European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 28, 1993 i world the stars and stripes Page 9channel Tunnel opening now set for next Spring from wire reports London a Queen Elizabeth it and French president Francois Mitterrand will open the English Channel Tunnel linking France and Britain by rail May 6, prime minister John major said. Major made the announcement at the conclusion of a one Day Anglo French Summit in London. The 24-mile Tunnel also known As the Channel originally had been scheduled to open in May 1992. Since drilling through the seabed of the English Channel began in december 1987, numerous setbacks have delayed completion of the largest privately funded civil engineering project in  Falls from Balcony Cologne Germany a a lovers embrace ended in tragedy when the couple lost their balance and fell from a Balcony. The 25-year-old woman died Rolfi her injuries and her 24-year-old Friend was in serious condition police said monday. They fell together about 13 feet and landed on a Concrete pavement outside a building where they had gone to a party saturday night. Police did not release their  raging in Greece Athens Greece a High winds fanned fires in four separate parts of Greece on monday leaving thousands of acres of forests and Farmland destroyed authorities said. The fires which began Friday burned in widely separated areas including the Island of Corfu in the Northwest,.the Mediterranean Island of Crete in the South near the City of Thessaloniki in the North and in  with Emu kills biker Brisbane Australia a a British tourist on a. Round the world motorcycling trip was killed when an Emu jumped onto the Road in front of him in Remote Nort Castern Australia police said tuesday. Stephen Robert Cawthorne 43, of Haxby near York apparently died from head injuries when he crashed after the targe Bird jumped in front of him said senior Constable Mick harms of mount Surprise. Harms said the Accident happened Friday 27 Miles East of mount Surprise which is 840 Miles Northwest of Brisbane. The Emu is a flightless Bird related to the  Gas recalled Frankfurt Germany the Hoschst a chemical company said monday that it was recalling 330 tons of laughing Gas because a handful of patients developed lung problems after using the aesthetic. The company said the recall was a precautionary measure to Check whether impurities had tainted the Gas known scientifically As nitrous oxide. The Gas has a reputation As one of the safest aesthetics because of a Lack of harmful Side effects. It often gives a feeling of exhilaration and causes laughter a thus its common name. But Hoechst said it had received reports of two cases in which patients suffered abnormal buildup of fluid in the lungs. The problems were cured through routine treatment the company said. Three other cases of unexpected Side effects were also reported it said. The company said the Gas had been distributed almost exclusively in Germany with Small amounts going to Switzerland and  role for Salsa Star Panama City Panama a Salsa musician and actor Ruben Blades is the leading contender to be the next president of Panama according to a nationwide poll published monday. The newspaper la Prensa said 20.7 percent of the 1,194 panamanians questioned by the Independent polling firm Dichter and Neira favored Blades Over seven others who have said they might run. Elections Are scheduled May 8. The poll asked simply a who would you like to be president a those polled were Given a list that included former government officials and Well known politicians. Blades 44, is a popular composer and entertainer in Panama and abroad. He appeared in the american movie the Milagro bean Fie id War. Germany s recycling system called rubbish 2 years later Bonn Germany apr the worlds most ambitious recycling program is a victim of its own Success. Called on two years ago to begin sorting their trash germans have shown themselves to be fastidious collectors dutifully depositing about 80 percent of their recyclables in designated Blue yellow and Green bins. The privately funded program is regarded As exemplary across Europe and in the United states. Environment minister Klaus Topfer has stated proudly that Germany Quot will be the first to step out of the throwaway culture. But this Spring when angry City officials began to complain that the sorted train was piling up in their dumps the Federal government was forced to admit it had nowhere near the capacity to Recycle All the stuff. Studies had predicted that germans would gather 100,000 tons of plastic this year. They Are on their Way to heaping up 400,000 tons. Quot people showed such enthusiasm. They worked hard to clean their garbage and collect and sort it thinking they were doing it for the environment a said Ingria hitch tier a spokeswoman for the private German association to protect nature and the environment. Quot now it Tyrns out to have been a lot of rubbish a she said. Germany can Recycle 80,000 tons a year at present Quot a and will have to transport the rest elsewhere a much of it to Eastern Europe and the third world. News reports fell of contractors filing false recycling reports then tipping their loads in dumps. By 1997, the government says it will be Able to Recycle 800,000 tons of plastic. But it is counting heavily on an expensive experimental hydrogenation process. Some scientists say its All too impractical and wasteful. A when you produce a can of coca cola you Hurt the environment. When you collect it in a truck you damage the environment and when you Recycle it you produce chlorine Gas a said Ana Kistler an editor of mull garbage Magazine in Berlin. A if you done to use the can at All its much better than recycling it a she said. But she agreed that Germany a system is More advanced than the United state where deposits Are used As an incentive to get Consumers to return Glass and plastic bottles but companies have no incentive to use less or to Recycle. German companies pay a fee to stamp their goods with a Green Dot a the Seal of environmental correctness. The fees collected by a nonprofit company called Dulles system deutschland pay for hauling and recycling. The company grades its fees depending on the re usability of containers and the Type and amount of packaging. Bullfight nervous spectators watch As a Bull decides to leave the ring by jumping Over a Barrier during a weekend Bull flight in Madrid Spain. The desperate animal was chased Back into the ring to await its Fate. Dutch party cites Bible to bar women the Hague Netherlands apr a conservative Christian political party plans to exclude women from its membership on the basis of biblical teaching. A the holy Bible tells us that women cannot be a member of a political party and we try to use the Laws in the Bible for All our political dealings a Dick Nieuwenhuis of the political reformed party sep executive committee said monday. Last week the sep s eight member executive committee wrote to All its local chapters that a positions and tasks in government and politics Are according to the old and new testaments entrusted to  the proposed policy grew out of a january meeting at which 90 percent of members polled opposed the admission of women according to Nieuwenhuis. The party has 23,600 members making it one of the smallest parties in this nation of 13 million. It holds three seats in the 150-seat parliament. The current 20 women who Are members of sep will be allowed to remain according to Nieuwenhuis if a september membership vote upholds the committee decision. A this is unbelievable. Women Are As equal As men Here but obviously the sep has its own rules for women a said Anneke Wickers of the dutch women a Council. It was not immediately Clear whether excluding women from a political party violated the dutch Constitution. It