European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 b the. Stars and stripes monday August 5, 1991ec peace Mission fails in Belgrade Yugoslavia apr european Community efforts to Clinch a truce in the War torn yugoslav Republic of Croatia have collapsed the missions Leader said sunday. A we did not succeed a dutch foreign minister Hans Van Den Broek told a news conference after meetings with top yugoslav leaders. A we have to conclude there is no unanimity and that there is a Lack of political will which would allow for a comprehensive cease fire three foreign ministers from the european Community held emergency talks with serbian croatian and Federal leaders to find a lasting truce in Croatia where scores have died in ethnic violence since the Republic declared Independence from Yugoslavia on june 25. Clashes continued in Slavonia a Region on Croatia a Border with Serbia. Croatian radio said one reporter was killed when a boat carrying As Many As nine journalists came under fire late saturday on the Danube River that forms the serbian croatian Border. Other unconfirmed reports said several journalists died when the reporters attempted to go by boat from Osisek to Dalj a Village where at least 80 croatian guardsmen were reported to have been killed in clashes Friday. No other con firmed details were available. The foreign ministers of the Netherlands Portugal and Luxembourg were seeking a Compromise on a lasting truce in Croatia in talks with serbian president Slobodan Milosevic his croatian counterpart Franjo Tadjman and Federal defense minister Veljko Kadijevic the Tan Jug state news Agency reported. A Yugoslavia is facing a tragedy and catastrophe a Tan Jug quoted Van Den Broek As saying. A we have to conclude that our Mission Here remained without visible results. And that it is not really helpful to continue our further discussions at this m w. M Viii Sivu a a Vivi vent Illuv jul i Ulvi zoologist suspects shark in Italy was a Mother protecting Young Point a he said. Sources in the yugoslav foreign ministry said the dec ministers wanted All six yugoslav republics and the Federal presidency to sign a possible truce for Croatia. But Serbia and its allies insisted that Only the warring parties in Croatia should sign a truce the sources said. The dec ministers met twice with Milosevic overnight and requested a third meeting sunday Tan Jug reported. An dec brokered truce has been holding since july 8 in the Republic of Slovenia which fought Federal troops after declaring Independence in tandem with neighbouring Croatia world Santa Margherita Ligure Italy up the mothering instinct May be the explanation behind a rare shark sighting that has caused panic among vacationers at one of Italy a most exclusive Mediterranean beaches. An expert backed up by reports from fishermen believe that the 16-foot shark seen swimming just a few Hundred Yards off the coast is a Mother protecting her Young. C a it was swimming near the surface surrounded by tour or five babies a a Fisherman reported. Zoologist Fabio Fiorentino theorized that the shark had recently Given birth and was staying in the shallow Waters to wean her Young. A it is almost certainly the Case of a Mother intent on protecting her babies a he said. The Holiday panic began when 40-year-old Ivana la Caccia was knocked off her plastic sunbathing raft by a shark 90 feet off the Beach tuesday. The big fish Sak its Teeth into the raft. Professor Fabio Fiorentina an expert from a University in nearby Genoa confirmed the Marks appeared to be caused by a shark. Another vacationer Alessandro ferrai 50, reported that he had sighted a shark about 100 Yards offshore while cruising in his Motorboat from Portofino to Santa Margherita. That area is about 25 Miles East of Genoa. Authorities in Genoa did no to specifically ban swimming in the Region but issued a warning to tourists and fishermen to take precautions. Since the shark scare vacationers have been flocking to the Beach a but not into the water a in Hopes of seeing the shark. Hot Selling tourist items include a baseball Cap with a plastic Toothy Sharks head on the front. Officials Are hoping that nature will take its course and the Mother shark and her Young will soon swim out to sea. A there will not be a huge shark Hunt a said Genoa port commander Antonio Alati. A none of us wants to return with prey. A if we done to manage to spot the shark with helicopters and Mother methods which allow us to Monitor underwater then i would say that it Means that the shark has As the panic subsides police Are investigating threats reportedly made to Acaccia. Police said the woman has been threatened in Telephone Calls for a wrecking the tourist other shark sightings were reported from beaches As far away As the Island of Lipari off the Northern coast a tourist wears one of the hot Selling shark Caps that have become the hit of the year since a shark was sighted last week at Santa Margherita Ligure Italy. Of Sicily and the Island of Lampedusa Southwest of Malta. Shark scares in Italy crop up every few Summers. The last big one was in 1989 when a skin diver vanished off the port of Piombino also in Northwestern Italy and witnesses said he was attacked by a shark. His body was never found experts at the Rome based food and agriculture organization reported in 1987 there Are More then 50 species of Sharks in the Mediterranean but said most of them Are harmless to humans and rarely come close to crowded beaches. W 85 schoolchildren killed in Zimbabwe bus crash from wire reports Harare Zimbabwe a at least 85 schoolchildren were killed and 13 critically injured when their bus overturned As they returned Home police said sunday. Quot the b and c co. Bus was travelling on a winding Road from a school sports Competition in the Eastern Zimbabwe town of rus ape when it flipped near the resort Village of Nyanga at 11 30 . Saturday police said. The Fate of the Driver was not immediately known. 5 americans arrested Motta Santa an Astasia Sicily five americans including three servicemen and a servicewomen married to one of the men were arrested after a Drunken knife attack on a pair of italian Brothers police said sunday. Officials identified the five As Daniel Ramsey 27 James Mcmillen 24 his wife Karen 23, also in the military Joffrey Capheart 21 and his wife Kelly Allen also 21, a civilian. Ramsel the Mcmilleni and Capheart All serve at Nas Simonella police said but it was not Clear what Branch the four serve in. The americans Are charged with stabbing Vicenzo Virgillito 21, and his 18-year-old brother Giuseppe in a late night altercation in the Middle of a Busy Road saturday on the outskirts of Catania police said. Spanish trains on track Madrid Spain a train service returned to Normal in most of Spain on sunday a Day after a Basque separatist bomb threat paralysed rail traffic on major routes throughout the country railway officials said. Spain a leading daily Al pais said 200,000 travellers were affected by the suspension of rail service at Midnight Friday following publication of a bomb threat from the armed Basque separatist group Eta. The information service at Madrid a main Cha Martin station said southbound train traffic returned to Normal about Midnight saturday trains headed for the Basque country and France were operating normally by late saturday German youths tied to growing right Wing Bonn Germany apr about 3,000 hard Core right Wing extremists Are on the Loose in former East Germany and their ranks Are increasing Germany a Law enforcement chief said sunday. Neo nazism and other brands of right Wing Militancy have found sympathy among some Young Eastern germans who feel alienated because they have no work and confused by their homelands switch from communist totalitarianism to democracy. According to a report by the Frankfurter Mundschau newspaper a new study estimates that about 5 percent of Eastern German Young people sympathize with right Wing militants. The study was conducted by the Central youth research Institute in Leipzig the newspaper reported. The Institute also found that anti semitism xenophobia and nationalism Are on the Rise among Young people in Eastern Germany the newspaper reported. About half of the 2,700 Young Eastern germans interviewed said their Homeland has too Many foreigners the newspaper reported. A 15-year-old girl interviewed for the study said a foreigners Are a nuisance. They re All too Lazy to work and their Homes Are filthy a the newspaper said. In a More alarming development the xenophobia has manifested itself in numerous attacks by right Wing militants against africans poles soviets and others. At least two foreigners Are known to have died. The attacks have disturbing memories of German xenophobia Durine Adolf Hitler s Rule. But government officials said German democracy is not endangered by the pockets of youths with far right leanings. Nonetheless Hans Ludwig Zachert. President of the Federal criminal office a sort of German Fri said the Quot situation in the new Federal states is very in an interview with deutschland Funk radio Zachert was asked How Quot Many right Wing militants Are in the former East German states. �?o1 could imagine there is a basis of Between 2,000 and 3,000�?� and the a tendency is increasing a he said. Law officials have previously estimated that there Are about 1,500 hard Core rightists in Eastern Germany plus an unknown number of sympathizers. Zachert also cautioned however against blowing any potential threat from right Wing militants out of proportion
