European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world  May 0,1994 s. Korean doubts North can make atomic bomb from wire reports Seoul South Korea a North Korea does no to appear to have the technology needed to develop. Nuclear weapons South koreans top science official says. A a Quot. Minister of science and technology Kim Sijoong questioned Western analyses that the communist North is close to making atomic bombs. A it is questionable whether North koreans technology is up to the level of developing nuclear weapons a Kim said in an article contributed to the science journal science and technology. Kim said his View does no to represent the governments position. But president Kim Young Sam and other top officials have expressed doubts about the North a ability to develop nuclear weapons. Scud kills 13, n. Yemen says san a Yemen a Northern Yemen on tuesday denounced Southern forces As a cowardly criminals following a missile attack on a densely populated neighbourhood in san a. A Yahya Zahir Security director for the capital told the associated press that 13 people were killed and 102 wounded when a scud missile struck the at qua neighbourhood monday night. The Southern leadership denied its forces had fired on san a. In a statement broadcast by Aden radio it claimed the Northern leadership a fabricated the explosion to cover for its actions that have plunged Yemen into a dirty civil  Madrid strikes begin Madrid Spain a Madrid residents braced themselves tuesday for More than two weeks of bus subway and rail strikes that threatened to snarl traffic in the already congested Spanish capital. Intercity bus Drivers staged their second full Day walkout tuesday while subway and City bus workers planned the first of two 48-hour stoppages for thursday. Today employees of the state railway company Renee were to hold the first of seven nationwide Rush hour strikes that would culminate in a full Day walkout june 10. The strike would also affect commuter lines running into Madrid. Barc Bones services were supposed to be provided during All of the strikes. More quakes hit Aegean Athens Greece a Strong earthquakes rocked two islands in the Northern Aegean sea on tuesday. But there were no immediate reports of injury or  Athens seismological Institute said the quakes struck at 5 0,5 ., 5 19  And 6 36  Preliminary magnitudes were set at 6.1,5.7 and 5, respectively. They had their epicentre Between the islands of chios and lesbos 150 Miles Northeast of Athens and 6.2 Miles beneath the seabed floor. Police reported that residents of the islands. Panicked and rushed into the streets. The quakes came one Day after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6,1 Shook the Region of the Eastern Mediterranean in Turkey an official at Istanbul a Kandill Observatory said the tremor also was Felt in the Aegean coastal City of Izmir and neighbouring provinces. Up to 250 Are trampled to death during ritual Mecca saudi Arabia apr As Many As 250�?~ Muslim worshippers were trampled to death when crowds surged toward a Cavern to symbolically throw stones at the Devil As part of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca officials said tuesday. The worshippers were trying to throw pebbles at three natural Stone pillars that islam a founder the Prophet Mohammed was said to have thrown rocks at to symbolize the stoning of the Devil. I the saudi officials said 182 turks were killed in the crush monday and most of the other victims were Leb Anes. A. V. A a. A a a it a v. Saudis had tried to beef up crowd control in the area from Mecca to the Cavern in Mina three Miles away after a similar Stampede in 1990 killed 1,426 people. Muslims arc expected to make a pilgrimage or Hajj to islam a holiest shrine Mecca at least once in their lives. The pilgrims were crushed monday in narrow pedestrian paths leading toward the Cavern the sources said speaking on condition of. Anonymity. Ambulances could not reach the scene for Quick Rescue contributing to the High toll they said. Talat Sharif a Pilgrim who said he was at the site said a group of indonesians was moving slowly when a a wave of people mostly tall Well built africans trampled them to death.�?�. However an official for Hajj affairs at the ministry of religion in Jakarta Indonesia said no indonesians were killed. A he said people get trampled every year but the numbers May have been higher this year because the crowd of pilgrims was larger. Saudi authorities reported a record congregation of 2.5 million people in Mecca this year. A. A a. A a  thll1?, re it and from the weight of400 barrels of contraband Oil sits monday in the haitian port of Jamel despite a world embargo against Haiti. A. . Washington apr . Navy frigates enforcing . Sanctions against Haiti have fired warning shots at two vessels since the weekend but one of the boats slipped past the blockade nevertheless . Officials said tuesday. A bahamian registered vessel called the sea search ignored instructions saturday from the Aubrey Fitch to pull Over for boarding. The Fitch fired two warning shots with a .50-caliber machine gun but was unable to Stop the ship it col. Baxter Ennis of the Norfolk a based . Atlantic come said tuesday. A a White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers said the ship commander determined the bahamian boat was too close to Shore to take further action a it is Stilt in port and we re ascertaining what to do about it there a Haiti fire warnings she said. The second incident involved a Panama Chin la link x to _. 1 a i 1. J any Amu. Me Secona incident involved a Branaman mgt hich Myers said was fired upon and boarded . Coast guard personnel. Myers said the panamanian ship was stopped met Day and boarded tuesday. _ air Force maj Jamie Roach a spokeswoman for i Atlantic come said the fleeing vessel stopped of being fired upon by the Navy frigate Antrim. She s there were no injuries or damage. Inspectors boarded the vessel but Roach did i know what they found. She also did riot know what to of vessel was stopped. The United nations imposed world Trade embargo saturday to Force Haiti a Milit leaders to restore democracy and allow exiled part Dent Jean Bertrand Aristide to return. Tokyo apr two jumbo jets came within seconds of colliding head on 28,665 feet Over the Pacific alter an air traffic controller mistakenly put them on a collision course japanese aviation officials said tuesday. Northwest airlines flight 6 from Tokyo to Chicago avoided the disaster sunday by veering out of the Way of oncoming Cathay Pacific airways flight 881 from los Angeles in route to. Hong Kong the officials  planes were about 198 Miles off Japan a northernmost main Island of hokkaido. In Hong Kong Cathay Pacific spokesman , Kwan denied that the two planes had come within a few Hundred Yards of each other. Kwan said the automatic warning systems worked in both aircraft when they were 40 Miles apart. The Cathay Pacific planets system instructed the Pilot to ascend the Northwest system told its Pilot to descend and both pilots obeyed he added. He said he did not know How close they came but a at no time was either air Craft in a dangerous  officials said a Tokyo air traffic controllers mistake put the two flights which were headed in opposite directions on the same course and Altitude. The Northwest Boeing 747-200 was carrying 248 passengers and a Crew of 18 and the Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 was carrying 389 people officials said. A radar alarm system aboard the Northwest plane detected the Catha tactile Jet moments before the planes would have collided japanese officials said and Nese claim the Northwest Pilot swerved. Northwest airlines spokesman d Killian told the Chicago Tribune a of what in be been told the Captain did to the passengers after it Happer there was no problem with the emote Al state of the  the Northwest plane landed in it Cago without further incident. No injun were reported and the plane was damaged Killian said japanese transportation officials the incident was under investigation