European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 b the stars and stripes world wednesday january 6,1993tanker leaks off Shetland Bird Refuge. Aberdeen Scotland apr a disabled Oil Tanker carrying More than twice the amount of Oil that was spilled from the Exxon Valdez smashed aground in near Fiur Ricany Force winds tuesday South of the Shetland islands with leaking Oil threatening Bird nesting grounds., the liberian registered Tanker Brach carrying nearly 25 million Gallons of crude Oil lost Power and was blown onto the rugged coastline of the Bay of Quen Dale 180 Miles North of Aberdeen. Quot she s holed in the Sterns and in the bows i. You could Sec the Oil beginning to spill out across the. Sea a said helicopter Pilot Tony Brewster who helped Rescue Crew members from the Tanker. The Shetland group of More than 10q islands North of the scottish Mainland is sparsely populated but abounds with Birds seals and fish hit the w weather had kept aircraft from flying Over the site to Check on the extent of the spill. Quot the weather is of such severity that no containment or cleanup action can be contemplated at present. The councils emergency cleanup team Are ready to begin to clean up As soon As the weather improves a the sheer Ligh winds and heavy seas hampered efforts to save snip and contain spilled Oil. Officials said  land islands Council said in a statement. Bill Gault a Royal air Force Squadron Leader said winds were blowing 70 to 74 Mph a nearly Hurricane Force when the ship grounded. The coast guard later reported winds gust ing 45 to 60 Mph with Waves of 19 to 22 feet. Pavid Deas spokesman for the Marine pollution control unit a Quot division of the department of transport said the Type of Oil in the ships tanks could help minimize environmental damage. A it is a Light crude which evaporates More quickly and this process is helped by the bad weather Deas said. The Braer s cargo was More than double the nearly 11 million Gallons of Oil that spilled into alaskans Prince. William so tend when the supertanker Exxon a amps Valdez hit a reef March 24, 1989. The resulting Slick blackened hundreds of Miles of coastline Rich in wildlife and fish. But that disaster dumped thick heavy Oil into a relatively Calm enclosed body of water while tuesdays spill of Light crude was in open seas that Are extremely rough this time of year. / # the Braer a grounding was the second major Tanker Accident in Europe in a month. A greek Tanker ran aground on the coast of Northwestern Spain during a storm in Early. December spilling 21.5 million Gallons of crude Oil in an important fishing  most Oil Ever spilled from a vessel totalled �6 million Gallons during a collision in july 1979 off Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Aberdeen coast guard spokesman Nick Btyant said four members of the Braer a 34-member Crew which was evacuated after the ships engine went dead had been put Back on Board in an attempt to connect a Tow line to the 89,700-ton ship. A but this was unsuccessful and before the Tow could be connected the vessel was aground. We have since taken the four Crew members off the Tanker and now she has been left and has been abandoned Bryant  pause in War to Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Sarajevo residents took advantage of a Lull in fighting tuesday to fetch water Wood and bread. But Aid convoys were slowed by damage to a Bridge on a key Overland route. Gen. Phillipe Morillon commander of . Forces in Bosnia met with Sarajevo mayor Muhamed Krese Vujakovic to discuss ways to improve distribution of Relief supplies in , which has been without water electricity or heat for More than a month. Local authorities Are responsible for the distribution of . Aid and there is a growing feeling that it is not getting to the people. Barry Frewer a spokesman for the . Peacekeeping Force said an antitank mine blew an 8.3-Yard Hole in a Bridge Over the Nereiva River near mos tar. The Bridge is on the main route for Aid convoys from Croatia. A British Engineer Batalion was working to repair it. Meanwhile a Detour was adding six to 10 hours to Aid Convoy runs from the croatian town of Metkovic near the Adriatic coast to Sarajevo. Aid also continued to flow into the capital by air despite wintry weather with 15 Relief flights Landing monday an additional 17 were scheduled for tuesday. The United nations on monday brought in 100 metric tons of Wood virtually the Only source of heat in  where temperatures have plunged Well below freezing in recent weeks. The biting cold let up tuesday and More people were on the Street Fetchin water standing in line for bread an chopping Wood. The City was unusually quiet. On monday there was some heavy shelling around Zug Mountain Northwest of . The ill coincided with crucial talks in Geneva on ending the nine month War in Bosnia. The talks were suspended monday and Are to resume sunday. International mediators said the serbs were holding up a Compromise peace plan. The talks brought together for the first time leaders of the three warring factions a muslims serbs and croats. Bosnia a Muslim president Alija Izet Begovic warped monday that the talks would collapse unless the rebel serbs accepted Bosnia As a single state and placed heavy weapons under . Supervision. Otherwise he said his troops would seek to break the siege of Sarajevo and other cities. . Special envoy Cyrus r. Vance and lord Owen of the european Community the chief International mediators in the yugoslav conflict were to travel to Belgrade the serbian and yugoslav capital. They were expected to meet with serbian president Slobodan Milosevic. Milosevic is widely blamed for instigating the warfare in Bosnia and last year in Croatia with his expansionist policies for creating a a greater  driving Home a Point a woman affixes a sticker Reading Quot my Friend is a foreigners to her taxi in Stuttgart Germany on monday. S be later joined several Hundred other taxi Drivers on a Convoy through  a streets in a demonstration against right Wing and Neo nazi violence against  deportees smuggle in supplies Marj , Lebanon apr palestinian deportees stranded in South Lebanon stockpiled lentils flour and sugar monday after making their Way Over rugged smuggling routes. Three exiles were seen leading loaded pack mules into Camp. The goods apparently came from Leb Baya Village a 12-hour trek Over mountainous terrain to the Northeast two other men trudged in with boxes strapped to their backs. Besides food the palestinians brought in toilet paper and radio batteries they said. Some deportees wore new sweaters leather jackets and scarves to protect them from the cold winds. Spokesman Abdul Aziz Rantisi said smuggled food allowed the men to eat monday they had scheduled mandatory fasting Days to conserve food. Israel expelled the 415 suspected Muslim fundamentalists on dec. 17. The jewish state blamed the deaths of six israeli troopers of the Jund mentalist Hamas and islamic jihad movements. The palestinians have been living in a no Many a land Between the lebanese and israeli armies. Lebanon insists Israel take them Back and bars world Aid agencies from helping them. Israel also refuses to let food and Medicine be taken to the men. The israeli government announced monday that a second . Envoy Chi Maya Gharakhan will visit Israel and Lebanon this week to try to resolve the Supply Issue. Last week . Undersecretary general James Jonah failed in a similar Mission. In Sudan meanwhile leaders of Hamas and the Palestine liberation organization agreed to cooperate in intensifying the 5-year-old uprising in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. Hamas refuses to join the Plo because it supports peace talks with Israel