Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba drug maker Bismarck . A Man acquitted of killing his infant daughter after taking a prescription drug he said put him in a psychotic state is suing the drugs maker to recover medical Legal and funeral expenses. Ryan Ehlis 26, of grand Forks ., had been taking add Rall designed to improve mental concentration when he shot five Day old tyra on Jan. 30, 1999.stars pay respects London a a handful of stars turned out yesterday for the funeral of British to celebrity Paula Yates the 41-year-old a Rock Chicks found dead last sunday at her Home in London a trendy notting Hill District. Irish pop Star Bono of u2, behind heavy Black sunglasses was among friends and family paying their last respects at the ceremony in a tiny 12th-Century Village Church close to the Home she once shared with former Rock Star Bob spreads Mekong Delta Vietnam a the worst floods in decades have spread to new provinces in Vietnam a Mekong Delta where the death toll has risen to 75, mostly children local officials said Agency May go Lima a president Alberto Fujimori has sent Congress a plan to disband Peru a disgraced spy Agency a move praised by observers As a step toward easing the severe crisis that is cutting Short his Rule. Beset by a bribery scandal engulfing his spy chief Fujimori last week promised to deactivate the much feared National intelligence service and stunned Peru by saying head Call a new election but not run in rebels kill 13 Bujumbura Burundi a Hutu rebels killed 13 civilians including women and children in a late night attack in Bujumbura witnesses said yesterday. The attack another blow to Hopes for an end to Burundi a seven year civil War took place in Mut Akura a poor mixed neighbourhood in the capital at around la . Friday a an hour before a Midnight curfew was to surrendered a Tambua Indonesia a militiamen in West timor surrendered hundreds of weapons yesterday in the first step of what Indonesia and the International Community Hope will be a total disarmament. Despite the weapons handover Indonesia s head of state warned the situation in West timor remained ultimate Price Beijing a a court has sentenced to death seven members of a gang that printed almost $120 million can in fake chinese currency in what was billed As China a largest Ever counterfeiting Case newspapers reported yesterday. A court in Shan Wei City in the Southern Huangdong province on Friday sentenced three other men to life in prison and two More to 12 and to years in prison each for their roles in the ring the state run Beijing morning Post . Accused Miami a . Simpsons sex Girlfriend has filed a burglary complaint against the former football great claiming he broke into her Home erased a message on her answering machine and took a letter. Christine prody 25, told officers Friday night that Simpson 53, had used a key to enter her Miami Dade county Home Between Midnight and 7 a.m., according to the police a quack Down Beijing a Call it a quack Down on drugs. Border police in Southwest China a Yunnan province arrested a Man for attempting to smuggle drugs hidden in the stomachs of ducks state Media reported. A compiled from the news services yugoslavs told to show vote Belgrade Yugoslavia a on the eve of an election that polls say president Slobodan Milosevic will lose the government said yesterday that opposition parties plan to declare Victory and set up a rival administration in pro Western Montenegro regardless of the outcome. Following the allegation the government run election commission announced that voters in today a presidential parliamentary and local election must show their marked ballots to electoral officials before placing them in the Box. A foreign factors who conduct a subversive activity have prepared a sabotage plan a the commission said. A they have prepared a number of ballots already marked with the names of oppo with Milosevic trailing in polls regime alleges opposition plot sit Ion candidates. The opposition denied any such plot and accused the Milosevic government of trying to intimidate voters. Yesterday Yugoslavia a foreign ministry summoned Western diplomats to complain about the alleged opposition plan. Diplomatic sources speaking on condition of anonymity quoted Deputy foreign minister Miroslav Milosevic As saying the opposition would Call on the United states and european Union members to support the new leadership. An opposition Leader Goran Svi Lanovich dismissed the allegations As nevertheless the claim could pave the Way for the government to nullify the election if a As polls indicate a Milosevic trails his strongest rival Vojislav Kos Tunica. It could also set the stage for a crackdown on Montenegro the smaller yugoslav Republic whose president Milo Djukanovic opposes Milosevic. Tensions have been rising in Advance of today selection in which the 7.8 million voters must decide whether to keep Milosevic in Power or opt for the opposition which is pledging to end years of economic decline and political isolation. Yugoslavia refused to let eur officials Monitor the balloting and severely limited the number of foreign journalists permitted in the country. Yesterday a danish journalist was arrested in Belgrade for allegedly entering the country illegally. A norwegian journalist and his cameraman were detained for several hours yesterday by Federal troops in Montenegro after filing Street scenes in the capital Podgorica but were released. About 20 foreign reporters were also ordered Friday to leave the country. Kos Tunica backed by a coalition of 18 parties has been running about to per cent ahead of Milosevic in recent polls. A associated press god allowed us to survive perilous trip defector says by Adrian Sainz key West Fla. A ten cubans fleeing their Homeland in a Vintage crop duster lost their Way to America Over the Gulf of Mexico and turned to god As their plane ran out of Gas. Within minutes a speck of a cargo ship the chios dream appeared on the horizon. A god put that boat there a Rodolfo Fuentes said Friday at a key West Hospital As he recalled the frightening events that followed tuesday s daring escape from Cuba in a stolen plane. Nine of the to passengers survived the perilous roundabout journey to America despite a crash Landing into Choppy Waters. One died before help arrived. The planets Pilot Angel Lenin Igle Sias Hernandez told reporters Friday that air traffic controllers in Havana refused to help him during the flight after he asked for a Miami or key West radio frequency. He said they knew his intention was to defect. Hijacked shortly after the state owned plane took off tuesday the cuban government said the Pilot had reported the plane had been hijacked. A i done to know where the whole hijacking thing came from. We never said that to them a Hernandez said Friday. A it was something we All agreed aboard the aircraft with Hernandez 35, was his wife Mercedes Martinez Paredes 34, and their sons Eddie 13, and Donny 7. After the passengers spotted the chios dream the planets Pilot steered the aircraft toward the ship and circled five six seven times. Finally a Sailor looked up and saw the aircraft. A on the final pass we All got ready. We took off our shoes. We took off our shirts and put our Heads Between our legs a Fuentes said. A we prayed to god and we the plane bumped across the surface of the water. When it came to a halt the passengers climbed out. It would be 45 minutes before the chios dream arrived. A thank god we re alive a Fuentes wife Liliana Ponzoa 35, said choking Back tears and clutching the hand of her six year old son Andy. The immigration and naturalization service granted six of the nine survivors permission to apply for . Residency. Associated press philippine govt Burns villages in attack on rebels Tilipao Philippines a the govern ment destroyed at least two villages in an assault on Muslim rebels holding 17 hostages on a Southern philippine Island witnesses and police said yesterday. More than too Bamboo houses were burned in the fighting in the villages of Padang and Samak around Tilipao on Job Island said police who added that the villages were bombed by military planes. Officials claimed More than 30 rebels were killed in the latest stage of the military a we Klong assault with no civilian casualties. Residents of luuk a town about 50 Kilometres East of Tilipao said they saw american hostage Jeffrey Schilling being led by two Large groups of Abu Sayyar rebels fleeing from the military vice governor Munib Estino said yesterday. Schillings Ankles and wrists were tied with ropes and he had cuts on his and legs apparently from fleeing through the Jungle with the rebels they said. Villagers said they saw a rebel kick Schilling from behind As they walked. A fall the people who saw Schilling pitied him a Estino said. Schilling 24, of Oakland calif., is being held by a faction led by rebel spokesman Abu Sabaya. Separate factions Are believed to be holding three malaysians and 13 filipinos. The separatist Abu Sayyar have kidnapped scores of people since March. Most have been released with Libya and Malaysia reportedly paying More than $15 million us for 19 foreigners. The government stopped negotiations and attacked after More people were kidnapped. The military insists Only two civilians have been killed in the we Klong assault. Numerous unconfirmed reports claim Many civilians have died. The military yesterday reported the first death of a Soldier and said a rebel commander Rad Ullan Shiron had been seriously injured. Three other rebels were killed bringing the confirmed guerrilla death toll to 28, with 60 others believed dead it said. Former stronghold six soldiers have been injured it said. The area attacked yesterday was a former rebel stronghold and remained closed to civilians to prevent the rebels from returning. Estino said about 500 rebels in Sabaya a group were headed toward a Beach apparently hoping to escape from Job. They were being pursued by about 2,000 troops using howitzers artillery and rocket equipped attack helicopters he said. In a trip outside the capital to Tilipao an associated press reporter saw Many Homes that had been abandoned. Associated press Ravi Kumar wades through flood Waters near Calcutta that have killed at least 200 people in India. Floods kill at least 200, strand millions in India Bangladesh Calcutta a torrential Rains and floods in Eastern India have killed at least 210 people in the last six Days and have left nearly 15 million stranded officials said yesterday. Jyoti Basu chief minister of West Bengal state called the situation Quot quite grave Quot and said efforts would now focus on rescuing those stranded by the floods. Local officials said at least 210 people had died. The government could confirm Only 148 deaths in West Bengal because it was still verifying reports from other districts. Most of the deaths occurred when the victims were swept away in the swirling Waters. Others died when their mud and thatch Homes collapsed officials said. Helicopters dropped food packets and pouches of drinking water in the worst affected areas. Soldiers were using boats to ferry people who had been left stranded on rooftops. The floods swept away roads and railway tracks in Many places cutting off the areas from the rest of the state and further hampering Rescue work. Hundreds of trucks carrying food and supplies to the northeastern Region were trapped in route. Food shortages were reported from different districts and people displaced by the floods were clamouring for plastic sheets to build temporary shelters. In the Berham pore District police opened fire to disperse mobs that were looting Relief material the United news of India news Agency reported. No one was injured. The flooding was expected to Worsen As weather forecasters predicted heavy rainfall Over the next 24 hours in parts of the state the flooding was further aggravated when the government Friday ordered the release of water from two dams following a Sharp Rise in the water level in the reservoirs. In some parts of Murshid Abad District 1,200 Kilometres Southeast of new Delhi swirling flood Waters were flowing about four metres High washing away thousands of mud huts and shelters. The flooding was expected to Worsen As weather forecasters predicted heavy rainfall Over the next 24 hours in parts of the state. In the neighbouring state of Bihar where some areas have been flooded swollen Rivers swept away a one Kilometre stretch of railway track in the East. In Bangladesh which is indians Neighbour to the East Rains washed out mud embankments swamped 50 villages and marooned As Many As 250,000 people in the North Relief officials said. Three children and two women drowned in swirling flood Waters thursday and Friday in hardest hit Rajshahi District 230 Kilometres Northwest of Dhaka Bangladesh a capital Yasin a a Relief official said. Nearly 10,000 people were left homeless after their mud and Straw huts either collapsed or were washed away by flood Waters a said. The rain swollen Padma and the Mahanand Rivers burst their Banks this week and washed out parts of flood Protection embankments in Rajshahi and neighbouring Cha Pinawa Banj districts. A associated press associated press government soldiers search vehicle in Job during crackdown on rebels. Lines of soldiers with m-16 rifles and Bandolier of ammunition around their necks marched along the roads accompanied by armoured personnel carriers. Soldiers in Tarp covered Foxholes guarded the roads. More than 6,000 villagers crowded evacuation centres in Tal Ipao a town capital mayor Tambrin Tula Wie said. Dirty children played in Dank smelling schools used As evacuation centres with 60 people per classroom. Mothers cooked Over wooden stoves improvised from cookie tins on the Muddy dirt floors. Others took shelter outside under tarps to escape the crowding. A a it a very difficult a said Nuradin sin 15, As she looked after her five Sisters and Brothers. At least 14,000 civilians have fled the fighting the military said. A associated press ;