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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday september 20, 1991 world French Dairy firm finds cyanide in milk vat from wire reports Saint Etienne France a vat of milk used in making Yogurt was contaminated with More than 3vi ounces of cyanide a major Dairy producer said but the product was never sold. The Cha Bourcy company said wednesday that an Anonymous caller on aug. 30 warned that milk shipped that morning for its Plant in Andre Vieux Bouthern had been contaminated. Analysis of the 40,000 Gallons in question uncovered the deadly cyanide in a 1,500-gallon  found dead bochum Germany a a former nazi is concentration Camp guard who was serving a life prison term for torturing gypsies to death at Auschwitz has been found dead hanging from an electrical Cable in his prison cell German officials said. Ernst August Konig 72, found wednesday apparently hanged himself said a spokesman for the nor Rhein westfalen state Justice  s cancer worsens Lyon France sex Gestapo official Klaus Barbie serving a life prison term for crimes against humanity has been transferred to a Hospital his lawyer said. Barbie has been suffering from cancer. The attorney Jacques verges described the sex nazis worsened condition As  Barbie 77, is known in France As the a Butcher of Lyon because of his world War ii activities As the nazis Gestapo chief in that City. He was charged with torture murder and deportation of jews and resistance members. Slightly ill Yeltsin cancels speech before legislature Moscow apr russian president Boris n. Yeltsin on thursday cancelled appearances for a second Day skipping a speech to the russian legislature because he was a slightly ill and resting at Home on doctors orders lawmakers were told. Yeltsin the 60-year-old populist who led the opposition during last months abortive hard line coup was not seriously ill and was still planning to travel to Azerbaijan this weekend said Ruslan Khasi a Latov acting chairman of the russian legislature. Kha Bulatov gave no further details about the nature of Yeltsin a illness beyond saying doctors ordered him to stay in bed for one Day. Soviet Media and spokesmen for Yeltsin said wednesday the russian president had suf Yeltsin feed a a minor heart at  but Yeltsin a press Secretary Pavel Vos Chanov said the russian president complained Only of Chest pains and went Home from work Early to rest. In russian the phrase a heart attack has a broader meaning than in English and is commonly used to refer to a Range of ailments from Chest pains to actual heart failure. The Dollar Rose on foreign Exchange markets wednesday amid investor concern Over Yeltsin a health. Vos Chanov had said wednesday that Yeltsin a condition was not serious enough to prevent him from giving a speech to the russian legislature thursday. A the Felt some pain in the heart a Vos Chanov told the associated press on wednesday. A in the morning he told his Secretary that he was not feeling Well. But he came out of the office himself and got into the car that took him  Yeltsin had been scheduled to leave thursday for Magorno Karabash a troubled armenian enclave inside the Borders of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Kha Bulatov said his departure would be postponed for one Day. The russian information Agency and inter fax reported Yeltsin was taken to a Hospital or medical clinic from his office in the russian parliament building. A Secretary in Yeltsin a office who spoke on condition of anonymity said Yeltsin was examined by a doctor who sent him Home. During the coup in August Yeltsin stood atop a tank and rallied opponents of hard liners who tried to wrest Power from soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. After the coupes collapse he emerged As the most popular political figure in the soviet Union helping forge a new Power sharing agreement Between Gorbachev and the republics. Moscow mayor Gavriil Popov told a meeting of democratic activists wednesday that Yeltsin a works with a giant overload. You cannot say a Man who has such a regimen who sleeps for just a few hours a Day is healthy. It is sometimes hard for me to look at him and he sometimes looks  but Popov added politically his close ally was a completely  Yeltsin robust and tireless seemed in Good health in recent Public appearances. He has no known health problems although he disappeared briefly from Public View after a car Accident last september. Officials said he suffered a bruised hip and bumped his head. . Troops to give up last Korea Border sector Seoul South Korea up a . Troops next month will turn it Var a a mile sector leaving defense of the 151-mile Border with North Korea in the hands of the South korean army the defense ministry said thursday. However . Troops will continue to guard the truce Village of Panmunjom. The ministry said in an announcement that the sector manned by the . Army a 2nd inf div is South of the joint Security area at Panmunjom 35 Miles North of Seoul. South korean officials said the takeover will be effective oct i. A . Contingent of 500 troops has been guarding the sector part of the Western demilitarized zone Between South and North since 1953. A continuing . Responsibility for Panmunjom Means that the status of the United nations command remains unaffected despite the admission of South and North Korea into the United nations Quot the ministry said. A the current armistice setup in Korea and the functions of the United nations command will be maintained until practical devices Are installed for relaxation of tension and promotion of peace Between the two  the . Command was formed under . Initiatives to help South Korea repel North korean invaders in the 1950-53 korean War. It was a party to the korean military armistice signed in 1953 and continues to have operational control Over South korean forces. South and North Korea were granted simultaneous but separate membership in the United nations on tuesday at the opening session of the 1991 general Assembly of the world body. Mexican official to investigate charges of torture by police Mexico City a the attorney general said wednesday he is ordering an investigation into allegations by amnesty International that police torture is widespread in Mexico and said no one will be immune from prosecution. Attorney general Ignacio Morales Lechuga said every Case mentioned in tuesday s report by the world human rights organization will be looked into and anyone found responsible for such abuses will be prosecuted. A there will be immunity for no one Quot Morales said in a written statement. He called the report a very valuable because mexican authorities now can Correct existing irregularities. The report said the London based group had hundreds of complaints of police torture in Mexico during the past two years including some in which the victims died. Earlier this week 14 Law enforcement officers were arrested a for flagrant violations of constitutional guarantees a the government said. They included a District attorney two commanders of the Federal judicial police a Branch of the attorney general s office and judicial police agents. The attorney general a office said charges included murder but gave no details. Typhoon spawns Tokyo gales a woman and a businessman iry to fend Oft winds emanating from typhoon Luke they struggle through Tokyo s Ginza District thursday. At least three people died Ai  l5, and we Homes were flooded by heavy Rains which Batter Central Japan. Numerous landslides damaged roads and washed out a Bridge. To storm also disrupted rail and airline trans portion  
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