European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 c the stars and stripes saturday april 26,1992 truce holds in Sarajevo but Battles flare nearby world red faction s fight will continue letter says from wire reports Bonn Germany a the Ultra left Wing red faction will continue its violent attacks alleged sympathizers said in a letter received Friday contradicting a previous announcement from the group that it was giving up violence. The letter sent to United press International and other news agencies stated a those who do not fight die in instalments. Freedom is Only possible in the struggle for the letter bore the logo of the Raf a an ak-47 assault Rifle set inside a five pointed showered on lovers Frankfurt Germany a a love making session ended in a cold Shower for a student couple at Frankfurt University Early thursday. The couple sneaked into a ladies restroom but was left stranded when a janitor locked the doors for the night. After futile attempts to unlock the doors the couple in desperation activated a fire sprinkler system that brought firefighters Rushing to the University cafeteria shortly after Midnight. The two students were freed from their predicament but the University said thursday it expected them to pay for the 20,000 Marks $12,000 in damage caused by the sprinkler agreement shaped Bonn Germany a Germany and Russia say they have agreed in principle to work jointly on the restoration of an autonomous Republic in Russia for ethnic germans whose ancestors settled along the Volga two centuries ago. German officials hailed the thursday Accord As a breakthrough but when the a Volga Republic will be resurrected remains an open question koreans hiring russians Seoul South Korea a South Korea has hired 35 russian scientists including fighter plane designers and plans to invite another 120 by year end to bring in advanced technology news reports said thursday. In a related development Gong to Myung head of a foreign ministry think tank said korean officials Are in Moscow for joint projects with russian defense industries. Both moves Are seen As an attempt by South Korea to reduce its heavy Reliance on american weapons and technology. Seoul officials complain that . Companies Are reluctant to Transfer advanced defense admission eyed Florence Italy a this City of Renaissance treasures is considering charging admission to churches containing precious artworks to discourage vandalism Ana to raise Money for Security guards. City officials Are considering a fee of approximately 80 cents for at least four churches including Santa Maria Novella and san Lorenzo with its Brunelleschi and Michelangelo Sacri sties news reports said Mother is 62 Rome a a 62-year-old woman has become pregnant after a test tube Conception her doctor said thursday and she apparently would be the oldest person to give birth if she delivers successfully. Concetta Ditc Ssu a housewife from a calabrian Village in Southern Italy is due to give birth to a boy in August and has had no complications or Raffaele Magli said in a Telephone interview from his office in Naples. He said she was impregnated with an egg from a 30-year-old woman that was fertilized with sperm from i Tessa a flood toll rises Beijing a flooding in China a Southern Hunan province has killed 94 people and seriously injured 880 others an official newspaper reported thursday. In he fatalities bring to at least 248 the number of reported deaths from heavy Rains and flooding in Southern and Eastern China since March. Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr a tenuous cease fire held in this embattled capital City Friday but fierce fighting was reported elsewhere in the state and hundreds of refugees streamed into the City after overnight Battles near Sarajevo Airport. Fighting pitting serbs and the Federal against muslims and croats continued in Bosansky Brod and Dervent in Northern Bosnia and Herzegovina the Belgrade based news Agency Tan Jug reported. It also reported sporadic clashes in Bosansky Samac. All three towns were Cut off but Tan Jug later quoted Federal sources As saying that a numerous serbs had been killed in Dervent by members of the croatian National guard. In Southern Bosnia croatian troops overran Barracks abandoned late thursday by 170 troops of the serbian led Federal in a dramatic Airlift. Five Federal air Force planes reportedly were shot Down in the area which Borders Croatia a Adriatic coast. Tan Jug said nine people were killed and 56 wounded in the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the last 24 hours. Hundreds of people poured into Sarajevo a downtown abandoning Western suburbs and nearby villages badly bombarded this week. A a in be lived through three wars but i can Tell you that hitlers War was nothing compared to the bombardment we endured last night a said Rukija Bahti Carevic 90, who was fleeing a bombarded Muslim area. The fighting erupted Only hours after leaders of bos Niass slavic muslims serbs and croats signed a truce pledging to resume european Community sponsored talks monday on the newly Independent states future in Lisbon Portugal. Fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina has claimed about 250 lives since muslims and croats together the majority voted for Independence on feb. 29. Serbs about one third of Bosnia a 4.4 million people oppose it. Bosnia a conflict has made refugees of about 200,000 people. Many of the hundreds in Sarajevo on Friday tugged children and belongings along As they trudged to safety with relatives friends or makeshift Beds in schools. Despite the Lull and Spring Sunshine Sarajevo bristled with tension. Muslim mourners burying victims of the fighting blocked a Convoy of four trucks and forced the Drivers to surrender personal weapons. Meanwhile an tank commander acknowledged two tanks opened fire on Muslim positions overnight after he said they came under fire in the serbian dominated Lidza suburb. Serbian militiamen apparently aided by the then captured a nearby area. Reporters later saw at least 10 truckloads of rifles and other automatic weapons driven away after Muslim guerrillas were ordered to Lay Down . Croats and muslims want the serbian Jed out of Bosnia and Herzegovina but Federal forces say they need the republics defense industries and have nowhere for the 100,000 troops in Bosnia to go. 26 Hurt when police break up sit in a blood soaked protester is carried away after police stopped a four Day Long protest in Taipei Taiwan. Taipei Taiwan apr at least 26 people were injured Friday when riot police dispersed 1,000 protesters and ended six Days of protests demanding direct presidential elections in Taiwan. The state run broadcasting corp. Of China quoting police sources said 24 protesters and two police officers were injured and seven arrested during the three hour crackdown outside Taipei a main train station. Traffic around the station had been paralysed since monday afternoon when the demonstrators began consecutive sit ins on the Street outside the station to push for Radical political reforms. Officials at the National Taiwan University Hospital said 21 protesters were treated. A spokesman of the opposition democratic progressive party said party member Kao Chun was hospitalized in serious condition while another unidentified Man was unconscious after riot police beat him with Shields. The police action began about 4 35 a.m., when More than 2,000 police officers with clubs and Shields converged on the protesters. Sitting on the Street with linked the demonstrators shouted a direct presidential election and a finite for Taiwan As they were shoved one by one into 22 police buses. Kohl Cabinet to take pay Cut of 5% Berlin apr German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his Cabinet ministers will trim their base salaries by 5 percent to help the country get through stagnating economic times. A my opinion is that we should All Cut expenses a Kohl said in an interview on Ard television As he announced the salary reductions. His move comes at a difficult time for Germany a the Economy is expected to grow at a sluggish 1.5 percent this year. A the labor Union representing Public workers is threatening to strike for higher pay. In Hamburg hundreds of postal workers turned that threat into reality by walking off their jobs Friday afternoon. A German officials say they have run out of any More Money to help the former soviet Union. Faced with growing economic troubles Kohl decided government leaders must set an example. Faking a dig at local politicians Kohl also said he knew of no German state government that planned such a step. He reminded listeners that he had ordered similar pay reductions in 1983. On Friday government spokesman Norbert Schaefer said Kohls base salary is 348,317 Marks $216,346. Kohl and wife Hannelore will have to do with 17,416 Marks $10,817 less each year under the 5 percent pay cab it net ministers earn 298,651 Marks in a Levy a they will lose 14,933 Marks $7,275 from their base salary. Also affected Are each ministry a official in charge of relations with parliament. A it has All but been approved a Schaefer said although the Cabinet members will have to take a formal vote on cutting their own wages. In addition to their salaries Cabinet members enjoy Large Perks including chauffeur driven luxury cars. Last week Kohls decision to buy a new official Mercedes Sedan for 420,000 Marks $260,870 raised eyebrows across the country
