Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, November 23, 1993

You are currently viewing page 8 of: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, November 23, 1993

     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world tuesday november 23,1993 dec seeks Bosnia Parley on securing Aid convoys Luxembourg a the european Community on monday called Bosnia s warring sides the United states and Russia to a meeting in Geneva next week to seek guarantees that Aid convoys will not be attacked by focal warlords. The dec foreign ministers agreed that if rogue militia leaders violate guarantees Given by their commanders . Soldiers will use Force to keep Aid routes into Bosnia and Herzegovina open. Also they agreed to suspend sanctions against Serbia if it pushes bosnian serbs into giving More land Back to the mainly Muslim government. The shift toward a possible use of Force underscored a growing sense of desperation in the dec about the War in the former Yugoslavia and the unrelenting humanitarian catastrophe there. On thursday Bosnia a muslims serbs and croats agreed to allow the free passage of Aid. Previous agreements have not been respected however. German foreign minister Klaus kinked said that if the new dec attempt to bring peace and secure humanitarian Aid deliveries fails Quot we will indeed be at the end of our  ahead of next mondays Geneva meeting the dec will try to find an extra 4,000 troops for Bosnia to sup port humanitarian action. The dutch offered 1,100 extra troops. No other dec nation immediately followed suit but Malaysia and Pakistan were said to have offered soldiers. Some 24,000 . Troops Are now in the former Yugoslavia including 9,000 in Bosnia. A Franco German plan to suspend sanctions against Serbia if it pushes the bosnian serbs into giving More land Back to the mainly Muslim government was endorsed by Allec states. Belgium which holds the dec presidency plans to discuss the proposal with the United states to see How a suspension or sanctions can be achieved through the United nations. All sanctions will be lifted Only if a global peace plan is signed settling ethnic disputes across former Yugoslavia said British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. A we cannot at the moment lift sanctions a he said. A but if the serbs and the croats were to make the necessary territorial concessions to the muslims in Bosnia some sort of lifting of sanctions might be envisaged. Officials said the dec Call for next mondays meeting in Geneva was backed by the United states. Sources said the americans hesitant until now about lifting sanctions against Serbia would favor a Quot suspension Rof sanctions if it produced a peace Accord. Dutch foreign minister Pieter Kooymans said the dec wants ironclad guarantees that local warlords will not attack . Aid convoys that deliver desperately needed Relief supplies to civilian populations. Hurd added that if military commanders in the three bosnian sides pledge to let Aid go through unhindered and Quot individuals then broke it then there might be armed action against  he said the dec would proceed Quot in dose Contact with the americans and the russians. We Are anxious not to get into any tangles with the  centrists fare poorly in italian voting Rome apr fed up with corruption in mainstream politics voters turned to candidates of the left and right a As Well As the autonomy minded Northern league a in mayoral elections exit polls and projections showed. The Christian democrats and the socialists who have governed Italy for 45 years were shut out in six major cities sunday showing that voters had lost Faith in both centrist parties ahead of National elections Likely next year. In one of the most closely watched races Alyssandra Mussolini granddaughter of world War ii dictator Benito Mussolini and a prominent no fascist herself made it to a Runoff in the Naples mayors race. More than 11 million italians a one Quarter of the electorate a were eligible to vote in sundays races. Up for election were governments in 428 cities three provinces and the Region of Trentino Alto adige in northeastern Italy. Turnout was reported heavy despite Snow and rain up and Down the Peninsula. The major tests were in Rome Venice Genoa Trieste Palermo and Naples. To win a candidate must receive at least half the votes cast. If no candidate does the top two vote getters enter a dec. 5 Runoff. Mussolini garnered 30.8 percent of the vote a enough to Force a Runoff with her leftist rival Antonio Bassolino who led with 40.6 percent according to a projection. In Palermo Leoluca Orlando outspoken Leader of the network an anti mafia leftist party won overwhelmingly capturing three quarters of the  read Small ads. You just did you can now advertise your products events and services to 150,000 daily readers at incredibly Low rates. This and for example can Cost you As Little As $51.72. For info Call Germany civilian 06155-601247 or Dan 348-8247. Blood scandal prompts Summit by the Baltimore Sun Berlin a a scandal Over his tainted blood products that has panicked millions of germans has awakened european health officials to even greater blood Supply hazards in Eastern Europe. Partly for that reason and partly in response to the German panic the 27-nation european Council is organizing a Summit next month of National health ministers and aids experts in Hopes of setting new standards for handling blood and blood products. The human immunodeficiency virus causes aids. Meantime German officials will be considering whether to halt All imports of blood and blood products from former East bloc countries. This Christmas you can get both the sound and the savings you want on acoustic mass  100.�� the Bose acoustic mass a series ii direct reflections speaker system was 599now $499 Sale begins november 26 a 199 Sam covered of pea ii flu Tuu cd my a it adm. Cd it acuity to by a fat in a halt via pan by Tay ail by Wulc activity attack on israelis Marks 50th lebanese anniversary from wire reports Beirut Lebanon a israeli troops came under attack from guerrillas monday As Lebanon celebrated its 50th anniversary As an Independent nation. No casualties were reported in the attack at Tallo Usah where an israeli armoured platoon is based in israeli occupied Southern Lebanon. But the hostilities underlined the shakiness of Lebanon a Independence with troops from foreign armies still stationed on its territory after two civil wars and two israeli invasions. A Parade was held under tight Security at a crossing that was a no Many a land during the 1975-90 civil War dividing Western and Eastern Beirut. On monday All approaches were sealed off by troops and police. People watched on balconies from a distance or on television As Jet fighters swooped and columns of tanks and armoured personnel carriers rumbled past.. Reports car missing Kuwait a . Observers said monday that one of their can used to patrol the emirates tense Border with Iraq is missing but they refused to comment on a newspaper report that the vehicle was stolen by iraqi troops. If confirmed the theft would be the latest in a series of Border incidents the past two months that have coincided with work on a defensive Trench being dug by Kuwait along the 130-mile Border. Iraq has not recognized the Border demarcated a year ago by the United nations.3 murder suspects freed Cape town South Africa a three Black men accused of murdering american student Amy Biehl in a racist attack were freed monday at the trials Start because a witness refused to testify. Prosecutor Nollie Niehaus said he had no Choice but to withdraw charges after witness Charles Benjamin said he would not testify for political. Reasons. Later however Benjamin said he decided not to testify because of concerns for his safety. The three were among seven Black males charged in the slaying. Biehl 27, a White Fulbright scholar from Newport Beach calif., was driving mends Home to the Black township of Gugu Letu on aug. 25 when a mob of youths stoned her car. When Biehl ran for help she was  protest halted Brookdorf Germany a police turned water cannons on 100 nuclear protesters monday driving them off a Frozen Highway where they were trying to Block the transport of spent fuel from a nuclear Plant. Icicles dung to protesters clothing As a special truck inched Forward with its hazardous cargo of six fuel rods. The rods were driven to a nearby Railhead for shipment to Hamburg. From Hamburg the rods were to be shipped to a $4.42 billion reprocessing Plant in Sellafield England. British authorities have not decided yet whether to let Sellafield begin operating. Quantities limited louvre Wing draws throngs bomb threat Paris apr tourists mobbed the louvre museum again sunday despite freezing weather and a bomb threat that forced Early closure on opening Day of the new Richelieu Wing officials said. More than 2,000 people among More than 55,000 who visited the expansive museum saturday were led out of the louvre at 9 to . After an Anonymous telephoned threat police said. The museum had planned to remain open until Midnight saturday. Police searched the 645,000-Square-foot museum a doubled in floor space by the new Wing a but found nothing. Long lines formed around the Glass Pyramid Entrance again sunday morning As the museum reopened. Waits averaged two hours  
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade