European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world wednesday november 2,1994 r Gorbachev fined $325 for slandering official from the associated press Moscow a court has found former soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev guilty of slander. In an interview with the Komsomol Skaya pravda newspaper Gorbachev called Vla Dirr in resin head of the Moscow City government construction department a shining example of a corrupt government  a Moscow municipal court thursday fined Gorbachev 1 million rubles at out $325 for the comment and ordered the newspaper to print a denial of the -.charge. The daily Moskovsky Koms molets reported. Gorbachev failed to appear at the first trial and was fined 30 rubles or about one Penny. At the \ second trial Gorbachev sent a letter in his place saying he was quoting material published in another newspaper the Novara  gazeta. Gorbachev will not pay the Fine and plans to Appeal the decision spokesman Georgy Ostroumov told the Moscow Tribune. Paraglider prompts Chase Tokyo startled police sent a helicopter to Chase a Man flying in an engine powered paraglider near the Imperial Palace on monday. A police official speaking on condition of anonymity said the paraglider did not Fly Over the Palace and landed near the Arakawa River in downtown Tokyo after about an hour s flight Over business districts but a major newspaper Asahi Shimun reported tuesday that the Man actually overflow the Palace during a two hour flight. Police said the Pilot was not charged because Japan has no Law controlling Paragh Ders Wing shaped parachutes with Large propellers driven by Light engines. Kyodo news service said the Pilot identified Only As a 51-year-old office worker took off around no onto advertise a Book he has written and published at his own expense. 6 held in gun sales Marseille France police have arrested six people wearing military fatigues who tried to sell automatic guns and other War weaponry at a Flea  of the group jailed sunday contended that their display was an artistic happening and friends protested monday outside a police station to Demana their release said police in the Mediterranean port of Marseille. The detainees contended that the soviet-Designedak-47s they were Selling were rendered inoperable and were of use Only As collectibles police said. Their stand also included hand grenades an combat knives j police did t Ouy the group s argument and ordered them held pending an investigation. Accused swindler elected Moscow Sergei Mavrodi whose huge investment fund provoked panic across Russia when its share prices collapsed Over the summer was declared the Winner monday in a special election to parliament _ the election came barely two weeks after Mavrodi was released from jail where he was held on suspicion of evading taxes and obstructing the investigation into the Mem investment fund. The government claims his company swindled millions of investors. 6 sentenced in cannibalism Seoul South Korea six gang members were sentenced to death tuesday for murdering five people and then eating their flesh. V the death penalty is unavoidable when 7 considering the Shock and ruin Felt by the nation As a whole and the pain of the families presiding judge Lee Kwang yol of Seoul criminal court told the packed courtroom. The six men All in their 20s, were caught in september and confessed to the crimes which were committed in the year before their arrests. They said they wanted to kill As Many Rich people As possible to make a Point about the inequity of wealth. The victims were chosen for their expensive cars they said. Korea says halted on two reactors Seoul South Korea a North Korea said tuesday that it had begun to freeze its nuclear program in compliance with the Accord it signed with the unite states. But the North also condemned . And South korean troops for beginning the first major Field exercise this year and said the training could bring the korean Peninsula Back to the Brink of War. In the agreement that Washington and Pyongyang signed in Geneva on oct. .21, the North agreed to freeze and then dismantle a nuclear system suspected of building atomic weapons. In return for modern technology Aid and the open ing of diplomatic offices with the United states the North also promised that it would eventually allow full International inspections of its nuclear installations. North Korea s foreign ministry told the official Korea Central news Agency on tuesday that it had stopped building two nuclear reactors one of 50 Mega Watts and one of 200 megawatts. During 17 months of negotiations with the North . Officials warned that if the plants were finished they could produce enough plutonium for several nuclear bombs a year. The foreign ministry also said it has shut Down a Jive megawatt reactor and decided not to reload it with new fuel rods. In May the North removed 8,000 spent fuel rods from the reactor and threatened to produce plutonium from them. That prompted the United states to threaten to end the negotiations in Geneva. Because hard line communist North Korea is closed to the outside world and nuclear inspectors Haven t re entered it yet there was no Way to confirm North Korea s statement. In fact the North said earlier tuesday that the .-Sputh korean exercise could prevent it from complying with the Accord. When . And North korean officials signed the nuclear agreement last month South Korea made a Politi Cal gesture to the North by cancelling this year s annual team spirit exercise which rehearses the american and South korean defense of the Peninsula. Team spirit is normally held every Spring but it was postponed before being cancelled because of the negotiations. ". " however Seoul and Washington decided to go ahead with their annual foal Eagle exercise which involves the majority of the. South 650,000 soldiers and 4 million reservists and about 25,000pf the 36,000 . Service members stationed in South Korea. Foal Eagle held every fall is the first major joint Field Maneu vers in South Korea this year. The exercises Are a display of South Korea s Reck less War frenzy to throw a wet Blanket Over the Frame work agreement the first Korea Central news Agency report said tuesday. Pedestal for a role Model mounted in the foreground of the historic Cathedral at Speyer Germany a Lockheed t-33 Jet Trainer reminds passers by of its glory Days dating from the 1940s. The famous Low Wing monoplane Jet which for Many years was used As a Trainer not Only by the americans but also by other air forces around the world was brought to Speyer for continued service As an Eye Catcher for a local technical museum. Algeria plans election by end of 95 Algiers Algeria a Algeria s president struggling against a Muslim fundamentalist insurgency announced monday that a presidential election will be held before the end of 1995, a year earlier than exp cited. The moment has come to remove the obstacles to people s expression and to allow them to speak directly president Lamine Zero Al said in a nationally broadcast speech. He did not elaborate on exactly when the election would be held but the announcement appeared to shorten the previously announced transition to elected Rule by one year. It also seemed to be a gesture by the military regime to Muslim fundamentalists robbed of an election Victory in january 1992. More than 11,000 people have died in the extremist insurgency that followed the cancellation of the vote. Zero Al and other leaders had said they wanted to Cut the three year transition process As demanded by a banned fundamentalist party the islamic salvation front. Zero Al announced the election during a speech marking the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the six year War for Independence against France