European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 18, 1992 the stars  stripes a Page 9 Libya approves surrender of Airliner blast suspects quoted a senior libyan judge As saying a voluntary surren London zoo to close at end of september from wire reports London a the London zoo will close at the end of september the Royal zoological society said wednesday. The society said the 166-year-old zoo in regents Park could no longer survive because of heavy Revenue losses caused by a Lack of visitors. New Homes will be found for the 1,000 animals Over the next six months the society said in a statement. Whipsnade zoo near London will take Over Britain a Breeding program for endangered species the society  bribery charged Tokyo a a former Cabinet member accused of influence peddling apparently funnelled hundreds of thousands of dollars in alleged bribes to dozens of politicians a news report said wednesday. Fumio Abe is a close ally of prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa  has been charged with accepting $692,000 in bribes from a now bankrupt steel Frame company. He admitted to police he gave most of the Money to fellow politicians Japan broadcasting co. Nhok reported. Abe a former minister in charge of regional development allegedly fed Kiowa co. Information on government projects allowing the company to buy prime real estate that was sure to go up in  at museum Jerusalem a former soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev visited israelis holocaust museum had Washem on tuesday  said the experience helped him better understand israelis meaning to the jewish people. Gorbachev a visit came on the third Day of a five Day trip to Israel where he has been warmly received by israeli leaders in gratitude for his role in allowing greater emigration of soviet jews. Accompanied by his wife Raisa Gorbachev walked through the museum which chronicles the Rise of nazism in Germany  the killing of european jews during world War  Gap narrowed Bonn Germany a Trade Union  government negotiators agreed tuesday on a package that will increase the pay of Eastern Germany a Public sector workers to a proportion of 70 percent  later 80 percent of what their counterparts earn in Western Germany. Currently pubic sector employees in the former East Germany receive a salary equivalent of 60 percent of that earned by government workers in the old West Germany.12 die in Turkey Spirnak Turkey a Security forces counter attacking after a kurdish guerrilla raid on a military Post killed 11 guerrillas overnight an official in this Southeastern province said tuesday. One Soldier was killed when the guerrillas attacked the Post near the town of Idil with rocket launchers  automatic weapons said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.4 held in bombings Stockholm Sweden a police said tuesday they had arrested four Young men on suspicion of blowing up five Well known  valuable statues in Central Stockholm this year. Police did not identify those arrested according to swedish custom  no motive was Given. The men were being held on a charge of dangerous destruction of Public property which could bring up to eight years in prison said the National news Agency to. The five statues blown up in february april May  Early this month had a total estimated value of $333,000. Cairo Egypt up a the libyan general Peoples Congress passed a tentative Resolution approving the surrender of the two libyans wanted for their alleged role in bombing pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland in 1988, the egyptian daily Al Akbar reported wednesday. The libyan parliaments Resolution must be endorsed by the Basic Peoples conferences the equivalent of local councils before it could be enforced the paper said. A1 Akbar said the Resolution Calls for a turning Over a new Leaf with the United states  the West saying the two suspects could be handed Over to a a a Neutral country to stand trial. In other reports monitored in Cairo libyan radio Kuwait apr an explosion has killed five men working for a British company Clearing munitions left Over from the persian Gulf War a company spokesman said wednesday. The briton  four indians were working near an ammunition dump 33 Miles South of Kuwait City when the explosion occurred monday said Gary Dickson a spokesman for the company Royal ordnance. A sixth Man was injured. The kuwaiti defense ministry announced monday that 29 munitions experts have died  43 have been wounded in explosions. Three britons working for Royal ordnance were killed in these incidents. The company refused to release details of the late stage elements pose Rome apr severe pollution vibrations from traffic  just Plain old age could spell doom for the colosseum according to Rome Stop Art official. A a there a always a danger of parts falling on visitors a Adriano la Regina said in an interview published tuesday in the Milan newspaper corriere Della Sera. La Regina who Heads Rome a archaeological office was quoted As saying he will seek corporate donations for the estimated $40 million needed to restore the am Der by the two libyans was not against the country a Laws. He said however the decision could Only be taken by the two men Abdel Basset Al my Grahn  Lamen Khalifa Fahimah  not by libyan Leader col. Foam mar Qadhafi or the Congress. Meanwhile tunisian radio quoted the libyan ambassador to Belgium As saying that if the current session of the Congress failed to reach an agreement on the Lockerbie suspects an extraordinary session would soon be held to solve the Issue. The envoy Mohamed Al Fai Touri also said a meeting was being arranged by his country  France to arrive at a Legal solution to the 1989 bombing of a French Uta dc-10 jetliner Over niger killing 171 people. Blast pending an investigation. The tons of mines  ammunition left by the iraqis As Well As unexploded Bombl cts dropped by Allied forces have become increasingly unstable in desert temperatures that sometimes surpass 122 degrees. Royal ordnance is nearing the end of a yearlong contract thought to be Worth $100 million to Clear leftover ammunition in Kuwait City As Well As in 560 Square Miles in the Southeastern Corner of Kuwait. Dickson said the company has removed More than 1,500 tons of ammunition. The ministry said that 420,000 mines  45,000 tons of ammunition have been cleared so far  that removal wont be Complete until july 1994.threat to colosseum Phi theater which was built about the year . 75. A computer aided study of the colosseum a stress Points will be finished within a year he said. Some pieces of the colosseum fell off in 1979, but there were no injuries. Increasing numbers of italian cities  museums have sought private sector support for the maintenance of archaeological  Art treasures to offset cuts in government funding. State of Alert a guard at Albrook fab near Panama City salutes an end state of Alert after recent attacks on two soldiers officer after checking identification at the base Entrance in which one of the soldiers was killed  a protest by tuesday. . Military personnel there Are on a height panamanians during a speech by president Bush. Kuwaiti explosion kills 5 workers Clearing away munitions from War