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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world wednesday september 14,1994.n. Korea releases remains said to be american dead from the associated press. P Panmunjom North Korea North Korea in the midst of talks on forming diplomatic tics with Washington on tuesday turned Over 14 coffins said to hold remains of us. Soldiers killed in the korean War. It was the first Transfer of remains this year and brought to 208 the number of remains handed Over since 1990. . Officials say Only one set has been positively identified. American and North korean diplomats in the North a capital Pyongyang were discussing a technical matters about exchanging Liaison offices the first step toward diplomatic relations the North a official news Agency reported. The report did not give details but . Officials a have said they would take up issues such As mail Telephone service and  fights cholera Simferopol Ukraine a a severe drought in the Crimea has caused an outbreak of cholera authorities said tuesday. A fifteen people have been hospitalized and 22 schools on the Peninsula have been closed for fear the disease will spread. The cholera cases entered around the Crimea s capital Simferopol were the first in Ukraine in three years. Anatoly Radchenko director of epidemic control in Ukraine a ministry of health blamed contaminated drinking water and predicted More people will be infected. The Crimea has had a serious drought this summer and most towns in the Region have been limited to a couple of hours of running water a Day. Radchenko said Low water Levels had probably led to the contamination. Cholera spread mostly by water contaminated with the fees of infected people can kill by causing diarrhoea and vomiting that bring severe dehydration islamic studies cause riot Dhaka Bangladesh a a leading University was shut Down tuesday after students rioted Over compulsory islamic studies. About 500 students blocked traffic and smashed vehicles monday to protest the mandatory religious courses at the islamic University in Kushlia 80 Miles West of the capital Dhaka police said the islamic University admits Only muslims. Nearly 90 percent of Bangladesh a 120 million people arc muslims. Bangladesh a largest medical College meanwhile was shut Down monday after student supporters of prime minister Khaleda Zia and her political rival Sheik Hasina fought each other with guns and crude bombs police said. Six people were injured in the skirmish at Dhaka medical College. In Bangladesh University campuses Are Breeding grounds Tor politicians. All political parties have student wings and candidates in student  Ore seized Berlin a police seized 30 ounces of Low radiation uranium Ore from a zairian Man carrying it in his baggage when he arrived at a Berlin Airport from Moscow officials said monday. T he material was not enriched and could not be used for atomic weapons police spokesman a cart Piorkowski said. The substance was seized sunday at Schonfeld Airport. 1 he 34-year-old traveler was detained and later freed As prosecutors consider whether to bring charges Piorkowski said. Jacques Parizeau Cader of the separatist parti bulb icons and his wife Lisette Lapointe acknowledge supporters at a rally in Quebec City monday after Parizeau a party won a majority in the provincial  majority in Quebec s legislature Montreal apr Quebec voters took what could be their first step toward Independence monday by giving the separatist parti quebecois a solid majority in the provincial legislature. Official results showed Jacques Parizeau Sparti quebecois winning 77 seats in the 125-scat legislature. Premier Daniel Johnson a Liberal party won 47 seats and one went to the Small separatist democratic action party. Parizeau 64, has promised that his government would hold a referendum within a year on whether the predominantly French speaking province should split from anglophone Canada. Johnson had warned that Independence would Lead to upheaval and economic deterioration. If Quebec were to secede the maritime provinces of Nova Scotia new Brunswick Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland would be physically Cut off from the rest of Canada. And Quebec Independence could encourage a new wave of separates Erin Western provinces that Long have Felt ignored by Ottawa the National capital. A. A. A do we want to become a Normal people in a country which belongs to us a an exultant Parizeau shouted to cheering supporters in the port City of Quebec. Johnson conceding defeat said the liberals would Campaign to remain part of Canada. A we will be there. To remind quebecois that they already belong to a great country where we Are occupying a greater and greater place a he said. A we will also remind people of the advantages and the guarantees of Prosperity. If we stay in  Many Quebec voters were fed up with the sagging Economy and 12.2 percept unemployment in the prov wife of Peru s Leader to Ince of 7 million people and wanted to turn the liberals out. But a vote for the parti quebecois is not necessarily a vote for separation. A referendum on sovereignty in 1980 was voted Down 60 percent to 40 percent and recent polls have indicated a new plebiscite would fail. Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien and other Federal officials did no to comment on the Quebec Campaign and leaders of other provinces also largely stayed out of the debate. But the parti quebecois Victory will no doubt Lead to a full court press by the Federal government and other provinces on behalf of Canadian Unity a Quebec did not reject Canada tonight a Chretien said in Ottawa. A i am quite convinced Over the next six months they will restate their profound attachment to this  a a t he separatists also have notable Power at the Federal level too. In National elections last fall the pro Independence bloc quebecois won 54 seats in the 295-seat House of commons becoming the official opposition party. While the leaders of the principal parties campaigned on such issues As employment education and the Economy the focus ultimately came Back to whether quebecois a the French speaking inhabitants of Quebec a would be better or worse off in a separate country. Parizeau a former economics professor said Quebec would save billions of dollars simply by eliminating duplication of Federal and provincial departments. Johnson also a francophone ridiculed those numbers and said Independence not Only would put an enormous debt Burden on Quebec a inhabitants but also would Cost them a Fortune to develop a military embassies and other trappings of Independence. Lima Peru apr in the latest instalment of Peru a presidential soap opera president Alberto Fujimori a estranged wife declared monday that she would run for president next year. T hat would put Susana Higuchi in direct conflict with her husband who is expected to run for a second five year term in the april 1995 election. Despite a new Law that bars the president s relatives from seeking National of Nice Susan Higuchi said there was still a Way for her to run. She has challenged the Law which set off the first couples feud. Higuchi 44, announced her plans monday evening after delivering documents that she said supported her charges of corruption within. Fujimori a administration to Peru a Congress. C5 a i accept the Challenge of presidency a she said. A Higuchi s dispute with her husband became Public in August when she pro tested the Law and said she was thinking of running for president herself. On aug. 23, Fujimori 56, accused his wide of being unstable and disloyal and said he was removing her from the honorary position of first lady. Higuchi continued that she had moved out of the presidential Palace and was living in a mathematics school she owns in Lima. She said she was not seeking a divorce. 3 the government press office said there run in 95 was no official response to Higuchi a announcement. Higuchi said she expected her husband to throw a another Tantrum when he found out. Higuchi claimed last month that she w As being held prisoner in the Palace and kept from seeing her four children. But Higuchi a daughter 19-year-old Keiko Sofia denied last week that she and her siblings were being kept from seeing their Mother. She also criticized Higuchi for not supporting the president  
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