European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes world Friday june 3,1994 russian officer is slain. Near Home in Tajikistan. From wire reports Dushanbe Tajikistan a a russian officer was slain in the tajik capital of Dushanbe and a Soldier was killed after stepping on a mine along the Border with Afghanistan a news Agency said thursday. The deaths wednesday brought the number of russian servicemen killed this week in Tajikistan to four raising tension in the former soviet Republic where the pro communist government faces opposition from islamic militants. It col. Yuri Shnipkin was killed wednesday near his Home one Day after another russian officer was shot As he got into his car the itar Tass news Agency said also wednesday pvt Vladislav Marsakov died after he stepped on a mine near the a Zandzh Border Post 100 Miles South of Dushanbe. A russian Border guard was killed sunday in Horog a City in the Pamir mountains on Tajikistan s Border with Afghanistan. Russian Border guards in agreement with the pro communist tajik government Are helping defend the tajik Border with Afghanistan to try to prevent the infiltration of islamic militants. More than 30 russian Border guards have been killed in Tajikistan since the beginning of 1993. Hungarian Mig crashes Budapest Hungary a a hungarian air Force Mig-21 crashed while on a training flight and one of its pilots was killed reports said thursday. The Accident occurred wednesday night about 90 Miles West of Budapest the met news Agency reported. It identified the dead Pilot As it. Bela Goeder. The other Pilot of the two scat Trainer Jet map Tamas Kristof suffered minor injuries As he ejected a defense ministry spokesman said an. Investigation had been launched. Yugoslav jets collide Belgrade Yugoslavia a two yugoslav air Force Mig-21s collided during training and one Pilot was missing the Tan Jug news Agency reported. It said the midair collision occurred at about 10 . Wednesday near Mijelo polje 180 Miles South of Belgrade. T he other Pilot bailed out and was not injured. The report gave no other details. Cambodian prison assailed Bangkok Thailand a  physicians group has called for the closure of a horribly crowded cambodian prison where malnourished prisoners living in the stench of human excrement fight Over scarce water for bathing. A the grossly inhuman conditions defy adequate ascription a or. Steven Spencer of Boston based description or. Meven Spence physicians for human rights said in a statement seen thursday in Bangkok. The group visited Lac police Jud Ciaire prison in March april and May. It found 216 prisoners including 23 women and four children in a building designed for 30 to 40 inmates Spencer chair of the american correctional health services association called the prison a a perfect place for the spread Quot of intestinal and respiratory disease. Many prisoners appeared Pate and wasted while some had beriberi a sometimes deadly condition resulting from malnutrition the statement said. It said inmates received one meal a Day a Small Bow l of Rice and thin soup. Eighty one percent of the inmates at the phenom penh prison built in 1937, had not yet been tried it  condom completed Ashburton new zealand a a Kite maker has built a 100-foot Long flying condom for an ant aids Campaign in Europe. Designer Phillip Mcconnachie said t thursday that he used hundreds of Yards of taffeta Nylon for the Kite which includes two 33-feet High human figures perched on top. Cuban police arrest two men suspected of trying to enter the belgian ambassadors residence in Havana on wednesday. Cubans at envoy s Home threaten self immolation Mexico City apr More than 100 cubans who took Refuge in the belgian ambassador s House in Havana have threatened to set themselves on fire rather than leave without gaining Asylum. A what we have in common is our firm determination to immolate ourselves in this place before returning to cuban territory Quot they said in one of four letters and statements released to reporters wednesday. The documents claimed that Between 119 and 124 people were in the ambassadors House and said most Verc former political prisoners although journalists in Havana said they did not recognize the names. The documents addressed to Pope John Paul ii diplomats and journalists appeared to complicate efforts by Cuba and Belgium to end the occupation that began when the Asylum suckers rushed the ambassador s residence saturday. A. Cuban and belgian officials trying to avoid encouraging such actions said the Asylum suckers should not be considered for visas until they go through regular channels. President Fidel Castro a government has said there would be no reprisals if the cubans left the embassy. But the Asylum seckers said in the letter that they a know that it is belter to die than to fall into the hands of the  the government has said it did not bother cubans who took part in earlier embassy seizures but anti Castro groups in the United states said some Werea prested later. The Asylum seckers appealed to the cuban american National foundation an ant Castro group and to cuban american members of the . Congress to support a your departure from Cuba with absolute  although they Haven to expressed a desire to go to the United states Many of the cubans holed up in the belgian ambassadors residence have american relatives. Raids on other embassies in Havana have often been used As stepping stones to the United states and the overwhelming majority of cuban immigrants go to the United states. In a separate development wednesday Cuba raised prices on cigarettes and rum part of a series of Price increases planned to help balance the budget and prop up the peso now Worth a Penny on the Black Market despite an official rate of $1. Prices of fuel electricity and other goods Are to be raised later. Israeli raid on guerrilla base a. A. W a a a. A a a a. A kills at least 26 in Lebanon Baalbek Lebanon apr israeli warplanes thursday staged their deadliest attack in Lebanon this year killing at least 26 people at a training base for Muslim fundamentalist guerrillas near the syrian Border. Lebanese Security sources speaking on condition of anonymity said most of the victims died in their Beds in the pre Dawn raid on an iranian backed Hezbollah training Camp near Baalbek. Conflicting reports put the casualty toll at 26 to 45 dead and 30 to 200 injured. The lebanese army said nearly 30 guerrilla trainees were killed and dozens wounded most of them 12 to 18 years old. Hezbollah said 26 were killed and 30 wounded. It vowed a Swift and merciless revenge. About 11 hours Laler rockets fired from Lebanon hit the Northern israeli coastal City of nah Ariya. Another barrage struck two hours later. There was no report of damage or casualties. Residents said most of the rockets landed in farm Fields. Tensions heightened among the 870,000 residents of Northern Israel As people braced for further rocket at tacks. The attacks were bound to escalate the stakes Between Israel and shiite Muslim guerrillas who Are waging a War against the enclave that Israel controls in Southern Lebanon. It also is Likely to dim chances of a breakthrough in the stalled Middle East peace talks. Hezbollah guerrillas cordoned off the stricken base about seven Miles from the syrian Border after the air strike. A Hezbollah statement said four israeli helicopter gunships backed by six fighter bombers staged the attack. The lebanese army command said its troops and syrian military positions in the area opened anti aircraft fire. But the communique made no mention of hits. Syria maintains 40,000 troops in Northern Eastern and Central Lebanon. President Elias Herawi summoned Lebanon a supreme defense Council which includes the nation s top defense and political officials to an emergency midday meeting