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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 14, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 9 world armenians azerbaijanis reportedly halt fighting from wire reports Ankara Turkey a Premier Suleyman de Mirel on Friday announced that a temporary cease fire has halted the fighting Between armenians and azerbaijanis Over the enclave of Magorno Karabash. The turkish Premier said he received word of the truce from the turkish ambassador in Baku the capital of Azerbaijan. Quot i Hope it the truce will continue Demirel said. China denies report Beijing a China denied on Friday a published report saying it May have purchased a  Patriot air defense missile or related technology from Israel. Israel issued a denial on thursday. But in Washington the White House acknowledged that the matter was under investigation. The Washington times quoting unidentified sources reported thursday that the United states was investigating intelligence reports that the israelis May have sold a Patriot missile or related technology to  disrupts meeting London a the House of commons briefly suspended its session Friday because of a fire in a machinery room. Inspector John Hoodless based at the House of commons said welders were working on the roof and had accidentally started a fire. Smoke from the fire seeped into the House of commons where lawmakers were debating a budget Bill. A it is getting pretty awful in Here a Treasury chief Secretary David Mellor complained before the meeting was . Korea crash kills 13 Seoul South Korea a thirteen people were killed and 20 injured thursday when a tour bus collided with a truck. Police said some of the injured were in serious condition. A the Accident occurred on the Seoul Pusan express Highway 150 Miles South of Seoul when the truck tried to pass a car. The truck collided head on with the bus coming from the opposite direction police  animals on menus Beijing a More than 20 restaurants in Central China Are being fined for putting macaques pangolin and other rare animals on the menu an official news report said thursday. The restaurants Are located on a single Street in Changsha in Hunan province. The Street became famous Over the past two years As a place to eat wild game the state run Xinhua news Agency said. Quot it said police and wildlife Protection officials raided the restaurants on tuesday and found that half the wild animals on the menu had protected status. Among them were leopards macaques which is a kind of Monkey and pangolin which is a scaly  buried alive Nicosia Cyprus a a 55-year-old father in Iran was beaten then buried alive in a ditch in his Back Yard after a quarrel with his three children the islamic Republic news Agency  state run Agency monitored in Cyprus said thursday that two sons aged 23 and 20, and an 18-year-old daughter were arrested on charges that they killed their father Abdol Hus Sein Zarei in the Southern Village of gozderaz.400 dolphins die in nets Jakarta Indonesia about 400 dolphins have died in dragnet during a fishing run off Java the official Ankara news Agency reported Friday. The report said the fishermen who used dragnet on tour boats did not realize they caught the dolphins until they returned to Shore. The dolphins had died by  up after bosnian officers die Belgrade. Yugoslavia at a attackers killed two Muslim police officers in the tense Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and barricades were erected on a main Road leading Ter neighbouring Serbia the t an Jig news a inc said 1-Ridav. The head of the . Peacekeeping Fogt be for Yugoslavia. It. Gen. Satish Nambiar w As to an we Friday at his Headquarters in the bosnian capital of Sarajevo . Sources said. In the serbian capital of Belgrade protests against the Republic s president Slobodan Milosevic continued for a fifth Day. Belgrade based Tan Jug said the two police officers were killed late thursday by unidentified gunmen near Tula an Industrial City about 45 Miles Northeast of Sarajevo. It said that ethnic tensions had flared up because of the incident and that barricades were erected overnight on a key Road leading East from Tula to Serbia. Bosnia and Herzegovina have been tense Ever since a showdown last week Between armed serbs and Muslim and croatian militants following a referendum in which the croats and muslims voted for Independence. The three ethnic groups Are trying to agree on the states future. The . Force to be deployed in four areas of Croatia will have its Headquarters and logistical bases in Bosnia and Herzegovina. That is expected to help defuse tensions there. Nambiar an Indian will be accompanied by 22 . Military and civilian personnel. They will join a team of 50 officers who arrived in Sarajevo earlier this week. An Advance party of 450 . Officers and men is to be Complete by today. The entire . Contingent of 14,000 men will be in place by  teen wins his Battle to attend school Tokyo Fly it a i Scur old Hoy with muscular dystrophy won a court decision Friday against a High school that refused him admission because he was disabled. A of this decision allows other people with disabilities like me to enter a Normal High school w in n they want then 1 feel the Pas car w As not ,�?� Masai Tamaki end alter a i slut Youit tiled he could not be baited lion a avg i l because he is confined to a wheelchair. Quot i lacing my pleas recognized by the Couit makes me happier than  he told a news  years ago after graduating from Middle school Tamaki applied to the Amagasaki High school near Kobe about 510 Miles Southwest of Tokyo. Although Tamakia a attorneys say the teen made one of the highest scores on the Entrance examination that year the school ejected him saying it did not have the facilities to Deal with students in wheelchairs. A residing judge Taino Tsuji tiled that a school does not have the right to reject a student Only on the grounds that it cannot handle his needs. Muscular dystrophy is a non contagious disease characterized by a progressive deterioration of the Muscles. The court awarded Tamaki $7,50 1 in compensation and ordered the school to allow him admission. It was the first Case in Japan where a disabled person sued a school for being rejected for admission. Firefighters work on the soldering remains of a Streetcar that skidded off its tracks in Goteborg killing 13 people. Passengers Honor 13 killed by trolley Stockholm Sweden apr passengers on Gote Borg buses and streetcars observed a minute of silence at noon Friday in memory of 13 people killed thursday when a trolley went off its tracks and rolled downhill. The Streetcar had been evacuated when it lost Power at a Busy intersection. It started to Roll backward Down a Hill ran into a group of people waiting at a Streetcar Stop and crashed against a building. Sixteen of about 30 injured were still being treated Friday at Sahl Renska Hospital in Goteborg 250 Miles Southwest of Stockholm. Four were in critical condition. Streetcar officials had decided to Send the evacuated Streetcar backward along the same route it had come but were investigating Friday Why it rolled uncontrollably. Most speculation focused on the streetcars three Brake systems. Two Are supposed to work automatically if Power is lost and the brakes Are designed so that an operator would have to disengage them said Bengt Lindwall spokesman for the Tram manufacturer Abb traction in vat eras. Police officer Stefan Karlsson confirmed Friday that the Driver was in the vehicle when it crashed. Since the Streetcar moved backward and he was in front he was not seriously injured. Karlsson had arrived with a colleague to direct traffic around the stalled trolley. He raced his car in front to warn people to get out of the Way As the Streetcar rolled at about 50 Mph Down the half mile slope. A we saw that they had disconnected the Tram car which began to Roll slowly Down the Hill a Karlsson told Goteborg radio. A suddenly we saw a Tram official running alongside the trolley screaming. We immediately realized something had gone wrong and saw Sparks from underneath the   
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