European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday november 10,1994 . To Hanoi Vietnam a the roof leaks the elevators Are broken and the air conditioners have Long been silent. But by1 the end of december the . Government expects to reclaim its former embassy building in Vietnam an Ameri can Diplomat said wednesday. The United states will take Back the six Story building which it abandoned in 1975, As part of a plan to resolve ownership rights to diplomatic properties the country once held in Vietnam. . And vietnamese officials Are now working out the last details of a property agreement which has been the main obstacle to the opening of Liaison offices . Tribunal to try killers in Rwanda United nations a these purity Council voted tuesday to set up an International tribunal to try those responsible for the genocide in Rwanda. The new rwandan government currently sitting on the 15-member Security Council voted against the measure while China abstained. Rwanda objected because the Resolution rules out the death sentence for those found guilty of organizing and car  the ethnic Ana political Slaugh Ter in the Central african nation. However . Officials said the Rwan Dan government had indicated that i would cooperate with the tribunal. More than 500,000 people Are believed to have died in the violence that swept Over Rwanda after Trie country s presi Dent was killed in a plane crash in april. The victims were mostly members of the minority Tutsi ethnic group slaughtered by the army and militias Loyal to a government of huts the ethnic group that made up 85 percent of the population. Rwanda s current government was in stalled by the Tutsi led rebel group that drove out the Hutu army three months after the Slaughter began. Wim. In Vietnam in Washington and Hanoi said the Diplo mat who spoke on condition of anonymity. The one time enemies agreed to the offices in May and Are Likely to open them by year s end the Diplomat said. None of the buildings to be reclaimed arouses As much emotion for americans As the Bunke like Concrete embassy in downtown to Chi Minh City formerly known As Saigon. I pm kind of praying for the Day when it s Given Back to the . And torn Down so it s no longer a relic of the unfortunate past said will Darken of Mobil corp., speaking by Telephone from his to Chi Minh City office. It s a constant living reminder of the War 20 years ago. It s time to move on to a new  . Officials said in Early october that Vietnam had agreed to return or compensate the United states for the embassy and 35 other buildings while the United states gave up the former South vietnamese embassy in Washington. Since then the two sides have been Dis cussing such technical details As Legal liabilities. The current occupant of the old . Embassy the state run Vietnam Oil and Gas corp., began moving to new quarters last week the Diplomat said. Viet Cong guerrillas shocked Ameri cans by blasting their Way into the embassy compound during the Tel offensive of 1968. They held put for 6v4 hours  soldiers killed them in fighting thai convinced Many the United states  the War. The embassy is probably most remembered As a powerful Symbol of . De feat. . Helicopters snatched Ameri cans from its roof hours before victorious communist troops entered the City and brought an end to the Vietnam War on april 30,1975. The building today is dilapidated and gloomy. The United states has yet to de cide whether it justifies refurbishing the Diplomat said. Dutch pigeons Fly into Sfero of Flop Amsterdam Netherlands a time was when the dutch powered their racing pigeons with a Little Bird go. Now some Are reportedly trying to put a Tiger i their tanks. At least As far As the Bird owners Are concerned the steroid Contro Versy has come Home to Roost. We suspected that some fan Ciers Are using some form of performance enhancing drugs on their pigeons and Van Heyst spokes Man for the dutch Pigeon fan Ciers organization said tuesday. Officials suspect the treatment consists of a few drops of the Ster Oid cortisone meted out to their pigeons in drinking water or As Eye drops twice a week Van Heyst said. The drug prevents the pigeons from losing As Many feathers Dur ing melting and improves their Fly ing ability Van Heyst said. But the drug weakens the pigeons immune system making them More susceptible to diseases. The Pigeon fanciers Organiza Tion which sponsors Pigeon racing in the Netherlands is Rushing through a new bylaw to ban Bird doping. A bosnian croatian Soldier looks Over the remnants tuesday of a roman Catholic Church destroyed by bosnian serbs in Kupres. Serbs rebound with gains in Bosnia Pale Bosnia and Herzegovina a serbs recaptured land in Northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina on wednesday Chipping away at the government s most stunning Battlefield successes of the War. The United nations confirmed serbian military gains around the Bihac pocket where Muslim led government troops had gained ground in recent weeks. Serbs advanced two Miles West from Bosansky Krupa toward the strategic Graben High ground said maj. Herd Gou Melon a . Spokesman. The serbs said they recaptured the Vil Lage of Graben East of Bihac. A separate report carried by Srna the Bosnia serbian news Agency said serbian troops took a Muslim stronghold around the Ipac Gorge five Miles Southeast of Bihac. There was no confirmation of either report. The government recently gained hundreds of Square Miles of territory in the Bihac Region and farther South. Last thursday the army and bosnian croatian militias took Kupres 50 Miles West of Sarajevo dealing the serbs their big Gest loss since the War began 2l/z years .ago.,. _",./-.. Officials in Sarajevo on wednes Day said the government army appeared to be pressing the serbs in the Northeast Ern town of Dpi of close to the serbian held corridor linking serbian holdings i Croatia Bosnia and Serbia. Government soldiers had gained up Toto Miles of ground but the serbs were counter attacking the United nation said. The army also was battling the serbs South of Kolovo 30 Miles North of Sarajevo and on the Ternove Road Southeast of Sarajevo the United nations said.  serbs still hold 70 per cent of Bosnia their Battlefield reputation has been tarnished by the recent losses. They Are also thought to Lack fuel and other supplies since Serbia Cut off its Aid. The bosnian serbian Assembly convened wednesday in the serbian Strong hold of Pale outside Sarajevo to discuss a response to the government s Battle Field successes. On tuesday sniping and shrapnel killed five people and wounded seven As the increasing violence around the coun try spread to Sarajevo. It was unclear who carried out tuesday s attacks but bosnian serbs have threatened to avenge Battlefield losses by tightening their grip on the Muslim held capital. Nuclear sub collides with torpedo ship san Diego a a nuclear pow ered submarine collided with a torpedo retrieving ship slightly damaging both vessel but injuring no one the Navy said. The attack submarine la Jolla and the ship collided off the coast Here monday said a Navy spokeswoman cmdr. Barbara Burns. No nuclear weapons were aboard the sub said a woman who answered the phone wednesday at the Navy Public affairs office for the submarine group at the san Diego naval amphibious base. She would not give her name. Both vessels headed Back to port under their own Power for an investigation. It was the second Accident involving a nuclear powered sub in the area this year. In March the san Diego based attack submarine Jefferson City hit Bottom while on Maneu vers. The Crew was t injun to and the sub returned to port under its own Power. F