European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes world monday october 17,1994somalian warlord balks at reconciliation Parley from the associated press Mogadishu Somalia a a powerful somalian warlord rejected a Call from rival leaders saturday for a National reconciliation conference. Ali Mahdi Mohaned who controls North Mogadishu and is the chief rival of Gen. Mohamed Farrah aided said the proposal for the talks was provocative and unfounded and would Lead the country into More fighting and chaos. A dozen somalian faction leaders Allied with Aid id called Friday for a a a final reconciliation conference on oct. 27, four Days Frenn the scheduled end of the , mandate in Somalia. The . Security Council has threatened to scrap the Mission   Progress toward a political settlement in Somalia. Pope asks for prayers Vatican City Pope John Paul ii marked the 16th anniversary of his papacy sunday by elevating five people toward sainthood and asking worshippers for their blessings. A Spray for me Quot said the 74-year-old pontiff to the crowd of 40,000 people in St. Peters Square. The Pope appeared rested and in Good health. The Pope has used a Cane since hip replacement surgery in april and in recent months has often looked fatigued raising speculation about whether he was seriously ill. Those beatified included two Spanish nuns an italian min and priests born in France and Chile,5 die in British train crash Cowden England a five people were killed saturday by Hon two passenger trains collided in dense fog near this Southern Village British transport police said. At least 20 people were injured when the trains travelling in opposite directions collided 300 Yards outside Cowden station at 9 30 . Ass veterans hold reunion Leng Griesy Germany a about 250 aging. Veterans of two Wallen is units held a reunion in Southern Germany Over the weekend police said sunday. No incidents were reported. The participants once belonged to the is division a Adas Reich and  is regiment a Der Ful Ireri such reunions often provoke violent a demonstrations by leftist protesters but plus time police reported no incidents in this bavarian resort. The reunion coincided with Germany a National election sunday. A a a Art forgery ring broken Rome a More than 1,000 counterfeit paintings were confiscated and two gallery owners arrested in a nationwide probe into artwork falsely attributed to Well known artists police said saturday. The arrests in Milan on Friday culminated a yearlong investigation launched when an Art critic questioned the authenticity of two paintings. The 1,013 paintings were seized in galleries Homes and shops around Italy. Charges also were filed against 52 people suspected of a role in falsifying the artwork said investigators n. Korea s Kim appears at memorial for father Seoul South Korea apr Kim Jong ii the reclusive heir apparent to Power in North Korea appeared in Public sunday for the first time in nearly three months at a memorial service for his father and seemed to be in Good health. But Kim apparently did not speak at the service and was identified by his old titles indicating he has not yet formally assumed the positions of party Leader and president held by has father Kim ii Sung who died in july. A a a. A. V Kirn Jong ii joined army and ruling party leaders at the memorial service which marked the 100th Day since his fathers death said the official korean Centra news Agency monitored in Tokyo. Earlier on sunday morning several thousand people Many dressed in Black lined up in front of a 100-foot statue of Kim ii Sung with his right  raised in front of him. In footage provided by North Korea to japanese television the Orick Pudgy Kim appeared thinner but did riot appear to have any obvious health problems. He stood almost motionless in the footage showed by the Japan broadcasting corp., looking straight ahead As other North korean leaders praised him before a crowd of thousands of people in a Square in the capital of Pyongyang. A. In his most recent Public appearance at his fathers funeral july 20, Kim appeared listless and distracted leading to rumours that he faced health problems. The speculation grew during Kim a three month absence. Other analysts wondered whether Kim was facing opposition from political opponents or the army. But there was no sign in sundays official reports that Kim a grip on Power was anything less than solid. A the whole parly the entire people and the whole army must uphold the leadership of Comrade Kim Jong 11,�?� Kim i Nam Secretary of the ruling workers party scentral committee said at the memorial service according to   a. However Kim Jong ii was identified by his old titles such As supreme commander of the North korean army indicating he has not adopted his fathers titles of president and head of the workers party. Israel to resume peace talks Jerusalem a peace talks with the palestinians interrupted by the kidnapping of an israeli Soldier last week will resume this week a spokesman for prime minister Yitzhak Rabin said sunday. Rabin a spokesman Benny Cohen said in a Telephone interview that the negotiations would resume in Cairo Egypt on tuesday. A there is no reason for it not to happen a Cohen said. A Hamas made the trouble not the la log he added referring to the militant islamic group that kidnapped Nachshon Waxman a 19-year-old Soldier who was a dual israeli american citizen. A a \ a a a a a a a a he said Rabin made the decision to resume the talks following sundays weekly Cabinet meeting at which misters decided to lift a nearly we Klong closure on the Gaza strip this morning. Israel had called off negotiations last week during a crisis Over Waxmann a kidnapping. The crisis ended Friday when Waxman was killed in a israeli Rescue attempt along with another israeli officer arid his three kidnappers of the militant islamic Hamas movement Rabin was quoted As telling the Veckly Cabinet session sunday that a negotiations never ended with the palestinians. Rabin said he had simply called the israeli negotiating chief Brig. Gen. Danny Rothschild Back for consultations army radio said education minister Amnon Rubinstein told the radio that the negotiations would be a part and parcel of our Security demands a referring to israelis demands israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin left and his staff walk to the House of Sain israeli Soldier Nachshon Waxman in Jerusalem on saturday. That the Palestine liberation organization continue its crackdown against Hamas militants who oppose the peace Accord. A the negotiations Are Over broadening a form of self Rule granted the Gaza strip and the West Bank town of Jericho in May As part of the Israel Plo peace agreement signed in september 1993. The autonomy is an interim settlement which palestinians see As a first step toward achieving statehood in the West Bank and Gaza. Victory in close race Bonn Germany apr Chancellor 1 Helmut Kohls coalition won a narrow Victory in the election for parliament on sunday based on projections. But the final results weren to Clear and the opposition refused to concede. A it s a very Clear Victor a said Peter Mintze Secretary Genera of Kohl s Christian democratic Union but Anke Fuchs a Leader of the opposition social democratic party said a Well have to wait and see.�?�. The coalition s majority could be As Little As one scat deep according to the project Lions by Ard and Adf television. The margin depended on whether a Small East German leftist party managed to be elected. The exit poll based projections by the Ard and Adf networks showed that Kohls Center right coalition won about 49 percent of the vote to 37 percent for the social democrats led by Rudolf Scharping and 7 percent Lor the. Left Wing greens. The party of democratic socialism or ads the reformed party of East Germany a communists won 4 percent of the vote. Parties had to win 5 percent of the vote to enter parliament unless they won three direct constituencies. The ads clearly won two seats but was  the Edge of a third. Even if the ads got in according to Ard projections Kohls coalition would have just More than 329 seats in parliament a  a majority of the 656 scats. Quot a we have achieved our strategic goal a said finance minister Theo Taigel Quot without us Germany can to be governed.waigel said the coalition would Rule with a one seat majority if necessary. But Gunter Verheugen Campaign manager of the social democrats said his party would do what it could to pc vent Kohl from creating a government if his coalition partners failed to get 30 percent of the seats in parliament. In contrast to recent elections in Austria and Belgium where far right parties thrived extremist parties lopped in sunday s vote in Germany. The main far right party the republicans took less than 2 percent of the vote Ard said. Kohl an eternally underestimated politician began the Campaign in the Spring 15 percentage Points behind Scharping. But symbolic Post cold War victories thrust Kohl into the limelight and an economic recovery sideswiped Scharp ing s Campaign motto of a jobs jobs jobs Quot. A the Economy had shrunk by More than 1 percent in 1993, and unemployment peaked at a postwar High of 4 Rill in january. By september however there a Only 3,4 million jobless and the an growth rate Wras More than 2 percent. Kohl was on hand sept. 8 to i grateful goodbye to the american by and French troops departing Berlin. The last russian troops left aug. 2 four months earlier than Origi planned a As Kohl hosted presi Boris Yeltsin. Final results were expected Short a fore Midnight. Turnout at. Noon was consider higher than in the 1990 Federal elec when 78 percent of those eligible a it the participation of a Large fraction Germany a 60 million voters was petted to help Kohl who tends to at support from less committed voters