European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 b the stars and stripes world monday january 11,1993 Geneva a Bosnia and Herze Govina a serbs seemed to ease away Suhr Day from format demands for a separate state. But International mediators said the new proposals Are too vague to unblock the peace talks. Mediators Cyrus r. Vance and lord David Owen said areas of dispute were whittled Down and cleared tip in talks that resumed sunday. But Vance said bosnian serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic seemed not to have abandoned his quest for a a state within a  Quot we Are continuing to make Progress a said Vance the . Mediator. But he admitted that Quot key and Tough issues remain on the Way to a peace settlement in the bosnian War. The mediators have backed the Muslim led government s demand for keeping Bosnia a single state. They have proposed a peace plan providing for the country a division into 10 provinces with wide local Powers a set of constitutional principles and a cease fire. The bosnian serbs have wanted any settlement to allow them eventually to secede and merge with Serbia into a Quot greater Serbia a Only Bosnia a croats the third and smallest ethnic group have accepted the peace plan. In a six Day recess in the talks Karadzic consulted other bosnian serbian leaders and nationalist serbian president Slobodan. Milosevic. Milosevic is mainly blamed by the West for fomenting War in the Balkans and is seen As the key to stopping the fighting. Milosevic was to attend the 4-month-old Geneva peace talks for the first time today. Vance opening sundays talks urged bosnian leaders to accept a peace package offering Quot a fair just and lasting peace in  Bosnia a Muslim president Alija Izet Begovic had sent Nis foreign minister Haris Siladic to the main talks. Lee Begovic dropped a Boycott threat and met the mediators for several hours sunday before heading to an islamic Summit in Dakar Senegal. He was due Back in Geneva late today and was expected to participate in further peace talks owe said. Lee Begovic had threatened to pull out because serbian gunmen assassinated his Deputy prime minister Hakija Turajlic on Friday in Sarajevo the bosnian capital. Vance in his statement condemned the killing of Turajlic As an Quot outrageous criminal act bosnian serbs apologized during the talks he said. Montenegrin return to polls Belgrade Yugoslavia a montenegrin voted sunday in a presidential Runoff that could determine whether the tiny yugoslav Republic stays in its Union with Serbia. The Choice was Between current president Momir Bulatovic who has indicated he May reconsider his Alliance with Serbia and Fanko Kostic a staunch serbian ally. Kostic a former yugoslav communist president and supporter of Serbia a hard line Leader Slobodan Milosevic has accused moderate Bulatovic of Quot working on a quiet secession from Yugoslavia. It is generally believed that secession of Montenegro would Start another civil War in the Balkans since about 10 percent of the republics 600,000 inhabitants who declare themselves serbs and thousands More Milosevic supporters would certainly rebel. There Are about 400,000 eligible voters in Montenegro and pre election polls made Bulatovic the Clear favorite. First official results were expected tuesday i Bulatovich a democratic party of socialists overwhelmingly won parliamentary elections dec. 20. Bulatovic won 42.9 percent of the presidential vote in that election and Kostic 23,7 percent. A simple majority is needed in the second round. Polls opened at 7 . And were to close at 8 . Serbia and Montenegro Are the Only republics remaining in Yugoslavia after Slovenia Croatia Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina seceded from the old federation. Many montenegrin Are now increasingly wary of remaining in the serbian led Yugoslavia saying they Are unfairly carrying the Burden of International sanctions imposed on the country for fomenting the bloody yugoslav civil War. Making tracks a russian father pulls the sleds of his children along a Snow covered path sunday morning with Moscow a Novod Vichy Convent forming a wintry backdrop. New Snow fell in the russian capital where temperatures have stayed below freezing for weeks. See Page 13 for More on the  3 wedding Tokyo up a preparations Are under Way to hold the wedding of Crown Prince Haruhito and Masako Owaldo on june 3, a news report said sunday. The Imperial household Agency plans to name the Date officially after the Imperial household Council formally approves the engagement of the 32-year-old Prince to Owaldo a diplomats daughter educated at Arvard University in Cambridge mass. News of the Royal engagement broke wednesday and although statements by government ministers acknowledge the engagement As a fact it has not yet been confirmed through Normal official channels. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko Are expected to postpone to later in the year a scheduled visit to european nations that was to have taken place in Early june. The Kyodo news service quoted sources As saying that the government had unofficially begun to Pardon convicted lawbreakers As part of a tradition to Mark the Princess coming marriage to the 29-Ycar-old commoner. Japan has a tradition of granting pardons to Mark important state occasions and events in the Imperial household. The amnesty will restore rights lost or suspended because of conviction and granted according to Law the sources said. Some critics however have noted that those most Likely to Benefit from the Quot political amnesty Are violators of the electoral Law for crimes such As corruption. Pilot error suspected in India crash papers say new Delhi India a a cockpit voice recorder could indicate As Early As today whether a foreign Pilot ignored an order not to land before his plane crashed at a foggy Airport and All 163 people aboard leaped out of the burning wreckage. On sunday the 1 nations newspapers were filled with stories about the incredible escape passengers and Crew made from the jetliner minutes before fires spread and engulfed the plane saturday. Only six were hospitalized with injuries. Some news reports say the uzbek Pilot a hired to replace striking pilots of state owned Indian airlines a did t understand the order because he does no to speak English. Others say he landed because he was too tired after a Long delayed Domestic flight to Fly to another Airport. And others blame Pilot error and say the plane crashed because it landed off course and rammed into lights at the beginning of the runway Navin Kohli 34, a Public relations officer recalled How he helped open an emergency exit minutes after the plane flipped Over and he got out of the seat Belt holding him upside Down. Quot there was a loud bump when the plane touched the ground a he said by Telephone from his Hom in new Delhi. A i did no to realize anything was wrong. Then there was a series of bumps jarring sounds and crashes. 1 saw myself Tilting and going up. At that Point t realized i was in the Middle of a crash. I knew i was dying. It was terrifying. I was  when the plane overturned spun around m a Circle and All the lights went out people began to scream Kohli said. But they stopped in a few minutes opened their seat belts and began to crawl through aisles lit by Small fires burning outside. Kohli and another Man pushed open an emergency exit and stepped out of the plane. He was amazed How easy that was. Because the plane was upside Down the door Wasny to far from the ground so it was like stepping out of my House. Within free or four mutes everyone had gotten out. 5 the Federal directorate general of civil aviation appointed an inspector to invest Gate the cause of the crash and he Ira met lately revived the cockpit voice recorder. The russian built Tu-154 jetliner Leasi from uzbek airlines crashed at Indi Gandhi International Airport before Daw Indian airlines has been leasing six the russian made Tu-154s since Hundred of its pilots went on strike a month ago demand higher wages and better Benefi after saturdays crash the government t dered the other five Tu-154s grounded. Like Many other passengers Kol sharply criticized the airline and the a port for taking so Long to reach the seen even when fire engines did arrive said they  obtain any sunni water until the whole plane had burned