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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes thursday september 5, 1991 croatian guardsmen kill four at Roadblock Belgrade Yugoslavia apr croatian guardsmen shot four people to death at a Roadblock wednesday and serb rebels blocked a strategic Highway in a third Day of ethnic fighting that violated a cease fire. Truce observers arriving in Croatia under terms of the widely ignored peace agreement arranged by the european Community said the turmoil prevented them from doing their Job. Some of the fiercest fighting in recent Days occurred on tuesday in the croatian stronghold of Osisek. Bodies being brought to the local Hospital raised the known toll in the area to 14 dead and 28 wounded by wednesday morning. The total number of dead in Osisek and surrounding villages in the secessionist republics ethnically mixed Slavonia Region Rose to about 20, according to various reports. The cease fire went into effect on monday despite the widespread violations the 12-nation dec continued preparations for an urgent International peace conference on Yugoslavia in the Hague on saturday. It named lord Carrington one of Britain s most widely respected statesmen As its chief mediator. German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher repeated wednesday that his country would recognize croatian and slovenian Independence unless the fighting slopped. Germany has accused Serbia Yugoslavia s largest Republic of involvement in the fighting in Croatia. The head of Yugoslavia s eight member Federal presidency Stipe Mesic a croat appealed for peace late tuesday. The presidency was to meet later wednesday. More than 300 people have been killed in fighting in Croatia since the Republic and Slovenia declared Independence on june 25. Fighting in Slovenia was quickly halted by a cease fire but not in Croatia. Many of Croatia a 600, 100 serbs 12 percent of the Republic s population oppose secession and want their communities to remain part of Yugoslavia. Animosity runs deep Between serbs and croats. Many serbs mistrust croats because of memories of hundreds of thousands of serbs slaughtered in death Camps run by Croatia s nazi puppet government in world War ii. Serb guerrillas retaliated with their own killings. If Croatia secede Serbia wants to Annex areas with Large serb populations. Serb militants now control about a Quarter of Croatia a territory according to croatian officials. The croats accuse the Federal army of siding with the serbs in their Battles with croatian forces. Some dec observers Back their claims and Independent observers say the Well equipped army has helped the serbs secure territory. Peru confirms . Advisers train police Lima up a peruvian prime minister Carlos Torres y Torres acknowledged that there Are 12 . Military advisers training special police brigades in the Amazon River Region in counter insurgency tactics. The prime minister said the . Officers were based at Maamari in the Central Amazon department an area that produces most of the world s coca leaves the raw material used to make cocaine. It is an area where drug traffickers left Wing rebels and government Security forces vie for control. Torres y Torres said the advisers presence was made possible by a 1989 agreement Between the administration of former president Alan Garcia and the United states. He said there Are also flight instructors mechanics and drug enforcement agents working at the peruvian Tolice base in Santa Lucia in the upper Hual Luga Val by. The Valley about 30 1 Miles Northeast of the peruvian capital of Lima is known to be an area of extremely High yield for coca leaves. Torres y Torres said the military advisement concentrates mostly in the upper Hua Llaga area. The prime minister said the United states suspended an anti drug Aid package of $94 million signed Between the Bush administration and the government of president Alberto Fujimori because of the intervention of a group of . Legislators. He said $60 million of the package was earmarked for economic Aid. Torres y Torres acknowledged that . Congressmen were lobbying for the suspension of the Aid package because of charges that peruvian Security forces have committed human rights violations. The United nations human rights committee has. For three years running named Peru As the nation with the highest number of rights violations in the world. World3 killed when truck hits rear end of school bus from wire report Carseland Alberta a a school bus carrying students Back to school after the summer a Calion was rear ended tuesday by a Tanker truck. At least three people were killed police said. The bus was stopped at the time of the collision which occurred just South of Carseland in an area that has been under Road construction since May. The truck from Calgary based Manteis transport carried diesel fuel. It flipped Over and was leaking its cargo. There were conflicting reports on How Many students were on the bus at the time of the collision. Police at the scene said As Many As 22 children were aboard. But Ernie Maser the assistant administrator of Wheatland county said there were five people including the  can keep crowing Spotorno Italy a an italian rooster can Crow Over its Victory. A lower court judge in this italian Riviera resort ruled tuesday that the cock a Doodle Doos Given out at Dawn arc within bearable Levels and that the Bird must not be prevented from doing its morning duties. The judge made his decision after City police tested the Decibel Levels of the rooster and reported they did not exceed the allowed limits. A vacationer from Milan whose name was not made Public had filed a suit claiming that the rooster at a farmhouse next to a residential Quarter disturbed his rest. The Farmer opposed the request to a silence Quot the  plane caught Santo Domingo a . Drug enforcement administration agents working with dominican police and soldiers tuesday captured a Small plane from Colombia with 1,540 pounds of cocaine on Board officials said. The plane was detected by Dea radar in puerto Rico and pursued by a plane and helicopter from the Agency authorities said. Authorities fired several shots at the plane forcing it to land on a Rural Airstrip about 90 Miles Northeast of Santo Domingo officials said. Seven colombians were found aboard the plane. . Delivers supplies to flood hit Cambodia hammering Hoxha a worker hummers on a Marble bust of Enver Hoxha As part of a comp Ign of remove All artwork in the Tirania museum dedicated to the founder of communist Albania. The giant sculpture is believed to be the country s last major likeness of Hoxha. The museum is being converted into a new cultural Center. Phenom penh Cambodia up a a giant . Air Force c-141 cargo Jet touched Down tuesday at phenom penh Airport Rushing in emergency supplies for victims of flooding that has transformed much of Southern and Western Cambodia into a vast Lake. The c-141 Star lifter arriving after a five hour 40-minute flight from Guam was joining an International Effort to Aid the More than 150,000 people left homeless by the massive flooding in 10 of the country s 19 provinces. Apart from flights connected with the search for missing . Servicemen it was the first . Military aircraft to land at to Chintong Airport since . Helicopters pulled . Embassy staff out of phenom penh in the final Davs of the Vietnam War in 1975. 1 he United states does not recognize the Vio Tanese installed government that took Power in phenom penh in 1970 and began contacts with it Only this year. On the massive cargo plane were 20 tons of plastic sheeting which will be pm and distributed to 7,000 families made homeless by the floods. I he Crew All reserves from the military Airlift come a was Given permission to Fly across vietnamese airspace cutting three hours off the trip a Crew member said. From 15,000 feet the Crew had a Bird s Eye View of the floods which cover a Large Section of Southern Cambodia said the crewman. He said the floodwaters stretched to the horizon. The plastic sheeting was purchased by world vision and distributed by obtain two of the most Active Relief agencies in Cambodia the United states last week pledged $50,000 in emergency Aid to Cambodia during peace talks that made Progress toward ending a 12-year-old civil War that has split the country. A .-backed rebel group has been part of a three part rebel faction that has fought to topple the Hanoi backed cambodian government. The . Disaster Relief organization said initial reports indicated More than 150,000 people have been left homeless by the flooding. Officials in phenom penh said More than one third of the country s Rice Fields have been flooded raising the Specter of a major food shortage later in the year. The . Organization said it has airlifted in some 30,000 sandbags to protect phenom penh from the flooding. The bags were brought in by a chartered thai Airliner and by the plane bringing cambodian prime minister Hun sen Home trom the peace talks in Thailand  
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