European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday Jure 17, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 13 Haiti army parades to show its Power amid discord Rumor port a Prince Haiti a hundreds of soldiers Goose stepped through the capital and snapped to attention at the statue of Haiti a Independence Leader in a Strong military response wednesday to reports of army discord. The Parade followed a Public condemnation of army commander Raoul Cedras by Evans Francois the elder brother of Cedras fellow military coup Leader it. Col. Michel Francois. Michel Francois swiftly distanced himself from his brother a declaration pledging loyalty to Cedras. On wednesday the . Embassy hailed Evans Francois statement As a Are fac live of the increasingly isolated position of Gen Cedras and his "t6 the degree that this can be interpreted As representing divisions within the coup family it the declaration suggests that it is the fault of the military and its insistence on remaining in Power Long after it should have departed the political Arena a embassy spokesman Stanley Schrager added. Evans Francois a businessman and former Consul to the neighbouring dominican Republic demanded that Cedras quit now to save Haiti from foreign military intervention. Michel Francois who with Cedras toppled elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide in 1991, responded in a statement read wednesday on local radio Quot neither fear nor any other emotion arising from any sort of foreign threat exists or will exist in me. That is Why i reject this offensive and Inopportune statement concerning my commander in neither Cedras nor Michel Francois was seen at wednesday ceremony. Such parades Are held periodically to show Force army spokesman col. Jean Robert Gabriel told the associated press. The slow moving March featuring screechy clarinets in an out of tune military band ended up at the Dessalines Barracks across from the presidential Palace. Two civilian supporters there yelled Quot Long live the army Cedras staged a similar ceremony in october at the statue of Jean Jacques Dessalines who used scorched Earth tactics to defeat French soldiers and win Independence in 1804. That ceremony canc the Day a . Navy ship was to Dock in port a Prince As part of a . Peace plan to restore Aristides constitutional government. The ship retreated after a dockside demonstration dooming the peace Effort and allowing the military to maintain Power. After 2vi years of intensifying economic sanctions on Haiti Washington has not ruled out military intervention if Haiti a coup leaders fail to resign. Many haitians take the possibility of a . Invasion seriously. State to broadcast patriotic messages tuesday night including a speech by state to director Emmanuel Menard warning that foreign troops might rape Quot haitian daughters wives and mothers if they invade. Such violations were reported during the . Marine occupation of Haiti from 1915 to 1934. A a Ruck loaded with empty containers prepares to leave port a Prince Llali on wednesday to pick up smuggled fuel from the dominican ban May strand 1,000 haitians port a Prince Haiti a the cutoff of . Air traffic to Haiti May strand about 1,000 haitians applying for Asylum to escape persecution american officials said wednesday. . Officials said they Hope to Fly but 250 More haitians already accepted for political Asylum before commercial air service stops next Friday. The air ban was announced last week to tighten already Tough sanctions on Haiti designed to Force its military rulers to step Down Quot the question is once the planes Stop flying what do we do a embassy spokes Man Stanley Schrager told reporters. He said other options including charter flights and escapes to . Ships arc under consideration As Well As Safe houses inside Haiti to provide Security for the haitians until they can depart. Nearly 1,000 haitians Are Quot in the pipe line a Schrager said a and dozens More apply every Day. To human rights workers and Many of the haitians in limbo the idea of Safe houses in a military dominated society is ridiculous. Their question is How can anyone guarantee safety in Haiti a i live on the Street now a said an economist a not identified a who was fired from a government ministry after the 1991 military coup. A efm living without my children my wife. Psychologically pm in jail a accused of supporting exiled president can Bertrand Aristide and threatened with death by a pro army militia the economist got . Asylum. He picked up his plane ticket tuesday hoping to get a flight out along with his wife and three children.4 billion year old Rock St. Robert Quebec a a Grapefruit sized Rock first spotted by a Herd of cows came from a meteorite estimated to be More than 4 billion years old a scientist said wednesday. Travelling about 60 Miles per second the meteorite crashed to Earth in a Field tuesday night with a Streak of fire and a sonic Boom thousands of people around Montreal jammed Telephone lines calling authorities. Stephan Forcier of St. Robert found the meteorite in his Field after his cows gathered around the foot deep Hole where it landed "1 saw a Ball of smoke As if a place had blown up a said his neighbor vital Lcmay a then i heard something like a falling whistle like the kind you a hear in a War Richard Herd a geologist with the Canadian geological Survey drove from Ottawa to St. Robert a farming Village about 60 Miles Northeast of Montreal to inspect the Rock. Meteorites arc fragments of meteors or shooting stars that fall to Earth. Ranging in size from a Pinhead to masses weighing several tons they probably originate when comets or Small planets called asteroids collide in space. Thousands of meteorites fall every Day but usually Burn up before hitting Earth a surface Herd said. Italy porn Star son on run from . In custody fight Rome apr italian porn Star Ilona Quot Cic Ciolina Staller facing arrest in new York in a custody Battle says she a in Italy living Quot like a fugitive with her isl year old son. A . Judge issued an arrest warrant for her last week after she disappeared with Ludwig Maximilian Koons. In a Telephone interview with the Turin newspaper la Stampa Staller was quoted thursday As saying a Between changing diapers a that she has moved from Genoa to Trieste in northeastern Italy. She gave no details on her flight. She appealed to Italy a Justice minister to protect her son in the custody fight with her husband artist Jeffrey Koons. On Christmas eve Koons disregarded an italian court order and took the child out of Rome to new York. Koons has sued for divorce and custody. Under an interim agreement Staller won daily visitation but was forbidden from leaving the state with the child. Staller said she no longer makes porn movies and would like to be a to talk show Host. 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