European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a the stars and stripes monday january 31,1994 Cia planes reportedly going to Albania _ _ _ a a n a of n 4 c it i id i 1i/"l or to i v. Washington a the Cia is sending two unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to Albania to Monitor troop movements and potential military targets in the former Yugoslavia an aviation Magazine reported. The . Government got permission from the Alba Nian government after being turned Down by Italy according to a Story in the Jan. 31 edition of aviation week and space technology. An Advance copy of the report was provided to other news organizations Friday. David Christian a Cia spokesman said the Agency had no comment on the report. The Story said the Cia was sending a group to oper ate two newly developed reconnaissance aircraft known As unmanned Aerial vehicles capable of staying aloft longer than other such aircraft As Well As a ground satellite transmitting station. The aircraft were developed in a Rush program or dered by the joint chiefs of staff for improved recon Naissance of the civil conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina the Story said. It said the aircraft can stay aloft for24 hours at altitudes up to 25,000 feet. Albania s location on the Adriatic sea would give the Cia direct Access to Montenegro and Kosovo in Serbi an led Yugoslavia and the tripwire state of Macedonia. About 300 . Troops Are stationed in Macedonia apart of a . Peacekeeping Force intended to Stop the Bosnia War from spreading South to Kosovo and potentially beyond. The unmanned aircraft called gnat 750s and built by general atomics have a 500-mile Range the report  said the Cia wants the flights to begin by tuesday. Kohl to meet Clinton Honor Bush on . Trip Berlin up Chancellor Helmut Kohl departed sunday for Washington where he will meet for talks with presi Dent Clinton and award Germany s High est medal of Honor to former president Bush for Bush s role in the 1990 German unification. Sources in Bonn said main topics to be discussed by Kohl and Clinton included Russia the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Western Security policy. Kohl also is expected to raise German concerns that . Foreign policy in the former East bloc is too Russia Centric and not concentrated enough on the states of Central and Eastern Europe. The German Chancellor also will Dis cuss russian participation at the july Summit of the seven most powerful Industrial countries the group of seven in Naples Italy. A report in the influential Frankfurter All Gemein daily says Kohl wants a Sepa ration of economic and political themes at the Summit with the russians attend ing Only the political part of the meeting. The meeting in the Oval office today is expected to further deepen ties be tween the United states and Post cold War unified Germany. There have been recent . Moves to boost German american links including a Carnegie foundation report suggesting that tics Between Washington and Bonn be upgraded to make Germany the driving Force for . Policy in Europe. Such a move could Herald a downgrading of the special relationship Between the United states and great Britain that has played an important role in Post world War ii european policy making. Kohl on sunday night also was to award Germany s highest medal to Bush and for Mer Secretary of state James a. Baker i for their roles in helping achieve German Unity. Japan planning Cut in taxes to Spur sluggish Economy Tokyo a Japan s government turning to the slumping Economy after a Long Battle Over political reforms plans to announce an income tax Cut and other Rescue measures by thursday the chief spokesman says. But it has t been decided yet whether to wait for the Economy to recover before trying to offset the income tax with an in crease in the sales tax chief Cabinet Secretary Masayoshi Takemura said at a news conference sunday. Economic stimulus measures sought both by japanese business and trading partners such As the United states had been delayed while prime minister Mori Hiro Hosokawa s government fought to save anti corruption measures on which he had staked his Job after taking office last August. On the deadline saturday parliament approved a Compromise political Reform plan and Hosokawa promised full Atten Tion to the nation s no. 1 problem its sick Economy. Failure of the plan could have led to Hosokawa s resignation and More confusion in economic Rescue efforts. The United states and other nations Hope that if Japan can find a Way to encourage Consumers to Start spending again this will help reduce Japan s huge surplus in its foreign sales compared to its purchases abroad. Carrying the Torch Crown Prince Fri Crik heir to the danish throne and a Long distance runner carries the olympic Torch saturday through Copenhagen on the last leg of its journey to Lille Hammer Norway for the Winter olympics. It was the first time in 42 years that the Torch was in the danish capital. Braves outfielder accused in sex Case Victoria Texas a pro baseball Playfu Ron cant and his Cousin Are accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to have sex with two teen age girls on Christma seve the Victoria advocate reported saturday. Gant 28, is an outfielder Tor the Atlanta braves. He and Steven Gaskin 27, Are named in a lawsuit filed by the 15 and 16 year old girls. Ron and Steve adamantly deny the accusations which have Bee made in the petition. They will defend them selves and expect to be cleared of All claims made against them said Gant giant s attorney Bernard Klimist. Klimist said Gant will be in Victoria on Friday to face a grand jury. Authorities Are conducting a criminal investigation Victoria county District attorney George Filley 111 said in the advocate s copyright Story. Sexual Intercourse with anyone under age 17 is a Fel ony in Texas punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 Fine. The lawsuit says Gant and Gaskin knew the plaintiffs were minors. The lawsuit does not seek a specific amount of Money. It was filed Jan. 7 in Duval county about 100miles Southwest of Victoria in South Texas. Filly did not know Why it was filed there. The 15-year-old girl said in the lawsuit she had sex with Gaskin. The advocate quoted unnamed sources familiar with the criminal investigation As saying the 16 year old told police she willingly Nad sex with Gant. Gant a Victoria native visited there Over the holi Days said his father George Gant. Me said he suspects the lawsuit is an attempt to extort a Cash settlement from his son. Gant agreed to a $5.5 million one year contract with the braves on thursday. It s just like All the rest of them George Gant said. It s just everything seems a Little fishy. Nothing adds  Atlanta braves spokesman Jim Schultz said the club had not reached Gant about the matter. 18 reported injured by new Delhi bomb new Delhi India a at least 18 peo ple were injured sunday when a bomb exploded inside a new Delhi movie theater police  bomb hidden beneath a seat detonated As a huge crowd waited to see a hindi language movie police  reports indicated people were injured both by the blast and by a Stampede of patrons Rushing out of the theater situated in the Capi Tal s main shopping Center. The injured were taken to three hospitals inthe City. Doctors described the condition of two people As serious. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion. Sikh militants have struck several times in new Delhi. In an attack in september eight people were killed when a car bomb meant for a top politician of the ruling Congress party exploded. Police did not give details of the kind of explosive that was used in sunday s attack