European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 10, 1992 world the stars and stripes Page 9 two Young men in Sarajevo saw the base of a tree already Cut Down in a cemetery sunday to get Wood for cooking. The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina was without water and electricity for the third consecutive Day. Sarajevo Aid flights halted by fighting officer . Agrees to Grant Poland $35 million housing loan a a from wire reports Warsaw Poland a the United states on monday granted Poland a $35 million loan to help solve the count refs housing problems by initiating a system of mortgage credits. The agreement signed by . Ambassador Thomas Simons and polish construction minister Andrzej Bratkowski provides $25 million for a housing guarantee program and $10 million for training Banks to Issue mortgages. The project will be expanded in two weeks by a loan of $200 million from the world Bank and $200 million from the polish government. The mortgage credits will be granted to individual buyers of apartments or houses or to construction companies at an interest rate of 25 percent. Currently polish Banks Are granting credits at rates ranging from 50 to 60 percent putting them out of reach of most would be borrowers velvet divorce discussed Prague Czechoslovakia a czech and slovak leaders met monday to negotiate the division of an estimated $25 billion of Federal assets when. Czechoslovakia splits into two states the Csuk news Agency reported. Czech Premier Vaclav Klaus and his slovak counterpart Vladimir Mesiar convened the talks in the moravian City of Zidlo Choice. They were the latest in a string of often delicate negotiations on peacefully splitting the 74-year-old Republic into czech and slovak states by year s end known As the a velvet divorce after the nation s a velvet  Calls emergency Bogota Colombia a president Clear Gaviria declared a National state of emergency sunday after leftist rebels detonated bombs and staged weekend attacks that killed at least 30 people and injured about 70. Gaviria made the announcement after calling an emergency Security Council meeting with his Cabinet on sunday morning to discuss measures to combat Colombia s 35-year-old rebel insurgency and continuing problems with drug traffickers. Gaviria assailed the rebels and traffickers for their a insensitivity and cruelty in a nationwide radio and television address sunday night. The state of emergency will be in Force 90 Days. During that period the government will assume extraordinary Powers Gaviria will be Able to order actions against rebels or traffickers without consulting with Congress or the  ship opposed Manila Philippines a the philippine Navy announced monday that it would turn Back a japanese ship carrying plutonium if it entered the country s territorial Waters. In a related development the chairman of the Senate environmental committee said he would ask the government to file a protest with japanese authorities if the Akatsuka Maru transits philippine Waters in route from France to Japan. Officials said Navy commander . Mariano Dumancas declared that patrols would be stepped up to prevent the Akatsuka Maru from entering philippine territory. The Akatsuka Maru left the French port of Cherbourg late saturday after a Day of clashes Between Security forces and environmentalists for a voyage expected to take two months. Japan is shipping 1.7 tons of plutonium Home to fire up a new generation of nuclear fast breeder reactors suicide attempt reported Jerusalem a a crazy Eddie Antar the onetime retail and electronics tycoon wanted in the United states on Federal fraud and embezzlement charges tried to kill himself in an israeli prison while awaiting extradition a report said sunday. Antar reportedly lost consciousness at the Ayalon prison Hospital after he swallowed a bottle of pills the Jerusalem Post reported. He was treated at the Hospital for liver and heart problems. Police spokeswoman Tami Paul Cohen would not confirm the report saying Only that a the did no to feel  Antar 46, fled the United states after his Chain of discount electronics stores was dissolved. He is wanted on Federal fraud and embezzlement charges accused of swindling millions of dollars from investors. Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Relief flights into Sarajevo were halted temporarily sunday by heavy fighting near the Airport one . Official said. The City was without water and electricity for a third straight Day. Government radio said there also were renewed clashes in the Western part of the country and continued fighting in Central Bosnia. The head of the local red Cross meanwhile appealed to the United nations to provide escorts for More than 6,000 people trying to flee the besieged capital. Winter is setting in and food and Medicine Are in Short Supply. A 10-truck Aid Convoy bound for Sarajevo was stopped near Mostar because of the fighting said a . Official in the croatian port of split Ana a group of danish . Peacekeepers was stopped by serbs on the Road from Belgrade. In Belgrade yugoslav Federal Premier Milan panic urged the West to ease sanctions imposed in May against Yugoslavia for fueling the bosnian War. He said this would give him political leverage to defeat Slobodan Milosevic Serbia a hard line nationalist president in dec. 20 elections. A time is running out a said panic a . Citizen who Marseille France apr a series of explosions possibly caused by a Gas leak severely damaged one of Frances largest Oil refineries Early monday killing four workers injuring at least eight and leaving two missing authorities said the blasts halted operations at the la my de refinery the second largest of three in France run by the state controlled Oil company total a. The most powerful of the blasts shattered windows in nearby towns and was Felt in the Mediterranean port of Marseille 18 Miles away. Fires continued to Burn at midday almost seven hours after the first explosion and officials said Gas continued to leak from damaged installations. A thick column of smoke continued to Rise above the facility which is operated by totals Cie. Raff Inage de distribution. Polluted water and chemicals used in battling the Blaze were seeping into a nearby Lagoon prompting authorities to use pumps and floating barriers to minimize the environmental damage. Formerly headed a California pharmaceuticals firm. A if Western nations Don t help they will soon have More Bosnia in the Balkans but i will not be Here to prevent  heavy artillery barrages erupted about 5 . Near the Sarajevo Airport and subsided about two hours later . Officials said. A French . Officer speaking on condition of anonymity said the Airport was closed to incoming flights. But Mike Aitchinson a . Flight officer in Zagreb the croatian capital and the staging Point for the Relief missions blamed bad weather and said flights resumed 90 minutes later. Iran has sent at least three plan loads of food clothes and other essentials to bosnian muslims the islamic Republic news Agency reported sunday. The islamic nation also plans to open an Aid office in Zagreb to Speed distribution the report said. There has been concern about iranian Aid since september when croatian officials seized a plan Load of arms and ammunition sent from Tehran in violation of a . Embargo. According to total officials the explosions razed several buildings at Lem amp de. The employees killed were working in a control room officials said. At a midday news conference total officials said the refinery would be shut Down for at least several weeks. They said initial indications were that the blasts were caused by a Gas leak in one of the Gas treatment units. Officials said that completely rebuilding the catalytic Cracker which Breaks Down Petroleum As part of the process my operation would Cost the company at least they said that it was too Early to Tell How much reconstruction would be needed. The be a fade Complex has a refining capacity of 6.7 million metric tons of crude Oil annually 20 percent of it gasoline officials said. Totals two other refineries in France Are a 15 million ton facility in Normandy and a 6 million ton unit at Dunkirk. Total said it will Supply service Sta. In Southeastern France from its other refineries it u from those of other Oil companies. Refinery blasts kill at least 4 Gas leak suspected in disaster at French facility