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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world tuesday january 1 a j 993 . Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr a . Aid official said monday that Airdrop of Aid should begin in Bosnia if reports prove True of mass deaths from cold and starvation around the Eastern town of Zepa. Aid has not been dropped during the 9-month War in part because of the risks. The aircraft could be shot Down and without supervision there is no Assurance that the Aid would get to those who need it. The latest government reports said 104 Nile in and around Zepa froze or starved ath saturday. In Wake of the reports the senior . Aid official Jose mafia Mendiluce said he backed Airdrop if the information proves  Zagreb Croatia Salemka Lisinski a spokeswoman for the . High commissioner on refugees said the organization was tentatively planning a Road Convoy to Zepa despite bad roads that Are covered with Snow and that officials fear Are mined. Low fog kept aircraft with Aid for Sarajevo grounded for a second Day sunday and Lisinski said plans to ship 50,000 sleeping bags 100,000 blankets Ana 790 Wood burning stoves Over the last four Days had found ered because of poor flying conditions. But with land convoys reaching Sarajevo it. _. In houses nuts and caves said Deputy pre Montenegro chief beats pro serbian foe in vote Belgrade Yugoslavia apr a montenegrin president Momir Bulatovic was re elected by a wide Hargin Over his staunchly pro serbian opponent unofficial results showed monday. Bulatovic who has indicated he might reconsider tiny Montenegro s Alliance with Serbia won 64 percent of the vote in sundays Runoff according to provisional results published by the Tan Jug news  Kostic a proponent of close ties to Serbia got 36 percent. Serbia and Montenegro Are Yugoslavia a Only remaining republics after four others declared Independence last . Serbia a nationalist leaders Are widely blamed for the breakup and for inciting wars that have killed tens of thousand in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Many montenegrin believe the Ylrey being unfairly punished by subsequent economic sanctions the United nations imposed on what remains of Yugoslavia. Bulatovic 36, was once an ally of nationalist serbian president Slobodan Milosevic. But he and his government recently have expressed reservations about serbian policies. There have been no suggestions that a move for montenegrin Independence is imminent though Bulatovic has indicated he might reconsider the nature of Montenegro a Alliance with Serbia if Belgrade policies do not change. About 10 percent of Montenegro a 600,000 people consider themselves serbs Ana it is generally believed that an attempt to break front Serbia would spark another civil War. Sundays Runoff was necessary because no candidate got More than half of the vote in general elections dec. 20, although Bulatovich a democratic party of socialists overwhelmingly won in voting for the republics parliament. The situation remained better than in areas such As Zepa where people Are dying daily Mier Zlatko Langum Dzija citing reports from Ham radio operators. Zepa 35 Miles East of Sarajevo has about 8,000 residents and 20,000 refugees. As . Officials contemplated ways to bring Aid to isolated regions diplomatic efforts intensified in Geneva to negotiate an end to the War amid growing sentiment for outside intervention. The second round of Geneva talks resumed sunday after a six Day recess with conflicting indications about whether the serbs would Compromise on their demand for their own state within a state a the main obstacle to a settlement. On sunday British . Peacekeepers fired heavy weapons for the first time when they came under attack in Central Bosnia. British officials in London said there were no British casualties or damage to British vehicles. Britain a ministry of defense said the soldiers came under serbian mortar and Small  fire near Koa Dan As they were escorting a danish Aid Convoy. They responded with 17 rounds of Cannon fire from their Light tanks and about 100 rounds of machine gun fire. The ministry said it did not know of serbian casualties , officials said their already Complex Job of providing Aid and Protection was being hampered by growing local animosity because of the slaying of a bosnian government figure while under . Guard. Deputy prime minister Hakija Turajlic was killed by serbian rebels Friday As French peacekeepers assigned to bring him from the Airport into the City looked on. New press % a Quot a v blowing Beard a Dusty winds blew almost everything monday morning including this pedestrians hair and flowing Beard in Frankfurt Germany. Strong winds Stormy in some areas plagued much of Europe. See Page 13 for More on the weather. London apr tabloid newspapers raised a Hue and cry monday Over the governments reported plans to rein them in. Quot this argument is not about protecting the Little Man from the big bad press a said an editorial in the Sun Britain a largest Selling newspaper. A a it a about stopping us from printing the truth about pompous Public figures. The outrage followed the leak of a report on press regulation being prepared by David Calcutt an attorney appointed by the government. Published reports said Calcutt will recommend replacing the Industry s voluntary press complaints commission with a statutory body that would have the Power to impose fines and to compel the publication of apologies and prominent corrections Calcutt also reportedly will propose legislation to make it illegal to trespass or photograph on private property and to ban electronic eavesdropping. The heritage department which is responsible for press legislation would not confirm or deny the reports accuracy. Newspapers said such regulations would have deprived britons of Reading about the marriage problems of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and a Cabinet ministers affair with an actress As Well As blocking publication of pictures of a topless Duchess of York who is nicknamed Fergie cavorting with an american Man. Politicians were divided on the reported proposals. Quot self regulation has failed i am convinced of that a said Ann Clwyd a labor party lawmaker. Quot there will be a lot of support throughout the country for a statutory code of  conservative lawmaker sir Ivan Lawrence also welcomed the proposals saying the Public had been aghast at the press recent behaviour. But another tory lawmaker Raymond Robertson said "1 would find it difficult to support measures along those tines. Freedom of the press must come  today a sister newspaper of the Sun said in an editorial a Otlie last Refuge of a government in distress is to attack the press. This government is in More of a mess than most. So the threat to the press is greater than  the Star one of the most sensational tabloids said that a the Media is the first to be enslaved by every dictator from Stalin to Saddam. A tame press Means a tame  the guardian a sober left leaning daily commented monday that Quot sanctimonious articles about sacred rights May be easily penned but there a no guarantee that anyone a listening a at the moment the guardian said the press seems to have offended the government the opposition labor party Queen Elizabeth ii and the general Public a at least if opinion polls Are to be believed a a democratic society cannot summon a High court judge to enforce a a responsible press. That s where Freedom gradually runs out Quot the guardian said. Ship Laden with dynamite blows up off Norway Oslo Norway apr a coastal freighter loaded with dynamite exploded near a South Norway Island Early monday after the ship ran aground Over the weekend police said. There were no reports of injury or damage on the nearby Island of St Ernoy when them a Sta fjord exploded about 100 Yards from land at 5 10 a.m., said Jarle y clue of the police department in Mandal the ship which had been loaded with about 500 tons of explosives Sank after the blast. There was Little risk of further explosions said Odd Ropstad chief Engineer of the state director acc for fire and explosions Protection. The ship is gone a Ropstad said speaking from the wreck site. �?�1 am standing Here with a fragment weighing about two kilograms about Avi pounds which clearly comes from the boat. That indicates that the boat was blown into Small pieces a the ship ran aground and its Crew was evacuated late saturday after the vessel broke free of a wire being used to Tow it in a storm. The ship had been listing badly after its cargo  cause of the blast was not immediately known police said. News reports said the blast could have been triggered by Sparks from the ships Metal Hull hitting the rocks of a Short circuit in an electrical blasting Cap  
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