European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world the stars and stripes Friday May 17, 1991flash floods in Turkey leave at least 13 dead from wire reports a. Istanbul Turkey a Flash floods in Eastern Turkey killed at least 13 people and caused widespread property and agricultural damage the sem official Anatolia news Agency and state radio said thursday. Twenty people were reported missing after torrential rain lashed the provinces of Elzig Malatya and Bingol Anatolia said. A an undetermined number of Homes and roads were inundated and Large areas of tilled land damaged by the fax it Ding. The destruction of at least one Bridge made it temporarily impossible for Rescue teams to reach a flooded area it said. Malatya a source of drinking water was report Oil contaminated leaving several Hundred thousand people without potable water. Strong winds measuring no to 90 Mph and heavy rain also caused widespread damage in the provinces of Erzurum Erz incan Kars and Agri. Power lines snapped and highways were damaged Anatolia  jars German town Ibsen Kiiren Germany a tremor woke residents of this Northern German town thursday causing slight damage but no injuries authorities said. 1�?The tremor had a magnitude of Between 4 and 4.5on the Richter scale according to an Observatory at Cologne University. Local authorities said the tremor caused some damage to buildings in Ibbe Buren located 120 70 Miles West of Hannover. The rare tremor was Felt at 4 06 . In a 12. Mile area around  Navy plans visits Victoria British Columbia soviet ships from the Pacific naval Fleet will visit Canada this year and further visits Are planned for 1992 and 1993, the soviet chief of Stalf said. Quot the Best language for Mutual relations we can use is when simple people can meet sailors and Ollices and visit ships and listen to music a Mikhail Moiseyev told a news conference wednesday he spoke through an interpreter. Four Canadian ships from Victoria a the do Stroyer Huron operation support ship provider and frigates Ann Pohs and Kootenay a made a historic visit to Vladivostok the major soviet Pacific naval base last year. The 10-member soviet group headed by Moiseyev visited military bases across Canada during its five Day official visit which ended wednesday. A a a a a a a a a a Angola shooting stops Lisbon Portugal a leaders of both sides of angolans civil War ordered troops not to fire on their enemies of the past 16 years As a deadline passed wednesday for a halt to fighting Between the leftist government and  rebels. A peace has begun in our country Quot said Jere mias Chi Tunda vice president of Unita the Union for the total Independence of Angola. The cease fire took effect at Midnight. A leaders of the Unita rebels said their forces in the Southern african nation of 10 million people were ordered to halt the fighting tuesday night 24 hours ahead of the cease fire deadline. Afghan rebel Baker s Mideast trip to Clear roadblocks to Jerusalem apr Secretary of state James a Baker Iii concluded his latest Middle East peace Mission wednesday without agreement on a formula for Arab israeli peace talks. He said two sticking Points remain israelis reluctance to accept a . Role in any peace conference and. Whether peace talks  reconvened in the event of a deadlock. Baker said he would report to president Bush probably on Friday and together they would decide on their Fie Al move. A those Are the Only two areas i am aware of continuing disagreement a Baker said after a 3 / hour meeting with israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir. The israeli Leader bidding Baker Farewell said a we Are sure the Secretary will continue his great  the six Day trip to Syria Jordan Egypt and Israel was the fourth attempt by Baker Over the past two months to set up a peace conference to Deal with the 43-Ycar Arab israeli dispute and the ongoing disputes involving the palestinians. In a gesture to the israelis Baker stressed that there Are Many More areas of agreement than disagreement As a result of his shuttle diplomacy. He said the United states and Israel now have a a clearer and better understanding of the issues that need to be resolved before peace talks can begin. Shamir and his government were concerned that intervention by the United nations could stack the terms of a settlement against Israel. On the related Issue of whether the conference Coul Campaign fortunes an employee at one of new Delhias largest astrology bureaus holds a poster aimed at Indian politicians seeking advice. In recent Days Many have had their horoscopes read to ensure their Luck in the upcoming Indian general elections which Start monday. Be reconvened if talks broke Down the israelis expressed concerns that the arabs might stall in the direct negotiations if Ping for a better Deal when sympathetic outsiders entered the process. On the other hand bakery strip seems to have pro Ducco a Basic agreement on How palestinian arabs would participate in any talks. T believe we now have an approach that we think can be made to work a a . Official said this raised the possibility of a peace conference involving Israel. Jordan and the palestinians. The Baker Shamir session began in an air of optimism with israeli radio reporting that Israel was becoming More flexible on the issues of . Involvement and whether stalled talks could be restarted and expanded to include others. ,. Baker had held open the possibility of extending his trip in order to return to Syria for further talks with president Hafez Assad. The Secretary however offered no immediate indication that he might do so. At a meeting sunday in Damascus the syrian Leader made two demands Shamir would not accept a decisive role for the United nations in peacemaking and agreement to reconvene the conference if direct talks Between Israel and the arabs deadlocked. Additionally Assad sought assurances that he would recover the Golan Heights which Israel captured in the 1967 six Day War and annexed in 1981. The Best Baker could manage on that Point was an understanding that the negotiations would be based on two . Resolutions calling for israeli withdrawal from occupied , chinese sign pact to Settle Border differences Moscow up. The soviet Union and China signed a historic Border agreement thursday settling decades old differences involving the Frontier separating the worlds largest communist giants. The pact resolving differences dating from czarist times was signed on the second Day of the visit to Moscow by China a communist party Leader Jiang Zemin. It was the first soviet visit by a chinese party Leader in 34 years. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman we Jianmin said the Agni of the pact was a to close the past and open the  Lai her thursday the two countries announced agreement on opening a chinese general consulate in the tar East City of Khabarovsk a another sign of growing rapprochement Between the two Powers. The Border pact covering the Eastern part of what is the worlds longest Frontier Between two nations was signed by foreign minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh and his chinese counterpart Quai Lichen a president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and Jiang attended the signing ceremony. It followed the second Day of the Summit meeting Between the two leaders also attended by their foreign ministers the official news Agency Tass said. The Border agreement resolved the territorial Issue of the sino soviet dispute of the 1960s and 1970s in which soldiers of both nations fought deadly Border clashes. In March 1969, some 800 chinese soldiers and 60 soviet troops were said to have died in a clash along the ussury River. Of . Aid Islamabad Pakistan apr an a afghan rebel Leader spoke bitterly wednesday of . Betrayal saying his cause has been abandoned alone with cold War rivalry. A eth United states w As Only interested in giving the russians a Black Eye a said Minhaj a spokesman for a rebel government in exile. He belongs to Jamiat i islami an orthodox islamic group. The Bush administration has so far not requested funds for the afghan rebels in its proposed 1992 budget. While funding is still a possibility the absence of Aid reflects a growing sentiment in Washington that the afghan policy is outmoded and hard to justify. A America does no to care about our struggle anymore now that they have achieved their goal a the soviet withdrawal a Minhaj said in an interview. Soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev called his nations adventure in Afghanistan a a bleeding wound a and in 1989 ordered his troops out. Minhaj accused Washington of trying to blackmail the rebels known As Muja Hedeen or holy warriors by threatening to suspend military Aid. A they think if the Aid stops we will by forced to talk to Kabul and reach a Politi Cal settlement. But they re wrong a i said. A a done to you w Orry our struggle Wil  Quot