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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, January 17, 1993

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                12 a the stars and stripes i world sunday january 17,1993 London up a Windsor Castle reopened saturday just two months after fire swept through the British landmark causing an estimated $90 million Worth of damage. The charred framework of St Georges Hall and the grand reception room both gutted in the nov. 20 Blaze have been made Safe. Now archaeologists Are sifting through the piles of burned rubble in search of anything that can be kept or used in the restoration process. Nothing remains however of Queen Elizabeth is private Chapel where the fire began. In place of the magnificent Chapel Organ which piped music for state banquets into the 20tbfoot-Long St. Georges Hall there is Only a gaping Hole to the ruins. ,. Special screens temporary doors and closed circuit television have been installed to allow visitors to see the fire devastation and to View workers sifting through the charred rubble. A i think people will be fascinated and awed by the utter devastation of the fire a said Hugh Roberts Deputy Surveyor of the Queens works of Art. The castles representatives believe the fire damage itself will form part of the tourist attraction. A i  be surprised if people weren to queuing up to look at these blackened remains rather than the other state apartments Quot Roberts said. Sir Patrick Palmer governor of Windsor Castle said a this is a wonderful Opportunity for people not Only to see the magnificent state apartments which have been subject to a Long refurbishment program but also to be. Able to see the results of the fire and what s happening in the Way of  t the smell of Burnt Timber was still overpowering in the two gutted Public rooms As preparations were made for the reopening of Windsor castles state apartments which House part of the Royal collection a considered one of the finest Art collections in the world. And the devastated remains of the two rooms usually open to the Public contrasted vividly with the splendor of the rooms that survived the Blaze. Some of the cast cd a 15 state apartments were reopening to the Public closed not because of fire damage but after an extensive restoration and rewiring program. These rooms bore no signs of smoke or fire damage. Tale of sex stuns Israel a Tel Aviv Israel apr a new phenomenon has burst into israeli politics the sex scandal. Still recovering from jitters Over the Allied raid on Iraq to viewers were suddenly served a decidedly different Bill of fare thursday night when Benjamin Netanyahu came on the air and talked about his extramarital affair. Netanyahu 43, is one of the Bright Young stars of israeli politics a polished articulate and with a political style that draws heavily from Bis experience As a Diplomat in the United states. He made his name As an articulate spokesman for the previous right Wing government both at Home and abroad. Now a Obi big pronounced Bce bees he is nicknamed is a front runner in the race for his liked party a nomination As Israel s next prime minister. In his Bombshell live appearance on the nightly news no Tanyana revealed that an Anonymous caller had tale a file Benjamin Netanyahu left with his wife Sarah at their wedding in March 1991. Netanyahu accused a a very senior of  in i Kudo of being behind the by All accounts it was Netanyahu phoned his wife the previous Day and blackmail attempt but refused to give himself who made the matter Public threatened to expose his affair with another woman unless he quit the race. Was there indeed an affair a there was a replied Netanyahu. A it ended some months  he refused to give any details saying he owed no one an explanation except his family. A Luis personal and will remain personal Quot he said. Sarah his wife of two years stayed away from the Media. His name. David Levy his main rival in and initiated the live to interview the March 25 party election angrily de some commentators blame Ameri Nied Media speculation that someone can influence for shifting israeli poll in his Camp was behind it. Tics from ideology to personalities. On Friday the scandal was the main a the bedroom was the last outpost front Page Story. Alongside photos of of israeli politics that had not been no Tanyana his wife and their Newborn conquered by America a wrote Nahum the bedroom was Tho last outpost of israeli politics that had not been conquered by american Nascim Barnea baby newspapers reported that the blackmailer had threatened to release a videotape of Netanyahu in an intimate situation with the other woman. The problem for political analysts is that Israel has never had a real politics and sex scandal so nobody knows How on the  this one will play. Eli Dayan a senior lawmaker in the although several leading politicians ruling labor party said the Controvert Are rumoured to have had extramarital of by signalled a the importation of the Vil fairs these never made a Media splash. Est political habits from America and a my guess is that the reaction would  be much More moderate than else a private lives have no bearing on where a said pollster Hanoch Smith Public office and this is As it should a israelis have so Many big problems be Quot he said a this is a flagrant Viola that they done to really focus on this sort Tio Nof  it s the Mother of All hungarian political parties Budapest Hungary a the mamas from p5pa want dad at work and mom at Home. So they be founded Hungary s newest political party. The National party of hungarian mothers is the brainchild of Agnes Soko Ray a native of the West can town of spa. The party was registered dec. 28 and plans to contest National elections next year even though present membership is at a modest 30 people. They re All women but men can join Somoray says. Two concerns led her to go political Somoray said Friday a the hungarian nation is becoming extinct and families need to be  the population declined from 10.62 million in 1984 to 10.33 million in 1991, the last year of published demographic statistics. The 34-year-old Mother of four and co. Organizers in papa 90 Miles West of flu the present 3 years to 10 year Peru releases american photographer Lima Peru apr an american photographer arrested earlier this month while taking pictures of a guerrilla attack on a Northern Jungle town has been released a Diplomat said. Jeremy Bigwood a photographer for the new York based Gamma Liaison photo Agency planned to return to the Init cd states late Friday a . Embassy official said. Bigwood 42, from Vashon Island wash., was arrested Jan. 8 in Moyo Bam a 450 Miles Northeast of Lima and transferred sunday to the anti terrorist police Headquarters in Lima. Police confiscated Bigwoods equipment and film when he was arrested but it was unclear whether they were returned upon his release. Police officials in Peru refused to comment. Todd Smith a reporter for the Tampa Tribune was killed in the same Jungle Region in november 1989 by maoist shining path rebels. Smith had been investigating guerrilla links to drug traffickers. Bigwood had been photographing members of the tupac Amaru revolutionary movement when they attacked Moyo Bamba on Jan. 8. At least 10 people died in the attack. The government is battling two guerrilla movements the tupac Amaru group and the larger shining path. Bigwood is a Veteran photographer who had covered guerrilla wars in Al Sal Vador and Guatemala and had been in Peru since november according to William Smith Bigwoods business manager in the United  hits . Consulate Hamburg Germany a an arsonist set fire to the . Consulate in Hamburg but caused Little damage police said Friday. Firefighters and police reacted quickly to a fire report about 9 30 . Thursday and the Only damage was a blackened Wall police said. The police statement said someone poured amp flammable liquid into a Light. Shaft of the building and set fire to it. Dap est want traditional mom and pop the arsonist apparently Cut himself roles re established. That Somoray said climbing Over a Fence because there was a in a Telephone interview would Lead to blood Trail the statement said. Population growth. The Only clue to a possible motive was we want the head of the family to be a postcard sized image of the late iranian just that earning enough to support his revolutionary Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah woman and children a she said. Khomeini left on the Fence around the Somoray said the party seeks increased consulate the statement said family allowances and an Extension of the consulate declined to comment maternity leave for working women from other than to confirm there was minor Barnea in Edioth Aharon oth. A it is conventionally thought that is Rachis have a healthier attitude than americans to the sex lives of the famous a he wrote. A the Bibi Case will enable this convention to be examined damage to the building  
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