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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, September 2, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes monday september 2, 1991yugoslav fighting Mars dec aide s arrival Belgrade Yugoslavia apr a senior european Community official arrived amid new fighting sunday hoping to Nail Down an agreement ending two months of serb croatian fighting. Despite saturdays acceptance of the dec plan by Serbia the last holdout the bloodshed continued. Three people died in sundays fighting croatian Interior ministry officials in Zagreb said. And the airspace above Croatia and Slovenia remained closed for a second Day. On saturday Federal warplanes intercepted a ugandan airlines Boeing 707 reportedly carrying 19 tons of contraband world arms for Croatia. Dutch foreign minister Hans Van Den Broek whose country holds the 12-nation eco a rotating presidency said in Belgrade a a we expect to sign an agreement on a reinforced cease fire and on the stationing of International observers to Monitor and guarantee  yugoslav foreign minister Budimir Loncar said All six yugoslav republics members of the collective presidency and the Federal government were expected to sign the pact. The announcement of serbian acceptance of the dec plan was made by Serbi an foreign minister Vladislav Jovanovic. A dutch foreign ministry spokeswoman in the Hague speaking on condition of anonymity said sunday that serbian leaders in talks with dec officials had dropped their objections to ceasefire observers in Croatia. Serbian acceptance came a Day before an dec ultimatum elapsed. The dec said it would take unspecified action against hard line Serbia the nations largest Republic if it did t accept the plan. Despite calling the serbian move a encouraging a the spokeswoman said dec officials still had reservations about peace prospects. Meanwhile in Zagreb Federal troops finished unloading a ugandan airlines Boeing 707 Jet that army sources said contained arms for Croatia. Yugoslav Federal troops and croatian militiamen exchanged fire saturday when croatian police tried to approach the plane after it had been forced Down. Croatian Interior minister Ivan Vekic uneasily sharing space with senior army officers at a joint Airport news conference sunday said he could not comment on the cargo because croatian forces were not allowed to examine it. Ira claims responsibility for bomb in Bookstore from wire reports London a the Irish Republican army claimed responsibility sunday for planting a firebomb found at a Bookstore on a Busy London Street in a series of bomb plants. The Ira issued a statement in Dublin admitting it planted the firebomb and four others recently Independent television news reported. A spokesman for Scotland Yard which issued an Alert Over a possible new terror Campaign in Britain said sunday investigators believed the Ira was responsible but added a quite what they re up to we Arentt  marriage incentive offered Amman Jordan a Iraq will give men who marry widows $940 and loan them $1,250 As Well iraqi newspapers on sunday reported. The aug. 27 editions of several state run newspapers did not elaborate on the decision by the ruling revolutionary command Council. The 1980-8s Iran Iraq War and the persian Gulf War left Lens of thousands of widows. The gift and loan together Are Worth $2,190 at the official Exchange rate. Heroin found in truck Trieste Italy a customs police recovered 17 pounds of heroin hidden under the Drivers bed and inside the engine compartment of a Long distance truck. The truck was carrying cot Lon that had been driven from Turkey officials said saturday. Police said they arrested the Driver identified Only As a 3h-year-old Turk on Friday night after finding the drugs Worth about $2.3 million. Soviets say weapons gone Moscow a All soviet nuclear weapons have been removed from Germany the new soviet defense minister said saturday. Marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov made the statement to German ambassador Klaus Bloch said soviet defense ministry spokesman Vladimir Nikonov. The soviet Union earlier this year reported that All nuclear weapons had been withdrawn from former East Germany. But German officials later Learned some remained. Sex guards on trial during their sunday afternoon stroll near berlins Reich Stag building people look at crosses commemorating East germans killed by Border guards while trying to get Over the Berlin Wall. Four sex guards go on trial today in the fatal shooting of the Walls last victim who attempted to escape feb. 6,1989. A residents flee Volcano activity Tokyo up a an earthquake and 40 volcanic tremors Shook mount Unzen on sunday prompting hundreds of nearby residents to evacuate their Homes As massive flows of soldering debris poured Down the northeastern slope. A spokesman for the mete logical Agency said the number of flows had increased to nine including one from the East Side of the rapidly expanding lava dome. Mud reached the Mizu Nishigawa River the scene of the most disastrous flows in May and june when eruptions left 40 people dead. Waves of hot Ash and rocks have ignited Small Forest fires in the last five Days with scientists fearing a dangerous lava dome is forming in the Crater in Southern Japan. Tetsuya Nakada a geology professor at Kyushu University said the flows have forked into Eastern and northeastern zones. A even if the flow channels Are split it does not mean there is less danger a he warned. Officials in Shimbara a town of 44,000 at the foot of the Volcano said 585 people were evacuated when threatened by scorching molten lava and gases. The evacuation advisory was issued by the disaster countermeasures office in Shimbara which has issued warnings for seven straight Days. Meteorologists who observed the increasing activity from helicopters said a flow of debris was expanding at a Pace of 7 to 10 feet a Day possibly triggering huge flows along the northeastern slope. The Volcano on the Western coast of Japan a southernmost main Island of Kyushu started erupting in late May after lying dormant for nearly 200 years. Man s Best Friend gets help in Italy Rome apr while Many a Best a Ami Cir May not have a a Dolce vital in a country that often Abandons them dogs in Italy gained new protections saturday under a Law which forbids killing healthy strays. The Law which went into effect with its publication in the official state Gazette forbids City kennels from killing stray dogs and cats whose owners can to be found. Kennels Are also forbidden from turning Over the animals for scientific experimentation. Owners who abandon cats or dogs now risk fines of $230 to $750. The state this summer has been running television and newspaper ads of soulful eyed dogs reminding italians to take care of their pets. Animal lovers have Long denounced a fairly common italian practice of abandoning pets before going away on vacation in the summer. It is not uncommon to see forlorn looking dogs wandering City streets or highways in vacation season. The new Law does allow for a gravely ill incurably or clearly dangerous animals to be put to sleep. Bhutto says Pakistan can build a bombs Binazir Bhutto Islamabad Pakistan up former prime minister Binazir Bhutto on saturday confirmed Long held suspicions in the West that Pakistan is capable of building a nuclear weapon. A Pakistan has the information and the capability to build a nuclear bomb in the event of a Threal from India a she told reporters. A but there is no need for us to Cross that  Pakistan has maintained that its nuclear facilities Are for peaceful purposes Only. But it has been widely suspected of developing nuclear weapons to compete with India which exploded a nuclear device in 1974. The two countries have fought three wars since 1948. Reports have said Islamabad accelerated a program to build an atomic bomb after the flare up in january 1990 of a dispute with new Delhi Over the Northern Region of Kashmir. Kashmir is claimed by both countries but divided Between the two sides by a  cease fire line. The fears led the United states last year to suspend billions of dollars in Aid to Pakistan. Bhutto served As prime minister for 20 months until her government was ousted by president Ghulam Ishaq Khan in a gust 1990. The army backed government of prime minister Nawaz Sharif was elected two months later. Bhutto said Washington halted the Aid a because of the stupidity of the present government and described As a hog Wash the Contention that Pakistan needed nuclear weapons to deter any threat from India. She called for a a scamp David like Summit Between India and Pakistan to sort out the nuclear Issue in South Asia. A a great Deal of problems in Pakistan arise because of hostile relations with India a she said. A there is an urgent to need to address these   
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