European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 10 the stars and strikes world  28,1993 Strong quake shuts Down nuclear reactor in Japan from wire report Tokyo a nuclear Power Plant automatically shut Down after a Strong earthquake Shook Northern Japan on saturday Plant officials said. No major damage or casualties were reported and there was no danger of tsunami or tidal Waves from the 3 11 . Temblor which had a preliminary Reading of 5.8 on the Richter scale. The no. 1 reactor of the Inagawa nuclear Power Plant 20 Miles South of the quake s epicentre automatically shut Down immediately after the tremor was Felt said Tohoru electric Power co., the Plant s operator. The quake s epicentre was located about 250 Miles Northeast of Tokyo. The company said there was no sign of a radiation leak into the environment. Plant officials were checking the reactor and had not yet restarted  said they had not detected any problem. Midair collision kills 4 Dhaka Bangladesh two air Force plane performing precision flying routines collided in the air at a military Parade saturday and crashed i Western Bangladesh. All four occupants of the planes were killed a news Agency  two aircraft collided near the Jess Ore Airport 85 Miles West of Dhaka United news of Bangladesh reported. Additional details were not available. Italy France Eye rail link Rome Italy and France agreed Friday to study building a High Speed rail link through the  proposed 170-mile track Between Turin and Lyon would take at least 10 years to build said transportation minister Raffaele Costa. He met with his French counterpart during a visit to Rome by French president Francois Mitterrand. The initial phase should Cost 10 billion lire about$6 million but the final Cost was not predicted. Officials said it could create 200,000  said the new rail line could Cut by half the present three hour journey Between the two cities. Slick trick did t work cd Loggia Italy one taste was enough for authorities this was not Olive Oil. But what was it a lab test found the concoction to be Margarine some citric acid and a bit of  Italy where Olive Oil is taken seriously police wasted no time in taking action. Three people were arrested Friday on commercial fraud charges in cd Loggia about nine Miles South of  advisory has been issued for anybody who May have bought the counterfeit Oil. Priest has Devil of a time Manila Philippines the Rev. John Rona a roman Catholic priest says 666 is the number of the Devil. So he refused to use a License plate assigned to him with the number and was fined $34 by transportation officials the state run news Agency said saturday. The priest paid the Fine but still refused to use the License plate substituting it with another plate. So officials impounded his car the report  Mendoza regional operations chief for the land transportation office in Cebu in the Central Philippines said he had ordered the impounding because no one not even a priest is exempt from a Law requiring the use of officially assigned License plates. He said the priest should have asked his office to change the number. Surrender ends standoff Brisbane Australia a Man wired with explosives and armed with a grenade and a Rifle surrendered to police saturday after threatening to blow up a downtown office building. Police said several blocks around the 33-floor building were sealed off after the Man fired several shots into the lobby  standoff ended an hour later when the Man gave himself up to  police spokesman said the Man was a former mental patient. Officers warned people inside by Telephone to lock themselves in their rooms although most offices were closed for the weekend. No one was injured. Unrest continues in Gaza after 2nd key Jerusalem a israeli soldiers shot to Deatha Young guerrilla Leader in an Olive Grove Only Days after troops killed another rebel commander. Mean while merchants closed shops in the Gaza strip masked activists burned tires on main roads and palestinians marched demanding revenge. The persistent unrest threatens to hold up Israel withdrawal from the occupied territories and under scores the mounting signs of disillusionment among palestinians and israelis about the peace process. Khaled Mustafa Zer 25, was the second key guerrilla killed last week. Riots swept the Gaza strip on thurs Day a Day after soldiers killed Imad anal a 23-year-Oldrebel Leader who topped Israel s most wanted list. Paramilitary police and Security agents opened freon Zer in a Olive Grove Friday after chasing him out of his hideout in the Arab Jerusalem suburb of sur Bahir witnesses and police said. Zer was wanted for killing a jewish settler and two soldiers police said. The military censor suppressed the news of his death for nine hours. Zer and anal were leaders of Izzedin Al Qassem the military Wing of the Muslim fundamentalist group Hamas which opposes the sept. 13 Accord Between is Rael and the Palestine liberation organization. In Jerusalem residents threw stones at police who removed scr s body. His relatives buried the blood stained stones where his body had fallen. A commercial strike in anal s memory was underway for a second straight Day Friday in Gaza. Masked activists burned tires on main roads throughout the strip Arab reports said. The clashes have eroded Public support in Israel forthe peace pact and prime minister Yitzhak Rabin has suggested several times in recent weeks that Israel May not stick to the dec. 13 deadline for the Start of withdrawal from most of Gaza and the West Bank town of Jericho. The redeployment is supposed to be completed by april 13. The withdrawal is a key element of the peace  palestinians see compliance with the deadline As an important test of its credibility. In Sweden Plo chairman Yasser Arafat said Hewill do a better Job than the israeli army in keeping peace in the Gaza strip and urged Israel to go ahead with its withdrawal next month. This is my land. These Are my people. Everything will go smoothly Arafat said Friday. But he added we definitely will have some troubles Here and  a Long Row to Hoe cambodians take to the River for a race of Long Tail boat during phenom penh s annual water festival saturday. The festival celebrates the end of the Rainy season and features brightly decorated barges As Well As the races on the City s tone sap River. The racing boats measure up to 89 feet in length and hold 40 rowers apiece. Taiwan nationalists retain Power Taipei Taiwan a the nationalist party held it ground in local elections saturday after fighting the Tough est Challenge it has faced in 44 years of unbroken Power. With the count Complete in the race for mayor or magistrate in All 23 cities and counties the nationalists had 15 seats the opposition democratic progressive party six and independents two. The official results did not include the percentage of the vote that each party received nationwide. The App claimed to have 41 percent of the popular vote up from 38, and said the nationalists went from 53 percent to 47. But the App s chairman Hsu Hsin Liang immediately made Good on a Promise to resign if the party failed to win 11 seats. He said the popular vote showed that with this election Tawan s multiparty system is firmly  the election despite mudslinging and accusations of vote buying was considered the cleanest in Taiwan s history. It also highlighted Tai wan s bloodless revolution from near dictatorship to full blooded democracy in just six years. To group seeks to save animals at georgian zoo sent a representative to the Tom is of Public of "  to 1" a \  re w a 1i44a sent a representative t the former soviet Republic of Georgia to help animals starving and freezing to de that the Tbilisi zoo. Neil Trent a world society for the Protection of animals Field officer was to arrive there saturday in response to an invitation from the georgian government to assess conditions and Supply emergency Aid. Trent a Veteran of Relief efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other trouble spots Vav spa is being asked to provide financial assist Ance to the zoo to buy food for the animals and fuel to keep them warm. The zoo also needs veterinary medi Cal supplies and Trent said he will deliver  of nov. 19, few animals were reported alive at the zoo including Lions a Polar Bear a Leopard a Tiger some wolves and Birds