European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday May 8, 1992 soccer match death toll lowered to 12 by officials. I a Bastia Corsica a authorities on wednesday lowered the death toll to 12 in the collapse of a stadium grandstand reportedly built in haste that transformed a French cup semifinal match from a jubilant soccer event into chaos. Corsican prosecutors tendering charges of homicide and involuntary injury opened an investigation into the catastrophe that occurred minutes before the tuesday night match Between Bastia and oly pique Marseille. International soccer officials said they would ban the Type of temporary stands used at furiani stadium. President Francois Mitterrand visited the French Mediterranean Island of Corsica which went into mourning after the Accident. Officials said the Accident left up to 800 injured 527 of them hospitalized and 15 in critical condition. In Lisbon where Monaco played Germany a Werder Bremen for the european cup winners final wednesday night flags flew at half staff and players wore Black  bands. Europe Stop soccer official uefa president Lennart Johansson said Corsica a stadium disaster underscored the need for greater vigilance of sports safety. Quot Well be watching very closely at tonight a cup final a he  governors office for upper Corsica said reports of 20 dead had resulted from a misunderstanding among the various Rescue services and incomplete identification of victims. Before visiting the stadium and a local Hospital Mitterrand thanked Rescue workers. A a Quarter Nour. It counts a he said. The top 15 rows of the 10,000-seat stands that were built in the past week swayed As they filled with foot stomping fans then collapsed like a deck of cards witnesses said. Some fans tumbled from Heights of 80 feet. Stadium officials apparently noticing the stands wobbling broadcast requests for fans to sit quietly. But the warnings perhaps not heard because of the foot stomping went unheeded. Quot the stand vibrated about three seconds then just fell Over a Antoine Casanova of Bastia said. Casanova and Rescue workers who removed the dead and injured from the twisted blood spattered wreckage claimed the stands were not solidly fixed to the ground. The stands were erected to expand stadium capacity from 8,500 to 18,000. Alain Giordanengo president of the entree use general do Midi firm that built the stands called the Accident baffling. Unidentified corsican leave Flowers outside a Bastia stadium where 12 died. A these stadiums Are built like mesh a Giordanengo told Europe-1 radio. Quot even if some crossbars done to hold they should be supported by the others. Its  however experts said vibrations the reported use of some untested material in the stands and Quick construction could explain the collapse. Prosecutors in Bastia where flags were lowered to half staff and Black Bunting was Hung on government buildings Are investigating. U. K. Spy Agency s secrecy veil m _ m # i whether robbery was involved. Lifted a bit by prime minister cease fire in Cambodia world Russia s Jack the Ripper receives death sentence from wire reports Moscow a a Man known As russians Jack the Ripper has been sentenced to death for the rape of nine women and the murder of two of them a newspaper reported wednesday. Alexander Timofeyev a former Shepherd from the russian City of Pskov received the guilty verdicts and sentence Quot indifferently and said he Hadnot expected anything else a the Neza Visi Maya gazeta Independent newspaper reported. He was sentenced april 30.blast kills 3 in Algeria Algiers Algeria a a bomb exploded wednesday at the University of Constantine in Eastern Algeria killing three people and two demonstrators died in a confrontation with police near the capital. Violence has increased across Algeria this week after 13 islamic fundamentalists were sentenced to death for an attack on a Border Post last  officials quit Guadalajara Mexico a the state Congress on wednesday accepted the resignation of 11 City Council members continuing a political debacle caused by Public outrage Over sewer explosions that killed about 200 people. All 11 Council members from the ruling institutional revolutionary party lost their jobs at the Helm of Mexico a second largest  riot Panama City Panama a thousands of protestors demanding jobs and better social services rioted for a second Day in col6n on wednesday shooting at police and throwing rocks and homemade bombs officials said. Police in the Caribbean port shot in the air and fired tear Gas to disperse the demonstrators later imposing an overnight curfew.2 killed at restaurant Sydney Nova Scotia a a gunman killed two people and seriously wounded a third at a Mcdonald a restaurant Early thursday City police said. Police blocked off the area to traffic and pedestrians shortly after the 1 . Incident and were reported searching for the gunman who apparently ran off. It Wasny to immediately known whether robbery was involved. Murky a a cd of fact and fiction. Quot we will sweep away Many of the cobwebs of secrecy which needlessly veil too much of government business a major said outlining to parliament the program of his newly re elected conservative government. A the time has come to acknowledge publicly the continuing existence of the secret intelligence service. The present chief of the Sis the Man colloquially known As pc a is sir Colin  it was the first official acknowledgement of the organization which gathers intelligence abroad and has inspired characters such As John be carry a George Smiley and Ian Fleming a James Bond. Oxford educated Mccoll 59, has been listed discreetly in who a who As a a a counsellor at the foreign office since 1977. The entry said Mccoll was previously a Diplomat in Thailand Vietnam and Polanzi. It divulged that he was a widower with four children who married again in 1985 and who likes music walking cycling Tennis and the classics. No Home address was Given. Despite majors announcement a which followed the glittering opening of the new parliament by Queen Elizabeth ii a the government did not release a picture of Mccoll. The Queen outlined a crowded legislative program containing Many of the pledges on which the conservatives scrambled to a fourth straight election Victory in april 9 elections. New Bills included Selling state owned British Coal and part of British rail and imposing further curbs on Britain a emasculated labor unions. Britain is generally ranked As the most secretive of democracies. Majors statements wednesday fell Well Short of a  Freedom of information act Long demanded by civil rights and other organizations. A to get rid of the cobwebs in the secrecy of Britain we need a modern vacuum cleaner not an old Broom a said Anthony Barnett coordinator of the charter 88 pressure group. A Only a Freedom of information acl will place the right to know in the hands of  at majors no. 10 Downing St. Office there was Little sign of a British glasnost. Asked to elaborate on the pledge to put mi6 on a a statutory basis a a spokesman said a we can to discuss  he spoke on condition of anonymity demanded by British civil servants. The Corner of the mi6 veil was lifted three years after the government acknowledged mis the organization responsible for counter intelligence activities in Britain and Northern Ireland. In december miss first woman director Stella Rimington 56, was appointed. Again no pictures a although newspapers published some hazy shots of a woman in a Raincoat. Oleg Gordievsky who defected six years ago while head of the soviet pkg by a British operation appeared on television wednesday night without a disguise for the first time. A a it a my tribute to the new openness of the British government a Gordievsky joked on Britain Schannel 4 network. Gordievsky who was a double agent described Mccoll As a Brilliant Man a who runs his service very Well  phenom penh Cambodia fighting in Central Cambodia Between Khmer Rouge and government forces halted overnight following United nations sponsored peace negotiations a . Official in phenom penh said thursday. A there were no cease fire violations. It was a quiet night in Kampong Thom a he  Speed up talks Seoul a South and North Korea agreed thursday to Exchange visitors on aug. 15, National liberation Day and also decided to set up South North Liaison offices and joint commissions to Speed up the process of rapprochement. South korean prime minister Chung won Shik and North korean Premier Yon Hyong Muk pleased with the Progress of their talks despite the failure to reach agreement on Mutual inspections of nuclear installations changed plans for a closed session and met in Public to jointly announce their agreements at a news . To Aidel Salvador san Salvador Al Salvador a president Alfredo Cristiani and . Officials have signed three agreements providing this War torn nation with $28.5 million in Aid to build peace. At the signing ceremony wednesday Cristiani promised the Money would help a the salvadorans most affected by the