IPPNW ACTIVISTS PROTEST DURING SIEMENS ANNIVERSARY, 1997-10-12 (photo)

Activists of the IPPNW, the International Association for Prevention of Nuclear War, hold a banner which reads "Nuclear power makes sick'' under a balloon carrying a banner reading ''Before we explode - Stop all Siemens nuclear power stations'' to protest against the Nuclear power stations built by the German Siemens Company, which is celebrating the 150th anniversary with a ceremony inside Berlin's Congress Center, October 12. Werner von Siemens, a Prussian politician, professor and military officer created in 1847 with his partner Goerg Halske the Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction Company. Siemens has grown to become the world's fifth largest electrical group with 100 billion marks ($57 billion) in sales and one of the oldest. GERMANY SIEMENS