European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The St Sand amp Tri Pes vol. 52, no. 299 500 Friday february 11,1994 d 8693 a bosnian Ray of Hope As to cease Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Sarajevo fell quiet at noon thursday after a cease fire called by besieging serbian troops took effect under the threat of nato airstrikes. Children poked out of Shell scarred buildings and ventured onto streets and playgrounds near the front lines. French peacekeepers and armoured be hides took up positions to Monitor the truce with orders to shoot Back if fired upon. After 22 months of death and disappointment Over failed truce efforts and peace negotiations Many people in Sarajevo permitted themselves a Ray of Hope. A it seems that this cease fire will be obeyed a said a 15-year-old boy Almir Suljic. A nearby Soldier for the Muslim led government of Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Kulenovic 20, said a finally after two years Well be Able to throw our guns  but dozens of truces have quickly collapsed. During Bosnia a War and Many people remained wary. In the first hours of thursdays cease fire people sprinted across intersections and other places exposed to snipers. The new . Commander for Bosnia it. Gen. Sir Michael Rose of Britain said this truce was different because the serbs were under greater International pressure and had agreed to remove weapons. The pledge by bosnian serbs to hold fire and withdraw artillery and mortars from around the capital came just hours before nato allies issued an ultimatum wednesday to pull Back their heavy guns or face airstrikes. It was the first such action by the Alliance since it formed after world War ii. A senior russian official said thursday that president Boris n. Yeltsin a government opposed the ultimatum and would demand the . Security Council discuss the matter. Russia one of the five permanent members with veto Power on the Security Council has been sympathetic to the serbs who Are fellow slavs and orthodox christians. Peacekeepers from two French Battal ions based in Sarajevo moved to six key positions in and around the City under the unwritten cease fire Accord said a . Spokesman col. Bill Aikman. French soldiers with one tank and six armoured cars took Over the brats tvo be dins tvo Bridge facing the serbian held Grba Vica suburb. The tanks Cannon and the vehicles heavy machine guns pointed toward serbian positions. Children jumped on rusted swings at a nearby Park with knee High grass. An old Man swept bricks and Glass from a parking lot unused since the siege began. British . Soldiers worried about possible mines tried to shoo the children see Hope on Pago 2 Niece go s to German wife in Mari by Effie Bathen staff writer an american Soldier who adopted his Sisters baby and promised to keep her in the family has been forced to break his word. A German court has awarded custody of the child to the German woman who is divorcing him. A fall i keep thinking about is the Promise i made to my sister a says staff sgt. David Smith a Section sergeant with the 3rd inf dives 1st in 6th inf regt in Vil seek Germany. He and his German wife Ute Jensen Smith formally adopted his Niece Sharryn now 3, when they were stationed in Colorado in 1992. Smith proposed the idea to his sister Marlene Smith because she had three other daughters Ages 8,7 and 4, and was experiencing some financial difficulty. She is employed at a dry cleaner. A i Only did it because David was my brother a said Marlene Smith 28, from her Home in West Columbia near the capital of South Carolina. A i love David so much. It was a gift of  Marlene Smith said that her greatest fear is that Sharryn will be without her natural relatives. She said that concern overrides issues of economic or educational opportunities or race. The Smiths Are Black. A i am her Mother. There a no Way i can give her up a said Ute Jensen Smith. A a in be been this child smother since she was 11 months old. A i know what people will think. But people should not want me to give up my daughter because she is Black or  Jensen Smith said the child will be safer in Germany than in the states and that germans accept Black More easily. She also told the judge at the Amberg Germany family court that if she thought it would be better for Sharryn she would move to the United states to raise her. Jensen Smith and Sharryn currently live in an see Niece on Page 2 Ute Jensen Smith and Staft sgt. David Smith stand with Sharryn 3. Harding sues vows to win a Gold medal Lillehammer Norway a a defiant Tonya Harding struck Back at the . Olympic committee with a $20 million lawsuit and vowed to come to Norway win a Gold medal and a hang it on my Wall  the skater asked an Oregon court wednesday to Block the soc from holding a hearing that could Lead to her expulsion from the Winter games for her actions surrounding the clubbing attack on Nancy Kerrigan. Harding a attorney Robert Weaver had expected to attend a court hearing thursday on the request for a restraining order. But the hearing see Harding on Page 2 Kerrigan flies to Norway awaits news conference Oslo Norway apr Nancy Kerrigan arrived in Norway on thursday and headed for the olympics she almost missed after a thug smashed her right leg with a club at the . Figure skating championships. Kerrigan who slept most of the Way on the flight was met at the Airport by . Olympic committee Security and hurried into a car for Lillehammer without commenting. The 24-year-old skater who left Boston on wednesday has a news conference scheduled for saturday a few hours before the opening ceremonies. Inside today Dollar jumps against turkish lira but prices also climbing Trisha Yearwood country a Darling takes a town a see Page 19 _ w �2