European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8the stars and stripes monday May 13, 1991ethnic serbs hold secession referendum Belgrade Yugoslavia apr ethnic serbs went to the polls in Croatia on sunday to vote on their Possi Hie secession from the Republic further aggravating ethnic tensions that have pushed Yugoslavia to the Brink of civil  who make up about 12 percent of Croatia a 5 million people claim harassment by Croatia Scenter right government and threaten to join Serbia. Ethnic tensions were running High in Croatia on sunday because of the serbian referendum which was pro claimed illegal by croatian authorities at least 20 people died in clashes Between serbs and croats in Croatia earlier this month. That prompted Yugoslavia a Federal authorities to deploy the army in the Region in order to separate the two rival groups. The rebellious serbs in the Krajina Region of Western Croatia organized the referendum after croatian authorities said they would hold a vote on the Republic s secession from Yugoslavia on May 19. Serbia claims that apart from some 8 million serbs living inside the Republic of Serbia another 3 million serbs live elsewhere in Yugoslavia. No reliable figure was available on How Many serbs we re expected to vote sunday. Initial results of the serb referendum were expected monday but it is certain they will be overwhelmingly in favor of their secession from Croatia. Serbs and croats Are historical rivals now deeply divided Over Yugoslavia a future. Croatia seeks a Loose association  Sovereign states while Serbia wants a Strong centralized federation. Croatia threatens to secede if its wishes Are not met. Serbia ruled by remixed communists threatens to expand its Borders to include All ethnic serbs if Croatia secede. A Quot a Croatia a ethnic serbs victimized during world War ii by a pro nazi croatian government fear renewed persecution if Croatia becomes an Independent  croatian authorities condemned the referendum As illegal hut did nothing id prevent it from taking place. A Krajina joining Serbia would be like it joining Cameroon a a said Croatia s member of the yugoslav presi Dency Stipe Mesic in an interview. He said that the situation in Yugoslavia a remains extremely critical because serbs in Croatia keep reinforcing their militia units. Milan Babic self designated Premier of serbs in Krajina said that  the Federal presidency that All Reserve militias in Croatia should be demobilized a Krajina will resist Ariy  aggression a this referendum is the final act of a longstanding desire of Krajina serbs to join Serbia Quot he told a reporter after lie voted. Radio knit a  in the Center of the serb rebellion warned sunday that a croatian Interior min Ustiy forces have Ticen seen closing in on Krajina because of the referendum. Several roads in the Region were blocked by armed serb civilians and minor incidents Between croats and serbs were reported in Croatia. Croatian president Franjo Tadjman said at a meeting in Zagreb late saturday that Croatia would continue to reinforce its police Force. 25 South africans die in rampage at Camp Johannesburg Quot South Africa apr. About 1, x 0 zulus armed with Spears and other weapons rampaged through a squatter Camp at Dawn sunday hacking and burning to death at least 25 people and wounding dozens. Police and survivors said the zulus swarmed through the Camp of wooden and cardboard shacks clubbing and stabbing men and setting fire to some 80 hovels. Many of the victims were set ablaze police said. A this is the new South Africa and look How we Are dying Quot said a sobbing woman who survived the attack which she said came while residents were sleeping. The attack in the Black township of Kagi so located outside Johannesburg was one of the worst in months. It came at a Lime when talk government and the african National Congress Are at an it passe Over the grow Irig township violence. In other violence police said sunday that four Black men were hacked and shot to death overnight near port shepstone in Natal province. No details were Given. Black faction fighting largely pits supporters of the Zulu dominated inkatha Freedom party against the Anc the two Black groups oppose apartheid but Are divided by deep tribal and ideological differences. Survivors of sundays attack said the zulus wore red headbands the traditional inkatha badge. Inkatha Leader mangos thu but Elezi told a political meeting sunday that South Africa s Blacks had to end political violence. He pledged never to use violence and also urged Blacks to forgive Whites for apartheid. \ a it is totally unnecessary from an ideological Point of View for South africans to kill each other a he told an inkatha rally. Police maj Ray Harrald said about 1,000 zulus from a workers Hostel in a Giso attacked the nearby Swa Niceville squatter Camp stabbing and beating residents and setting fire to shacks. Agent defects to u.s., British paper says a amps Davif Didio if you re not local done to come in the English language As spoken and written by britons often leaves room for the american mind to wonder. That s certainly evident by this sign located outside a butchers shop in the town of Orford England. London apr a respected British newspaper reported that a senior soviet spy has defected to the United  sunday Telegraph identified the soviet intelligence a a a officer As Alexandre Krapiva 41, and said he worked for years As a double agent for the United states before defecting in february. Krapiva is now being debriefed somewhere in the United states the newspaper said. The report did not cite any sources. Officials in Moscow and Washington could not be reached for comment. The sunday Telegraph said Krapiva served at the soviet embassy Iri Washington for four years beginning in 1982. Us. Intelligence realized Krapiva was using a diplomatic cover to mask his spy work and persuaded him to become a double agent the newspaper said. Krapiva was rotated Back to Moscow in 1986 and was at the heart of soviet Mili Tail intelligence operations until lie was assigned to Vienna Austria in december according to the report. In Vienna he was officially a first see rotary at the soviet Mission to United nations agencies the newspaper said. It said Krapiva his wife their 6-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son fled Vienna to Germany on the night of feb. 24, where they were met by Cia  holds 1 St multiparty elections since 59 Katmandu Nepal apr millions of people voted sunday in Nepal a first free elections in 32 years and officials said the turnout could be the highest in the history of the Himalayan kingdom. The polls Are the nations first multiparty elections since 1959. Line stretched up to half a mile outside some polling centers four hours after voting opened at 8 . Police and election officials said voters began arriving at their centers at Dawn. In some areas 50 percent of the registered voters had cast their ballots by noon according to . Raj Bhandari the Secretary of the election commission. Five hours of balloting remained and the turnout could surpass the Prev ious record of 62 percent he told a news conference. Elections were mostly peaceful barring sporadic clashes Between rival partisans in some villages he said. There were no reports of casualties. At least nine people were killed in Campaign violence. Voting was suspended in one of the 14,000 polling centers because of suspected ballot fraud he said. Quot among those standing in line to vote were old women assisted by younger members of their families Buddhist monks in Maroon Robes and men wearing the Daura sur Wal the formal nepalese dress of a while tunic and White trousers. "1 was Happy to vote this time Quot said Krishna Kumari a 50-year-old woman in the Hilltop Village of Chhap just East of the Katmandu Valley. A i have never voted before.�?�. Behind her a line of women in Bright coloured saris waited in warm Sunshine. Election officials Tore off bal. Lot papers passed around rubber Stamps and marked indelible Ink on the. Left thumb of those who voted. Elections arc being held for 205 seats in the policymaking House of representatives. About 11 million people Are eligible to vote in this Remote hindu nation which stretches from the snowbound peaks of Himalayas in the North through Fertile valleys to the hot and Dusty Plains in the South. Prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai whose nepali Congress party is a Strong contender voted in the morning in a Katmandu polling Booth