European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday Jure 9. 1394 the stars and stripes Page 5seoul dispatches envoy to China Seoul South Korea Lair in on wednesday sent his v . to for urgent talks and head a the or officials As pressure mounted to As . North Korea Ever its nuclear pre Gram. A International sanctions Apnoea. told a meeting of top Security related Rne officials the first such gathering since he took office tarty last year. A the ahoo mutely urgent of ctr it to halt North koreans nuclear weapon at whatever but in Vienna Luotha where tee Interr Acaru atomic Energy Agency has hear holing meet Tegt in the nuclear standoff North Korea the cd no run of backing Down. A North korean envoy said Hie country never allow the inspection of two steel the Wear it pens Are undeclared nuclear waste storage areas Buzz by infer mation about them came from . Intelligence sources. The envoy Yunho in also said tuesday that the . Agency had passed up opportune Titi to Check reactor fuel a a Means of determining whether Pic Toni us has been diverted for nuclear weapon of. Yun accused the United states and Ici Aii ies of rut mgr a Star inspections As a cover for Neili Hary spying. North Korea has steadfastly frees the Start that the two military Sices Lave a caning to do with its nuclear program and therefore Are net open to inspection. It also denies that it is making Ruut Uear weapons. Meanwhile South korean. Pc reign Mic Fuoco Han Sung Joo flew from new York for a Hethey arranged visit to Beijing As China reiterated Opico Iun to to actions against North Korea its Tom Munch neigh her. Kim said tension on the deeded pm earn Fem Cuba was continuing to Rise of War tier tact by North Korea. In one of its strongest warn Man the North did earlier this week that sanctions Gamst it provoke a War. The North invaded South Korea in i to Testma Chi a three year conflict. Wednesdays National Tecc Riu meet my we held to assess the readiness of South scr tax to military which is assisted by m/-09 us. Troops stationed in South Korea. Kim said these forces would deter any North korean military provocations presidential re Kacman Choo Don Shik quoted him As saying that us Vega it watch Over North korean movement should co by Rte std for one the troops As Well As. South Mcreat Pouch Fortes., Are on a 24-hour Alert Azamat or Ami Canadian Soldier Dies of apparent suicide in Croatia Zagreb croats full a a if year old Canadian . Peacekeeper Parr City Ted suicide while an Ocsen soon pore in Croatia a . v. Edue Day. Pvt. Kirk David Cooper or n cry. ont it re died in an apparent e Ino . . Protection Force spokesman is by on dts.,. It was not Clear How Cooper died. Cooper was w a be poet known As so the Cone of Sepa cation tet it Een Walint it Emmett and Ratel croatian sem fan Fortes. I Mes of Zagreb Croatia Sacma. Desjaroins of Tot , May ,t caused Cooper to Axa own a an is Rocress Quot of . A Coz a Civ a. To v. . It w t a a a a for t of 1&Quot i Ivl <71 v .1 _ c of i. A a a 1 a a a a Al Quot t v ill i making plutonium Ai rough Noah Korea claims to have no nuclear weapons the Cia believes it has one or two bombs and the building docks or Cetera Mote. North Korea admits it has an ample Supply of the key ingredient plutonium. And experts know that the City of Yon Byon is Home to a 5-megawatt reactor and a Laboratory where plutonium is separated from. Keck is a look at the process officials believe is going on behind closed doors the heart of a nuclear Power station is its nuclear reactor. Here immense heal is generated by the fission of uranium fuel a reactor can be used to generate electricity for civilian use which North Korea claims it is doing or for research. Uranium pellets Are loaded into Long Metal tubes. Oysters of these fuel rods Are then inserted into the reactor Core. Heat is created As the fuel rods Are burned Down. The reactor in l question comes from the soviet Union and i Cor amp Ains 8,000 uranium fuel rods. Army control association the Way things work David Macaulay go emment activity. North koreans 1.1 million member military also remains on heightened Alert. But Kim Deok the director of the Agency for National Security planning said North Korea Hasni to shown unusual troop movements in spite of its threats according to spokesman Choo. China As North koreans Only major ally is believed to have some influence with Pyongyang. But As a permanent . Security Council member it could veto any sanctions Resolution. Even if sanctions were approved they would be difficult to enforce without the cooperation of China a when the fuel Rode of Anuci ear reactor Are spent and the uranium within is irradiated Smalt amounts of plutonium remain. A Cooling method known As reprocessing generates the pure plutonium needed for a nuclear weapon. First the rods Are placed in a storage a a pork and cooled. Later they Are dissolved in concentrated nitric add. Plutonium is extracted from the residue. At least 3 kilograms of plutonium a several thousand rods a Are needed to build one a bomb. A f Karl Gude Eileen Gian ton major source of food and fuel for North Korea. Suspicions that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons has intensified because of its refusal for More than 15 months to allow obligatory International inspections of its nuclear reactor. The suspicions became acute last month when the North erased evidence of whether it has diverted plutonium for nuclear weapons. In a related development about 300 student protesters blockaded a Street in the southwestern town of Kwangju on wednesday demanding the release of four students arrested for sympathizing with North Korea the National news Agency Yon Hap reported. Sweden says Gays can marry Stockholm Sweden apr Sweden followed Denmark and Norway by passing a Bill tuesday that allows homosexuals to marry but denies them the right to adopt children. After a lengthy debate the Riksdag or parliament voted 171-141, with five abstentions to accept the registered partnership Law. Elisabeth Persson of the Small leftist party a staunch supporter of homosexuals right to marry said the Reform a protects a personal relation. It is a Small but important contribution to the vote makes Scandinavia a Leader in Gay rights. In 1wj, Denmark became the first country in the world to allow marriages Between members of the same sex. Norw a adopted similar legislation last year. Sweden a partnership Law gives Gay couples the same inheritance tax and other benefits and obligations As married heterosexuals. But it slops Short of allowing homosexuals to adopt or have children through insemination which homosexual organizations had hoped for. Psychologists have said it could be problematic for a child to be raised by parents of the same sex. Under the new Law which lakes effect in january 1995, Gay couples can marry in civic ceremonies. It does not give them the right to Church weddings. Social Democrat maj Lis look who chaired the judicial committee that prepared the proposal said no further Gay reforms were being planned. A this is the step. Not the first step a she said. Manila to re enact Macarthur return Manila Philippines up a fifty years after . Gen. Douglas Macarthur fulfilled his Promise to return to the Philippines Manila announced tuesday that it will hold a re enactment of the Leyte Landing Complete w Ith a Hollywood actor to portray the legendary Gene re. The re enactment which has ail the trappings of a or. For movie production will include the participation a Laj . Marines to a a escort the yet unnamed hol Vood actor in his March through the surf As Malar a did on oct. 20. 1944. The e on of the Leyte Gulf Landing is Meim to a r the sufferings and agony experienced not i e filipino people but the entire a a cd it e of the War a presidential executive Secretary Teofisto Guingona said. Guingona said Macarthur a triumphant return which signalled the end of Japan a four year occupation of the country a signified the end of a Long Nightmare and the beginning of a Long Battle that led to the restoration of Freedom and the . Embassy said Washington will Send warships to help celebrate the event including one that was part of the original Fleet that stormed the Leyte bean 400 Miles Southeast of Manila 50 years ago. T he Battle for Leyte Gulf one of the largest naval Battles in history began oct. 17, 1944. It took four Days before Macarthur could keep his Promise to return to the Philippines to liberate the country from occupying japanese forces
