European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday May 16, 1992 euro corps will strengthen nato German official says Berlin apr the French German idea to form a european military corps will become reality in 1995, and the corps missions will be composed of combat peacekeeping and humanitarian roles defense minister Volker Tihe said thursday. Although Washington and some european allies raised questions when the corps was proposed last october France and Germany Are pushing the concept ahead a with assurances that the North Atlantic treaty organization will not be diminished. In a speech to German military commanders in Leipzig rime said that forming the corps Wilt not remove any German soldiers from nato assignments. A building european Security structures is happening with not against nato. It strengthens the Alliance through a stronger european partner that can take Over More responsibility a he said. A preparations staff will Start work in july he said and Quot in 1995 the unit should be fit for action and be Able to fulfil three  he described the missions As common defense under nato deployment in peace missions and humanitarian Aid. In Paris the French foreign ministry confirmed that agreement had been reached on some operational details. The corps would operate with Quot strict respect for nato commitments said foreign ministry spokesman Daniel Bernard. Manila Philippines apr As results of the residential election continued to trickle in Friday Idel Ramos edged ahead of Miriam defensor Santiago who has called for protests against a wholesale election  with about 12 percent of the ballots counted from mondays voting Media citizens Quick count said Ramos the candidate supported by president Corazon Aquino was leading with 633,435 votes to 604,562 for Santiago. Santiago had been the front runner until the latest tally which included votes from Ramos Home province. Businessman Eduardo Cojuangco a close associate of former president Ferdinand Marcos was in third place and Marcos widow Imelda was sixth. Santiago charged that the slow ballot counting was to allow time to Rig tallies in favor of a the losing candidate a apparently Ramos. France and Germany already have a joint brigade formed in 1989, of about 4,200 soldiers. The new corps would have 50,000 to 100,000 troops. Other nations have been invited to join what is to be known As the euro corps. Interest already has come from Belgium the Netherlands Spain and Luxembourg. Contacts with Britain Are ongoing German officials said German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French president Francois Mitterrand proposed the corps last october. They Are to meet next week to decide on where the corps will be based and How to Deal with other countries applications As Well As the corps deployment and organization. Germany however is constitutionally prohibited from using its troops outside the nato area. That role is implied in the corps peacekeeping missions. Rishe said the Constitution will be changed but the leftist opposition social democrats repeated their refusal to Send German troops on Distant missions. The government does not have the necessary majorities in parliament to push through the change the social democrats said. Nonetheless German military medical units departed monday for Cambodia marking the first time Germany has contributed to a . Peacekeeping Force. The germans however will not be used As Buffer troops who could be involved in combat she called on filipinos to maintain round the clock vigils at tabulation centers to guard against cheating. Meanwhile additional troops were deployed around counting centers in Manila Friday evening after intelligence reports indicated dissidents might try to storm the buildings and Burn ballots. Charges of cheating have been mounting because of the slow count in the race for president and More than 17,000 other positions. Four Days after the election Only about 10 percent of the vote has been tabulated. Quick count officials in Southeastern Luzon said they had suspended their count after discovering the number of votes tabulated so far had exceeded the number of ballots cast in the Region. The officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said someone apparently infiltrated their operation and padded the results. They said an investigation was . Korean helicopters fired on by both sides from wire reports Seoul South Korea a four South korean army helicopters strayed across the heavily guarded demilitarized zone on Friday and warning shots were fired by guards on both sides of the korean Border . Military officials said. One of the helicopters was hit by Small arms fire and landed at a nearby South korean Airfield said a statement by the . 8th army in Seoul. The statement said it was unknown which Side hit the  dump explodes Moscow a an ammunition dump for the former soviet Navy a Pacific Fleet caught fire and exploded thursday unleashing a Cloud of yellow smoke and forcing the evacuation of thousands of families a news Agency reported. An undisclosed  of people were injured in the blast on the outskirts of the russian far East City of Vladivostok but no deaths were reported the itar Tass news Agency  charges filed Bordeaux France a two. Bordeaux men have been jailed on pimping charges for allegedly luring Young women from Togo to France with false promises of jobs then sending them to brothels in Germany officials said Friday. Judge Nicole Besset on thursday ordered Robert Delepine 48, and Serge Gale 46, held at Gra Dignan prison pending a trial court officials said. The men allegedly recruited about 10 women in Togo for unspecified jobs in France bought them one Way plane tickets and then told them after arrival that they had no Choice but to work As prostitutes in so called a Eros centers in Germany officials  for Russia Kiel Germany a a regional chapter of the German Green party has started another Relief operation that it Hopes will ease one of the Many shortages in Russia a that of condoms. A there Are hardly any contraceptives in Russia and surely none that have been electronically tested a Volker Scheicher a spokesman for the Schleswig Holstein state chapter of the environmentalist greens said  is urged Vatican City Italy a Bishops asked Pope John Paul ii on thursday to open a beatification process for one of his predecessors Pope Paul i news reports said. In the Catholic Church someone can be beatified or declared a a blessed Quot if he or she is shown to have lived Christian Virtues to a a a heroic degree. In addition a Miracle attributed to the person must usually be confirmed by the Church. Paul i was Pope from 1963 to 1978.quake hits South Pacific Canberra Australia a a major earthquake rocked the South Pacific on Friday. The australian seismological Center said the quake measured 7.2 on the Richter scale and struck the Western Region of Papua new Guinea. A geophysicist at port moresby reported minor damage.24 killed in bus fire Taipei Taiwan a a bus carrying Kinder Gart ners caught fire Friday killing 24 and injuring at least nine others state radio reported Friday. Twenty two youngsters from Taipei s healthy kindergarten and the Mother and grandmother of one of the children died in the bus when it caught fire in route to the Liufu safari Park in Taiyuan the official China news Agency  s brother Dies Paris a Philippe Mitterrand younger brother of president Francois Mitterrand died Early thursday after a Long illness the presidential Palace said. Philippe Mitterrand was a Farmer and former mayor of St. Severin. He was the youngest of seven children in the Mitterrand family. A up up and away a bust of soviet founder Vladimir i. Lenin swings moved by Stonemason Josef Kurz of Gundelfingen away from its stand in the downtown Section of who wants to set u up at his House in the Southern Dresden Germany this week. The statue was re German town. Fraud alleged in philippine election