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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 8, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 914,000 . Troops going to Croatia Zagreb Croatia apr . Special envoy Cyrus Vance announced Friday that 14,000 peacekeepers would be deployed in Croatia by april 15 to help Cement a truce ending the civil War. But in the ethnically mixed Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina where tensions have run High since 3 weekend Independence referendum 34 people were injured in an explosion. Four people were seriously Hurt Sarajevo radio said. It said a bomb exploded at a Bank in the Northwestern town of banja Luka where serbs form a majority. The Tan Jug news Agency said the incident happened at about 3 . A the terrorist act has no political connotations a Sarajevo radio said adding that three boys planted the bomb. Two of them were arrested it said. The incident came a Day after Vance held talks with leaders of Bosnia a muslims croats and serbs in the regional capital of Sarajevo and reported Progress on resolving the crisis there. Vance ended his three Day Mission which also took him to Belgrade for talks with serbian and Federal army leaders. They reiterated their support for the . Peace plan drawn up by Vance to end the War in Croatia that claimed up to 10,000 lives after the Republic declared Independence last june 25. After meeting croatian president Franjo Tadjman Vance announced the timetable for deployment of a . Peace Force. Two Hundred . Troops Are to arrive in Croatia this week. Deployment of the rest will proceed at a rate of 400 men a Day until the full contingent of 14,000 men is in place by april 15, Vance said. A the important thing is that by april 15 All forces of occupation belonging to the yugoslav army will leave croatian territory and All irregular outlaw troops will be disarmed a Tadjman declared. A this will enable the re establishment of Normal life on the entire territory of Croatia a he added. Serb irregulars opposed to croatian Independence and the serb dominated Federal army captured about one third of croatian territory in the seven month  up to its name Sis Dov Cotey while much of Europe is basking in Spring like weather Iceland is still Chilly if you trolled car on track near the Uso office. But an icelandic Telephone repairman get our Drift sgt Weston e. Shepperd Lefta structural maintenance specialist right resorts to the old fashioned Way to help a co worker out of a Snowdrift near with the 57th fighter interceptor so discovers a pair of skis keeps his Remote con Nas Kef Lavik. / a a a ownership dispute Sparks Germany suicide Zepernick Germany apr a political suicide Shook United Germany on Friday and cast a harsh Light on the thorny Issue of property ownership that leaves millions of Eastern germans unsure if they can stay in their Homes. Detlef Dalk 48, a member of an Eastern town Council who faced possible loss of his Home to a pre unification owner left a passionate letter telling the government to change a otherwise i will not be the last. A opposition politicians said the government must alter its policy favouring former owners a most of them in wealthy Western Germany a Over easterners who in some cases bought their Homes decades ago. Dalk a teacher hanged himself wednesday. His open letter to Chancellor Helmut Kohl Drew a Stream of reporters Friday to his two Story Home on an unpaved Street in Zepernick a Village on the Northeast Edge of Berlin. Friedrich Bohl Kohls chief of staff said in Bonn it was a a tragedy when a person feels so distressed that he takes his  Bohl said the suicide should not be taken As a symptomatic of the situation in the East nor used for political purposes. Dalk is survived by his wife and two daughters aged 16 and 22. He had been elected to the Zepernick Council from the leftist bund is 90-greens coalition and served As its faction Leader in the District Council in neighbouring Beau. The three Page letter recounted Dalkos changing political views from marxism to a human socialism to membership in a lutheran study group and to dashed Hopes that easterners would have their views heard in United Germany. A the tragedy of his whole life was that after the revolution his Hopes weren to fulfilled a said his brother Wolfgang Dalk. Wolfgang Dalk said the previous owner of his brother a Home had threatened to a build a Wall around the  but he added a i think its a mistake to say that he took his life Only because he might have to give Back the  Zepernick a mayor Carsten Bockhart said Many of the villages 8,000 residents faced property crises with 1,365 claims by former owners against local properties. A if Only half Are realized we would have 700 or 800 families on the Street. I have no Way to put up new houses a the mayor said. Senior Swiss general quits after fighter Jet nearly hit Bern Switzerland up a a senior officer of the Swiss air Force resigned Friday after a fighter plane from his Wing passed within about 150 feet of a Swissair Airbus on thursday. It. Gen. Werner Jung told a news conference Friday he was resigning a because i feel i should assume my responsibilities in this  the Swiss air Force is investigating the incident which occurred Over the Northern City of Delemont. The Airliner was flying from Zurich to London when the Tiger fighter passed near it according to the defense ministry. Defense minister Caspar Villiger said that he accepted the resignation with regret and noted that the cause of the near collision was still not known. Original reports blamed the incident on a failure of the air forces radar system. Villiger said thursday that he had put the whole system on hold pending an investigation. Swissair said its plane carrying 111 people was flying according to normally accepted air traffic regulations. Public funds staff reductions keep London zoo from closing London a Public donations and reductions in staff and animals have saved London a famous regents Park zoo from closure the zoo announced Friday. The zoos chairman former army chief of staff Field marshal sir John Chappie said zoo staff had shown a fortitude and a positive response in a crisis. In the zoos governing Council Tenta by decided last March to close later 1991 unless emergency funding could be found. Animal Loving britons were incensed when the zoo raised the possibility that it May have to Slaughter some of its animals. Donations poured in and 600,000 people signed a petition against the zoos closure. To produce savings of 35 percent the zoo Laid off 90 employees in september and said 1,200 to 1,300 of the 8,000 animals would be sent to other collections in the United kingdom  
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