to open its first restaurant in Beijing. Mcdonald s first China outlet began serving two years ago in the Southern City of  official kills self Bucharest Romania a loan Tot one of 21 members of sex dictator Nicolae Ceausescu a politburo sentenced to jail terms this week has committed suicide the state news Agency rompers reported tuesday. Tot a former foreign minister and communist propaganda chief was sentenced to 16 years in prison monday for his part in the attempted suppression of the dec. 1989 anti communist  jumping dispute Mana pools Zimbabwe a Zambia is allowing bungee jumping off an historic Bridge at Victoria Falls angering Parks department officials in neighbouring Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe rejected an application by a new zealand firm to Start commercial bungee jumping at the Bridge said Ann Moore chief tourist officer with the National Parks department. But the company got clearance to operate on the zambian half of the Bridge Over the Zambezi River she said. The River serves As the Border Between the two  makes Maiden trip Madrid Spain a Spain a High Speed train completed its first regular run tuesday Between the capital and Seville in just under three hours a cutting four hours off the Normal train trip. Travelling at an average Speed of 155 Mph the train covered the 290-mile journey in 2 hours 46 minutes said Charo Delgado spokeswoman for the National train company. She said 95 percent of the 329 seats were occupied. By Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau a one Star general will replace a two Star general july 1 As commander of Canadian forces Europe reflecting the gradual withdrawal of Canadas combat troops from the continent. All 11 commanders since the commands establishment in 1970 have been major generals. The current commander air Force maj. Gen. Brian l. Smith will be promoted to lieutenant general the forces announced. Smith will become the new Deputy commander of North american aerospace defense come or Norad at Peterson fab in Colorado they said. Smith who turned 52 on wednesday served from 1986 to 1989 As commander of the Canadian North Norad Region and a fighter group at North Bay Ontario. He is a native of Winnipeg Manitoba. Air Force Brig. Gen. J. Claude Thibault commander of 1 Canadian air div since last july will retain his current rank and become the forces new european commander a forces spokesman said. Thibault is from Larder Lake Ontario. By Chris Hedges the new York times Cairo Egypt a president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt said tuesday that there was a a Ray of Hope for a Resolution to the current impasse Between Libya and the United nations Over two suspects wanted in the 1988 bombing of a pan am jetliner. But commenting As he emerged from a meeting with the libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi in the egyptian coastal town of Sidi Barr amp in Mubarak conceded that a the matter needs  a your talks were a continuation of meetings Between us and Libya to escape the current dilemma the imposition of the air embargo a Mubarak said. The meeting was the first trip the libyan Leader has made abroad since sanctions were imposed april 15. And Western diplomats said it appeared to be an Effort by Qadhafi to show that he is not completely isolated by the outside world and can still discourse with other a change of command ceremony at the forces Headquarters in Lahr Germany is scheduled for july a Canada Day. It will be held in conjunction with Holiday festivities marking the 125th anniversary of the nations founding in 1867. Thibault a replacement As division commander is air Force col. George h. Adamson an Ottawa native who now is the Canadian forces base Lahr commander. Adamson also will retain his present rank. Canada plans to close its Only two european bases both located in southwestern Germany in 1993 and 1994, respectively. The government also announced in february that it will withdraw All its troops from Europe. The forces european contingent peaked at More than 8,000 troops in 1989. It now has about 6,300 troops and about 2,200 Are to be withdrawn during the next few months. By the end of the summer of 1993, the forces expect to have Only 800 troops at the two bases in Germany. A they will simply be concerned with the closeout a said army maj. Norbert Cyr a spokesman at forces Headquarters in Lahr. Arab leaders. A there was Little of substance a a Western Diplomat said. The . Security Council barred commercial aircraft from entering or leaving libyan airspace called for a reduction in libyan embassy staff abroad and banned the Sale of military hardware to the country after the libyan government refused to turn Over the two suspects to the United states or Britain. In addition to demanding the extradition of the two men Abdelbaset Ali Al Mezrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fahimah in the bombing of the jumbo Jet Over Lockerbie Scotland the Security Council has also called on the libyans to assist a French investigation into the bombing of a Uta jetliner Over niger in 1988. The two bombings killed 441 people. The meeting which one Diplomat called a theatrics a does not appear to have offered any breakthrough to the current impasse. The big chill Quot Young visitors to expo �?T92 study a piece of iceberg ent pre Cut pieces brought by cargo planes from the on display tuesday at the chilean Pavilion. The ice Antarctic continent it is refrigerated by an air Cool Berg weighs 60 tons and was assembled from differ ing system at the exposition in Seville Spain. Mubarak finds Ray of Hope in solving libyan-. Deadlock