European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes world i ,. Taiwan Leader urges China to keep Hong Kong free ". From the associated press Taipei Taiwan Premier Lien Chan said tuesday that Hong Kong was like a Hen that can Lay Golden eggs for China and urged Beijing to keep Hong Kong free after it reverts to chinese Rule in 1997. ,-.,.  The chinese communists will Benefit More if they can maintain the present Freedom an Prosperity in Hong Kong. Otherwise it will be the biggest loss to the chinese communists and the free world an official statement quoted him As telling a visiting delegation from Tonga. Lien also said Taiwan will try to maintain close relations with Hong Kong because it Ila matter of Mutual  Beijing has promised the British Colony capitalism and a High degree of autonomy for 50 years after the takeover.  italian actor Volonte Dies Athens Greece Gian Maria Volonte one of Italy s most famous actors was found dead in his hotel room in the Northern greek town of Fiori Naon tuesday a police official said. The Fiorina police duty officer said there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances in the death. An autopsy was to be carried out on tuesday or today he said. Volonte 61, was in Fiorina for the filming of the gaze of Odysseus which is being directed by theodores Angelopoulos of Greece in Severa Balkan locations. Papers mourn slain editor Algiers Algeria Algeria s Independent newspapers did not publish tuesday in a gesture of mourning for a prominent editor assassinated Over the weekend. U _ _ three state run newspapers did appear. But Woof them left their last pages Blank in Honor of said Mockbel and the third devoted most of its front Pareto coverage of his death. Afi put two dozen algerian journalists have Bee killed since May 1993, when islamic militants seeking to topple the government expanded their targets to include intellectuals and the press. Mockbel s paper be Matin was critical of the fundamentalist insurgents who also have targeted foreigners in their drive to destabilize Algeria. Border guards kill 2 rebels Dushanbe Tajikistan russian Border guards killed two tajik rebels trying to Cross into Afghanistan the itar Tass news Agency reported tuesday. Two other rebels fled during the incident monday night one of Many along the rugged tajik afghan Border. The russians suffered no casualties. Elsewhere on monday two militants armed with assault rifles crossed the Border and were detained without resistance near the Village of Soch Kharva Star Tass said. Tajik rebels Are backed by Afghanistan s islamic while government troops have been supported by russian forces " Tajikistan a former soviet Republic was beset by civil War in 1992-93. The fighting killed about 20,000 people and drove at least 500,000 from their Homes. A limbers freeze to death Sofia Bulgaria eight people on a climbing expedition in the Balkan mountains have Frozen to death reports said monday. According to the Mountain Rescue service the eight probably lost their Way in thick fog. Unusually Jow temperatures heavy snowfall and Strong win shit the area. The eight were among 49 climbers scaling a Troyan Mountain Peak about 100 Miles East of sofia., which is part of the Balkan mountains rang that cuts across Bulgaria. Rescue teams picked up 10 other1 Frostbitten members of the group and transported them i helicopters to the nearest Hospital. One person was in critical condition the 24 hours daily reported. Rescue teams helped the rest of the group to safety. Wednesday december 7,1994 it. A v Fly of a a leading by a nose an adult elephant grabs a baby by the snout to Lead it around the Pinnawala elephant orphanage in sri Lanka. Sixty of the mammals live at the orphanage which is believed to be the Only Center of its kind in the world. Baby elephants often found separated from their herds Are taken to Pinnawala where they find new families. Fortune in Oil might sit n win r London a Queen Elizabeth ii May be sit Ting on an Oil Fortune at her weekend Home Windsor Castle seismic studies indicate a geological Structure that could contain Oil is 1,000 feet beneath the 900-year-Oldcastle, which is 20 Miles outside London. The Queen has Given Canuck exploration Ltd. Permission to sink a test Well in her Garden 35 Yards from the Castle Walls. Desmond Oswald Canuck s managing director said the Rock structures beneath Windsor Castle look at Tractive for Oil prospecting. _ in any other location it would have been tested years ago. But nobody previously has had the courage he said. "  if a commercially viable Oil Field is found the govern ment will have first Call on royalties because the Castle is maintained at Public expense. But Buckingham pal Ace said the Castle could Benefit if the Treasury gives permission. There is Only a l-in-8 Chance of striking Oil or Gas in commercial quantities said Elizabeth Chan a sue planning officer for Berkshire county Council which will consider the drilling application Jan. 4. Councilor Donald Beer chairman of Berkshire county Council s development control and waste regulation committee said my gut feeling is that we will allow the company to go ahead for exploratory drilling but after that if there is major exploration it would be a different situation  a Palace spokesman said suggestions that the Queen will use any royalties she gets to help repair the Castle were speculation. Parts of the Castle were badly dam aged Jay a fire on nov. 20,1992. _   R the British National news Agency press association said some experts speculated that there could be up to 100 million barrels beneath the Castle. That would be Worth around 1 billion British pounds $1.6 jillion if it s there " \ it said if enough Oil were found an extraction Well would be sunk several Miles away from the Castle using lateral drilling techniques. Search expanded for club gunmen Stockholm Sweden a police widened their search across Scandinavia on tuesday for gunmen who fired into a Stockholm nightclub Over the week end killing three people. We Are searching Only in nordic countries said police official Sven Mamrus. But we Hope they Are in Stock Holm. We re looking in All parts of  police said there Are four suspects. Prosecutors have granted arrest warrants for two suspects Guillermo Marquez Jara a 23-year-old Man Frorer Tchist believed to have fired the weapon and his alleged accomplice Tommy Zethraeus a 25-year-old swedish citizen. Witnesses said the suspects blasted the Sture com Pany a trendy nightclub about 5 15  sunday with automatic Rifle fire after arguing and fighting with the Doorman who earlier refused them entry. Two women patrons both 21, and the 22-year-old Doorman were killed. An additional 20 people were 7 wounded including a 22-year-old deaf woman who was shot twice in the head after the attack the four attackers escaped on foot into a nearby Park in the City s fashionable Ostermam District. Police la Ter raided the apartment of one suspect jul found nobody. The usually peaceful country was stunned by the shooting the latest in a string of violent crimes that included the massacre of seven people last june by a disgruntled Soldier. Russian military death cover up Charadi _ a Moscow a the defense ministry said 518 service members died during noncombat duty in the first six months of 1994, 18 percent less than in the same period last year a newspaper reported tuesday. But a Public group helping parents of soldiers killed in the army accused the military of covering up the actual number of deaths including those attributed to hazing and suicide. The group Mother s right put the annual death toll at More than 4,000 and said there were no signs that the situation was improving. The defense ministry said most deaths 57 percent were attributed to violations of safety rules and Acci dents involving military hardware