Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 world Winnipeg free september 2000 around the world suing drug maker 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 med Legal and funeral Ryan of grand had been taking designed to improve mental when he shot five Darold tyra on stars pay respects London a handful of stars turned out yesterday for the funeral of British to celebrity Paula the 41yearold Rock Chick found dead last sunday at her Home in London trendy netting Hill Irish pop Star Bono of behind heavy Black was among friends and family paying their last respects at the ceremony in a tiny 12thcentury Village Church close to the Home she once shared with former Rock Star Bob flooding spreads Mekong Vietnam the worst floods in decades have spread to new provinces in Vietnam Mekong where the death toll has risen to mostly local officials said spy Agency May go Lima president Alberto Fuji Mori has sent Congress a plan to disband Perus disgraced spy a move praised by observers As a step toward easing the severe crisis that is Cut Ting Short his beset by a bribery scandal engulfing his spy Fujimori last week promised to deactivate the much feared National Intelli gence service and stunned Peru by saying hed Call a new elec but not run in Hutu rebels Kil 113 Burundi Hutu rebels killed 13 including women and in a lat night attack in witnesses said the another blow to Hopes for an end to Burundi seven year civil took place in a mixed neighbourhood in the at around 11 Friday an hour before a Midnight curfew was to weapons surrendered Indonesia Mili Tiamen in West timor surren dered hundreds of weapons yesterday in the first step of what Indonesia and the International Community Hope will be a total despite the weapons Han Indonesia head of state warned the situation in West timor remained the ultimate Price Beijing a court has sentenced to death seven members of a gang that printed almost million can in fake chinese currency in what was billed As chivas largest Ever counterfeit ing newspapers reported 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 10 years in prison each for their roles in the the state run Beijing morning Post accused Miami Simpsons a girl Friend has filed a burglary com plaint against the former football claiming he broke into her erased a message on her answering machine and took a Christine told offi cers Friday night that had used a key to enter her Miami Dade county Home Between Midnight and 7 according to the police drug quack Down Beijing Call it a quack Down on Border police in Southwest chivas Yunnan province arrested a Man for attempting to smuggle drugs hidden in the stomachs of state Media compiled from the news services yugoslavs told to show vote Yugoslavia on the eve of an election that polls say president Slobodan Milosevic will the government said yester Day that opposition parties plan to declare Victory and set up a rival administration in pro Western Montenegro regardless of the following the the govern Mentrin election commission announced that voters in today presi parliamentary and local election must show their marked ballots to elec toral officials before placing them in the foreign factors who conduct a sub vef Sifi activity have prepared a Sabo Tage the commission they have prepared a number of ballots marked with the names of oppo with Milosevic trailing in regime alleges opposition plot sit Ion the opposition denied any such plot and accused the Milosevic government of trying to intimidate Yugoslavia foreign ministry summoned Western diplomats to complain about the alleged opposition diplomatic speaking on condition of quoted foreign minister Miroslav Milosevic As saying the opposition would Call on the United states and european Union Mem Bers to support the new an opposition Goran Syi dismissed the allegations As the claim could pave the Way for the government to nullify the election polls indicate Milose Vic trails his strongest Vojislav Kos Tunica it could also set the stage for a crackdown of the smaller yugoslav Republic whose Milo opposes tensions have been rising in Advance of today in which the Mil lion voters must decide whether to keep Milosevic in Power or opt for the oppo associated press Ravi Kumar wades through flood Waters near Calcutta that have killed at least 200 people in floods kill at least strand millions in Bangladesh Calcutta torrential Rains and floods in Eastern India have killed at least 210 people in the last six Days and have left nearly 15 million strand officials said Jyoti chief minister of West Bengal called the situation quite and said efforts would now focus on rescuing those stranded by the local officials said at least 210 peo ple had the government could confirm Only 148 deaths in West Ben Gal because it was still verifying reports from other most of the deaths occurred when the victims were swept away in the swirling others died when their mud and thatch Homes officials helicopters dropped food packets and pouches of drinking water in the worst affected soldiers were using boats to ferry people who had been left stranded on the floods swept away roads and railway tracks in Many cutting off the areas from the rest of the state and further hampering Rescue hundreds of trucks carrying food and supplies to the northeastern Region were trapped in food shortages were reported from different districts and people Dis placed by the floods were clamouring for plastic sheets to build temporary in the Berham pore police opened fire to disperse mobs that were looting Relief the United news of India news Agency no one was 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 in some parts of Murshid Abad Dis Kilometres Southeast of new swirling flood Waters were flowing about four metres Wash ing away thousands of mud huts and the flooding was expected to Worsen As weather forecasters predicted heavy rainfall Over the next 24 hours in parts of the in the neighbouring state of where some areas have been swollen Rivers swept away a on kilo metre stretch of railway track in the in which is India Neighbour to the Rains washed out mud swamped 50 villages and marooned As Many As people in the Relief officials three children and two women drowned in swirling flood Waters thursday and Friday in hardest hit Rajshahi 230 Kilometres Northwest of Bangladesh Cap Yasin a Relief official nearly people were left homeless after their mud and Straw huts either collapsed or were washed away by flood Ali 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 press which is pledging to end years of economic decline and political Yugoslavia refused to let eur officials Monitor the balloting and severely limited the number of foreign journalists permitted in the a danish journalist was arrested in Bel Grade for allegedly entering the coun try a norwegian journalist and his cameraman were detained for several hours yesterday by Federal army troops in Montenegro after filing Street scenes in the capital but were about 20 foreign reporters were also ordered Friday to leave the backed by a coalition of 18 has been running about 10 per cent ahead of Milosevic in recent associated press god allowed us to survive perilous defector says by Adrian Sanz key 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 within a speck of a cargo the chios appeared on the god put that boat Rodolfo Fuentes said Friday at a key West hos Pital As he recalled the frightening events that followed tuesdays daring escape from Cuba in a stolen nine of the 10 passengers survived the roundabout journey to despite a crash Landing into Choppy one died before help the planes Angel Lenin Igle Sias 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 he said they knew his intention was to hijacked shortly after the stat owned plane took off the cuban govern ment said the Pilot had reported the plane had been i dont know where the whole hijacking thing came we never said that to Hernandez said Fri it was something we All agreed aboard the aircraft with was his wife Mercedes Martinez and their sons and after the passengers spotted the chios the planes Pilot steered the aircraft toward the ship and Cir cled seven a Sailor looked up and saw the on the final we All got we took off our we took off our shirts and put our Heads Between our Fuentes we prayed to god and we the plane bumped across the sur face of the when it came to a halt the passengers climbed it would be 45 minutes before the chios dream thank god were Fuentes wife Liliana choking Back tears and clutching the hand of her six Earold the immigration and naturalization service granted six of the nine survivors permission to apply for res press philippine govt Burns villages in attack on rebels Philippines the govern ment destroyed at least two villages in an assault on Muslim rebels holding 17 hostages on a Southern philippine witnesses and police said More than 100 Bamboo houses were burned in the fighting in the villages of Padang and Samak around Tilipao on Jolo said who added that the villages were bombed by military officials claimed More than 30 rebels were killed in the latest stage of the Mil Pitarys we Klong with no civil Ian residents of a town about 50 Kilometres East of said they saw american hostage Jeffrey Schilling being led by two Large groups of Abu Sayyar rebels fleeing from Vic governor Munib Estino said yes schillings Ankles and wrists were tied with ropes and he had cuts on his arms and apparently from fleeing through the Jungle with the they villagers said they saw a rebel kick Schilling from behind As they All the people who saw Schilling pitied Estino of is being held by a faction led by rebel spokesman Abu separate factions believed to be holding three malaysians and 13 the separatist Abu Sayyar have kid napped scores of people since most have been with Libya and Malaysia reportedly paying More than million us for 19 the government stopped negotiations and attacked after More people were kid the military insists Only two civilians have been killed in the we Klong numerous unconfirmed reports claim Many civilians have the military yesterday reported the first death of a Soldier and said a rebel Rad Ullan had been seriously three other rebels were bringing the confirmed guerrilla death toll to with 60 others believed it former stronghold six soldiers have been it the area attacked yesterday was a for Mer rebel and remained closed to civilians to prevent the rebels from Estino said about 500 rebels in Sabanas group were headed toward a apparently hoping to escape from they were being pursued by about troops using artillery and rocket equipped attack he in a trip outside the capital to an associated press reporter saw Many Homes that had been government soldiers search vehicle in Jolo during crackdown on lines of soldiers with m16 rifles and Bandolier of ammunition around their necks marched along the accompanied by armoured personnel soldiers in tar covered Foxholes guarded the More than villagers crowded evacuation centres in Talip aos town Cap mayor Tambrin Tula Wie dirty children played in Dan smelling schools used As evacuation with people per mothers cooked Over wooden stoves improvised from cookie tins on the Muddy dirt others took shelter outside under tarps to escape the its very said Twain As she looked after her five Sisters and at least civilians have fled the the military to associated toss v ;