European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 19, 1993 the stars and stripes France wants . Talks on growing crime problem from wire reports Paris a France will propose a . Conference to combat the global spread of organized crime groups like the mafia Justice minister Michel Rauzelle said monday. Rauzelle speaking on radio Monte Carlo said that he would suggest the idea to four other european Justice ministers who have been meeting with him in the Southern City of Arles since sunday. France is wonted about the spread of Italy a mafia and other criminal organizations into the 12 european Community states thanks to this year relaxation of Border controls. The meeting a attended by Justice ministers from Italy France Spain Portugal and Greece a comes three Days after police in Sicily arrested Salvatore Riina believed to be the mafias top Boss. _ sea May get new name Manila Philippines a non communist Southeast asian nations Are considering changing the name of the South China sea to discourage chinese claims to a Chain of Oil Rich islands there officials said monday. Quot there is a convergence of views on this Quot foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo told reporters. Romulo said the idea was under discussion within the six member association of Southeast asian nations which includes the Philippines Thailand Malaysia Singapore Brunei and Indonesia. He did not indicate when a decision would be made or How the proponents would lobby forthe name change. Oldest japanese turns 114 Tokyo a Tane Sikai the oldest japanese celebrated her 114th birthday in a Hospital bed monday. Her City mayor gave her Flowers. Sikai who became the nations oldest person on june 16,1992, when Waka Shirahama died at age 114, has been confined to bed since she was stricken with a cerebral Haemorrhage five years ago. An official at the Hospital in Nagoya Central Japan said Sikai can to speak Well but eats three meals a Day. She cats Rice Gruel containing various kinds of vegetables the official said. The oldest Man in Japan is Gengan Tonaki in Okinawa 108 years Ana two months old. Zimbabwe faces his threat Harare Zimbabwe a More than 1.5 million zimbabweans have contracted the virus that causes aids and up to 1,000 people Are being infected every 24 hours a research group said monday. John Fraser Mckenzie head of the commercial Farmers Union aids prevention program predicted the epidemic Wilt have Quot disastrous effects on this Southern african nation of 10.4 million people. He said transport finance marketing and the farming sector were expected to suffer a severe loss of skills Over the next accede unless the spread of aids is slowed. Comatose teen pregnant London a a teen Ager who went into a coma after she was hit by a car More than a month ago was found by doctors to be eight weeks pregnant reports said monday. Doctors confirmed the 19-year-old woman Melanie Douglas was pregnant after they conducted an ultrasound scan last week. Douglas is on a life support machine for food and water but can breathe by herself. A spokesman for the Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Oldfield near Birmingham described Douglas condition As Quot stable Quot. The spokesman said it was possible the baby could be delivered normally even if the woman does not regain consciousness. Douglas went into a coma after she was knocked Down by a car dec. 16 As she was crossing the Road near her mothers Flat on the Castle Vale Council estate in Birmingham. Loaded bus flips kills 31 Beijing a a bus overloaded with labourers flipped Over into a Pond next to a major Road in Central China killing 31 and injuring the other 20 passengers a newspaper reported. The Accident on she Shanghai Nanjing Road near Danyang City in i angst province occurred around Midnight Friday it said the saturday edition of the Xinmin Albao of Shanghai seen in Beijing on monday. Vienna Austria up a As people in Bosnia and Herzegovina fight to survive the Battier Winter Vienna a High society is again indulging in its annual soul searching and Calls arc growing for the famous Quot opern Bah Quot to be scrapped. The opera Ball last called off during the 1991 persian Gulf War is the highlight of several dozen balls throughout january and february when leading poll Ticiano Waltz the night away. This year though opera director loan Hollander has caused an uproar with Calls for the annual get together to be scrapped once and for All. For Hollander the Ball is a Quot huge  he said the opera has to close for two Days to allow for preparations and the Singer so dressing rooms stink of cigarette smoke for months afterwards. Although the government a which decides the balls Fate a is unlikely to sacrifice its annual shindig the atmosphere has been further dampened by reports that town Hall bureaucrats have drawn up a Quot Black list Quot of balls where they will be watching dance floors to ensure that numbers Are strictly within safety limits. And the almost ritual anxieties about Waltzing loosed off a round of invective from Thomas Chorherr editor of the conservative newspaper die press. Quot it will be of enormous help for raped women for concentration Camp inmates for the refugees the starving and those freezing if carnival in Vienna is subdued a Chorherr wrote in a front Page editorial. Quot the main thing is we show our bad  As Ever in Austria the squabble has political repercussions the conservative Quot Blacks treasure the annual gathering while Many Quot red socialists a although members of the government coalition a would just As soon do without the Ball. The environmentalist greens Are backing Hollender. However Ball fans needed no prompting to defend their annual gathering. Quot the whole world imitates this Ball but Here we Disney bans characters from yugoslav papers Belgrade Yugoslavia map add Mickey mouse Donald Duck and friends to the growing list of casualties from the civil War in the former Yugoslavia. Walt Disney publications has cancelled contracts and pulled its cartoon characters from yugoslav newspapers. The action was to protest the support by Yugo Ian fighters in Bosnia and her Zygo Slavia of serbian Vina a civil War newspapers reported sunday. Quot who killed Donala Duck a read one cad line. Quot Donald chained Mickey weeps Quot proclaimed another. The Disney figures have been appearing in yugoslav papers or comic books for 60ycars. T t phone messages left at Disney Headquarters in Burbank calif., were not immediately returned sunday night. Newspapers carried lengthy commentaries about the ban which they said was imposed in line with the . Economic embargo. Quot our children who at bedtime watch Horron Dous to pictures from the War will be deprived of the few remaining dreams a the daily Politika said sunday. Quot what kind of developed world is that to shamelessly take away Mickey and Donald a the weekly Vrrme called the Disney embargo Quot cheap  it said Donald and his Friend will have to go underground. Want to scrap the original Quot Lotte Tobisch the doyenne of the Ball season told the weekly Magazine news. Quot you can Only be that stupid in  shetlands victim Dieter Elsse of a nature Protection Institute on Germany a Fohr Island in the North sea Bolds an Oil coated Duck he found ashore sunday. Elsse and others from the Institute located South or the danish Border will try to Dean the Bird and determine whether the Oil came from the Brach Tanker that ran aground off the Shetland islands on Jan. 5. Meanwhile a norwegian Oil Tanker lost Power for 40 minutes sunday North of the shetlands. The vessel was not carrying Oil and the Crew managed to restart the engines. 300 feared buried by Avalanche Avalanche buries houses Turkey apr a 50 houses Ankara an Avalanche Buriet in a Village in northeastern Turkey on monday and about 300 people were feared trapped under tons of Snow the Anatolia news Agency said. The disaster occurred in Ozen Geli 20 Niles from the provincial Center of Bayburt the Agency said. The area is about 500 Miles East of Ankara. The news Agency quoted a Vil lager As saying 50 of the villages 85 houses were buried under Snow. Quot we be dug out five bodies including those of two children but we believe there Are about 300 people under the Snow a Hadj Akturk the former Leader of the Village said. Bulldozers were trying to Clear a path into the stricken Village an official of the state governors office said