European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 16, 1993 the stars and stripes Page ii warring somalis talk disarmament Mogadishu Somalia a most of Somalia s rival factions met monday to discuss How to disarm their militias. But some of the groups failed to bring information about their fighters and weapons and the Only major decision made was to meet again March 2, according to officials at the talks. Fighting that erupted after a truce was readied in Early january had scuttled a meeting last month. The  military coalition sent to restore order in War ravaged Somalia called monday s meeting a step to Ward implementing the cease fire. A . Military statement monday said belgian and . Troops raided a Camp in Southern Somalia and captured nine people suspected of attacking a Village the Day before. The captured men were presumed to support Mohamed said Hirsi known As Gen. Morgan the son in Law of ousted dictator Mohammed Siad Baric. Mor Gan s faction was involved in the fighting last month that violated the cease fire. Two minor factions failed to attend the meeting monday. Coalition commanders had asked for each group to submit the numbers and locations of their fighters and weapons so planning for disarming them could begin. Col. Peter dotto of the . Marine corps who rep resented the coalition forces at the meeting said some groups lacked the information but had indicated they would have it before March. 2. Their biggest problem is communications he said of the somalian factions. They re spread so far they Don t have a Way of getting information Back and  the meeting discussed a three part plan for the factions to disarm themselves with . Forces serving As monitors dotto said. The disarming would occur be fore a National peace conference scheduled for March 15, he said. Canadian officers posted near the Northern bound Ary of the International Mission in Somalia said Mon Day that clashes Between rival factions farther North could threaten the cease fire. If something is not done to stabilize the area it will be very difficult for a . Force to keep the peace after the  coalition ends its mandate said sgt. Tim Power of a Canadian intelligence unit. Also monday officials said a donors conference to discuss future Aid and development for Somalia would take place March 11 in Addis Ababa the ethiopian capital.,. Optimistic . Observers arriving in Haiti port a Prince Haiti a members of an International observer Mission in Haiti expect authorities will provide the Freedom necessary to carry out human rights work and help move the country Back toward democracy. That s part of the agreement we reached the Mission s . Coordinator Michael Moeller said upon arrival at the Airport in port a Prince on sunday. Moeller accompanied 40 observers including is americans who flew in from Miami to the haitian Airport which was secured by dozens of police. But despite months of resistance to the Mission from the military and conservative haitians there were no protesters Only clusters of bystanders and a Small group of journalists. The observers were the first from the Mission to arrive since the military backed government finally approved the plan last week when the United nations agreed to limit the Mission s autonomy and guaranteed that haitian sovereignty would be respected. While the pact does not specify a size for the Mission . And state depart ment officials said hundreds of observers would be sent out across the troubled Caribbean nation. They would remain at least a year. / Moeller said a Survey team would de cide exactly How Many observers would be needed. He said no timetable had been set for dispatching the observers to provincial towns. An official of the organization of american states which is working jointly with the United nations said radios and other necessary equipment. Were expected to arrive in Haiti in about two weeks. In the meantime the observers were to be housed in a Hillside hotel above Down town port a Prince. Colin Granderson Center of the organization of american states Waits at the Airport in port a Prince Haiti on sunday to Greet an International team of 40 human rights observers. The office of army backed prime min ister Marc l. Bazin has pledged to help the Mission which also has the cautious approval of the army High command and exiled president can Bertrand Aristide. Aristide s ouster in a bloody septem Ber 1991 coup plunged Haiti into crisis. The International Community responded with a hemispheric Trade embargo that has crippled the impoverished nation s already weak Economy. Once the observers note an improvement in human rights and in the political situation foreign governments would begin lilting the embargo Accord ing to terms of the agreement. Human rights groups have complained of a harsh military led Campaign of re pression that has left hundreds dead. The army opposes Aristide s return accusing him of encouraging mob violence including Lynching of his critics. The observers goal is to make both sides feel safer and to Clear the Way for negotiations on democracy s return. Last fall 16 observers from the organization of american states arrived in Haiti but they have been confined to the capital. The army refused to let them set up offices in the Countryside and sought the guarantees regarding haitian sovereignty that were approved last week. The Oas group has been criticized As lacking expertise and initiative. Few of its members could speak Creole or had backgrounds in human rights work Colin Granderson the Mission s Oas coordinator said All of the 40 new observers speak French and More than half speak Creole the language of Haiti s poor. Those who Don t speak Creole will be Given lessons. Bohemian pollution forces schoolchildren to stay Home Prague czech Republic a pollution in Northern Bohemia has got ten so bad that schoolchildren have been told to stay Home through today and some pregnant women have been evacuated. For five Days weather conditions have kept the czech Industrial Belt shrouded in heavy smog a condition caused by Sulphur dioxide from Low Grade Brown Coal burned in Power heating and chemical plants. On sunday seven of 13 monitoring stations in the Region registered Fulfur dioxide Levels above a threshold defined in 1991 Lecis Tion As a natural  environmentalists have mounted demonstrations and traffic in the capital was banned. Some scientists say just breath ing is like smoking 10 cigarettes a Day authorities Hope the pollution will begin to dissipate wednesday with a predicted shift in weather conditions. Bohemia s pollution was largely ignored by the country s former communist leaders who were More concerned with Industrial production statistics. President Vaclav Havel in his regular sunday radio address called the smog a horrible thing that cannot be solved Over  French reportedly discover Basque weapons workshop Bayonne France a French police uncovered a huge workshop used by Basque separatists As a weapons hideout and factory to produce arms and explosives police sources said monday the discovery sunday night in the nearby town of Bidart yielded a Gal Lery of weapons grenades and ammunition plus an unspecified Quantity of Ammonel a chemical substance used to make some explosives and favored by members of the separatist group la s. It followed a two week search by police according to the sources. The Homeowner a 55-year-old Frenchman was being held for questioning they said. The police operation was carried out under an International commis Sion in collaboration with Spanish authorities on the highest level the sources said. Police had some difficulty penetrating the 2,150-Square-foot workshop which had a sophisticated lock system the sources said