European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 4, 1993 world the stars and stripes Page 9 illuminating space Mirror being tested by russians. A./, orbiting Mirror 82-ft diameter Kevlar reflector shown unfolded unmanned Progress spacecraft Light beamed to Earth illuminate san area 21/2 Miles across a Karl Taie Moscow a russian re searchers set out wednesday to Light up the night with a 25-Yard space Mirror an idea out of science fiction that someday could illuminate night time work. Light from the Mirror in the sky should appear As a flaring Star to those in the 2w-mile-wide path it is expected to illuminate As it sweeps Over the Globe officials say. If it works operation Banner could Lead to the development of panels of space mirrors powerful enough to Light up nighttime work projects Rescue operations and parts of Sun starved Polar regions some thing like a cosmic Klieg Light. Nobody has Ever tried this flight director Viktor Blagoev said tuesday from the flight control Cen Ter North of Moscow. We could Light up any City at its request from Midnight until 6  such practical uses Are still a dec Ade away and face Many hurdles including funding Blagoev said. The space Mirror has been on the draw ing Board for three years. Blagoev did not say How much the Experiment would Cost. But he said russian ministries and companies led by the Oil and Gas Industry arc picking up most of the Tab. Officials nope to entice other investors after a successful test. Wednesday night s Experiment was also designed to test the Mirror s capabilities As a solar sail that could allow spaceships to harness and ride the solar wind like a Sailboat catch ing the wind on the Ocean. American scientists have toyed with the idea of a solar sail but have never tried it. The Mirror is made of Kevlar an extremely thin but Strong synthetic material used in Bullet proof vests. It is coated with a thin layer of aluminium and shaped like a Parachute 82 feet in diameter. The Mirror was to be slowly unfurled beginning at 7 40 . Est wednesday from the Supply ship Progress while controllers on the ground sent the vessel out of the Mir space station Blagoev said. If All goes As planned the Prog Ress will try to turn the Mirror s reflective Side toward the nighttime Earth shortly after Midnight est Angling to catch the Sun s rays from the planet s opposite Side Blagoev said. Since the Mirror will be in orbit the spot would zip across the planet s surface. If the weather is Clear the beam is expected to hit some where in the Atlantic and move eastward across Europe fading As it meets the rising Sun. From the ground frn observer might Sec two starry Points in the sky the Mirror and the solar pan Els of the nearby Mir said James Oberg a  expert on soviet and russian technology. If someone is standing in the reflected beam and the weather is Clear he or she May see a Flash of Light Oburg said by Telephone from Houston. The surrounding area would not appear illuminated. Death toll hits 32 in Volcano blast Legazpi Philippines a rescuers recovered 30 bodies wednesday from the slopes of a Volcano that exploded without warning and the government s chief Volcan Logist said signs pointed to a major eruption within Days. The Mayon Volcano spewed Ash and steam up to 15,000 feet on tuesday and sent tons of super heated debris tumbling Down its slopes onto farming communities near this City 200 Miles Southeast of Manila. Nineteen people were injured and two critically injured victims flown to Manila died wednesday. That brought the known death toll to 32 with at least 24 people missing. Mayor Imelda Roces told report ers that the bodies recovered wednesday were from two villages on the Edge of Legazpi. She said the toll could increase As searchers reach nearly 40 other Remote settlements Cut off by the eruption. The task of recovering bodies was made dangerous because of the Riv ers and pools of superheated mud and debris. Val Anonuevo a red Cross Volunteer said his team found one body which looked like it had been  As they were loading the body on a Stretcher the team saw a glowing River of debris cascading Down a Gully. We left the body and ran for our lives Anonuevo said. After 30 minutes we went Back for the  authorities expanded a danger zone from four to six Miles around Mayon on wednesday and urged evacuation of four additional Vil Lages. About 18,000 people crowded 21emergency evacuation centers. A thick odor of Fulfur Hung Over this City of More than 1 million peo ple wednesday. Legazpi is about 10 Miles Southeast of the slopes. Mayon was generally quiet wednesday except for a plume of Ash that billowed from the Crater of the 8,077-foot Mountain. But Raymundo Punongbayan chief of the philippine Institute of volcanology and seismology told reporters that seismic activity indicated a major eruption could occur within Days. A Alex Sibirnyj Asylum seekers in Germany keep increasing. Lit _ i to. _. I Bonn Germany a the number of foreigners seeking Asylum in Germany and taxing its welfare system and its tolerance continues to  to a new Interior ministry report 36,279 Asylum seekers entered the country last month up 17 percent Over january 1992.that figure was also about 4,500 More than in de the majority of those who came last month 7,820, were from Romania followed by about 6,500 from for Mer yugoslav republics and 4,700 from Bulgaria. Last year nearly 430,000 Asylum seekers arrived in Germany which has the world s most Liberal Asylum Laws. The country s social system is already overtaxed and housing is in Short Supply. Germany has been seeking to curb a flood of Refu gees mostly from Eastern Europe and third world countries. The government wants to change the Constitution to deny entry to Asylum seekers from countries bordering Germany. Plans also include rejecting Asylum seekers from a list of so called secure countries including India Bulgaria and Romania because those nations Are now considered free of political persecution. None Hurt when bomb goes off on London train from wire reports London a bomb exploded wednesday morning on a train in South London British transport police said. No one was Hurt. Scotland Yard said the train was stopped and passengers were taken off after three phone warnings were received about 40 minutes before the 9 45 . Explosion at the Kent House station eight Miles South of Central London. The caller said there were two bombs on Board a Scotland Yard spokeswoman said but a second device was not found. ,. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing which blew out windows on the train. But the Irish Republican army has planted bombs in the capital in recent months in its Campaign to end British Rule of Northern Ireland. Pope starts Africa trip Rome John Paul ii on wednesday began his 10th trip to Africa an eight Day journey that is to take him from Benin to Uganda to War torn Sudan where the Church has been under pressure from the fundamentalist Muslim government. Themes explored during previous trips arc Likely to be heard again religious and tribal conflict aids the afric animation of the Church and democracy. It is John Paul s 57th trip abroad. Bomb hits police station Biarritz France a bomb shattered a police station near this Atlantic resort Early wednesday injuring two people in neighbouring buildings officials said. There was no claim of responsibility for the bombing the Region s fourth in a week. Suspicion fell on Parr Tarrak an outlawed group seeking Independence for the Basque Region. The blast heavily damaged the police station in Anglit Between Biarritz and Bayonne in Southwest France. Windows in buildings within 100 Yards were broken. Chinese plan new Airport Hong Kong chinese officials confirmed tuesday that they plan to build another International Airport in the Southern City of Canton. The official China news service quoted i Zilius Canton s mayor As saying the Airport was scheduled for completion in 1997 and would Cost around $695 million. I said the Airport would alleviate air traffic at Canton s Taiyun International Airport and other airports in the prosperous Southern part of China. Armenian leaders quit Moscow Armenia s prime minister and Cabinet resigned tuesday in a budget dispute throwing the government of the former soviet Republic into turmoil news agencies said. President Lavon Ter Petrosyan asked prime minister Gagik Arutyunyan to keep working until a new Cabinet is named in a week. The Cabinet resigned after the president an parliament assailed Arutyun an s budget plan which he presented to lawmakers  shake up was reported by said Russia s itar Tass news Agency and Armenia s snark new Agency. F cops crash wedding party Naples Italy the wedding menu began with caviar followed by Linguine with scallops. Dessert was to be chefs  but the real Shock came when 150 police stormed the reception monday sometime Between pasta and dessert after they heard that the Best Man was reputed mob Boss Salvatore to Russo italian newspapers said tuesday. La Republica identified the Groom As Francesco Spina 22\ a member of to Russo s Camorrah crime organization and the Bride As Amelia Dimaio 17, who is related to members of another Camorrah family. Police arrested to Russo for violating parole which requires periodic registration with authorities ii Messaggiero reported