European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 4, 1993 world the stars and stripes b Page 9 space Mirror tested by russians space Mirror the russian Experiment is designed to test the practicality of space lighting for nighttime agriculture Rescue missions and other projects. 82-ft. Diameter Kevlar reflector shown unfolded i unmanned Progress spacecraft Light beamed to Earth illuminates an area 21/2 Miles across Moscow a russian researchers set out wednesday to. Light up the night with a 25-Yard space Mirror an idea out of science fiction that someday could illuminate nighttime work. Light from the Mirror in the sky should appear As a flaring Star to those in the 2v-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 Pofar regions a something like a cosmic Kling Light. A nobody has Ever tried this a flight director Viktor Blagoev said tuesday from the flight control Center North of Moscow. A we could Light up any City at its request from Midnight until 6  such practical uses Are still a decade a away and face Many hurdles including funding Blagoev said. The space Mirror has been on the drawing 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 Are picking up most of the Tab. Officials nope to entice other investors after a successful test. Wednesday nights Experiment was also designed to test the mirrors capabilities As a 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 fat roof vests. It is coated with a thin Ayer of aluminium and shaped like a Parachute 82 feet in diameter. The Mirror was to be slowly unfurled beginning at 7 40 . Est wednesday a a from the Supply ship Progress while controllers on the found sent the vessel out of the lir space station Blagoev said. If All goes As planned the Progress will try to turn the Mirror a a reflective Side toward the nighttime Earth shortly after Midnight est Angling to catch the suns rays from the planets opposite Side Blagoev said. Since the Mirror will be in orbit the spot would zip across the planets surface. If the weather is Clear the beam is expected to hit somewhere in the Atlantic and move eastward across Europe fading As it meets the rising Sun. From the ground an observer might see two starry Points in the sky a the Mirror Ana 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 Sec a Flash of Light Oberg said by Telephone from Houston. The surrounding area would not appear illuminated. Death toll hits 32 in Volcano blast Legazpi Philippines apr rescuers recovered 30 bodies wednesday from the slopes of a Volcano that exploded. Without warning and the governments 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 superheated 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 reporters 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 Rivers and pools of superheated mud and debris. Val Anonuevo a red Cross Volunteer said his team found one body a 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. A we left the body and ran for our lives a Anonuevo said. A 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 villages. About 18,000 people crowded 21 emergency evacuation centers. A thick odor of Fulfur Hung Over this City of More than 1 million people 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 a a rated a major eruption could i within Days. 200 Miles philippine sir Oey a. 200 pm it t v Luzon j i i / u 1-�?~ y. / Philippines o a Manila Mindoro for Legazpi a of a Volcano erupts Sulu so a13 a Indi occur a ale Sibirnyj Asylum seekers in Germany keep increasing Germany which has the worlds most Liberal Asylum Bonn Germany apr the number of foreigners seeking Asylum in Germany a and taxing its welfare system and its tolerance a continues to grow. According 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 december. The majority of those who came last month 7,820, were from Romania followed by about 6,500 from former yugoslav republics and 4,700 from Bulgaria. Last year nearly 430,000 Asylum seekers arrived in Laws. The country a social system is already overtaxed and housing is in Short Supply. Germany has been seeking to curb a flood of refugees 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 a secure countries a including India Bulgaria and Romania because those nations Are now considered free of political persecution. ., israelis hold Dod confirms by the stars and stripes . Military personnel conducted a training exercise in Israel last month Israel radio reported wednesday adding that such exerciser take place regularly. The radio quoted an unnamed . Embassy official As confirming the exercises and saying Ide tails of the exercise were secret. A defense department official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed wednesday that . Forces conduct a some limited  training with israeli forces a but said it is defense department policy not to discuss details of such training. Cmdr. Charles Connor a spokesman at . Naval forces Europe Headquarters in London confirmed that a Marine amphibious ready group made up of five ships visited the israeli port City of Haifa from Jan. 7 to 21. They were the tank Landing ships Sumter and la Moure county the amphibious transport Dock Austin the Dock Landing ship Gunston Hall and the amphibious assault ship Guam Connor said. The ships carried troops of the 22nd Marine expeditionary unit based at Camp Lej Cunt . Connor said the marines disembarked in Haifa but he declined to elaborate on what they did while ashore echoing the defense depart mint spokesman a statement that it is policy not to comment on military activity in Israel.  Sailors Are often seen in Israel during rest and relaxation leaves in Haifa but reports of ground troops training in Israel arc rare. Two european based Patriot missile batteries were deployed to Israel during the 1991 persian Gulf War to counter iraqi scud missile attacks said maj. Pete Keating an army spokesman. The Bush administration also sold Patriot missile systems to Israel during the War and had . Military personnel train israeli forces in How to use the equipment. The defense department official. Said the United states has had no continuous military presence in Israel since the . Patriot units returned to their Home bases in Europe shortly after the War. The associated Pross contributed to this report. 2 London roil explosions cause damage no injuries from wire reports London a two explosions caused some damage to London rail systems wednesday but no one was reported injured. A morning Rush hour bomb went off in a surface train in South London after a telephoned warning British transport police said. A second explosion in the capitals subway system occurred in the afternoon at South Kensington after the station had been cleared following a warning. Scotland Yard said authorities stopped the surface train and evacuated the 50 to 100 passengers following three telephoned warnings received about 40 minutes before the 9 45 . Explosion. No one immediately claimed responsibility for either bombing. 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 town Sudan where the Church has been under pressure from the fundamentalist Muslim government. Themes explored during previous trips Are Likely to be heard again a religious and tribal conflict aids the a  of the Church and democracy. It is John Paul a 57lh trip abroad