European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 10, 1992 world the stars and stripes b page9 two Young men in Sarajevo Taw the base Ora 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 reports . Agrees to Grant Poland $35 million housing loan from wire reports Warsaw Poland the United states on monday granted Poland a $35 million loan to help solve the country a 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. 10 rescued from yacht Jerusalem a israeli air Force helicopters in a prolonged air evacuation operation rescued 10 american israeli and French passengers aboard a yacht stranded off the sudanese coast an army spokeswoman said monday. The operation which lasted More than seven hours took place sunday and was carried out by two helicopters from a Rescue unit. Eight of the 18 passengers and Crew members chose to stay behind out of concern for the boats safety the spokeswoman said. Colombia Calls emergency Bogota Colombia a president Clear Gaviria declared a National state of emergency sunday after left Wing 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 colombians 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 courts. Border protest stalls trucks Bolzano Italy a hundreds of trucks were backed up monday at italian austrian crossing Points after italian customs officials refused to work overtime. Lines almost four Miles Long were reported on the italian Side of the Brenner and Tarcisio passes the busiest Road links Between the two countries. Cars however were passing through customs normally officials at the Brenner pass said. The overtime refusal delaying clearance of crossing documents for trucks was to protest possible privatization of customs jobs under dec rules to be enforced next year. 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. Altar 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 Antar a 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 and 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 apparently caused by a Gas leak severely damaged an Oil refinery near Marseille Early monday killing five workers injuring at least eight and leaving one missing authorities said. The blasts halted operations at la Mede 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 Marseille 18 Miles away. Fires continued to Burn late monday afternoon but officials said they had been contained and there was Little danger of further explosions. Thick smoke Rose Over the Plant. Work Crews used pumps and floating barriers in an attempt to prevent polluted water and chemicals from seeping into a nearby Lagoon that feeds into the Mediterranean sea. According to total officials several buildings at la formerly headed a California pharmaceuticals firm. A if Western nations done to 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. A amp de were destroyed. Those killed were working in a control room officials said. It was the worst toll at a French refinery since 18 workers died in a 1966 blast that destroyed the Fey in refinery outside Lyon. At a news conference total executives said initial indications were that the blasts resulted from a Gas leak in one of the Gas treatment units. They said that the refinery would be shut Down for at least several weeks but that it was too Early to assess the damage fully. Officials said the la a fade Complex has a refining capacity of 6.7 million metric tons of crude Oil annually. Total operates two other refineries in France a 15 million ton facility in Normandy and a 6 million ton refinery at Dunkirk. About 20 percent of la models annual output is gasoline. Total said it will Supply service stations in Southeastern France from its other refineries and from those of other Oil companies. Explosions kill 5 at refinery Gas leak suspected in disaster at French Oil facility