European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 202007 stars and stripes Page 13 Japan to shoot for the Moon in August by Eric Talmadge the associated press Tokyo Japan is set to launch its first lunar orbiter this summer but exploring the Moon is just part of the Mission the other goal is to catch up with China the new Leader in asias space race Japan aerospace exploration Agency Java announced last week that the much delayed Selene probe will be launched in August aboard an h2a rocket the mainstay of japans space pro Gram Java says the Selene project is the largest lunar mis Sion since the us Apollo pro Gram it involves placing a main satellite in orbit at an Altitude of about 60 Miles and deploying two smaller satellites in Polar orbits researchers will use data Gath ered by the probes to study the Moons origin and evolution this Mission will involve observation of the whole Moon not just parts of it said Java spokesman Satoki Kurokawa it is a very ambitious project the Mission is a stepping Stone in japans plan to More aggressively pursue space objectives including a lunar Landing and possibly manned missions in space to raise Public awareness Java is conducting a wish upon the Moon Campaign that Al lows people to Send Brief messages up with the orbiter China launched its first manned space flight in 2003 a second Mission in 2005 put two astronauts into orbit for a week and a third manned launch is planned for next year other asian nations Are joining in the race in 2000 South Korea broke ground on a million rocket launch site it plans with russian help to put a Small satellite in orbit next year japans first lunar probe Selene at Tsukuda space Cen Ter in Tsuku a North of Tokyo last october Kyodo Sebastian Andree Geule Herscovici who rescued some 300 jewish children during the holocaust visits the Hall of names at the had Washem holocaust memorial in Jerusalem where she received an honorary israeli citizenship wednesday during world War ii she joined a jewish Rescue organization and helped save children from the nazis Israel honors belgian who hid 300 jewish children from nazis by Aron Heller the associated press Jerusalem an 86yearold former teacher who risked her life to save More than 300 jewish children from the nazis in Bel Gium was granted honorary israeli citizen ship at an emotional ceremony where she was reunited with dozens of the people she rescued what i did was merely my duty disobey ing the Laws of the time was just the Normal thing to do Andree Geule Herscovici said softly in French on wednesday in accepting the Honor Geule Herscovici was a teacher in Brus Sels in 1942 when she witnessed a Gestapo raid on a school that prompted her to join a Rescue organization and for More than two years she took in jewish children and hid them in Christian Homes and monasteries under assumed identities throughout the War she kept track of the children keeping a secret record of their orig Inal names and other details about them in a diary at the end of the War she returned As Many As she could to their surviving rela Tives Geule Herscovici was recognized in 1989 by had Washem israels official holocaust memorial As righteous among the nations an Honor granted to non jews who risked their lives to save jews during the holocaust among these Only a few Hundred have been granted honorary citizenship by Israel she belongs to this unique club of courageous and honorable human beings said Avner Shalev director of had Washem this is another Way for us to say thank you Henri Lederhandler was 9 in the Spring of 1943 when Geule Herscovici took him in he said he vividly remembers his first meet ing with the Young woman who would be come his guardian Angel you saved us you rescued us from the fingernails of the nazis he said at the ceremony if it we rent for you i  be Here today you Are like a Mother to us All after the War Geule Herscovici married a jewish survivor and raised two children of her own but she also maintained Contact with some of her jewish children Many of whom later emigrated to Israel and since then i have never been alone she said through every moment of my life you have been with me and i love you All like i love my own children Many of those whose lives she saved at tended wednesdays ceremony along with their own children and grandchildren Shaul Harel 70 was among them when you meet the woman who is responsible for you being alive he said of Geulen Herscovit i his voice trailing its very emotional to Honor her and others like her the israeli doctor organized an International Confer ence in Israel for the belgian children hid Den during the holocaust of which there Are an estimated 3000 the five Day conference attended by some 160 survivors coincided with israels Holo Caust remembrance Day on monday when the country honoured the memory of the 6 Mil lion jews killed by the nazis Heads sent to army in Philippines the associated press Manila Philippines the Heads of seven men who were kidnapped by the Al Aida linked Abu Sayyar group on Southern Jolo is land were delivered to a philippine army detachment on thursday officials said the men six Road project workers and a dried fish factory worker were snatched at gunpoint in two separate incidents monday near the town of Parang maj Gen Ruben Rafael commander of Mili tary forces on Jolo said a group of civilians were ordered to take the Heads to Parang by Abu Sayyar commander Alzader Parad who operates in solos mountainous forests Jolo gov Ben Loong and other officials con firmed the grisly delivery this is a retaliation for the killing of one of their commanders Rafael said this is a terrorist act that should be condemned by All he said the company that employed the Road workers had refused to pay a Ransom the Abu Sayyar has not issued any state ments claiming responsibility for the Kidnap pings or beheading the delivery people were told to Tell the military that it was retaliation for the death of the commanders Rafael said the Abu Sayyar which is on a list of us terrorist groups and has a reputation for bomb Ings mass abductions and beheading has been the target of a massive us backed Mili tary offensive on Jolo that started in August and has killed its top two leaders Loong has said the kidnappings showed that Abu Sayyar remains capable of banditry and terrorist acts despite a number of Battlefield losses he said it was unclear whether the Kidnap pings were intended to divert troops who Are Hunting for Muslim rebel commander Haber Malik and his men from the Moro National liberation front the Milf was the largest Muslim separatist group in the Southern Philippines until it signed a 1996 peace pact with the government Many of its commanders including Malik refused to disarm and continued to maintain strongholds on Jolo and nearby islands military chief Gen Hermogenes Esperon said Malik has provided Sanctuary to Abu Sayyar 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