European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a a 7 by a. I the stars and stripes world wednesday August 10,1994. Aids vaccine research called greatest Hope Yokohama Japan a despite recent setbacks an aids vaccine still offers the Best Hope for stepping the epidemic the . Gover time nth Stop aids researcher said tuesday. Or. William Paul who by an coordinating the $1.3 billion Federal aids research budget six i months ago also stressed that Basic research on the body a natural defences will help find the vaccine. . Plans to greatly expand testing of two experimental vaccines were cancelled recently because of doubts about their effectiveness. In fact researchers arc unsure whether a preventive vaccine can Ever be found. But Paul affirmed that a vaccine remained a your greatest Hope to Stop the virus. The head of the . Office of 0 aids research declined to speculate when one might be developed or when Large scale testing could begin. Paul a outlining his research Agenda at the 10th International conference on aids promised to increase spending on to it asic research and to persuade Basic scientists in other Fields to turn their at tension to aids. Aids cases worldwide a record 3 million people caught the aids virus during the past year and the epidemic is spreading fastest in Asia. Estimated distribution of total adult his infections from late 1970s/early 1980s until mid-1994 Western  5do,ooo\r /  6 Middle East 100,000  America amp  Zarnon sub saharan Anca to Milbow total a about 17 million Eastern Europe 4 Central Asia East Asia amp pack re to South 4 Southeast Asia 2.5rriiflion a cry it. In Austral a source world health organization a Paul the governments first full time aids research director said Broad testing of so called second generation vaccines will begin once there is a a reasonable degree of Promise they will work. Or. Dani Bolognesi a vaccine researcher at Duke University in Durham n.c., predicted this will take at least one year to three years. Among other priorities Paul vowed to increase spending to develop alternatives to condoms including virus killing chemicals and other products. A your collective goal must be to accept nothing less than the Complete elimination of aids from our world a he said. A critics have suggested that Basic science was shortchanged in the first decade of the epidemic As efforts focused on quickly developing medicines to kill the virus. The virus adapted to the medicines however cancelling their effectiveness. In his speech Paul seemed to acknowledge that criticism by vowing to avoid a impulsive acceptance of easy answers and  a Many of us in Basic science concur with the strategies outlined by or. Paul a said or. David to director of the Aaron Diamond aids research Center in new York City. A in june the National institutes of health scrapped plans for Large scale tests of two experimental aids vaccines in part because some volunteers became infected with his the aids virus after taking the vac Cines. Officials feared an ineffective vaccine could contribute to the spread of the virus by encouraging unsafe behaviour. Traditional vaccines work by prompting the body to produce antibodies that kill invading microbes. Some researchers doubt enough antibodies can be produced to keep his from becoming established inside the body. A a researchers now Are investigating whether disease Hunting blood cells in the body a immune system can be used to wipe out the virus after infection. A amp it Marcos son rails against bid to Honor . Effort in Wii Manila Philippines apr the son of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos urged the government monday to cancel ceremonies marking the United states world War ii. Invasion to liberate tiie Philippines a calling it an a Lego boosting exercise for Ameri. Cans. A a a. A  a. The government plans elaborate ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the oct. 20, 1944, . Landing on Leyte Island. The Landing and the Battle of Leyte Gulf led to the. Liberation of the Philippines of pm japanese occupation. In a speech to the House of representatives rep. Ferdinand a Bong Bong Marcos or. Said the ceremony would Cost $2.88 million at a time when the government faces a budget deficit. A a a a Marcos claimed the americans took All the credit for defeating the japanese in the Philippines when it was actually filipino guerrillas who did most of the fighting. A this ego boosting exercise must not be allowed to happen for the Benefit of the americans a Marcos said a they were not Here when the going was rough  were being raped and abused when filipino men were being butchered when filipino children were being mutilated when the entire nation was treated As  the younger Marcos was elected to the House in 1992 from his fathers old District in Locos Norte province. President Marcos was ousted in the 1986 uprising that propelled Corazon Aquino to the presidency he died in exile in Hawaii in 1989. Japanese fences invaded the Philippines soon after they carried out the dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. A .-filipino Force surrendered the following May american forces under Gen. Douglas Macarthur returned in october 1944 and recaptured Manila four months later. Japanese troops held out in the Northern philippine mountains  end of the War in August 1945. A a atomic Tokyo apr Nagasaki residents marked the 49th anniversary of the atomic bombing of their City with a moment of silent prayer tuesday and a Call for More compensation for victims of the attack. Thousands of people gathered at a. Memorial Park near the spot where the bomb detonated aug. 9, 1945. The crowd fell silent and clasped its hands in prayer to commemorate the moment. More than 70,000 people in Nagasaki 615 Miles Southwest of Tokyo were killed in the blast and ensuing flames and radiation. Three Days before the attack an atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima and killed 140,000  bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought a Swift end to Woid War if. A a Japan surrendered on aug. 15, 1945. V j mosque cultural Center firebombed in Germany _ from the associated press Bobingen Germany a firebomb destroyed a cultural Center and mosque Early tuesday in the latest attack against turkish owned buildings in Germany. A Quot police suspect kurdish terrorists or right Wing German  fire broke out at 2 . And burned to the ground the two Story building with the mosque in the top floor in Sindel Fingen outside Stuttgart said a police in neighbouring Bobingen. On monday a passer by prevented a major fire in Essen in Northwestern Germany by kicking away a can of gasoline that had been ignited and thrown against a turkish travel Bureau. Police say no group has claimed responsibility for these and previous attacks. Toothpick ban proposed Seoul South Korea a South Korea is trying to reduce waste by banishing wooden toothpicks from restaurants. The proposal is meant to increase the use of leftovers As animal feed. Animals have been injured and sometimes killed by swallowing toothpicks mixed in the food. The new regulation also would limit the use of Vinyl wrap on All items excluding meat fish and vegetables and allow Only limited use of styrofoam officials at the ministry of environment said tuesday. The ban is expected to easily win parliamentary approval officials said. Wooden chopsticks and disposable cups toothbrushes and razors Are already banned. Repeat offenders face up to $3,700 in fines. Cholera hits Russia area Moscow a cholera is spreading unabated in russians Southern province of Dagestad with 293 cases reported since the outbreak began last month the itar Tass news Agency reported monday. The intestinal disease is believed to have been brought to Dagestad by muslims returning from a pilgrimage to saudi Arabia. Since sunday 16 new cases of cholera have been diagnosed throughout Dagestad and hundreds More people Are suspected of having the disease. Nearly 500 Are hospitalized with undiagnosed intestinal ailments officials said. Extradition bid dropped the Hague Netherlands the Justice ministry is giving up efforts to extradite a dutch nazi Collaborator from Argentina a prosecutor said monday. Argentina rejected dutch requests in 1989 and 1990 to extradite Abraham Kipp 77, citing the statue of limitations on Kipps crimes. Kipp was sentenced by a dutch War crimes tribunal to life imprisonment for handing Over jews and members of the resistance to the nazi occupying forces in 1940-1945, when he served As a police officer. 1 a the political will to extradite Kipp is still  its a matter of juridical problems which cannot be overcome a said prosecutor Paul Brilman who represents the dutch government in War crimes extradition cases. Kipp fled the Netherlands after world War ii and his whereabouts was not known until 1988, when he appeared on Argentine television. He went into hiding after the 1989 extradition request but appeared on television again in May re igniting the debate. Dam burst floods villages Moscow a helicopters and hundreds of rescuers searched on tuesday for dozens of people washed away when a dam burst in the ural. V mountains. At least 11 people were killed officials said. A four villages were inundated when the dam on the Tir Lyan Reservoir collapsed sunday night following heavy rain. About 750 people were evacuated from the Bel Oretsky Region downriver Karl Smolikov a spokesman for the ministry it emergency situations said the flooding destroyed about 80 houses and damaged 220. About 70 peop1 have been reported missing he said. The dam is about s70 Miles East of Moscow in. Russians Bashkir a Region a p m h w a w w a i 8< re 77 i set t t no Ltd it g 9 re d r