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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 12, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3budding doctor a haitian refugee boy a patient in the infirmary at the refit ice Camp at the . Naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba plays with a Stethoscope Friday. More than 6,000 refugees remain in the Camp. Yeltsin plans interim Rule of armed forces by Russia Moscow apr russian president Boris Yeltsin is preparing a decree under which Russia would take control of the former soviet military until the Commonwealth of Independent states creates a joint command a newspaper reported saturday. The report in the Nezah Ishimaya Gazita Independent newspaper added to the complicated and heated dispute Over the Fate of the former soviet unions 3.7 million member armed forces. The struggle has preoccupied leaders of the Commonwealth in their Early weeks of trying to fill the vacuum left by the collapse of Central authority. It also has prompted warnings from military commanders of unrest among service members who refuse to take sides and say they will Only serve in a joint military. The report of Yeltsin a plans came a Day after a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent states failed to resolve or even formally discuss the feud Between Russia and Ukraine Over the Black sea Fleet. The draft decree which the newspaper said was obtained from unidentified sources said Russia will take a upon itself the rights and duties of the former .s.r. Relating to its armed forces including those located outside the territory of the russian federation until a joint command is established. Meanwhile the inter fax news Agency reported that Yeltsin was sending a delegation to Ukraine for talks saturday on the military concerns. Control of the military including the Black sea Fleet had been on the Agenda for fridays meeting of the 11 foreign ministers of the Commonwealth states and it was not Clear Why it was not discussed. Ukraine triggered the military dispute by declaring control of the Black sea Fleet and several army units and by planning to administer ukrainian oaths of allegiance to some of the 1.3 million former soviet soldiers on its territory. The Fleet based in the ukrainian City of Sevastopol has 45 surface warships and 300 smaller vessels. Naval commanders warned Friday that sailors might turn against each other if forced to choose Between the Commonwealth or their native states. In a report from the far Eastern port of Vladivostok the news Agency Tass reported that officers on the guided missile Cruiser Chernova Ukraine said a Borders will have to be drawn across Crew compartments if sailors must pick sides. Military commanders warned that aviators in Ukraine might defect with their jets to Russia if the two states done to resolve their differences Over a joint military. Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk agreed thursday to postpone the loyalty oath for army and naval forces for six months. He said Ukraine would let the Commonwealth control the Fleet As Long As the ships carry nuclear weapons but then they must be turned Over to Ukraine when the weapons Are removed As scheduled. Kravchuk Yeltsin and the leaders of the other two former soviet republics with strategic nuclear weapons Belarus and Kazakhstan have agreed to place All nuclear arms under a unified command. Camera secretly taped Bush s illness at dinner Washington a a secret videotape captured president Bush a toppling unconscious from his chair at a japanese state dinner last week and vomiting As his frightened wife leaped to his Aid a newspaper reports. On saturday the Washington Post also quoted a top Cabinet official As saying Bush had Felt queasy for several hours before his collapse wednesday but ignored his doctors advice to skip the dinner. Treasury Secretary Nicholas f. Brady said the president ignored the advice from or. Burton Lee Iii because he feared his absence might disrupt the dinner the newspaper said. Lee declined to comment. A these Are private matters a Lee said. The secret video contains dramatic footage of the stricken president not seen in a previous tape that showed Bush lying on the floor surrounded by secret service agents several seconds after his collapse. The newspaper said the new tape reviewed by one of its reporters in Tokyo shows the president closing his eyes and reeling his head before he turned Pale and his head dropped to his Chest. Bush then appeared to pass out completely. His inert body slumped to the left and he vomited into the Lap of japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa the newspaper said. Barbara Bush was the first to notice the problem reaching toward her husband As he slumped and then leaping from her chair and Clearing the vomit from her husbands Mouth with a Napkin the Post said. The White House said it was not aware of the existence of the tape. But the japanese government fearing the episode embarrassed Bush has sharply criticized the Nhok network that taped the dinner the newspaper said. Filipino opponent of Subic Bay lease seeks presidency Manila Philippines apr the senator who engineered the defeat of a new . Lease on the Subic Bay naval facilities was nominated saturday for president by a Center left coalition. Former Senate president Jovito Salonga joins a crowded Field that includes indicted former first lady Imelda Marcos. Elections Are scheduled for May 11 to determine a successor to president Corazon Aquino. Peddling for peace ram Chandra Biswas a 35-year-old native of Calcutta India rides last week past the chained entryway or Baltimore a City Hall on his around the world trip for peace. Baltimore was one of Many cities that Biswas has visited on his 150,000-mile tour through 79 countries Over the last 10 years. Said she will not seek a second six year petted to endorse a candidate this month. The Peoples coalition also chose sen. Aquilino Pimentel As Salonga a running mate. Pimentel a former mayor on the Island of Mindanao merged his pop Laban party with Salonga a Liberal party to form the coalition. A member of Aquino a coalition after the 1986 uprising Salonga later broke with her Over several issues including the proposed 10-year Extension of the Subic Bay lease. He led the Senate a defeat of the lease ending a . Military presence in the Philippines that reached Back to the last Century. The lease would have brought the Island nation $203 million a year in Aid. Imelda Marcos who is fighting corruption charges stemming from her husbands 20-year Rule declared her candidacy tuesday. She returned in november from six years exile in Hawaii where her husband died in 1989  
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