European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday april 24, 1992 . To reopen consulate in far East russian port from wire reports Vladivostok Russia the United states has received permission to reopen its consulate in the port of Vladivostok this summer the regional governor said thursday. American diplomats will work out of a former communist party Dacha a a summer House in the county a while negotiating a permanent location Pri Mirskiy territory gov. Vladimir Kuznetsov said in an interview. The far East port was closed to foreigners until 1991 because of its Large soviet naval base on the sea of  workers on strike Paris a thousands of French Dock workers went on strike wednesday paralysing most of the country sports. The communist backed general workers confederation called on Frances 8,300 Dock workers to conduct the work stoppage in protest of government plans to revise a 45-year-old statute governing the  treasure recovered Montevideo Uruguay a Gold coins and ingots Worth an estimated $15 million have been recovered from a sunken Spanish Galleon and the total yield May reach $1.2 billion an Argentine oceanographer said wednesday. A yesterday we brought up 452 coins two circular ingots and one rectangular ingot a said Reuben Collado who discovered the Galleon Al Preciado which was sunk by pirates and buried in the mud of the River plate for 200  Tower warning Pisa Italy a Pisa a famed leaning Tower could collapse without warning a team of experts announced wednesday. The committee of 13 International experts headed by italian professor Michele Jamiolkowski said in a communique that a the Pace of the towers Tilting is  they added that a there is a danger of a structural collapse with no notice similar to what happened to Pavian a Bell  the 250-foot, 900-year-old Cathedral Tower in neighbouring Pavia collapsed in March 1989, killing three . Egg Tosser fined Eastleigh England a a student who hit prime minister John major with an egg was fined wednesday and ordered to pay the Cost of cleaning majors suit. John Mcintyre 25, of Portsmouth admitted throwing the egg at major on april 6, three Days before the National election. The egg hit major on the right Side of his face and oozed Down Over his clothing. Mcintyre was fined 100 pounds $175 and ordered to pay 10 pounds $17.50 for the suites  bans Germany Nicosia Cyprus a Iran has barred Germany from participating in a Tehran Book show retaliating for being banned front the International Book fair in Frankfurt last year. The official islamic Republic news Agency said wednesday that at least 565 publishers from 26 countries will be represented at the May 5-18 a Tehran International Rook  traveler arrested Katmandu Nepal a a Bangkok bound German paid a heavy Price monday for throwing up at the Airport when customs officials found 34 capsules of hashish in his vomit and immediately arrested him police said. The suspect Alfred Chi Ritach was arrested by authorities at Katmandu International Airport officials said. Chernobyl Accident killed up to 8,000, official says Moscow a the 1986 Accident at the chernobyl nuclear Power Plant caused 6,000 to 8,000 deaths in Ukraine a ukrainian government minister said wednesday. Georgy Goto chits the min sur for the chernobyl cleanup spoke at a news conference in Kiev marking the sixth anniversary of the april 26, 1986, Accident. His comments were reported by the itar Tass news Agency. The health effects of the worlds worst nuclear Plant Accident have been a subject of debate for years. One of the major problems Western experts said is that soviet health statistics from the time before 1986 Are an unreliable base for comparison. The official death toll is 32. But scientists and politicians in Ukraine previously have claimed the actual figure is at least 250 and could be 10,000. Goto chits also said death rates among people who joined the cleanup Are three to five times higher than their Peers. The ukrainian government has announced a Competition to find the Best Way to keep radioactive particles from escaping from the steel and Concrete casing Over the reactor which exploded and burned. Three other reactors remain in operation at the chernobyl Plant. After a fire that destroyed much of the roof Over the no. 2 reactor last october the ukr Nian parliament voted to close the Plant by 1993. 60 jews protest construction of stores on cemetery site German police carry away a jewish demonstrator in Hamburg. Hamburg Germany apr about 60 orthodox jews demonstrated wednesday at the site of an ancient jewish cemetery in Hamburg to protest construction of a shopping Center police said. Orthodox jews from Britain Belgium and Switzerland have held a series of demonstrations at the site of the 17th-Century cemetery where they say up to 4,000 jews Are buried. Police said the latest demonstration was peaceful. A Day earlier police carried two protesters away forcibly for lying Down to Block an excavating machine. Last week a Hamburg administrative court ruled the site had lost its status As a cemetery because the local jewish Community had sold it to private developers in 1950. Developers Buell and Liedtke stopped construction at the site in March to await a ruling. After the court ruled the developers offered to sell the site Back to the jews but the offer was rejected. The developers also promised to preserve any remains found at the site for reburial and construction was resumed this week. Despite the court ruling the orthodox jews insist that the local jewish Community had no right to sell the site in the first place and that under their Laws a cemetery retains its status forever. Koreans Bury remains from old War Seoul South Korea apr the souls of 126,000 koreans killed by japanese Samurai 400 years ago were honoured wednesday in a service of requiem. A we apologize sincerely a japanese Condover Kaki Numa Senshin said in a memorial speech. As part of the ceremony thousands of the ears and noses preserved in Salt were buried at a cemetery outside the Southern port City of Pusan Yon Hap said. Japanese warriors invaded the korean Peninsula in 1592 and 1597, killed tens of thousands of koreans and took Home their ears and noses As War trophies and for rewards. The ears and noses had been buried in a shrine in Kyoto Japan and were brought Back two years ago. Buddhists said the souls of 126,000 koreans had wandered Between Japan and the korean Peninsula looking for their ears and noses and unable to enter the spiritual world. Beijing gets a taste of Mcdonald s Beijing up a crowds of the hungry and the curious jammed into Beijing a first Mcdonald a restaurant for the grand opening thursday s More than 1,000 people pressed irtes the gleaming downtown outlet As paper Lions danced a children a chorus Sang and hundreds of employees in Candy Cane striped uniforms shouted in unison a a Yuanying in Dao Maidan lao a chinese for a Welcome to  a group of american students in Beijing had staked out the Entrance trom 5 30 . But the first customer to reach the counter behind the company a Clown Mascot Ronald Mcdonald was Zhang Tao 22, who or dered a Chicken Sandwich and a sundae. A chinese people like eating Chicken better than beef a said Zhang a hotel worker. A but the burgers Here Are Good  the restaurant on the famed Wang using shopping Street near Central Tiana men Square is the first in Beijing. Mcdonald a opened its first China outlet in 1990 in the Southern City of Zhenzhen near Hong Kong and a second there opened this week. A meal of a hamburger Fries and a soft drink costs the equivalent of $2 to $3, expensive for workers whose monthly wage averages $35