European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 12, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 a Young cuban holds a copy of Gran Ina the newspaper for the cuban communist party As he walks by a billboard painted with the portrait of cuban Leader Fidel bloc debacle caused poor Economy Castro says by the associated press cuban president Fidel Castro acknowledged thursday that his nations Economy has been in precipitous decline and said the blame rests not with his system but with the a debacle in the socialist Castro a mood was somber but defiant As he addressed the opening session of a communist party Congress in the Eastern City of Santiago. Foreign reporters were not invited to attend the Congress but the first two hours of his remarks were picked up by a . Government monitoring operation. Afterwards his words could no longer be understood because of interference. Castro said the upheaval in the soviet Union and Eastern Europe a has affected us in a terrible the pillars of cooperation with the soviet Union have come Down but a the . Blockade still to overcome the a chaos and disorganization in the soviet Union a an infinite number of adjustments is needed a he said. Castro offered a detailed account of the products that the soviet Union has either failed to deliver this year or has sent in a insignificant amounts a Rice butter canned meat powdered milk fertilizers detergents and tires to name a few. It was the fourth time cuban communists have convened a Congress and the state run Media said this conclave dwarfs the others in importance. Authorities imposed a news blackout on the opening session but later permitted Castro a remarks to be aired by the broadcast Media in late afternoon on a delayed basis. The last party Congress held in 1986, received extensive live coverage in the local Media and scores of foreign reporters and foreign party representatives were in attendance. Since then the country a Economy has declined sharply partly because the upheaval in the soviet Union and Eastern Europe Cost Cuba much of its foreign of concerts upsets party of islam Islamabad Pakistan apr proposals for Madonna and Michael Jackson to sing in Pakistan have outraged a powerful religious party which threatens to respond with mass anti government protests. Shaikh Rashid Ahmed the minister for cultural affairs said he is trying to persuade the two pop superstars to take part in an entertainment extravaganza tentatively set Tor february in this conservative Muslim nation. A we want to show the world that we Are not a country of militant islamic fundamentalists. We Are an open society a Ahmed said thursday. A we want a new image for the people of but the Jamaal a islami or party of islam has warned it will take its protests to the streets if Madonna and Jackson bring their shows to Pakistan. A we will mobilize the people. The people will throw them government out a said Jamaal spokesman Kha lid Rehman. In los Angeles Jackson a publicist Lee Solters said he had heard nothing about an invitation from Pakistan. Madonna a publicist could not be reached. World firm to pay $7 million in Wii compensation from wire reports Bonn Germany a Volkswagen Germany a largest car manufacturer plans to pay 12 million Marks about $7 million in atonement for its use of forced labor during world War ii a German newspaper reported thursday. Die Welt a respected daily said the Money will be made available to countries a such As Poland a whose citizens were used As forced labourers in Volkswagen a factories. The Money will not be Given to the former labourers but instead will be used to finance Quot youth exchanges and International meetings Quot the paper said. Die Welt did not elaborate and Volkswagen officials were not available to clarify the terms. Tens of thousands of forced labourers and concentration Camp inmates were forced to work for Volkswagen when it produced armaments for nazi Germany during world War in Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe a Britain a Queen Elizabeth ii arrived thursday to a tumultuous Welcome and a local dispute Over whether squatters shacks were bulldozed because of her visit. The 65-year-old Monarch on the third leg of a three nation tour of former african colonies was greeted with military pomp and traditional pageantry at Harare International Airport. Several thousand people including tribal drummers dancers Clad in animal skins and presidential guardsmen in dress uniforms were on the Tarmac As she inspected a Honor guard and received a 21-gun Salute. In the week before she arrived the Harare City Council demolished hundreds of shanties and evicted thousands of squatters in a face lift for the capital. Town clerk Edward Kanen Goni raised angry protests by saying the presence of the squatters would be a an embarrassment during the Royal Van Gogh found Teklo Belgium a a Van Gogh painting that was stolen in the Netherlands last year was discovered thursday in a Bank Safe in Northern Belgium police said. A the digging Farmers was one of three Van Gogh paintings stolen from a local museum in Den Bosch on june 28, 1990. It was insured for about $300,000. Apart from a few stains the painting was not damaged said a police official who asked not to be identified. An Anonymous phone Call led police to the blast kills 4 Moscow a a steam boiler exploded in a bakery in the ural mountains City of Perm killing four people and forcing bread rationing in the area the soviet news Agency Tass said. The explosion thursday damaged equipment at the Ungur bakery factory and completely destroyed a Wall separating the boiler room from the shop Tass said. The news Agency did not say whether the victims were factory employees or diet helps sufferers of arthritis study says. London apr a vegetarian diet helps relieve the swelling and pain of rheumatoid arthritis a new study suggests. Or. Jens Kjeldsen Kragh of the Institute of immunology and Rheuma ology at the National Hospital in Oslo Norway said his 53-patient study showed that proteins and fats from animals exacerbate symptoms. He added however that there was no indication that animal derived foods cause rheumatoid arthritis. The study in which half the patients followed a strict vegetarian diet is published in this weeks edition of the British journal lancet. Or. Harry Spiera chief of Rheuma ology at mount Sinai medical Center in new York said he was sceptical of such studies. Some arthritis patients report a reduction in pain after simply being told they can join a pain reducing program he said. Doctors have Long argued whether there is a link Between diet and rheumatoid arthritis a chronic debilitating disease. Or. L. Gail Darlington a Rheum apologist at Epsom general Hospital South of London commented in a Telephone interview that though the relationship Between diet and rheumatoid arthritis is not fully understood now a there is much More acceptance that the gut has a part to Darlington was not involved in the norwegian study but has been doing research in the Field for 11 years. Kjeldsen Kragh believes most people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis could Benefit from a vegetarian diet but advises patients to seek medical supervision. Kjeldsen Kragh said 27 dieters were compared to 26 sufferers who did not alter their diet. Although Many other investigators have studied the effects of various types of diets Kjeldsen Kragh said this is one of the few studies with a control group for comparison. Everyone in the study had at least three swollen joints six painful joints morning stiffness for More than 45 minutes and altered blood values typical of rheumatoid arthritis. For the first week of the nine month diet dieters eliminated practically All food except herbal teas garlic vegetable Broth and juices from carrots beets and celery. Beginning with vegetables and gradually adding Dairy foods one a a new food at a time was reintroduced. Whenever symptoms got worse the most recent food was eliminated and then reintroduced after a week. If symptoms worsened a second time the food was excluded from this persons diet. Dieters were never allowed meat or lard alcohol or caffeine
