European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 20, 1990 the stars and stripes Pago 3 in s Madrid Spain apr Spain a historically warm and sympathetic relations with Cuba Are turning sour As cubans seek Refuge in foreign embassies on the Island Madrid once called its a Pearl of the  Spain recalled its ambassador to Cuba on wednesday for consultations after the cuban government blasted Spanish foreign minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez Over the handling of cubans seeking Asylum. But diplomatic sources say Spain wants to keep communications open with Cuba despite the rising tone in the verbal exchanges Between Fernandez Ordonez and cuban officials. Eventually Madrid could serve As mediator in what Many Here Sec As an inevitable transition toward democracy on thie marxist run Island a. A a. A a a a a a a last fall East German Asylum seekers fled to West German embassies in several East bloc countries triggered the collapse of communist governments in East pm Europe after authorities were forced to let them go West. This set off a Domino effect that helped uproot authoritarian governments in East Germany Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Romania referring to these stunning events Fernandez Ordonez told reporters that cuban president Fidel Castro knew he risked the demise of his own government if he opened cubans doors to All who want to leave. Cuba reacted angrily to the spaniards statement. In a three Page statement released wednesday in Havana the cuban foreign ministry called Fernandez Ordonez an Quot anxious colonial administrator guilty of28 killed when bus attacked by gunmen crashes in s. Africa Johannesburg South Africa apr at least 28 Blacks were killed and 56 injured wednesday when gunmen fired at a bus hitting the Driver and sending it plunging Down an embankment police said. A police spokesman who spoke on condition of anonymity said gunmen fired at the bus and a nearby Van just before Dawn at Inanda in Natal province an area hit by Black factional violence. The bus Driver was hit by a Bullet and the vehicle plunged Down an embankment into a River he said. The Van also fell Down the embankment but no one in it was killed he said. Rival Black factions had been fighting in the area a few hours earlier he said. Police were Hunting for the attackers he said. Natal has been hit by bloody fighting in recent years Between the african National Congress the main Black nationalist group and inkatha a conservative Zulu political movement. The two groups oppose apartheid but differ Over plans for a future South Africa a local journalist who asked not to be named said the fighting tuesday night was Between Anc and inkatha factions. The two groups had been shooting across the Road at each other when the Van and bus were hit she said. Police also said wednesday that two men were stabbed to death in Black factional violence in a separate incident in Natal. A police patrol wounded two men when it was attacked by Blacks with guns and rocks tuesday near port shepstone in Natal police said. At least 4,000 people have died in the Natal violence since 1986. Ime ties a historical amnesia paternalism and scandalous  an editorial comic strip wednesday in the Madrid daily Al pais showed Castro calling Fernandez Ordonez a a irresponsible and the Spanish Diplomat turning the other Cheek and offering Asylum to the cuban Leader a whenever you need  Spain has cancelled a meeting set for the end of the month in Havana of the Spanish cuban joint commission on economic and Industrial cooperation As a sign of displeasure Over Castro a threat to ship All the islands undesirables to european Community countries. A a a a a Spain is cubans leading Western supplier of goods and after the soviet Union its leading creditor with a debt of Between $800 million to $900 million. According to the Economy ministry much of the debt dates Back to the right Wing authoritarian Rule of Gen. Francisco Franco who maintained close ties wiith1 Cuba despite the ideological chasm separating him and Castro. Spain ruled Cuba As a Colony from the 16th Century to 1898. Castro a father came from Northwestern Spain and the cuban Leader still has relatives there. Castro made his threat saturday following a reprimand from dec nations that Cuba should respect International conventions governing the inviolability of embassies and the right to Asylum. The Spanish foreign ministry a reaction was Low key when three cubans sought Refuge in the unguarded Spanish embassy in downtown Havana last week. Another group of cubans earlier had entered the czech embassy. But officials said Spain would not Force the cubans to leave and would try to negotiate Luicir departure to a third country if necessary. A a when armed cuban police stormed the Spanish embassy on Friday in Pursuit of a fourth cuban seeking Refuge and dragged him away the ministry raised its voice and got backing from the dec. A a on wednesday Lour members of a special police team left Madrid for Havana to take up guard duties at the Spanish embassy. Latest reports indicate at least 12 cuban Asylum seekers arc holed up in the embassies or residences of Czechoslovakia Spain and Italy in Havana. Fernandez Ordonez told a parliamentary commission wednesday that Spain would continue to offer Refuge to All seekers at its embassy and would keep on negotiating Quot with patience and firmness a cuban communist party ideology chief Carlos at Dana lashed out at Fernandez Ordonez in a con versa Tion tuesday with foreign reporters in Cuba saying Cuba would never negotiate Over the Fate of the cubans seeking Refuge in foreign embassies a the Spanish government is going to have to raise its operating budget for its Havana embassy to feed them the Refuge seekers for an indefinite period of time he said. Tic added if dec nations Are so eager to receive cuban Asylum seekers the government would be Happy to draw up an agreement to make it  returns to his Homeland Nelson Mandela with his wife Winnie addresses South Africa the african National Congress Lead a crowd that gathered wednesday at Jan Smuts or had been on an extended trip to Europe the Airport in Johannesburg to Welcome him Back to United states and several african  solve Hatch emergency in space Moscow apr two space walking cosmonauts had to use an emergency Hatch to re enter their spacecraft because their Normal porthole malfunctioned and their life support supplies were running out soviet Media said wednesday. The incident which occurred while Anatoly Solovyev and Alexander Balandin were trying to fix Thermal insulation on the outside of their spacecraft added to a series of problems plaguing their six month Mission. A Midnight emergency in outer space Quot was the headline of a front Page Story in wednesdays Izvestia newspaper. The article raised the possibility human error could be behind the Hatch problem and that the cosmonauts might have to take another spacewalk for More repairs before they can return to Earth safely. A . Specialist on the soviet space program said the Hatch problem May prevent Solovyev the 42-year-old flight commander and Balandin the 36-year-old Engineer from taking another spacewalk. The soviet unions manned space program which for decades has been a source of National Pride has been plagued the past two years by equipment malfunctions mistakes by cosmonauts and budget cuts. The cosmonauts on tuesday left Mir the space station orbiting for four years to fix Thermal insulation around the capsule they must use to return to Earth. Nearly half the insulation on the soyuz tm-9 capsule which is docked to Mir has peeled off news reports have said. After repairing some of the damaged insulation the cosmonauts who were working without tethers or hoses connected to the ship encountered the Hatch problem. A during their return to the spaceship the Crew experienced unexpected difficulties Quot radio Moscow said. A the cosmonauts failed to shut the door of the Entrance chamber and had to make use of an emergency door to enter the  James Oberg author of several books on the soviet space program said although the cosmonauts managed to climb Back into Mir safely the Hatch problem could complicate future spacewalks