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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 22, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9 world Swiss Rush to buy up new female condoms from wire reports Geneva a Swiss drugstores have sold out of female condoms after an unexpected Rush on the novel contraceptive. The Geneva based distributor Uhlmann Eyraud said thursday that 25,000 packs were snapped up in two weeks since they made their world debut in Switzerland. Many pharmacists attributed the Rush of sales of a Fem Idoma a $7 for a pack of three a to curiosity and said they were unsure whether women would come Back for repeat purchases. Government experts in the United states gave the female condom the provisional go ahead last month. The vaginal condom is a Large lubricated polyurethane adaptation of the Latex male version. It is about 7 inches Long has flexible rings at both ends and is inserted like a  suicide suspected London a a report for the companies that insured Robert maxwells life for $35 million says the late British Media magnate probably committed suicide the times of London and its sister newspaper the Sun reported thursday. The papers said Rich Wheeler and co., the loss adjuster in charge of investigating maxwells nov. 5 death for the insurers made the conclusion in a confidential report. The times quoted the report As saying the suicide scenario appeared a More compelling than any other cause since it said his fraudulent efforts to keep his ailing Empire afloat were about to be disclosed. Maxwells body was found in the Atlantic off the Spanish Canary islands where he had been cruising in his  teens killed by train Geneva a two teen agers Spray painting Graffiti on a railway electricity Shea were struck y a train and killed police said thursday. The boys Ages 15 and 16, had been moving aside for trains passing on either Side of the shed but one fast moving locomotive caught them by Surprise a police spokesman said. Two other youths were unharmed in the incident on wednesday evening he said. He would not identify the  finds 34 aliens Soltau Germany a a Farmer saw a shipping Container erupt with an unexpected human cargo a 34 indians apparently trying to slip into new York police said thursday. The Container was left on the farm tuesday by unidentified people. The Indian nationals spilled out thursday probably because of a Lack of oxygen. The Farmer notified police who rounded up 34 illegal Indian immigrants. One was taken to a Hospital while the others were in Good enough condition to be taken to a gymnasium where they were Given emergency housing. The Container fitted inside with bunks of wire mesh and food supplies was to have been shipped thursday night via the nearby Bremerhaven port to new York. The freight Bill had been paid police  monitors requested Geneva a a special . Investigator urged the Security Council on thursday to Send a team of human rights monitors to Iraq to increase pressure on Baghdad to improve what he called its abysmal human rights record. A scarcely a Day passes without executions or hangings. In such a situation Mere condemnations Are not enough a Max  Der Stoel told the . Human rights commission. The former dutch foreign minister said placing permanent . Human rights monitors in Iraq would give a some Protection to the thousands who Are now in constant  Iraq denounced the report thursday saying it was part of a Western orchestrated smear Campaign. Russia conciliatory despite protest Over sub collision unified Commonwealth forces collision occurred feb. 11, As russian submarine surfaced from beneath the . Sub Manne Baton Rouge Baton Rouge los Angeles class Type attack submarine nuclear powered san _ displacement 6,080 tons surfaced 6,927 tons submerged dimensions length 360 it 109.7m longer than a football Field beam 33 it. 10.1m draft 32 it. 3 in. 9.9m propulsion one pressurized water cooled reactor driving geared steam turbines one Shaft maximum Speed submerged 31 knots complement 127 typical armament sub Roc nuclear tipped anti submarine missiles Harpoon Antl shop missiles Tomahawk cruise missiles Gould mk-48 and Madcap torpedoes source Modem submarine warfare Jane s fighting ships a we. J. Castillo Moscow a Russia is sending a note of protest to the United states Over the collision of american and Commonwealth submarines off the russian coast feb. 11, foreign minister Andrei Kozarev said thursday. Kozarev and marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov commander of the armed forces of the Commonwealth of Independent states described the incident at a hearing of the russian parliament. Despite the diplomatic protest they took a conciliatory tone and appeared to be trying to prevent the collision from becoming anything More than a quickly forgotten bump along the Road to cooperation. A it was the first violation by the americans of our territorial Waters in recent years a Shaposhnikov said adding that neither sub suffered serious damage. Kozarev said that he had already conveyed russians protest to Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii and that the Accident was made Public at the initiative of the United states. A we consider it a gesture of Trust that the americans wanted to speak openly about the collision he added. The russian foreign minister also acknowledged that the territorial limit in the Barents sea where the collision took place has been a subject of dispute with the United states. A the russian stand is that the incident happened within coordinates of our territorial Waters. The United states does not think so a he said. An account of the Accident based partly on an interview with adm. Konstantin Makarov chief of staff of the commonwealths Navy was published thursday on the front Page of the Izvestia newspaper. It described the collision As an Accident during an american spy Mission. A apparently the . Submarine was trying to spy on ours under the cover of trawler noises. The Captain of our submarine noticed the suspicious noises and started mane vering to verify his guess instead of rising straight to the surface a the newspaper said. The . Captain lost sight of ours and he decided to surface and use the Periscope. Both submarines found themselves in the so called zone of Hydro acoustic Shadow and could not see or hear each other. A the Commonwealth commander decided to surface thinking it was Safe to do so and hit the Bottom of the . Submarine with his superstructure. The Impact was so Strong that the Commonwealth submarine Sank a  Izvestia said the Commonwealth submarine surfaced to Check for damage while a the americans made a beeline to Neutral  the Baton Rouge carrying a Crew of 142, is returning to its Home port in Norfolk va., the Pentagon said. 2 convicted of extorting Money from Graf s dad in sex scandal Frankfurt Germany apr a court on thursday convicted a boxing promoter and a Model of extorting 800,000 Marks $485,000 from the father of Tennis Star Steffi Graf in a widely publicized sex scandal. Eberhard Thust 44, a boxing promoter was sentenced to three years in jail Ana ordered to pay a 200,000 Mark Fine. Nicole Meissner 23, a Model was sentenced to two years in jail. District judge Heinz Fischer convicted the two of extortion even though Peter Graf had offered the Money to keep the two a Paris apr to sit or not to sit a rating of the French capitals Public toilets May help parisians and tourists arrive at a better informed decision. The monthly health Magazine que Choisira Sante reviewed the facilities in 22 popular parisian establishments in its february editions. In the land of both the Bidet and the Hole in. The ground the Magazine rated restrooms on a 20-Point scale considering everything from a powerful flush to soap in Wash basins. The most Chic places did not necessarily do Well. For example the celebrated cafe Des Deus magots a haunt of writers Ernest Hemingway and f. Scott pendants from going Public with their allegation that Graf had fathered Meissner a baby. According to testimony Meissner and Thust agreed to keep the allegations quiet in Exchange for the payment then sold the Story to the tabloid press. Blood tests later proved that Graf was not the child a father although he did admit to having an affair with the woman. According to the German press the scandal caused tremendous turmoil for Steffi  the toilets Fitzgerald scored Only eight Points with big demerits for the presence of focal germs under the seats. The modernistic Pompidou Center fared even worse with just six Points. Que Choisira Sante wrote that a a visit to the sewers of Paris would without doubt be less  perfect Marks went to both the luxurious Ritz hotel and to the Mcdonald son the Boulevard St. Michel. The Austerlitz train station scored 17.5, and the National Assembly 18. To be fair que Choisira Sante rated its own toilets. Score 13. Parisians hear tale  
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