European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 20, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 9 cambodian troops forced out of Khmer Rouge base from wire reports pm Nam penh Cambodia Khmer Rouge guerrillas tuesday drove out government forces that had occupied the guerrilla Headquarters at Pailin for a month a government official said. Government troops withdrew at 11 . Under heavy guerrilla attack said the official who spoken condition of anonymity. The Khmer Rouge recaptured Pailin at 12 45 p.m., said a Khmer Rouge spokesman in phenom penh who also demanded anonymity. At least 30 government soldiers were found dead at Pailin Headquarters and the rest ran across the Jungle he said. We started Strong counterattacks since april 9. Seven tanks were destroyed and eight tanks were  Battlefield claims by the communist Khmer Rouge often Are  Deputy governor of the province where Pailin is located said government forces now were 700 to 800 Yards away from the town of Pailin but it is not True to say that the Khmer Rouge has completely occupied the Pailin  Moscow fires take big toll Moscow fires killed 155 people in Moscow More than half of them drunk in the first three months of 1994, Thelmar Tass news Agency said tuesday it said 6,500 fires were reported in the russian capital in the first Quarter of 1994. The fires ranged from huge conflagrations engulfing entire apartment buildings to minor Domestic fires. Along with the deaths the blazes injured 138people, it said. Arson charges were filed in 89 cases but no one has been convicted the report said. Brussels station evacuated Brussels Belgium police evacuated Brussels Central Railroad station for almost an hour monday after receiving a bomb threat. The station reopened after a search found nothing suspicious. It was the third time this year that a bomb hoax has disrupted rail and subway services at the Busy downtown station. Police evacuated the station in the mid afternoon after the daily newspaper la Libre Belgique received a Call saying a bomb would e explode at the station within 30 minutes. The caller claimed to be from a palestinian group reported the National news Agency Belga. Buddha s 166th on tour.-. T _ _ Rangoon Burma the sacred tooth of Buddha which has lain for centuries in a Buddhist shrine in Beijing is to arrive in Rangoon today for a45-Day tour of Burma. The holy relic will be received with a ceremony attended by 5,000 clerical and Lay devotees at Rangoon Airport said an official of the burmese  relic will be carried 11 Miles by a decorated car from the Airport to the great sacred Cav within the world peace Pagoda in the Northern suburbs of Rangoon. It will remain in the Cave for two weeks for round the clock worship by devotees. Marcos plea rejected Manila Philippines the anti graft court tuesday rejected Tor the second time a request by Imelda Marcos to travel abroad for treatment of heart related  court said the widow of former president Ferdinand Marcos did not add anything new in her motion asking it to reconsider its decision in february not to allow her to  was not suffering from any malady that is immediately life threatening and which can Only be treated abroad the court said. Last september Marcos was convicted of graft and sentenced to up to 24 years in prison. She is free on bail pending her Appeal. She also is charged in More than 100 criminal and civil suits in connection with alleged corruption during her late husband s 20-year Rule. 57 kurdish rebels slain Spirnak Turkey at least 57 separatist kurdish guerrillas in Northern Iraq have been killed in raids by turkish troops the Anatolia news Agency reported. About 5,000 turkish troops moved across the Border tuesday to strike the kurdish workers party or pkg which stages hit and run attacks int Turkey from bases in Northern Iraq. Ign minister gains in drive to Lead Japan Tokyo a Michio Watanabe the aging Power broker who had threatened to shake up Japan s Politi Cal world by running for prime minister withdrew from the race tuesday leaving the Way Clear for foreign minister Tsutomu Hata. Leaders of the seven bloc ruling coalition meeting for the Lith consecutive Day since prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa announced his resignation were still working out an agreement on policies. The coalition has split Over several key issues most notably whether the National sales tax should be raised to pay for a Cut in income taxes. It is not at All unprofitable to take some time in Dis cussing policies said Japan renewal party Secretary general Ichiro Ozawa Leader of the faction supporting a tax increase. Once policies Are worked out the coalition is expected to approve Hata As its candidate ensuring his election by parliament As prime minister. Watanabe a 70-year-old former foreign minister had said he planned to quit the opposition Liberal democratic party and run for prime minister with the support of pro Ozawa forces. By splitting both the coalition and the Liberal democrats Watanabe s plan might have triggered a Complete reshuffle of Japan s political system. But Only a handful of Liberal democratic legislators showed willingness to Bolt the party with Watanabe so he was forced to abandon the idea tuesday. I will stay within the party and work sincerely to re form it Watanabe told a news conference. He said he would support the party s president Yohei Korio for prime minister. This had been seen As the last Chance for Watanabe who leads the third largest faction of Liberal demo cratic legislators to become prime minister. He has been in poor health. Hosokawa announced suddenly april 8 that he was resigning Over suspicions about his personal finances. He took office last August ousting the Liberal democrats from Power for the first time since 1955. Plagued by frequent Money for favors scandals the Liberal democrats lost their majority in parliament s lower House in july elections. Getting a jump on olympics a some of Australia s Best sky divers practice forming the five olympic rings at 6,000 feet above Sydney Harbour Bridge on tuesday. Members of the team jumped from two Nomad aircraft above Sydney and formed the rings in 75 seconds the australian Parachute federation organized the demonstration As part of a Campaign to in clude parachuting in the summer games which will be held in Sydney in 2000. Haven in Rwanda reportedly blasted Nairobi Kenya a rwandan army troops fired mortar rounds into a  stadium sheltering thousands of people tuesday killing about 20 and wounding 50, a red Cross official said. . Efforts to achieve a cease fire and bring food and Medicine to victims of Rwanda s ethnic Bloodbath were nearly paralysed said Abdul Kabia executive director of . Forces in Rwanda. Kabia said 20 or 30 shells landed in and around Rwanda s National stadium. One landed on the roof of . Headquarters 150 Yards from the stadium but did t explode Kabia said. He also said that the government and rebels had agreed to make the Kigali Airport Neutral ground so the United nations could ship in plan loads of food and Medicine but that the agreement collapsed tuesday. The army dominated by the majority Hutu tribe announced that it wants to locate its troops at the Airport he said. This would make our positions vulnerable to fire Kabia said. The Tutsi controlled rwandan patriotic front meanwhile said All its preconditions for a cease fire were not subject to negotiation Kabia said. The preconditions include an end to atrocities by Hutu gangs. The disbanding of the Hutu nationalist presiden tial guard. The arrest of those responsible for atrocities. Tanzania offered to be the Host of peace talks sat urday. The offer was transmitted to the warring factions by the . Command in Rwanda but they had not responded yet Kabia said