European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world Friday september 9,1994 number fleeing n. Korea Sparks fears of exodus from the associated press Seoul South Korea five North koreans defected to South Korea on thursday bringing to 44 the number of people known to have fled the impoverished communist country this year. That s More than four times the number of defectors in recent years. The surge in defections has raised fears of a mass exodus from the increasingly hard pressed North. South korean officials identified two of the latest defectors As Hong Kun us 26, a student and Kim by org Duk 20, a construction worker. They said the two arrived separately at Seoul s Kimpo International Airport from third asian countries and requested Asylum. The two were immediately taken into custody for questioning said the Agency for National Security planning the government s main intelligence Agency. V three other defectors from North korean run logging Camps in Siberia arrived hours later. They had stowed away on an unspecified third country freighter which arrived at the Southern port of Chunhae intelligence officials said. \ Ruble forgers could t spell Volonda Russia counterfeiters misspelled the word Russia Ion phony 50,000-Ruble banknotes a news Agency reported  officials discovered the fake Bills in Volonda 240 Miles North of Moscow. The forgers left out a letter in the word Russia which appears prominently on the top of the 50,000 Ruble note Worth about $22. Other than this major misspelling the notes appear to be genuine the itar Tass news Agency said. A Volonda radio reported wednesday that authorities believe the counterfeit Cash was produced in Chechnya a Southern Region with a reputation for lawlessness that declared its Independence three years ago itar Tass said. Hit protesters shot Reiger Park South Africa in a scene reminiscent of the apartheid Era 20 people were injured when police shot rubber bullets and tear Gas at crowds protesting a fivefold increase in water and electricity rates wednesday. About 1,000 mixed race residents of Reiger Park a township near Johannesburg were protesting the increase and demanding that electricity not be Cut off for residents who failed to pay Bills. My water and electric is already Over 1,000 Rand $350 per month said Jay Peterson a single Mother on a fixed income How will i afford an increase in my premiums and How can i afford to be without water or electricity White officials of the town Council administering the township said they raised rates in part to offset losses from unpaid Utility Bills. Indian Farmers raise stink new Delhi India no pesticides better Quality and plenty of it. About 100 Indian Farmers touting the Virtues of their manure Over dutch dung took six of carts piled High to parliament on wednesday to protest the government s plan to import 3 million tons of dung from the Netherlands. V Indian dung is better than dutch dung an pesticide free too the Farmers shouted in hindi. Our cattle produce enough dung for our  the Farmers hurled handfuls of manure at police officers who  Stop them outside the capital. Pope beams message.  -. V. ,-.of peace to Balkans Castel Gandolfo Italy a Pope John Paul ii addressing the people of Sarajevo by to and radio thursday after cancelling his visit there offered a spiritual embrace to the City s serbs and a misty of peace to orthodox Hierarchy. Two Days earlier the Vatican scrapped the one Day visit to Sarajevo that had been set for thursday. It said the Pope feared for the safety of the people who would have come out to see him and worried that that his Pil Grimage of peace could somehow be misconstrued and end up worsening tensions. Some bosnian serbian leaders had objected to the Pope s plans to come to Sarajevo contending that any violence during the trip would be blamed on the serbs. Tensions Are High Between the Vatican and Ortho Dox serbs who have accused the Catholic Church of siding with predominantly roman Catholic Croatia in the fighting that also involves Bosnia s muslims. John Paul then decided to say a special mass for peace in the Balkans on thursday morning during the same time he would have been flying to Sarajevo. The mass with homily and prayers said in Serbo croatian was broadcast by television and radio to Sarajevo.  " / \ he ended the mass with a cordial greeting to All the serbian Community of Sarajevo and added i want at the same time to embrace spiritually the entire serbian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina to whom i offer my Heartfelt wishes of Prosperity in Harmony and in Soli  in his final words the Pope tried to defuse the Hostil Ity Between the Catholic and orthodox churches. I extend the kiss of peace to his holiness patriarch Pavle and to All the Bishops of the serbian orthodox Church the Pope said adding i do this with the words of the Liturgy Christ is in our midst " saying he was praying to god As the first slavic Pope John Paul called for forgiveness on All sides in the conflict in former Yugoslavia. Without this attitude it is difficult to construct peace. The spiral of blame and of pain will never end. Pardon urged the Pope who also shouted As he has Many times during the conflict enough War on saturday the Pope leaves for a two Day visit to Zagreb Croatia s capital. That City became the Only scheduled Stop in the Pope s pilgrimage to sex Yugoslavia after the separate Sarajevo trip was scratched and after the Vatican reportedly met with orthodox serbs resistance to a Stop in Serbia s capital Belgrade. Tokyo apr coming Back to Earth for Japan s first woman in space meant shrinking an Inch Labouring to lift even a Glass of water and relearning How to walk a straight line. / but after two weeks in orbit aboard the . Space shuttle Columbia heart surgeon turned astronaut Chiaki Mukai said she is glad to be Home just the same. I m delighted to be Back Home after so Long she said. This is my  though men have lasted More than a year in space Mukai is the world s female space endurance Champi on logging 14 Days and nearly 18 hours on Columbia s 6.14 million mile journey in july. She said that within hours of her return to Earth she lost the Inch that she had gained in the weightlessness of space. Other readjustments took several Days. It Felt like someone was pushing Down on my Shoul Ders and even one piece of paper or Glass of water Felt heavy to pick up she said. And i could t walk straight or negotiate  Mukai s problem now is negotiating her Way through admiring crowds. Swarms of fans turned out to Greet her at the Airport monday and a larger welcoming is expected next week when she travels to her of Hometown in Central Japan. Before meeting the press Mukai  com mended by the director of Japan s science Agency who also is a woman. Prime minister Tomiichi Murayama presented her with an award for giving the women of Japan a  for Japan s own Strug gling space program How Ever the past few weeks have been anything but the stuff dreams Are made of. When space officials Mukai tried to launch their new domestically designed a ii rocket last month a fuel valve went on the Fritz. The second attempt also failed thanks to a computer glitch. The next launch succeeded but a fuel valve on the multimillion Dollar satellite proved faulty. The satellites floating around the Earth m the wrong orbit and scientists Are trying to find ways to put it to use. Some Canada blood products barred Toronto a the United states has blocked imports of some Canadian blood products until the Ca Nadian red Cross meets . Safety and Quality Stan Dards officials said. An inspection by the food and drug administration in july found 19 problems and safety violations in blood handling at the Canadian red Cross Center in Toronto the Canadian broadcasting corp. Reported. Canada relies on a facility in North Carolina to pro Cess some blood products so the ban on imports Means part of the Canadian plasma Supply can t be processed until the Canadian red Cross meets . Standards. They have restricted the shipments of source plasma said Cathy Macnutt acting director of the red Cross. But that s Only 25 percent of the  she said the red Cross has made arrangements to Avert a blood shortage in Canada while it corrects the violations. The Fra inspection found the blood Bank had sub Standard screening procedures for donors Csc reported tuesday. Fra officials in Washington could not be reached for comment. It also was cited for failing to adequately Trace donors who May have been the source of blood tainted with the aids virus. Crime still plagues russian army official says Moscow a thefts embezzle ment hazing of Young soldiers and other crimes remain widespread in the russian military the country s prosecutor Genera says. It s too Early to talk about any improvement in the crime situation in the army Russia s acting chief prosecutor Alexei Ilyushenko told the daily Rossius Kaya gazeta. Crime in the russian army has been on the Rise since the soviet Union collapsed As the military faced budget cuts and the accompanying fall in morale. The difficult financial situation in the army inevitably results in the falling pres Tige slackening responsibility and loosen ing order Ilyushenko said in the inter View published wednesday. Among those accused we More and More often find top officials having authority Over Money materials and weapons those who Are supposed to establish and main Tain strict  the russian defence ministry has said the defense budget was insufficient to satisfy its most urgent needs. The military had asked for 87 trillion rubles $39 Bil lion this year but finally got Only 40 tril lion rubles $18 billion. The military newspaper Krasnaya zvezda said crime in the army ranks stems from the poor material position of the military Back payments and Lack of the most essential  however other newspapers have quoted officials As suggesting that salary delays might be the result of corruption among top officers. Prime minister. Viktor Chernomyrdin reportedly has ordered an investigation into suspicions that top officers have de posited the funds designated for soldiers salaries into private Banks that offer an Nual interest of 130 percent. Military officials have denied the re ports saying they were aimed at defiling the army. Krasnaya zvezda cited numer Ous examples of thefts and corruption. In one Case a military accountant embezzled 31.5 million rubles $14,000 on fake Bank documents. In another it. Boris Garshin a naval aviation intendant pocketed 32 million rubles $14,300 from the base s Safe bought consumer goods and old them at profit. So far this year military prosecutors have investigated cases of thefts and embezzlement totalling 65 billion rubles $29 Millio Krasnaya zvezda said