European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world monday october 17,1994bangladesh ferry sinks killing 56 in bridal parly from the associated press Cox a Bazar Bangladesh a a ferry carrying a bridal party capsized and Sank sunday in the Bay of Bengal killing at least 56 people authorities and witnesses said. As Many As 74 passengers were missing. .,.�?� the Bangladesh news Agency said 35 people swam to safety. Joynal Abedin Choudhury a survivor said the bridegroom survived but his Mother three Sisters and two Brothers drowned. The Bride was not on Board at the time. According to local custom the ferry was carrying the bridegroom and his family to the brides Village where the couple were to be  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 a 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. _. _ about whether he Wais seriously ill. Those beatified included two Spanish nuns an italian nun and priests born in France and  British train crash Cowden England a five people were killed saturday when 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  veterans hold reunion Leng Gries Germany a about 250 aging veterans of two Waffen 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 to the is regiment a Der  such reunions often provoke violent demonstrations by leftist protesters but this time police reported no incidents in this bavarian resort. The reunion coincided with Germany s National election  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 Knower 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. Re he 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 nuke talks at impasse on inspections Geneva apr talks Between the United states and North Korea stalled sunday without an agreement to open Pyongyang a nuclear plants to International inspection.  Delegation head Robert Gallucci met with his North korean counterpart Kang Sok jul for two hours sunday. Afterwards the two sides appeared to be no closer to a settlement. A there is no Progress to report and we have not set plans for further meetings a Gallucci said in a terse statement. There was no word on when the two sides would meet again. R it . Secretary of state Warren Christopher said Gallucci told him an agreement could be concluded a within the next few  a a a and if that framework agreement comes about it will end the nuclear program in North Korea a Christopher said in an Abc television network interview. He added that the United states was More concerned about preventing North Korea from continuing its nuclear program than finding out about its past activities. The negotiators had seemed close to a breakthrough saturday As the two Heads of delegations met. But the session ended acrimonious by after two hours. A a today a negotiations were faced with a very difficult situation because of the unacceptable and abnormal position raised by the . Delegation a North korean foreign ministry spokesman to Jong told reporters. A therefore the discussions became very serious and  v a a a a a a a it was not Clear what the problems were. Meanwhile defense Secretary William Perry said sunday in Beijing that China can help solidify an agreement Between the United states and North Korea. Perry arrived in the chinese capital for four Days of talks with military and civilian leaders on arms control defense conversion military strategy and human rights. The talks Are a sensitive subject in Asia where concern about China s military intentions runs High and in the United states where concern about political repression in China still dominates. Israel to resume peace talks Jerusalem apr 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 Plo a he added referring to the militant islamic group that kidnapped Nachshon Waxman a 19-Ycar-old Soldier who was a dual israeli american citizen.  Ahe said Rabin made the decision to resume the talks following sundays weekly Cabinet meeting at which ministers 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 an israeli Rescue attempt along with another israeli officer and his three kidnappers of the militant islamic Hamas movement. ,. Rabin was quoted As telling the weekly 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 slain israeli Soldier Nachshon Waxman in Jerusalem on saturday. That the Palestine liberation organization continue its crackdown against Hamas militants who oppose the peace Accord. 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. Wins Harrow in Bonn Germany apr Chancellor Helmut Kohls government squeaked by with a tiny majority in the Federal elections sunday but the opposition smelling blood predicted the imminent collapse of Kohls 12-year-old coalition. The results including a Strong showing by former East German communists marked a shift in the tides of the 80-million-Strong nation at the heart of Europe. Several Days of negotiations Likely will be required to determine How the results play out. Kohls coalition was projected by Ard television to win 329 seats in the 656-seat parliament a majority of one seat that Kohl called  he promised cheering supporters that he would Rule for another four years exercising Strong discipline Over his Poali Tion partners. Rudolf Scharping the 46-year-old challenger declared the government a a coalition of losers a and suggested that Kohl 64,  be Able to finish the term that would make him the. Longest serving Chancellor of the Century. A if we done to take Over now Well be in Power by 1998, if not sooner a said Scharping. At a televised debate following the election the bearded Scharping and the Dapper giant Kohl attempted to out due each other in appearing relaxed and  projection by Ard gave Kohls coalition about 48 percent of the vote. It projected that Kohls Christian democratic Union and and its bavarian sister party the Christian social Union would win 281 seats in parliament and be Able to. Count on their Junior partner the free democrats with 49 seats. A a it a a very weak government a said Gerald Livingstone an election observer who Heads the american Institute for contemporary German studies in Washington do. He noted that the social democrats control the upper House of parliament. A it looks like they re going to have a blocking majority and they re going to use it to Stop the government from governing a he said. The social democrats showing in three state elections held parallel to the Federal vote will Likely tighten the Liberal left party a hold on the bundesrat or upper House of parliament which has a Strong voice in making Laws. The free democrats lost All three state elections. They have failed to Cross the 5 percent hurdle necessary to gain a legislative slate in nine straight state elections a crushing blow to their status As Germany a thin. Party. The results marked the worst combined showing by the Christian democrats Christian social Union and Frei democrats since at least 1961. In contrast to recent elections in aus Tria and Belgium where far right Partie thrived extremist parties flopped in Sun Days vote in Germany. The main far right party the republicans took less than 2 percent of the vote Ard said. More than 60 million voters were Eligi ble to select the new 656-seat parliament which could be slightly larger because o Germany a complicated electoral Law turnout was considerably higher than ii 1990, when 77.8 percent of those eligible voted