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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, November 16, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes saturday november 16, 1991ec mediators meet with general Street Battles still rage in Supply Short Vukovan Zagreb Yugoslavia apr european Community mediators met Friday with croatian and Federal army generals to work out details of a cease fire reportedly agreed on by warring serbs and croats. Street Battles continued to rage in the ravaged Danube River City of Vukovan where serb dominated forces have fought to within Yards of the City Center. At least 10 dead and 30 wounded arrive daily at Vukovan s cellar Hospital. Air raid alarms wailed Over much of Croatia and in the Adriatic port of split. Three Crew members aboard a ferry were killed Friday morning when Navy gunboats opened fire on split croatian radio said. Air raid sirens then sounded Over split and nearby islands where a boat bearing 4,000 refugees from Dubrovnik was supposed to pass later Friday. A second ferry and split City Hall were hit said a journalist from the City a Slobodny Dalmacia daily. The Feny Slavija carrying dec monitors from besieged Dubrovnik and 4,000 civil ians headed to split from the montenegrin port of Zelenika. There Federal forces searched and held it for 12 hours dec Deputy spokesman de Koestal said. But he said the vessel would not Stop in split because of the fighting and would continue to its Home port of Rijeka in the Northern Adriatic. Gen. Antun Tus chief of staff of the croatian forces and Gen. Andrija Raseta of the Federal army met separately with dec officials at the Zagreb hotel where dec monitors Are based. Dirk Jan Van Houten the head of the dec monitoring group was involved in the talks. They were negotiating details of a truce agreed to after the Federal defense minister and the european  a chief envoy on Yugoslavia met thursday. Dec negotiator lord Carrington said thursday that All sides had agreed that peacekeeping forces were needed to Stop the bloodshed. But the dec has said none will be sent in until a cease fire is achieved. It is seeking . Help in creating a peacekeeping Force. A Aazaad Winter arrives a Herd of sheep in Hinte Rhein Switzerland Lap up freshly fallen Snow Friday. Heavy Snow Sells hit parts of Switzerland with some regions getting More than 31 inches of Snow overnight. The snowfall prompted Swiss authorities to Issue the seasons first Avalanche warning for the Alps. Haitians Tell French envoy to go Home port a Prince Haiti apr Frances ambassador who sheltered supporters of ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide has been ordered to leave by sunday As anger grows against an International embargo pressing for Aristides return. Haiti a provisional government said thursday that ambassador Jean Rafael Dufour a is declared undesirable and has 48 hours to leave. He will no longer be considered a Diplomat As of 5 . Sunday the foreign ministry said. Meanwhile witnesses reported that gangs a possibly members of the Security forces a shot and killed a haitian bodyguard to the . Ambassador and raped a female companion thursday. In another attack 15 gunmen tried to raid the House of a chauffeur for the venezuelan embassy but were unable to get in radio reports said. It Wasny to known whether the attacks were politically motivated. France Venezuela and the United states have been the three nations most forcefully calling for Aristides return to Power since he was forced to flee the country in Early october. On wednesday a delegation from the 34-nation organization of american states which has imposed an embargo on Haiti left the country following a three Day visit during which it insisted that the military allow Aristides return from exile. Dufour said by Telephone that he was confident he would be Back soon with Aristide As president. A i will see you soon in port a Prince not in Paris a he said. He declined further comment. A m a a of he declined further comment. Of Inq it Fri n k t i m Olup r haitian officials said earlier thursday that talks be Wui Wool us ii i of a Wou i i in us owl i w tween Aristide and haitian Lau makers in his inns sigh London apr a soft drink maker has recommended that the drink go Back on Sale after police investigated an alleged contamination plot and declared the product was Safe. Two million bottles of Luco zade were cleared from shops by Smith Kline Beecham pc on wednesday. Tie action came after police warned that they had information that the drink was the target of a tampering scheme by the animal liberation front. A company spokesman said shops were told that sales of bottles from unopened cases of Luco zade could resume starting Friday. All bottles that were removed from shelves will be destroyed he said. None of the bottles of Luco zade examined so far has been tampered with said the spokesman who asked that his name not be used. A we feel from everything we have done and everything the police have done in the past 36 hours that the threat has gone a he said. Scotland Yard confirmed that its investigation had concluded it was Safe for sales of Luco zade to resume. Smith Kline Beecham Britain a second biggest pharmaceutical group said it believed it had been singled out by the group because it uses animals in Laboratory tests for its drugs. Tween Aristide and haitian lawmakers on his possible return would be held in Cartagena Colombia. No Date was set for the talks which would be brokered by the Oas delegation. Military officials and politicians opposed to Aristides reinstatement have accused Dufour of meddling in haitian internal affairs. The army fiercely opposes Aristides return some soldiers vow to kill him if he tries. Dufour intervened with the military to protect Aristide when the president was ousted. He provided shelter for weeks at the embassy for up to 20 haitian backers of Aristide including ousted prime minister Rene Preval. Preval and the others moved this week to other embassies. Foreign Aid will thwart . Blockade Castro says Mexico City up foreign investment will help Cuba survive the . Blockade despite severe hardships created by the soviet Union s cuts in Aid cuban president Fidel Castro says. Increased Trade with other nations and cubans opening up to foreign investment have a aroused much interest and not a Little worry in the United states a Castro said in an interview published thursday by Mexico a government owned newspaper Al Nacional. A who is going to fight against free Enterprise Quot the cuban Leader asked. A Are the neoliberal going to begin to restrict Freedom of Trade and free Enterprise a Castro s comments were published a Day after Cuba Cut Short the first . Debate on the 30-year . Economic embargo and withdrew a Resolution calling for an end to the sanctions. The Resolution was expected to be Defeated if put to a vote before the 166-member general Assembly. Cuban . Ambassador Ricardo Alarcon said the . Government had warned countries that supporting the Resolution would a threaten your Good relations with the United  the . Embargo has caused economic hardship in Cuba since the economically battered soviet Union Cut its Aid. The soviets once supplied Cuba with As much As $5 billion per year in subsidies. The cuts mean the soviet Union has become a participant in the . Economic blockade of his Island country Castro said. A the .s.r. Does not want to Block Ade us a Castro told Al Nacional. A but it can to help and therefore this has turned into a de fact  cubans economic crisis has forced the government to impose rationing and take emergency measures to save Energy he said. But cubans priority is the feeding and Well being of its people he said. A we will not leave anyone on the Street. We will not leave anyone without income we will not leave anyone without food without medical care without education a he said  
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