European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes monday january 11,1993 rate in Europe blamed on Paris apr sounding a new alarm in the european country worst hit by aids government researchers say the disease accounts for 40 percent of deaths among parisian men age 25 to 44. Paris Large aids vulnerable homosexual population and a resistance to aids education Are cited As reasons Why France has had the most aids cases and deaths in Europe. Activists also blame the governments inadequate education efforts. Socialist officials have been criminally charged with allowing Haemophiliacs to receive transfusions of aids tainted blood in 1985. At least 300 people have died from tainted blood contributing to the 535 aids deaths of parisian men aged 25 to 44 in 1991, an increase from 358 in 1989, said Eric Hougla of the National Institute of health and medical research. Aids accounts for some 40 percent of deaths in the group. Only traffic accidents kill More Young parisian men aids killed 11,662 people in France from the Early 1980s through 199 i Hougla said. In Europe Italy had the second highest number of aids deaths by years end a 6,002. There were 160,372 aids deaths in the United slates through sept. 30, and aids is the leading cause of death among men 25 to 44 years old in Baltimore sap Francisco los Angeles and new York. Although the Pasteur Institute in Paris is a world Leader in aids research activists say the government has been slow to awake to the need for education and prevention. Or. Jean fran ois Chambon medical director of the association of research communication and action for of education the treatment of aids blamed government reluctance for delaying creation of a health education Agency until 1988. Only then did condom ads begin appearing on billboards and in movie houses. Officials have had difficulty persuading French men to accept condoms either because of personal distaste or roman Catholic traditions. It it was not until december that the health ministry _ _ a m in a i  Ign delay on resistance by school administrators. The government plans to increase 1993 funding for education and prevention by $9 million to $36 million officials . End Berlin up the . Ambassador to Germany on saturday unveiled a plaque dedicating the site of the past and future . Embassy in the former Berlin Wall a death strip next to the Brandenburg Gate. A with the fall of the Berlin Wall with its death strip that ran through this property and the unification of Germany the cold War was ended a a said ambassador Robert m. Kimmitt before unveiling the plaque which reads a the once and future site of the . Embassy  the embassy was on the 1.5-acre site next to Brandenburg Gate from 1928 to 1941, when the United states declared War on nazi Germany the embassy building formerly a Palace belonging to the prussian Field Marshall Gebhard Blitcher was destroyed during the 1945 Battle for Berlin. During the initial cold War division of Berlin the property was left vacant with the . Government retaining ownership. But following construction of the Berlin Wall on aug. 13, 1961, the embassy site was cleared of rubble and became part of the death strip designed to give East German Border guards a Clear line of fire to shoot people trying to escape to the West. With German unification on oct. 3, 1990, and plans to move the German seat of government from Bonn to Berlin the . Government decided to unify its diplomatic representation in the German capital by rebuilding the old embassy. The United states still has diplomatic premises in both former East and West Berlin. No Date has been set for rebuilding the embassy and no decision has been made on the design of the new building a . Diplomat in Berlin said. Diana seeking divorce British tabloid report Basket Case Sis Gui Schuettler at first u might appear As if Grady Hargrove is trying to score some Points during the High school game he is officiating. Actually he is trying to pry the Ball Loose after it got stuck Between the hoop and the backboard during saturday s match in Baum other Germany Between Baui Holder and the International school of Brussels Belgium. Isbos Tim Moynihan 21 watches. Is won 43-37. London apr the Princess of Wales has decided she wants to divorce Prince Charles even if it Means losing custody of their two sons the sunday Mirror says. Quoting an unidentified a senior and highly placed Contact a the tabloid newspaper report said Diana is a pushing As hard As possible to extricate herself from her marriage and the Royal  Charles Anson chief press officer at Buckingham Palace told the British news Agency press association that he would not react to a Story he had not seen. But the press association quoted unidentified Royal sources As denying the report the Prince and Princess announced last month that they were separating but had no intention of getting a divorce. British Law permits a divorce after two years of separation. Charles sister Princess Anne divorced her first husband after a two year separation and remarried last month. The sunday Mirror quoted its a senior highly placed source As saying a a divorce is definite. There is absolutely no question of her remaining married to Charles despite what appeared in the original  the paper quoted another unidentified source As saying a nah she wants is to guarantee that her exit from the marriage and the Royal family is As dignified and smooth As  the press association quoted an unidentified source a close to the Royal farm Lye As saying a this is total rubbish and is beneath contempt. Once again tabloid newspapers Are using the Royal family to fight a circulation  Premier resisting pressure to devalue franc Paris apr battling a new assault on the franc French Premier Pierre Bergovoy pledged in an interview published sunday not to devalue the French currency As Jong As he is in office. France a key Force behind the drive for a unified Europe and a common currency has battled speculation against the franc since the country a voters in september narrowly approved the maastricht treaty on european Unity. In an interview with be journal do Dimanche lire socialist Leader said a was Long As in a prime minister the franc will not be devalued. A a the franc has been attacked but has held firm and will hold firm simply because the Basic foundation of our Economy has been sound Quot he said noting a 25 billion franc $4.46 billion foreign Trade surplus last year France and Germany Europe a economic powerhouse have been buying billions of francs to prop up the currency. The franc faced new pressure last week closing at 5.60 to the Dollar Friday compared with 5.52 the week before. A a great country must have a Strong currency or i fluence diminishes. Its an Issue of dignity for France said. A if we want to build Europe on an equal footing out partners we need g robust  the socialists face a potential rout in March Hamen tary elections but leading conservatives he to gain Power also talked of a plan that would a devaluation that could boost exports but make in More expensive