European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world Friday february 19, 1993 Eastern German women staging a birth strike from wire reports. Berlins women in Eastern Germany arc responding to hard economic times with a a birth strike a population figures indicate. The Federal statistics office said wednesday that there were 87,000 births in Eastern Germany in 1992, Down 18.7 percent from 1991 and just under half of the 178,000 born in 1990. Editha Breir women s affairs commissioner in. The Eastern City of Magdeburg said women had lost much of the economic Independence they had Iri communist East Germany and were harder hit by unemployment than men in the struggling Region. A conditions of life Are such that women Are answering with a birth strike Quot she said. Wins on a Peel Jerusalem with a Little help from the government israeli Farmers will be Able to meet strict standards for Mcdonald a Fries resolving a dispute that threatened the opening of the chains first israeli store. Junk food junkies hearts fell monday when agriculture minister Yaacov tour said Mcdonald a could not import Frozen French Fries from Europe. Tour said Mcdonald a should use potatoes grown in Israel. But imry Padan who is setting up the franchise said the Desiree potato that the famously finicky hamburger maker requires is not readily available in Israel. But on wednesday tour announced that the agriculture ministry would subsidize israeli potato Farmers so they can grow a Spud that meets Mcdonald a Standard spokeswoman Batya Ksinan said. Tower s lean combated Pisa Italy a workers will begin placing a 600-ton counterweight next month at the North base of the Tower of Pisa in an Effort to keep it from collapsing news agencies reported wednesday. The counterweight will be a temporary measure that should increase the stability of the Monument while More permanent measures arc taken. International experts silenced the towers belts two weeks ago because they feared the vibrations from the ringing Bells could cause problems during the installation of the counterweight said. News reports the counterweight consists of Lead ingots that will take six months to set up. Last june workers installed 18 steel rings around the 800-year-old Tower after International experts warned the Tower was in danger of a a structural collapse with no  despite these temporary measures experts said the Tower s tilt continued to increase last year. The Tower leans some 13 feet off the perpendicular. Train tops 200 Mph Lille France a Frances High Speed Tiv train has made a successful initial test run Between the Northern City of Lille and Paris reaching 210 Mph officials said wednesday. The test was conducted on the new specially built track for the train which will eventually link Paris with Lille and also run beneath the English Channel to London. Officials said the train will make the Paris to Lille run in less than one hour when commercial service Between the two cities is inaugurated sept. 28. Currently it takes about two and a half hours to make the trip. The train a grand Viesse very fast train is also scheduled to connect the French capital with London through the Channel Tunnel in just More than three hours. Airport called provincial Brussels Belgium a prime minister Jean Luc Dhaene confirmed wednesday what a lot of airline travellers had suspected a Long time a the International Airport in Zaven tem should be called  the Airport built in 1958, is often criticized Assy Ana be slow Luggage retrieval. Messy and behind the times causing Long lines and a i agree that the Airport infrastructure in a Zaven tem is rather provincial Quot Dehaene said. But he promised improvements for next year when renovations and expansions should be finished. But currently the plans for Brussels National Airport Are lagging behind schedule. Libya believed building secret Poison Gas Plant by Douglas Jehl the new York times. Washington a . Intelligence agencies have concluded that Libya is building a subterranean Chomi Cal weapons Plant capable of producing and storing Poison Gas government officials said wednesday. The underground factory remains disguised As part of a water project but intelligence officials believe its purpose is to augment a vast above ground chemical Complex whose existence was exposed by the West nearly four years ago. The new project was described by administration officials As a source of significant concern particularly because of libyans failure last month to sign a United nations convention Banning chemical weapons Libya had indicated it would sign the convention. The state department refused wednesday to provide details about the new findings citing the sensitivity of intelligence sources. But the officials used Strong language to condemn what they described As libyans ongoing efforts toward chemical weapons. A we Are convinced that Libya is still in the chemical weapons business Quot said state department spokeswoman Wendy Chamberlin. Libya has been a persistent source of unease because of its support for terrorism including the 1988.bombing of a pan american Airliner Over Scotland. Libyans first Poison Gas site in rata about 25 Miles Southwest of Tripoli was damaged0by fire in March 1990. The Bush administration said the fire might have been a hoax and officials said wednesday that rata remained the largest chemical weapons Complex in the third world the new Complex is deep in a Hillside near Tartu hah about 40 Miles Southeast of Tripoli the officials said. Washington has become increasingly troubled in recent months by libyans conduct. The director of Central intelligence,.robert m. Gates warned in a speech on dec. 15 that Libya a has no intention of giving up its chemical weapons program Quot and Bush administration officials monitored the project closely during their final Days. Advisers to both presidents Bush and Clinton had hoped that Libya might join More than 100 other countries in agreeing last month to a . Accord Banning chemical weapons. But although libyans foreign min attended a Paris conference convened to sign the ister Accord he did not add his name to it. Princely Polo Britain a Prince Charles Center reaches for the Ball major City. Earlier the Prince toured a picturesque during a Polo match in Mexico City. The game was 16th-Century Church in the Village of depot Potlan just played despite a smog Alert in the world s smog Giest North of the mexican capital. Leads found in . Boy s murder Panyk a Security cameras which recorded a Small boy being swung or dragged along the Street by two larger boys. Police also questioned an elderly woman who said that while walking her dog she saw a child As he was screaming and being led by youths near Breeze Hill in the Walton area of Liverpool on Friday afternoon a the Day James strayed from his mothers Side at the strand shopping Center and was recorded by a Security camera being led away by two youths. Another witness was a woman who said that two youths had approached her Young child at the shopping Center. She told police that when she challenged the boys they shrugged their shoulders and walked away. Meanwhile police relocated the family of the questioned boy for Security reasons following angry mob scenes during his arrest on tuesday night. A crowd of about 80 people gathered outside the boys House to shout and jeer As police backed a Van up to the front door and led the youngster outside with a Blanket Over his head. Two people were arrested for Public disturbance offences at the scene. London up a police were following several leads thursday in the killing of 2-year-old James Bulger after eliminating a 12-year-old boy As a suspect Merseyside police said. A police spokesman said detectives were following what they described As a a Strong Lead Quot after new witnesses emerged wednesday evening. He said one witness had seen James with the two older boys probably minutes before the 2-year-old was slain and his body thrown onto a railway line. The woman told police she had walked along with the three children near the railway embankment in the Walton area of Liverpool where James a battered body was discovered sunday afternoon. A this witness is very promising and has placed the boys much closer to the railway line than other witnesses Quot he said. Police said the Bulger child suffered a absolutely horrific Quot injuries at the hands of his killer or killers before being dumped on railway lines. His body was later hit by a train. More than 100 police working on the Case also have been studying evidence supplied by a construction com