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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday june 6, 1992farmer, 32, becomes Premier of Poland Warsaw Poland up peasant party Leader Waldemar Pawlak was confirmed Friday As prime minister replacing Jan Olszewski whose Long running feud with president Lech Walesa culminated with the release of a list of alleged collaborators with the former secret police. Pawlak 32, was approved by parliament on a 261-149 vote with seven abstentions. Pawlak Heads the most powerful of the peasant parties having the fourth strongest parliamentary caucus. Together the Farmers parties Are capable of forming the largest single voting bloc in parliament. Pawlak who was nominated Early Friday by Walesa seemed to have attracted the support of Many major political parties in the Sejm or lower House. A we can form a stable majority coalition a Michal Strak Pawlakos adviser said earlier. Strak said Pawlak will seek to form a majority coalition of 240 deputies in the 460-member parliament. The coalition is expected to be composed of the democratic Union Liberal Congress the party of the polish economic program peasant Alliance peasant party and possibly the National Christian party. Pawlak an engineering graduate of Warsaw technical University owns a farm near Warsaw. In a Brief speech after the vote Pawlak called on the deputies to cooperate in quickly passing a 1992 budget and then to prepare one for 1993. A i Appeal to you for peace and Goodwill according to the Laws and Good of the state a he said. A we need Concrete work for the common Good of  before the vote several deputies pointed out that the party he leads has and leftist roots and supported communist Power in the past. But Pawlak told the parliament that he cannot be blamed because the communist system was installed by Moscow in 1945. A i was born in 1959 in the polish Countryside under the system which we the poles did not choose a he said. A i have not formed this system but i can change  the collapse of Olszewskie a government was accelerated by the release of secret lists of High level politicians alleged to Haye been collaborators with the former communist secret police. Walesa a who was named on the collaborators list a submitted a motion to recall the government thursday afternoon pushing ahead by one Day a no Confidence voted submitted by three major opposition  troops vacate Barracks in Sarajevo Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina api a about 800 yugoslav army soldiers were per Mitten Friday to evacuate a downtown Barracks where they had been trapped by Muslim forces for almost a month. A it went without a hitch a said col. John Wilson head of the . Observer team. The move could set the stage for a lasting cease fire Between serbian irregulars and bosnian government forces made up largely of pro Independence muslims and croats. Their Battles which began in March have been among the worst during a year of fighting in former Yugoslavia. An estimated 5,700 people have been killed since feb. 29, when slavic muslims and croats voted for Independence. The serbs one third of Bosnia a population want to remain Allied with Serbia and have captured about two thirds of Bosnia a territory. The serbian led Federal soldiers were evacuated from the Barracks along with about 100 women and children trapped with the yugoslav forces. The yugoslav soldiers were moved out in four convoys of speeding trucks buses and cars each flanked by . Armoured personnel carriers and bosnian police cars. The convoys headed for a serbian controlled area on the southwestern Edge of the City. The evacuation began after Days of stalled negotiations Over who would get the Barracks heavy weapons after the troops left. They ultimately fell to the bosnian forces. The Barracks which effectively Cut the cily in half have been shelled repeatedly during the siege with the Federal troops returning fire. Yugoslavia s presidency anxious to distance itself from the violence blamed both Muslim forces and serb irregulars for the deadlock Over evacuating the Barracks. Sarajevo has been under siege for two months. Food and Medicine Are running Low and Many parts of the City Are without electricity and water. Cedric Thornberry the . Chief civilian official continued brokering talks in Sarajevo on Friday to try to free Sarajevo a serbian held Airport for Relief flights. Tense situation chinese police keep a wary Eye on an associated press photographer Friday in Bering s Tiana men Square. The . And German embassies lodged complaints Friday after chinese police detained or beat 10 foreign reporters wednesday and thursday. The journalists were covering the third anniversary of the chinese governments violent crackdown on pro democracy rallies in Bering on june 3-4,198?germans Issue new warrant for Honecker Berlin up a the Berlin Justice authorities said Friday that they issued a new arrest warrant for former East German Leader Erich Honecker for abuse of Powers a Justice spokeswoman confirmed an article by Stern Magazine saying the warrant had been issued against Honecker. The 79-Yearold is already wanted in Germany on charges of murder for allegedly ordering the shooting of East germans who sought to flee to West Germany. Honecker has been holed up in the chilean embassy in Moscow since december to avoid being extradited to Germany. Stern said the new arrest warrant accuses Honecker of having used funds of the former East German communist state for his personal use. Honecker a attorney in Berlin Nicolas Becker dismissed the accusation As a absurd and ridiculous and said that Honecker had lived in a very modest manner when he headed East Germany. Honecker was swept from Power oct. 18, 1989, after leading East Germany along strict communist lines for 18 years. Book claims Princess Diana tried suicide 6 years ago London apr Princess Diana in despair Over her marriage and convinced that her two sons were happier with their Nanny than with her took an overdose of pills six years ago the daily mail reported Friday. The aborted suicide bid a a was never intended to be More than an agonized cry for help Quot according to unnamed a Palace insiders quoted by columnist Nigel Dempster in a front Page report on a new biography of Diana. Buckingham Palace had Quot absolutely no comment at ally on Nicholas Davies a Book Diana a Princess and her 1 troubled marriage or Dempster a article a spokeswoman said requesting customary anonymity. Davies was dismissed As foreign Edi Tor of the daily Mirror in november alter allegations that he was involved in arms dealing. Davies referred to Diana a alleged suicide bid in his Book which is due to be published next month in the United states the daily mail said. The daily mail began publishing excerpts from Davies Book Friday two Days ahead of the sunday times plan to begin running sections from Andrew Morton a rival biography Diana her 7 Rue Story. Diana married the heir to the British throne who is 12 years her senior in 1981. British tabloids have regularly reported that the marriage is unhappy. The couple have two sons Prince William 9, and Prince harry7. Dempster wrote that daily mail reporters who investigated Davies claims confirmed Diana now 30, had taken a drug overdose in 1986, a after a blazing Telephone Row with her  Quot she was convinced that Prince Charles no longer loved her and that her Small sons were happier spending time with their Nanny than with her. She was at her wits end and would often cry herself to sleep with frustration a the daily mail said. After taking a handful of paracetamol an aspirin substitute Diana a began to realize the enormity of what she had done a and made herself vomit the daily mail said. A l rom her bed at Kensington Palace the Princess telephoned Charles who was at their country Home Highgrove and he ordered to a doctor immediately the newspaper said a no serious damage was inflicted a it said. Diana was treated by a nervous disorders specialist and recovered but a the marriage has not been mended and the Gulf Between Diana and Prince Charles is arid and wide Quot the newspaper said. A the Princess has seriously contemplated divorce and investigated the possibilities by talking to a privy councillor but has now accepted that her position makes it impossible a the newspaper added. A she has told friends she is resigned to being locked into a Loveless   
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