European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes world wednesday june 15,1994 Croatia Bosnia boost ties in Sarajevo talks Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Croatia a president visited Sarajevo on tuesday for the first time in Bosnia a two year War underscoring recent rapprochement Between croats and the Muslim led bosnian government. President Franjo Tadjman arrived on a . Flight from the croatian port of split. He immediately went into talks with bosnian president Alija ize Begovic. It was to Dimant a first visit to the bosnian capital since War broke out in april 1992, when Bosnia a minority serbs armed by the yugoslav Federal army rebelled against the Muslim croatian vote to secede from Yugoslavia. Bosnian s croats and muslims initially fought together against the serbs but their Alliance collapsed in disputes Over territory. At Washington surging they signed an Accord March 18 agreeing to restore their Alliance in a Loose federation of territory they hold. Tadjman whose country seceded from Yugoslavia in june 1991, had Long favored dividing Bosnia Between Croatia and serbian dominated Yugoslavia. But he reversed course under intense diplomatic pressure and supported formation of a Mush croatian federation with political and economic links to Croatia. In Sarajevo the two leaders were expected to discuss the new federation and its future ties with Croatia. The federations parliament was expected to meet today to confirm a Cabinet. A president and vice president were chosen last month. Federation delegates also have approved a Constitution merged their military commands and elected interim leaders. But the federations future remains in doubt because Bosnia a serbs who hold 70 percent of the country refuse to have anything to do with it. A settlement proposed by Russia the United states and the european Union would give 49 percent of Bosnia to the serbs and 51 percent to the new federation. Bosnia s croats and muslims say they need at least 58 percent of Bosnia for a viable federation. Bosnian serbs remain reluctant to cede any territory. In Moscow on tuesday russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev urged bosnian serbs to accept the proposed settlement saying it was a Good Deal considering that serbs make up Only 33 percent of Bosnia a population. But Kozarev also warned the United states against any unilateral violation of the . Arms embargo on Bosnia saying it could Lead to a global conflict. Bird bookworm strike up acquaintance a Man reads a Book in the deserted Hall of Amsterdam a railway workers strike that paralysed commuter trial Lac. Central station tuesday sharing the Solitude with a Strol continuing their walkout for a second Day 27,000 rail Ling Bird. They have plenty of legroom thanks to a dutch workers were protesting planned Job cutbacks. Yemen port May be pulled into War me1fa-Hagr, Yemen apr the latest Northern thrust along the Indian Ocean coast in Yemen a civil War could drag the picturesque port of a1 Mukalla out of history and into Battle. The North says Southern secessionist Leader All Salem Al Saidh is holed up there. Indeed . Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi flew there sunday night for talks with unspecified Southern leaders. But if peace efforts fail Al Mukalla could be the next target of the North s fury at a Aidha a revolt. Northern and Southern forces this weekend fought artillery duels in the mountains about 30 Miles East of the whitewashed mini skyscrapers of Al Mukalla an ancient trading and fishing port on the Southern Edge of the arabian Peninsula. Nestled against the sea below Steep Reddish Brown Cliffs Al Mukalla a delicately narrow streets with exquisitely carved doors display a mixture of islamic and Indian Sauna Rubiy. \ i 1 Yemen architecture dating Back to its heyday As a trading port. It was from Al Mukalla that merchants from the old had Ramaut Empire exported goods and islam to the East indies and malay archipelagos after the Prophet Mohammed spread the Faith throughout Arabia in the seventh Century. Deputy prime minister Abdul Qatar a Jamal of the Northern based government who comes from Al Mukalla called on both sides to refrain from damaging the town a i fear for Mukalla not Only because it is my City a Tajamal said sunday. A i urge whoever has the least love for this City to Avert it from destruction.�?�. Holds up evacuation of refugees in Rwanda from wire reports Kigali Rwanda a the United nations stopped evacuating refugees tuesday when menacing Hutu militias were spotted in a part of the capital were scores of Tutsi civilians Are holed up a . Spokesman said. The spokesman Pierre Mehu also said gunfire echoed through Kigali on tuesday morning even As cease fire talks were taking place at the . Compound. The talks Between the governments army and rebels of the Rwanda patriotic front have had Little effect on the Savage civil War that has claimed an estimated 200,000 lives in the past two months and driven some 3 million people from their Homes. The United nations resumed civilian evacuations monday after a 13-Day delay taking 550 people across the front lines to safety in other parts of Kigali the pledge altered Toronto a Canadas girl guides the country a 84-year-old scouting organization has decided to eliminate its pledge to the Queen a spokeswoman said monday. At its weekend convention in Saskatchewan the girl guides of Canada announced the world organization of guides had granted its request to scrap mention of the Queen in its pledge a spokeswoman said. The traditional pledge was a to the Queen and country a while the new pledge Given by Canadas 270,000 girl guides is to themselves god or their Faith and Canada. The spokeswoman said the guides decision came after a three year process that involved nationwide questionnaires Ana discussion groups. She said that since Canada is a constitutional monarchy the Queen is included in the pledges reference to Canada but other officials said the decision was made because the monarchy does no to have the same meaning to teen agers today that it once canadians feel Safe Ottawa a a Survey by the Federal government said canadians were in no More danger of becoming crime victims last year than they were five years earlier but fewer canadians said they Felt Safe walking alone at night. Statistics Canada said about one Quarter of the 10,400 canadians aged 15 and older it surveyed said they had been victims of at least one crime last year the same proportion As reported in 1988 when the Survey was first conducted. The surveyors said the Chance of a person being the victim of an assault robbery or theft decreased or remained unchanged from 1988 to 1993. The same results were reported for motor vehicle theft property theft vandalism or breaking and entering. While Overall Levels of victimization were unchanged fewer canadians said they Felt a very Safe walking alone in their neighbourhoods after dark. The percentage dropped from 40 percent in 1988 to 32 percent in 1993.ex-nazi s Case weighed Entine egg Buenos Aires Argentina a arg authorities said monday that they will b studying an italian request for the extradition of former nazi official Erich Riebke accused of participating in the 1944 massacre of 335 italians outside Rome. Italian authorities presented a formal request Friday for the extradition of Riebke who is under House arrest at a clinic in the Southern Argentine City of san Carlos de Bart Loche 1,100 Miles Southwest of Buenos Aires. The request refers to the massacre of 335 italian citizens a including 70 jews a on March 24,1944. Riebke who was a Captain in the German secret police has admitted to participating in the killing of two of the on Iraq s weapons Manama Bahrain a nine . Missile experts flew tuesday to Iraq to find out More about Baghdad a ballistics program banned under the 1991 . Cease fire Resolution that ended the persian Gulf War. The Resolution prohibits Iraq from having weapons of mass destruction. Complying with it is one of the Steps necessary before the . Security Council w ill consider lifting sanctions imposed on Iraq after it invaded Kuwait in August 1990
