European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 10, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9 czech Leader seeking vote on slovakian Independence world factional violence kills 27 Blacks in South Africa from wire reports Johannesburg South Africa at least 27 Black South africans were killed in gun Battles in one of the bloodiest outbreaks of faction fighting in recent months police said monday. Four men were killed in fighting monday in the Black township of Alexandra in Northern Johannesburg As fighting continued for a third Day police said. Six people died from gunshot and Stab wounds during the weekend in Alexandra after the Inka tha Freedom party held a funeral for a slain member saturday police  s Guillotine found Hamburg Germany a police said sunday they have recovered a Guillotine once Given to Adolf Hitler As a birthday present which had been stolen in 1989. The police said they arrested two men who were offering to sell the Guillotine As Well As a grand piano also Given Hitler As a present. The Guillotine and the piano had been stolen from a Hamburg warehouse shortly before they were to have gone on auction. The Guillotine was valued at $270,000 and the grand piano at $60,000, police  claims kidnapping Manila Philippines a a previously unknown group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of an american businessman in january. The group also says it will target other foreigners working for multinational companies in the Philippines a newspaper reported. The philippine daily inquirer said it received the statement from the red scorpion group which claimed responsibility for the Jan. 17 kidnapping of Michael Barnes 41, vice president of philippine geothermal inc. The paper quoted the statement As saying Barnes of Long Beach calif., was seized after a a lengthy investigation of his activities As a Cia agent. The statement said Barnes had admitted Cia connections. Barnes came to the Philippines in 1986 for nocal inc. Of los Angeles which has a contract to develop geothermal  memorials decay Hamburg Germany a a German broadcasting network announced sunday an Appeal for Public donations to help Stop decay of the memorials to those killed in the nazi death Camp at Auschwitz in Poland. The nazis killed More than 1 million european jews and Many other people at Auschwitz during world War ii. Recognition of German history requires that the Monument remains visible said Jobst Plog director of nor Deutsche  to leave Gibraltar Gibraltar a Britain a Royal air Force will abandon its Little used base on Gibraltar within five years Spain a leading daily Al pais reported sunday. Defense budget cuts forced the decision the paper said citing unnamed British military sources. Some 400 Raf personnel Are stationed at the Gibraltar base which is used for a few military exercises and infrequent transport flights Al pais  peace talks stall Seoul South Korea a South and North Korea ran into differences monday As soon As they began discussing what specific measures to take to push unification in Earnest officials said. Seven officials from each Side held the first meeting of a joint South North political committee formed under the agreement on reconciliation non aggression and exchanges and cooperation which went into effect in february. The two sides agreed to meet again on March 27 to continue their discussions. Prague Czechoslovakia up a president Vamp clan Havel has agreed to allow his nation to split up into two Independent states provided the people approve such a change in a referendum a something considered unlikely. The 73-year-old Eastern european nation is made up of two republics czech and Slovakia. Slovakia a nationalist leaders spurred by the fall of communism want to break away and form a Sovereign state. But evidence is weak that slovakian citizens want the same thing. Havel reiterated sunday his Long standing position that Only a nationwide referendum would make such a split legitimate. A no one should prevent a Sovereign nation from gaining Independence a Havel said speaking from his country Retreat on a British broadcasting corp. Phone in program. A if a majority of the nation the slovak nation in this Case say they want to live in Independence a under a referendum a then they have the right to do so a Havel said. Tokyo up a As part of worldwide streamlining moves the . Air Force in Japan has combined two major units at the Yokota a on the outskirts of Tokyo base officials said sunday. Air Force officials said the 475th air base Wing charged with base operations and the 374th tac Airlift Wing a major flying command at Yokota have been combined. The new unit called the 374th Airlift Wing will be directly responsible for All operations at Yokota located 31 Miles West of Tokyo. Adelaide Australia apr a retired american Farmer told a War crimes hearing monday that he witnessed the mass shooting of a group of jews in a ukrainian Village in 1942. Abraham Dinerman 65, of Miami is the first of an estimated 30 overseas witnesses expected to testify into the committal hearing of 75-year-old Ivan poly Kho Vich an Adelaide pensioner. It is australians first european War crimes Case. Poly Khovich is charged with killing 24 jews and being knowingly involved in the murder of up to 850 others from the Semi i Village ghetto in German occur nationalist political leaders in Slovakia have gained the upper hand in the republics government and legislature and have raised the Specter of an Independent Slovakia with Only the loosest ties to the czechs. Havel a comments coincided with a weekend Congress of Slovakia a governing Christian democratic movement where hard line nationalists reportedly split with the More conciliatory party leaders including slovak government Premier Jan Cam Gursky. The slovaks joined the czechs to form Czechoslovakia in 1918, but since the fall of communist Rule in 1989, slovakian political leaders have been edging their Republic away from the czech and Federal governments in Prague. There is scant evidence that slovakian citizens including a 600,000-Strong hungarian minority and an estimated 1 to 2 million gypsies want to secede from Czechoslovakia. Opinion polls regularly show that More than three fourths of slovaks want to remain in a joint state with czechs. The officials said the change will result in better organization and a More streamlined Chain of command. The 374th tac Airlift Wing was a unit of the military Airlift come while the 475th airbase Wing belonged to the Pacific air forces. The new 374th Airlift Wing will join the Pacific air Force they said. Similar changes were recently announced at Misawa a in Northern Japan and Kadena a in Okinawa where Host units Are now called the 432nd fighter Wing and the 18th Wing respectively. Pied Ukraine during world War ii. The committal hearing to determine whether poll Khovich will stand trial is expected to take up to 11 weeks. Poly Khovich who was a forestry worker at the time of the killings immigrated to Australia in 1947. Dinerman a teen Ager in world War ii told the Adelaide magistrates court that he hid in a barn and witnessed the mass shootings from a distance. He said he later went Back to the scene and saw the ground covered in blood. Other witnesses Are expected from Israel Ukraine and Canada. They re really cooking a cadre of Cooks in Valencia Spain prepare sunday what they Hope is the worlds largest pot of Paella. The Cooks used More than 13,700 pounds of Chicken More than 5,500 pounds of Rabbit a ton of Toma toes and More than 2,600 Gallons of water to make the traditional Spanish dish which also includes Rice. The chefs Hope  soon be in the guinness Book of world records. Air Force units realign at Yokota Australia May try emigre for War crimes