European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 13, -1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3 Frenchman toasts regained Freedom sex captive unaware his life had been threatened Nice France apr Jerome Ley Raud who toasted Freedom with Champagne after three terrifying Days As a hostage in Lebanon says he never knew his captors had threatened to kill him. Peyraud 26, stepped off a government Jet sunday waved to a Small crowd of Well wishers and hugged his Mother Aimee brother Frederic and Bernard Bouchner the governments Secretary of state for humanitarian action. Then he went off to drink Champagne with family and friends. A i thought often of my family of Freedom and of All the things we can do when we re free a Peyraud said in Brief remarks to reporters. A a in a still thinking about the hostages still there especially the  five of the remaining 11 Western hostages in Lebanon Are american. Peyraud an administrator for Mede coins do Monde or doctors of the world was coordinating the reconstruction of hospitals in War torn Beirut the lebanese capital when he was abducted. The group was founded by Bouchner. Peyraud said he was willing to return to Lebanon a because humanitarian action there is very important and it must not be  the Frenchman was kidnapped last thursday by a previously unknown group the organization for the defense of prisoners rights seized just eight hours after British hostage John Mccarthy was freed. The group said it would kill Peyraud if any More of the Western hostages were released. Asked about the threat on his life Peyraud told French television sunday a i never knew they had threatened to kill  on sunday 60 hours after his abduction he was left blindfolded and bound Jerome Peyraud Center watches Bernard Bouchner Frances Secretary of state for humanitarian action during a news conference sunday in Nice. Behind Peyraud is his brother Frederic father Michel and Mother a Mcc. On a Beirut Street. American hostage Edward Tracy was released hours later. His captors had said they were freeing him in an Effort to help resolve the Overall hostage crisis. After his arrival in Nice he left the Airport in his brother a car and headed for the family Home at Grimaud near Saint Tropez where several bottles of Champagne awaited. Ley Audi a family had started celebrating shortly after Sunrise sunday when Medici is do Monde confirmed he had been freed. A it was the Best Champagne i Ever tasted in my life a said his father Michel Peyraud dozens of neighbors and friends packed into the family a tiny tobacco shop to express their Relief that Peyraud had been freed. Premier Edith Cresson addressed a letter to Ley Audi a family offering her a deepest sentiments of sympathy. Believe that i share with you the happiness of this  Peyraud had been the sole Frenchman in Beirut for the Paris based add coins do Monde which specializes in bringing medical Aid to War zones and areas struck by natural disaster. The group has been operating in Lebanon since 1982.dangerous dogs under stiff rules in great Britain London a an emergency Law that imposes strict controls on dangerous dogs took effect monday. The 1991 dangerous dog act requires Britain a estimated 10,000 american pit Bull terriers and Britain a one japanese Tosa to be muzzled and leached in Public. The dogs must be neutered by dec. 1 or they will be destroyed. They cannot be bred or sold and must be tattooed with an identification number and have third party insurance. Once the owner can prove All this has been done an exemption certificate will be issued. If the owner prefers to have the dog destroyed there is government compensation of 50 pounds $85. Failure to comply with any of the rules carries a maximum penalty of six months imprisonment and a 2,000 Pound $3,400 Fine. Imports of the Breeds previously were banned. The Tough restrictions on dogs were imposed following a series of attacks by pit Bull terriers and other dogs including one on a 6-year-old girl who suffered injuries so severe that she spent 10 Days in intensive care. The government has said other Breeds can be included under the Law at the discretion of the Home Secretary the government minister responsible for Law and order. The Royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals said the Law does no to go far enough and called for the registration of All dogs. 3 rebels die As yugoslav planes mistakenly bomb serb positions Belgrade Yugoslavia apr three serb rebels died and four were wounded when yugoslav air Force planes bombed their positions apparently in error Media reports said monday. The casualty toll was the worst in a single incident since a cease fire Between croatian Security forces and serbian insurgents was declared last wednesday. More than 200 people have died in fighting since Croatia and Slovenia declared Independence june 25. Also monday Serbia a uncompromising president Slobodan Milosevic met leaders of the Central state of Bosnia Herzegovina and the tiny Southern Republic of Montenegro in Belgrade to discuss forming a new smaller Yugoslavia. Milosevic Scall for the meeting stirred unrest in Bosnia where there is a mixed population of just Over 40 percent Muslim some 30 percent serbs and about 18 percent croats. The muslims and croats fear the meeting is a prelude to creation of a a greater Serbia a including serbian populated chunks of Bosnia and Croatia. Milosevic has said Croatia is free to leave Yugoslavia but without its 600,000-Strong serb minority a about 12 percent of the population a or the areas which Are predominantly serb. Croatian leaders for their part have vowed not to yield an Inch of territory although recent fighting has meant they have lost control of about half the land where serbs dominate. The serbs Are scattered across roughly 25 percent of croatian territory. Bosnia a Muslim president Alija Izet Bogovic declined to attend mondays talks. But the ethnic serb president of the bosnian parliament Momcilo Krajisnik was present. Muslim and croat parties in his Republic have said however that he cannot be considered to be speaking for parliament at the negotiations. Thousands of people in Bosnia demonstrated for peace Over the past three Days and some Trade unions called a half hour general strike for monday to underline their wish for  Bosnia disintegrates that could revive the fratricidal Battles waged by serbs and muslims in world War ii. Fighting could also spread to a Muslim dominated area of Southern Serbia known As the Sajnjak and to the province of Kosovo where the ethnic albanian majority seeks autonomy from Serbia. T 10 Hurt in blasts at soviet Arsenal Moscow apr fire broke out at a soviet military Arsenal in the Southern caucasus mountains triggering explosions that lasted several hours and injured 10 servicemen a news Agency reported monday. The explosions saturday rocked the Arsenal near the azerbaijani Village of Ulyanovsk not far from the Azerbaijan Georgia Border according to the inter fax news Agency. A two of the 10 injured servicemen were hospitalized inter fax said. About 40 houses in an adjacent Barracks suffered fire damage and another 220 houses were damaged in the nearby Village of Sadykhly the Independent news Agency said. Inter fax quoted unidentified sources As saying that the arms stockpile was the Central Arsenal for soviet forces in the caucasus Region although the defense ministry refused to confirm or deny any information about the incident