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American relief aid begins arriving in Russia
MOSCOW — American soldiers
handed over surplus food and medi
cine to baby-faced Russian troops in
wool coats on Monday as a first wave
of U.S. planes began an airlift to the
struggling people of the former So
viet Union.
The S78 million airlift, called
“Operation Provide Hope,” will de
liver tons of canned lasagna, dehy
drated pork chops, apple pie filling
and other B-rations — much of it left
over from the Persian Gulf War.
The Cold War seemed a distant
memory as shyly smiling, teen-age
Soviet recruits helped unload the first
of the supplies from the gaping belly
of a green C-5 transport plane at
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
“It’s a little shameful that my
country has come to this. But what
can you do? That’s life,” said Pvt.
Andrei Chernyi, a 19-year-old Be
larussian recruit shivering on the icy
tarmac.
Five huge military planes, carry
ing a total of 505,000 pounds of food,
flew from the U.S. air base in Rhein
Main, Germany, to Moscow, St. Pe
tersburg, Kiev, Kishinev and Minsk.
Other planes flew from two bases
in Turkey to the capitals of Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,..
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajiki
stan.
Officials said each C-5 carried
enough food for 100,000 meals for
poor or elderly Russians.
The airlift is part of an interna
tional relief effort agreed to at a 47
nation conference in Washington last
month. Planes from Germany, France,
Italy and Japan also flew in aid.
Five trucks from Germany were
delayed for three days by customs
officers who refused to allow them to
enter Chelyabinsk, in Russia, the
Information Telegraph Agency of
Russia-Tass said. Local authorities
relented when the frustrated drivers
said they would return to Germany.
“The Cold War is over, and now it
is time for all to join in building a new
peace,” Secretary of State James A.
Baker III said as die American planes
took off from Rhein-Main.
The goal of the airlift is “not only
to stem a rising tide of human misery,
but to send a message of hope and
support in hard times,” Baker said.
Over the next two weeks, a total of
64 American flights will deliver $34
million worth o(medical supplies and
$44.5 million of food to help the
former superpower get through the
winter.
“This is very insignificant in terms
of the total need. It’s only a symbolic
gesture,” said Tom Brennan, a mem
ber of an advance team sent by the
U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster As
sistance.
To meet the real needs of the
commonwealth would take an effort
“1,000 times bigger,” including tech
nical assistance to retool factories,
financial help and management know
how, Brennan said.
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Tyson found guilty, faces 60 years
INDIANAPOLIS — Boxer Mike
Tyson was found guilty Monday of
raping a Miss
Black America
contestant who
said he lured her
to his hotel
room and over
powered her.
Jurors delib
erated about 9
hours before reaching their verdict
in the case, which threatens to end
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the rags-to-richcs career of one ot
the most prominent athletes of his
generation. Tyson was the young
est heavyweight champion ever,
and had been planning a comeback
in a title fight against champion
Evandcr Holyfield this spring.
Tyson, 25, sat staring straight
ahead impassively as the verdict
was read. He was found guilty of
all the charges he faced — one
count of rape and two counts of
criminal deviate conduct.
The judge said Tyson could
remain free on $30,000 bond and
set sentencing for March 6. He
faces up to 60 years in prison.
Tyson and his entourage, in
cluding his promoter Don King,
left the courthouse without making
any comment.
The victim was not in the court
room when the verdict was relumed.
She had been in court earlier dur
ing closing arguments.
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Company reveals complaints
WASHINGTON — Dow Coming
on Monday released hundreds of inter
nal memos, letters and other docu
ments revealing it had received com
plaints for decades that its silicone
gel breast implants had caused medi
cal problems.
The company has repeatedly told
doctors and the government that the
implants arc safe, and it reiterated
that assurance on Monday. The docu
ments show concern within Dow
Coming as well.
In one 1985 memo, Bill Bolcy, a
company scientist, warned that more
testing was needed to determine
whether a particular formula of the
silicone gel caused cancer. He wrote,
“Without this testing, I think we have
excessive personal and corporate lia
bility exposure.”
Bolcy’s note is in a 4 1/2-pound
book of internal documents the com
pany released at the demand of the
Food and Drug Administration, which
is re-examining the safely of the
implants. At the FDA’s request last
month the manufacturer and surgeons
agreed not to use any more implants
until the agency decides on their safely.
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Haitian refugees tell of reprisals
after being returned to homeland
WASHINGTON — Haitians refugees, who
returned to the United Stales after being repa
triated, told U.S. authorities about reprisals
they suffered alter their forcible return, immi
gration officials said Monday.
The acknowledgement of the claims of
persecution came as the Bush administration
again staled it had no documented evidence of
reprisals against repatriated Haitians.
State Department press officer Richard
Boucher said Monday that officials had inves
tigated claims by four Haitians who said they
were persecuted and “we’ve not found infor
mation to corroborate these stories. We don’t
have evidence that people are being persecuted
upon going back.”
Secretary of State James A. Baker 111 last
week insisted there was “not one single docu
mented case of a repatriated Haitian being
persecuted or targeted after their return.”
Human rights activists released reports from
interviews with Haitians, which told of soldiers
murdering and kidnaping people after they
were delivered to the docks in Haiti.
Arthur C. Helton, a New York lawyer spe
cianzmg in reiugcc anairs, said 41 Haitians
who told such stories last month to the Immi
gration and Naturalization Service were cleared
to travel to this country to seek political asy
lum.
INS spokesman Verne Jervis couldn’t con
firm the figure, but said a number of Haitians
who recently escaped by boat told stories of
abuse during the period after their forced return
last fall.
More than 15,(XX) Haitians have fled the
strife-torn Caribbean nation since a Sept. 30
military coup toppled the democratically elected
government of President Jean-Bertrand Aris
tide.
The INS has cleared 3,912 Haitians to apply
for political asylum, Jervis said. Most faced
political persecution because of their support
of Aristide, he said.
Two Coast Guard cutters relumed 510 more
Haitians to Port-au-Prince on Monday, bring
ing to 1,599 the number of refugees forced
back to their homeland since the Supreme
Court on Jan. 31 lifted an injunction against
repatriation.
Harkin wins Iowa caucuses uncontested
DES MOINES, Iowa — Sen. Tom Harkin
scored a decisive home-stale victory by default
Monday night in Iowa caucuses that inaugu
rated the wide-open 1992 Democratic presi
dential race.
Other Democratic candidates skipped the
contest, pointing toward next week’s primary
showdown in New Hampshire.
Harkin, 52 years old and the most liberal
Democrat in a field of five, was gaining almost
90-percent support as he bid for momentum in
the tumultuous campaign week to come.
Harkin called the results “far better than
anything I ever imagined.” He said it would
give him a boost in New Hampshire, where his
rivals await.
Republicans wailed to lest Patrick Buchanan’s
conservative challenge to President Bush. The
Iowa GOP cancelled its traditional presidential
preference poll, leaving New Hampshire to go
first.
With 16 percent of the state’s 2,186 pre
cincts reporting, Harkin had 89 percent sup
port. Uncommitted had 7 percent, while his
four rivals had one percent apiece.
Harkin was optimistic, and looking ahead,
with his favorite-son victory. “My polls, my
numbers keep going up all the time in New
Hampshire,” he said.
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