European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 12 the stars and stripes world sunday june 19,1994 North threatens attack As Yemen peace bid fails san a Yemen apr peace talks were called off saturday and Northern forces in Yemen a civil War threatened to storm the Southern stronghold of Aden unless the South ended its month old secession. The ultimatum was Given As the egyptian foreign minister reported that cease fire talks would not take place today in Cairo As planned. Both sides had agreed Friday to attend the talks arranged by . Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi. But egyptian foreign minister Amre Mahmoud Moussa said saturday that a there will not be a meeting to be held he did not elaborate Moussa who spoke after meeting with Brahimi in the egyptian City of Alexandria said the . Mediator would leave for new York today to report to the . Secretary general. The faltering peace moves came during some of the heaviest Batty is for Aden since the civil War broke out May 4. Reports said 36 people were killed in shelling Between thursday and Early saturday. Rocket attacks near the City Airport Early saturday wounded 17 people according to the Kuwait news Agency which has a correspondent in Aden. The port City was afflicted by increasing shortages of food water and Medicine with the prewar population of 350,000 swollen by refugees. The 4-year-old Union of North and South Yemen collapsed after feuding Between Northern president Aii Abdullah Saleh and his former vice president Ali Salem Al Saidh the Southern Leader. Northern forces hold most of the country after fighting that is believed to have killed thousands. Failed East German uprising recalled Bonn Germany apr parliament on Friday marked the 41st anniversary of a failed uprising against East Germany a communist rulers delving into the extinct states grim history in an impassioned session. On june 17, 1953, Iso vict tanks joined East German forces in putting Down the revolt by workers. At least 109 people died including some who were executed after conviction by summary courts and about 1,500 were thrown into prison. A never shall we return to totalitarian systems a parliament president Rita Sussmuth said in the bundestag the lower House. Because of its historical significance Friday was chosen As the Day to present to the bundestag a Long awaited analysis by a Blue ribbon panel of historians sociologists and other experts on the 41-year existence of communist East Germany which merged with West Germany in 1990. The report the and victims comments by bundestag delegates on the result of two years of hearings of politicians of the communist regime were moving and often contentious. Bundestag member Dieter Keller a former culture minister for the East German government apologized for the communists transgressions. A member of the commission that wrote the 400-Pagc report Keller said a one of the most difficult moments of my Jifca was listening to Eastern germans Tell in the hearings of How the Stasi secret police turned friends against one another by coercing people into becoming informers. Gard Poppe another easterner in the bundestag rejected talk by some politicians of granting an amnesty to former Stasi officials. A Many of the culprits of the past once again have influential positions in Public service or in business. How can we talk of an amnesty a Poppe said. The commissions report meant to help people in both parts of once divided Germany come to grips with the past stated that the East German system was not As cruel As the nazi bartenders strike amid world cup fever from wire reports Dublin Ireland a Dublin bartenders went on strike saturday a just hours before their pubs and bars were expected to overflow with world cup fans. Mandate the Union which represents 3,000 bar workers said that up to 70 percent of the City a 650 drinking establishments would be hit by the work stoppage. But Ireland a licensed vintners association which represents pub and bar owners said hundreds of nonunion pubs and bars would remain open. Ireland a soccer team was scheduled to play Italy in its opening game in the world cup soccer championship in East Rutherford . Bartenders rejected their Union leaders advice saturday and voted against a Deal that would have Given them a 1 percent pay me and a pledge of further negotiations. The bartenders want extra pay for a cleaning up , 17, to get 6 lashes Singapore a a Hong Kong youth charged in the same vandalism spree As american Michael Fay had his punishment reduced from 12 to six lashes and his prison term Cut from eight to six months it was announced saturday Shiu Chi to 17, was deemed As guilty As Fay but a because Shiu chose to Challenge the charges against him the government believes it right that his punishment should be heavier than Fay so an official statement said. Fay 19, who is to be released from prison tuesday confessed in a plea bargain to two charges of vandalizing cars. His sentence of six lashes of a Rattan Rod was reduced to four after an Appeal by president Clinton,233 die in floods in China Beijing a at least 233 people died in flood ravaged China by saturday and officials warned that Rivers were still rising rapidly. 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