European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world sunday August 1,1993 leaders seek to map Bosnia s re Geneva a Bosnia s Muslim led government croats and serbs got Down to the hard part of their new peace plan saturday drawing a map splitting the nation into three ethnic republics. The outgunned bosnian government reluctantly agreed to the partition Friday and sat Down with other negotiators to work on the map. The division was favored by ethnic serbs and croats who control nearly All of Bosnia after More than 16 months of civil War. The conflict has left Between 140,000 and 200,000 dead or missing and the capital Sarajevo in for a fifth Day of the latest round of Geneva talks bosnian president Alija ize Begovic and the bos Nian serbs Leader Radovan Karadzic said saturday that they would discuss maps. The Leader of Bosnia s croats mate Boban was expected to meet separately with the two other leaders later David Owen the european Community s mediator remained cautious but hoped the maps could be finished by s muslims must get enough space to allow them to House about 2 million of their people who have been forced from their Homes by War or ethnic cleans ing Owen Muslim area also must be economically viable he that respect Owen said he believes the muslims vital Access to the Northern Sava River and the Adriatic sea already has been achieved through previous , most of Bosnia was Calm after rival com Manders ordered a cease fire that went into effect Fri Day Hills around Sarajevo were quiet after three weeks of fierce Battles and . Officials said other combat areas also were Calm. Ize Begovic told Sarajevo radio after Friday s Accord the hardest part of the Job still remains. Everything we have achieved so far will be worthless if there is no agreement on the Battlefield and negotiating pressure forced Izette Govic to drop his opposition to an ethnic partition with Only weak Powers for Central government. The plan gives few Powers to the Central government foreign affairs Ana International Trade but pro Vides for a Central supreme court and constitutional court to arbitrate disputes Between the republics. The presidency would consist of Heads of each of the three republics. The chairmanship of the presidency would rotate every four months with decisions taken by peace plan left Many issues unresolved however including whether there should be a common cur Rency. Cd "0 too o of j a Lone tourist enjoys a Beach on the croatian Island of Brae a one time vacation Haven that has been a casualty of War. Tourists trickling Back to Croatia Bol Croatia a summer s Here. And finally after two War ravaged years so Are some tourists. Visitors once flocked to Croatia s Pristine relatively inexpensive Adriatic Seaside resorts and other attractions spending some $2 billion a year. But then Croatia broke from Yugoslavia in june 1991. The ensuing War killed 10,000 people ruined re sorts around Dubrovnik and left beaches deserted. A truce in january 1992 failed to lure Back the free spending tourists. Officials Are optimistic that 1993 is the Start of a re Hope to realize some 50 percent of prewar Tou Ristic profit tourism minister Niko Bulic said. Occupancy on the Northern istrian Peninsula about 100 Miles from the fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina is Back to 50 percent of the prewar level. Among the 115,000 tourists 80 percent Are foreigners. Bulic and others Hope that tourism will rejuvenate the Economy. The boost is sorely needed. War destroyed about 40 percent of Croatia s Industry. Monthly inflation is 25 percent and unemployment is 17.5 percent. Yet even Bulic recognizes that a stable peace is the Only sure Road to recovery. The aftermath of fighting and the threat of a spillover from combat in Bosnia still haunt some former tourist we came because we Don t have Money to go else said Marija Zvan of Zagreb who owns a week end Rome near Zadar. I Don t have Small children so i Felt i could take the risk. But Many of our neighbors obviously do not feel the same even in Safe areas such As Bol on the Island of Brae about 120 Miles West of the bosnian capital Sarajevo fear of War puts visitors on Edge. Croatia is so Small on a european map and so close to Bosnia Herzegovina said Jure Vekic a croat living in Germany and vacationing in Brae. When you look at the map it seems like one grenade shot in Sarajevo could hit you sitting on the Dalmatian Franko fab Janovic manager of Bol s hotel Ela Phu a said room prices this season were the equivalent of about $18 up from last year but still Only half of pre War rates. Book by Deng s daughter serves up croissants details Beijing a How Many peo ple knew that when Deng Xiaoping visited France in 1974 and 1975 As vice Premier he smuggled Back bags of Crois Sants to China to share with then Premier Chou in Lai or that his famous addiction to Bridge was acquired during an army stint in the 1920s? or that his second wife divorced him ini1933 his Deng when he hit _ first Patch of political trouble those Are the sort of intimate de tails that Promise to make Afy father Deng Xiaoping a biography by the chinese Leader s youngest daughter Xiao Rong a Best seller when it comes out m september. Xiao has written Short articles about her father s life but this will be the first expended biography by any family Mem Ber of the Man who has steered China to unprecedented Prosperity As its top Leader for the past 15 years. Xiao serves As top aide to her father who is to turn 89 on aug. 22. Shehas always been at his Side during his Public appearances to support him by the Arm shout into his partially deaf ears and translate his slurred and nearly incomprehensible speech. However Deng has not been seen in Public since january. The family has denied rumours he is near death. The liberation army daily on sat urday published Brief excerpts. The Book apparently contains no startling information about Deng s dramatic political , the Book apparently will break new ground with its personal portrait of Deng. It reveals that during six years spent studying and working in France in the1920s along with Chou Deng devel oped a taste for cheese wine Coffee and other French foods. It also confirms rumours that Deng whose first wife died in childbirth in1930, had a second wife who divorced him when he was in political trouble in 1933. He married his present wife Zhuo Lin in 1939 and had five Chil Dren with her. . Troops will help build schools clinics in Al Salvador san Salvador Al Salvador up nearly 500 . Troops will join Salva Doran military units in the building of Rural schools and medical clinics in War scarred Al Salvador . Officials said Friday. Col. Rudy Jones commander of the . Military group stationed in Al Salva Dor said the program was aimed at As sisting in the reconstruction of Al Salva Dor in the Wake of the Central american nation s 12-year civil War. Jones said some 500 troops from the . Navy air Force and army include. Ing reservists based at fort Rucker ala., will participate in the construction of at least 20 Rural schools and clinics and the drilling of about seven water Wells. The . Embassy called the .-fi danced operation to be carried out through August 1994 the biggest joint civic military operation in salvadoran his former rebels of the leftist Fara a bund Marti National liberation front criticized the operation saying it contradicted postwar reforms aimed at reducing the military s traditionally intrusive role in civilian affairs. The United states backed the Salvado ran armed forces with Over $1 billion in training and military Aid during the coun try s civil War. The conflict was ended for Mally last year through a .-brokered political settlement. Claims against Somalia troops probed United nations a . Officials Are investigating a report by the Small Africa rights group alleging rights violations by . Troops in Somalia a spokesman for Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali said Friday. We take it very seriously. If these allegations Are found to be True action will be taken against those responsible spokesman Joe Sills said. In its just released report the London based group accused . Forces of at tacks causing needless civilian casualties in Mogadishu killings of unarmed civil ians beatings and other harassment theft and destroying weapons in a dangerous manner.". Sills declined to comment on specific allegations but said it appeared to be a very biased report that did not give sufficient weight to the achievements and Progress made by the United nations in Somalia in humanitarian Relief and Politi Cal reconciliation
