European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 2, 19& world the stars Amo stripes Pago 11n. Korea risks War a  a 1 a. A Quot a a a a _. A a but he says it can t win if inspections warns Tokyo a North koreans refusal to comply with International nuclear safeguards has increased the danger of War on the korean Peninsula the commander of . Forces in the Pacific said wednesday. However adm. Charles r. Larson commander of the . Pacific come said he was certain South Korea would win if a conflict arose. North koreans refusal to allow Intima tonal inspections of All its nuclear facilities has raised tension on the korean Peninsula the most heavily fortified area in the Post cold War world and has added to suspicions that the reclusive regime is developing nuclear weapons. . Diplomats have been working be Hind the scenes to persuade the North to agree to the inspections required by the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. The North Hasy repeatedly denied that it is developing nuclear weapons saying its atomic program is for strictly nonmilitary purposes. On tuesday Pyongyang reiterated a threat to leave the pact if talks with Washington collapse and International sanctions Are imposed. A i would say the threat to South Korea has developed reasonably significantly Over the last year a Larson said pointing to the North a deployment of modern self propelled artillery along the demilitarized zone that has divided the Korea since the korean War ended in 1953. In addition to 170 my artillery and 240 my multiple launch rocket systems deployed along the Border the South korean capital of Seoul Only 40 Miles away would face the threat of North korean scud missiles if War broke out Larson said. Quot a War Between North and South would be very costly in the Way of human lives and we certainly want to avoid that a Larson said. A however let me be very Clear the South would win. A there is not a Victory option for the North in my opinion if they Start aggression. President Clinton said last month that Washington would consider a North korean attack on South Korea equivalent to a strike at the United states. Larson said reports that North Korea initially would have the upper hand in an attack on the South a perhaps for As Long As six months a were based on outdated assumptions about the combined readiness of . And South korean forces. Newsweek Magazine reported last week that a 1991 classified Pentagon study had concluded that a Surprise attack by the North would break Southern defences in two weeks or less and inflict huge losses. Larson said Washington and Seoul had not yet decided whether to go ahead with the 1994 joint military exercises called team spirit. The North considers the exercises is provocative rehearsal for a . Military  urged to put curbs on artificial births Ottawa apr Canada should ban surrogate motherhood some prenatal tests the cloning of human embryos and the Sale of fetal tissue a government commission has recommended after a four year study of artificial reproduction. Some of the techniques Are Legal in the United Stales and other countries though a subject of Legal and ethical Battles. That contrast was not lost on the commission. A i think its very Clear and evident what canadians want a i think they want limits and accountability and controls within those limits a said Patricia Baird chairwoman of the commission. The Royal commission on new reproductive technologies also recommended Banning the use of abortion by parents to select the sex of their child. The 1,275-Page report however does not recommend a Blanket moratorium on new technologies As some groups in Canada had urged. It advises setting up a National Agency to regulate new technologies. It also said the governments health insurance plan should pay for in Vitro fertilization but it should be limited to women whose fallopian tubes Are blocked. That would exclude some infertile women. Health minister Diane Marleau declined to comment on the recommendations but agreed that Conception and childbearing should not be commercial activities. In the United states research on fetal tissue was banned under the Bush administration but allowed soon after president Clinton assumed office. Still As the Canadian study recommended safeguards included a prohibition on the Sale or Purchase of fetal tissue and the requirement that the woman provide consent. Surrogate motherhood is allowed in the United states. Last month scientists cloned human embryos at George Washington University in Washington  in Stockholm a skinhead right attacks an unidentified plainclothes Man in Stockholm Sweden on tuesday when right wingers unleashed their annual rampage to Mark the death of Charles Xii an 18th-Century Warrior Long considered a Symbol of swedish Power. More than 2,000 police worked to scatter the demonstrators and about 80 arrests were made. In Lund in Southern Sweden leftists and anarchists crossed Over from Denmark by the Busload eager to fight rightists. After clashes with police about 20 people were arrested. Don t tug hair flick Heads of kids finnish court says Helsinki Finland a finnish parents a like those in All nordic countries a have been prohibited for years from spanking or slapping their children. But finnish parents found it useful from time to time to tug the Back of a child a hair or flick their fingers against the child a head. Now the supreme court says they can to do that either. Last week the supreme court fined Kari Lappalainen guardian of 5-year-old Pia Koti Lainen $100 for tugging the girls hair and flicking her on the head. A the court obviously wanted to make this a precedent Quot Anne Ekblom Worlund a supreme court spokeswoman said tuesday a parents Are not allowed to use any physical Force to discipline their children a in 1990, Lappalainen was fined $840 for causing pain while disciplining Pia the daughter of his common Law wife. Lappalainen appealed the decision by the Lahti District court 60 Miles North of the capital the Case was dismissed by a higher court two years later. The girls Mother now separated from Lappalainen appealed to the supreme court which reinstated the Fine but made it lower. Suspicious police blow up journalist s car by mistake Rome apr a police guarding a meeting of diplomats on wednesday blew up the car of journalist because they suspected it contained explosives. Bomb sniffing dogs became agitated when anti terrorist police checked out the Volkswagen Golf and the officers saw wires protruding from under the dashboard said the reporter Davide Sar Sini of the Agi news Agency. Sarsini was among hundreds of journalists covering the meeting of the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe a gathering of diplomats and foreign minister. Most of the diplomats were at a nearby hotel where the Confer ence was taking place behind closed doors. Security has been heavy in this City where several car bombs exploded earlier this year. Machine gun carrying police Are stationed throughout Ana around the conference Center where reporters Are stationed. Police attached a charge to the Side of the car and set it off heavily damaging one Side of the year old automobile apparently an established procedure for dealing with suspected car bombs. It. The police part of the National Force under the Interior ministry said the car was parked illegally but City police were allowing accredited reporters into the area. Sarsini said he heard an announce mint that cars in the area should be removed but when he went outside his vehicle already had been blown up