European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 22 2007 stars and stripes Page 11 Cherry blossoms Bloom Early the associated press Blossom sea son in Japan usually symbolizes the coming of Spring this years unusually Early Blooming is symbolizing something else fears of global warming the delicate Pink petals appeared in Tokyo on tuesday eight Days earlier than average and one Day earlier than last year it followed the warmest Winter on record in Japan the meteorological Agency spotted the first blooms in All of Japan on five or six buds at the Garden of Tokyo Masukuni shrine Agency official kunihiro Yamagishi said the High number of cars Emit Ting exhaust in Tokyo and air conditioning fumes from the cites High rises Are pushing up temperatures Here this could be Spur ring Flowers to Bloom earlier he said official word of the Flowers which Are sure to inspire raucous parties under the boughs this com ing weekend came after the Agency fumbled its initial fore casts Flower watchers previously pegged the first blooms to come on March 18 then switched last wednesday to say the petals would open on March 23 this Fri Day Katsumi Kanz Akura or Winter blossoming Cherry Trees Are in full Bloom More than a week earlier than usual at Tokyo Ueno Park on thursday this years unusually Early Blooming is highlighting fears of global warming the meteorological Agency spotted the first blooms in All of Japan on five or six buds at the Garden of Tokyo Masukuni shrine Agency official kunihiro Yamagishi said toll at russian mine hits 107 by Misha Japharidze the associated press Novokuznetsk Russia rescuers pulled More bodies from a siberian Coal mine tues Day As investigators tried to pin Point what sparked a methane Gas explosion that killed 107 peo ple in russian deadliest mining disaster in a decade three Days of mourning were declared in the entire Colarich re Gion known As the Kuz Bass where the Ulanovskaya mine was located and where most of the Popula Tion works in mining or mini Gre lated industries president Vladimir Putin or dered a thorough investigation of the Accident a Federal emergency situation ministry officer put the death toll at 107 tuesday night while three others were still missing 93 had been rescued earlier regional governor Aman Buleyev said about 20 top mine officials including its chief Engineer who were in the mine checking on the operation of a Brit is made Hazard monitoring sys tem were among the dead ser Gei Chere nov a spokesman for the regional government said a British employee of the Brit is German mining consultancy inc had also been killed some 200 workers were under ground at the time of the blast which occurred Early monday at a depth of around 885 feet officials said two of the three min ers injured in the blast were hospitalized in intensive care there was a bang and smoke then the rescuers came we switched on our safety kits and started going to the surface five of us came out first they helped me to walk then it was All Normal and i came Back to my senses one Miner Alexei Loboda told first Channel television Nikolai Fultyn an inspector with Federal Industrial regulator Rostek Hadzor said there were no Gas monitors where the pocket of methane Gas had accumulated he said the High number of deaths was Likely due to the fact that Many people were in a Small area at the time of the blast in a statement Rostek Hadzor said it was unlikely that faulty equipment had caused the Inci Dent and that investigators were looking into soil subsidence or human error As possible causes Register for a test drive before april 15th 2007 at your local Volvo military sales office and enter our free prize draw 1st prize Asony playstation 2nd prize ipod Nano 3rd prize ipod shuffle Volvo s40 241 Price starting from local deliveries available Volvo xc9012 prices starting from Volvo s60 25t prices starting from pc81n6this Sute Mca Ore now Mutcis us military sales Japan Japan office Tel 046 825 3265 email web  All entrants must have a valid us military or Dod id card and a valid sofa driving licence Only one entry per household allowed test drive subject to availability of vehicle test drive is not required to enter see your local Volvo military sales representative to Register from March 1st thru april 15th 2007 draw will take place on or before april 30th winners will be notified by phone or email Price reflects us delivery tax title fees not included