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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 15, 1991 4 croat policemen killed despite week old cease fire Page 8 b the stars and Stripe chinese woman loses bid to gain political Asylum from wire reports Tokyo a a chinese woman was put on a Jet that left for Shanghai on wednesday ending her two year struggle to win political Asylum in Japan her attorneys said. Lin Guizhen who participated in the 1989 pro democracy protests in China hoarded a China Eastern airline Jet at Nagasaki Airport under escort by immigration authorities. The 24-year-old Lin claimed she faced political persecution because of her role in the pro democracy demonstrations in fijian  Beer to use cans Prague Czechoslovakia a Pilsner Czechoslovakia a world famous Brewer is finally putting its Beer in cans in order to improve sales in the West. But done to expect the locals to drink up. Most of the canned Beer will be exported re a fleeting czechoslovak Beer purists preference to drink the Golden brew on tap or from bottles said Jaroslav Pesler Pilsner Deputy director. A scans Are for sauerkraut not Beer a a local saying goes. But the Lack of a canned variety has made Pilsner less competitive in the United states Japan and other  fall kills Man Toronto a a Man died tuesday after falling about seven stories from a ramp at the sky dome during the. Seventh inning of the Toronto Boston american league game. Kenneth Piery 39, of Kincardine Ontario fell to the stadiums ground floor from its top level about 10 45 . Monday said a Toronto police detective Al Brown. He said Piery was taken to St. Michael a Hospital where he later died of a massive head and neck  1 a the victim decided to jump from ramp to ramp. He jumped on top of the ramp and lost his balance and Down he went a Brown  blamed for bomb London a police believe the Ira planted a fire bomb that exploded last week at a Central London pub popular with tourists Scotland Yard said wednesday. No one was injured by the bomb which went Oft Al 7 20 . On aug. 5, police said. The Cambridge pub was extensively damaged by fire. Forensic examinations have found that the Blaze was caused by an  device a Scotland Yard spokeswoman said. Amnesty offered to rebels Bogota Colombia a the government on tuesday decreed a general amnesty for guerrilla fighters who Lay Down their arms in its latest Effort to end a 30-year leftist insurgency. Two guerrilla organizations Are still battling the government although they have expressed their willingness to eventually join other rebel armies that have entered the political process in re cent year. The latest round of peace talks Between the rebels and the government is to reconvene aug. 26. Tuesdays decree allows the rebels to surrender Over the next nine months without fear of  Heilbronn funds prompt probe by army Heilbronn Germany a the army a criminal investigation come is investigating the disappearance of Money from the Eagle club at Wharton Barracks military Community spokeswoman Ingeborg Stringer confirmed wednesday. Stringer refused to say How much Money was missing or provide other details about the Case explaining that the investigation is still in Progress. But a Community official who asked not to be identified and who is familiar with the Case said investigators drilled open a Safe at the club in late july and discovered $9,000 was missing. Stringer said German police also Are investigating the incident but Heilbronn police spokesman Peter Lechner said police Liaison officers in his office Are unaware of the incident. If Belgrade Yugoslavia apr overnight fighting Between croatian and serbian forces left four croatian policemen dead violating a cease fire that entered its second week wednesday. At least 12 people have died in clashes since the truce took effect oct. 7 to halt ethnic Battles in which More than 200 people have been killed. Despite the latest fighting serbs and croats exchanged 75 prisoners tuesday in knit in the serbian enclave of Krajina in Western Croatia the official news Agency Tan Jug said. The Swap involved 47 members of the croatian Security forces and 28 serb rebels Tan Jug said. It gave no further details. The Federal army a whose recruiting has been ruined by quarrels among Yugoslavia a six republics a warned draft dodgers that they will face prosecution if they do not serve their mandatory year in the forces. Fighting broke out Between croatian Security forces and armed serbian rebels after the republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared Independence june 25. Croatian radio said tuesday that the cease fire had been violated 56 times since it went into effect. And More violence was reported overnight. On tuesday the nations eight member collective presidency which engineered the truce praised it As cuban president Fidel Castro  forgotten on his 65th birthday As cuban athletes surround him tuesday night at the  water Polo match to sing Happy birthday Cuba won the match 7-5. Castro is giving no hint that he will comply with cubans Manda Manila Philippines apr the remains of exiled former president Ferdinand Marcos will be allowed into the country for burial before president Corazon Aquino a term ends next june her chief aide said wednesday. A this administration has no intention to perpetually ban the return of the remains of the former president Quot said executive Secretary Franklin Drilon. A it intends to allow the return of the body of the late president during the term of president  Drilon spoke during a joint hearing by the philippine Senate human rights and defense committees into the governments refusal to allow the return of Marcos remains. The government had earlier lifted its ban on the return of his widow Imelda and their children. Earlier 15 of the 23 senators voted to approve a non largely successful. A an unidentified commentator on croatian television reporting the latest fighting said a acceptance of the cease fire by the army and serbian authorities was just a  has accused the Federal army whose officer corps is dominated by serbs of siding with rebel serbs against the republics Security forces. The latest clashes broke out late tuesday in the East croatian regions of Slavonia and Baranja on the Border with the largest Republic of Serbia according to croatian radio and Tan Jug two of the policemen died in an Exchange of gunfire Between croatian Security forces and serb rebels near the Baranja town of Beli Man astir just South of the hungarian Border croatian radio said. Two More people reportedly were wounded. A statement by the Slavonia police command which was read on croatian television said another policeman was killed and three More injured when their car was ambushed while on night patrol Between Osisek and the hungarian Border. Croatian radio said a fourth policeman died in overnight fighting in Tomusko an old spa in Croatia scentral Bani a Region. There was no official confirmation of the death. Tory retirement age of 65. Thirty two years after leading Cuba s revolution Castro remains a vital figure firmly in control of his country despite the twin pressures of the . Economic embargo and the cutback in Aid and Oil by the soviet Union binding Resolution urging Aquino to allow the return of Marcos body. Marcos died in Hawaii during september of 1989, three years after being driven into exile by a popular revolt that ultimately led to Aquino selection As president. The Aquino governments ban on the return of the Marc oses cited threats to National Security. But on july 31, it lifted the ban on mrs. Marcos and her children before filing tax fraud charges against them. The government has blamed the Marc oses for instigating at least two of the seven coup attempts against Azumo. But the National police director Gen. Cesar Nazareno said at the Senate hearing that authorities can Cope with any disturbances. Aquino to let Marcos remains be returned before next june  
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