European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 10, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 Yeltsin absent with cold that s All Kremlin explains from wire reports Moscow the Kremlin issued an unusual statement wednesday saying president Boris n. Yeltsin was sick with a cold and was working at his country Home outside Moscow. A presidential spokesman said the announcement was made to Avert rumours about Yeltsin s absence from the Kremlin this week. The 63-year-old president has not been to his office for three Days. It s just a simple cold said Anatoly Kasikov head of the president s press service. He stayed Home on monday and tuesday so to avoid possible rumours we decided to inform the  Yeltsin s health has been a matter of speculation for years. He has twice been hospitalized for heart problems after losing his Post As Moscow s communist party Boss in november 1987 an during a trip to Spain in april 1990. In september 1991, Chest pains forced him to Stop work and cancel appointments for two Days. High Speed train derails Besancon France a High Speed train with 200 people aboard derailed in Eastern France on wednesday morning when it struck a bumper that fell off a freight train officials said. No injuries were reported and it was Only the third derailment involving French High Speed trains since they were put into service in 1981. The Tiv a French abbreviation for High Speed train was travelling at 62 Mph shortly after leaving the station in Besancon near the Swiss Border when it struck the bumper officials said. An Axle on one of the cars jumped the tracks forcing the train to come to a halt said the state owned National Railroad in of. The passengers on their Way to Dijon were put on another train 90 minutes later but the Accident was expected to tie up other rail traffic during much of the Day of f Ici als said. To is which cruise at More than 200 Mph run on specially built tracks from Paris North to Lille South to Lyon and Southwest on the route to Bordeaux. The trains continue past those Points but at Normal Speed. " store hit 4 times in night Victoria British Columbia there May have been More robbers than shoppers monday night at a convenience store in this Canadian City. Clerk Mark Ziegler told police that he was robbed four times that night while working at an All night 7-eleven store in downtown Victoria the provincial capital. The beleaguered clerk said tuesday that he has never experienced so Many robberies in a single shift. He said he believes the crime spree was caused by addicts looking for Money to buy drugs. Ziegler said he was most frightened by the first Holdup in which the robber flashed a knife. Weapons were concealed or simulated in the other stick . The same Man was believed responsible for the second and third robberies. Police said a Small amount of Cash was taken each time. Rushdie supported on 5th anniversary Amsterdam Netherlands a a nationwide Campaign to support Sal Man Rushdie is being mounted on the fifth anniversary of his being sentenced to death by iranian spiritual Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. On monday everyone buying or Bor rowing a Book will receive a postcard with a poem by dutch poet Luebert especially composed for the British novelist the dutch Salman Rushdie defense committee said tuesday. The group says it Hopes the Campaign will put political pressure on the iranian government to revoke the death sen tence. The late Khomeini passed the sen tence against Rushdie on feb. 14, 1989, saying his Book the satanic verses de famed islam. We know our goal is optimistic but we want to remind people of the death sentence and that it is a kind of terror ism directed at Rushdie his publishers and distributors said Chris Keulemans Secretary of the Rushdie defense commit tee. Latest threat in Egypt leads . To Issue Alert Cairo Egypt a the . Embassy said it takes a new threat by islamic extremists against for Eigners in Egypt very seriously and urged americans to be on Alert. Faxes of the warning were sent by the embassy to american companies in Cairo on tuesday. A copy was made available by one firm to the associated press. The notice said the embassy has no information that americans arc specifically targeted. V we must however take such threats very seriously the statement said and urged americans to heighten their Security awareness and report to police any suspicious activity. On monday the extremist islamic group renewed its threat against foreigners. Repeating a warning of feb. 2, the group urged tourists and foreign investors to leave saying it was their last  the islamic group statement was sent by fax to a Western news Agency in Cairo. There was no Way to authenticate it. Egypt s top Law enforcement official Interior min ister Hassan Al airy  threat showed the Mili Tants insecurity. He ruled out any dialogue with the extremists. Elalfy termed the bombing of a Branch of the Cen trial Bank in Cairo on monday As just bubbles in the air to prove they the militants still  the bomb caused Only minor damage and no casual ties. Explosive devices outside two other Banks were defused. No attack on foreigners has been reported since the initial warning to tourists and foreign investors. Three foreigners have been among the 300 people killed in the two years since the islamic group began its Campaign to displace Egypt s secular government with islamic Rule. The other victims have been police officers coptic christians government officials and extremists. The radicals Campaign has seriously Dania cd Egypt s tourism Industry. Brother of Castro implicated in dead drug Kingpin s video Bogota Colombia a files and a videotape that belonged to slain drug lord Pablo Escobar implicate the brother of cuban Leader Fidel Castro in drug trafficking. The videotape portions of which were broadcast by the to news program map on monday night showed a Man identified Only As David pleading with Escobar to let him live after surviving an assassination attempt. David whose face is electronically distorted in the hour Long tape sent the video to Escobar to deny accusations that he was a traitor to the Medelin Cartel that Escobar ran. In the video David reminded Esco bar of the work he had done for the Cartel. You know i helped you with Raul Castro on the is land with respect to the shipment David says refer ring to Fidel Castro s brother who also is Cuba s de sense minister. It was riot Clear what kind of shipment David was re Ferring to. The . Government has repeatedly accused Raul Castro of drug trafficking. There was no answer at the cuban embassy in bogota1 on tuesday when re porters called seeking comment. The video and documents shown on the to Broad cast arc authentic and form part of the government s investigative files on Escobar s operations said Ana Lucia Obregon spokeswoman for the prosecutor Gen eral s office. The material was found in Escobar s Pris on after he escaped in july 1992, Obregon said. The files and the tape reveal that Escobar who led the me Dell Cartel until he was slain by Security forces dec. 2, had a sophisticated intelligence network at his com Mand. Suspect arrested in Duck shootings Tokyo a a Man with a penchant for nabbing and Nib bling ducks was arrested after waterfowl were shot with arrows in Central Japan police said tuesday. Sueyuki Watanabe a 51-year old Carpenter was arrested Mon Day on suspicion of violating Ani Mal Protection and Hunting Laws after three ducks were shot with a crossbow said Numazu police in Shizuoka state. 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