European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 the stars and stripes thursday january 19,1995chechens regain ground in Grozny Grozny Russia apr chechen rebels forced government troops Back in the City Center wednesday and were close to wiping out Alt the gains made by the russian army in two weeks of bitter fighting. Chances of a cease fire appeared slim despite earlier russian peace overtures. Russian president Boris Yeltsin used Tough language ruling out talks with the rebel government and chechen fighters said they would never Lay Down their arms. Russian artillery and rockets pounded the Center of Grozny to try to hold Back the chechen forces. Fighter cts screamed Oyer the City rocketing buildings and a Leavy bomber was seen flying Back from a Mission. But the chechen had clearly taken Back the train station and were fighting for the Market which the russians had used As a base for attacks on the presidential Palace Symbol of Chechnya a Independence drive. The russian army captured the railway station earlier this month. The chechen have fought one of the world s most powerful armies nearly to a standstill in the Center of Grozny. The army a overwhelming superiority in manpower and weapons has been blunted by the chechen so courage tenacity and skill. The russian government reported some Progress wednesday saying its armies had managed to encircle the presidential Palace overnight. Chechen representatives had said after talks with russians prime minister in Moscow on tuesday that both sides agreed to Stop using heavy artillery by wednesday evening As a first step toward a cease fire. But the russian army was depending on artillery to hold its positions in Grozny and there was no sign of an end. _ at a Kremlin meeting wednesday Yeltsin said talks with chechen Leader a Khokhar Dunayev were out of a the question. A we do not want to hold direct talks with Dunayev because he carried out genocide against his own peo Pic a Yeltsin said. He added however that his government was prepared to talk to Field commanders clan leaders and representatives of local governments in Chechnya. A a done to worry everything will be settled soon on the chechen Issue. I am in strict control of the russian Security structures and know the situation every Day a chechen fighters trek through the ruins of a House in Grozny on tuesday while trying to avoid russian artillery fire. Said Yeltsin who has kept a Low profile throughout the conflict. A a a v a by / a a a a without me nothing serious goes on in Chechnya.�?T1 chechen fighters said they would Welcome peace but will not give up their claim to chechen Independence. They were convinced wednesday that they had the russians on the defensive and that the Battle was going their Way. Chechen officers expressed distrust of russian statements. They said they had heard of the proposal to Stop the use of heavy artillery but did no to know if it would take effect. A your Only Hope for peace is if the families of the russian soldiers Stop this a said Ruslan Makh Ettive a chechen officer. Russian civilians remaining in the City were getting increasingly desperate. They have to Brave artillery fire to go for water at Wells and bread from trucks. Most live in constant terror of the incessant russian artillery bombardment. Rose flies to Tula in Hopes of ending Airport blockade Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr the . Commander for Bosnia intervened wednesday to try to end a blockade by government troops hoping to open a Northern Airport to Relief flights. British it. Gen. Michael Rose flew to Tula for negotiations aimed at ending the 8-Day-old blockade that has left 1,000 peacekeepers most of them norwegians Short of food and fuel government troops imposed the blockade to protest the United nations inability Over the past year to get Aid flights into the Airport. The Airport is nominally controlled by the government but bosnian serbian gunners often fire at it shutting Down traffic. The United nations angered the Muslim dominated government last week when it let serbs station an officer at the Airfield As a guarantee against its military use. But serbs still refuse to allow the Aid flights. The bosnian army retaliated by blockading the 450 Quot j Airport As Well and Tula the government holds. , troops at the Airport As Well As nearly 600 other peacekeepers around Tula the second Argest City the on monday the government said the United nations must open the Airport by feb. 1 or vacate the Airstrip by March 1. Bosnia a . Liaison Hasan Mur Alovic said that the expulsion would apply Only to the Airport and that troops could move to Tula proper if local commanders  . Spokesman in Tula capt. Philip Jerichow said that food was being rationed at the base and that Forward observers were withdrawing from the front line because they were running out of provisions. Another festering dispute broke open wednesday Between croats and muslims nominal allies against the serbs in a 10-month-old federation that has taken shape Only on paper. A session of the federation Assembly scheduled for wednesday was cancelled after appointed federation president Kresimir Zubak a croat refused to step Down in favor of Ejup Ganic the Muslim vice president of Bosnia a government. The Post is to rotate Between croats and muslims every six months but the croats say the rotation begins half a year after the first president is elected. Both  to postpone the elections however because of the War. Pope appeals for Unity in world Sydney Australia apr flanked by protestant orthodox islamic and jewish leaders Pope John Paul ii appealed wednesday for religious and ethnic Harmony throughout the world. During an evening address the pontiff called for further a ecumenical dialogue with an aim to fill Christ swish at the last supper that a fall May be  the event was the highlight of a Day that included a flight from Papua new Guinea. John Paul also praised the Freedom Justice and tolerance that have contributed to australians multicultural society. The Pacific nations growth has been fuelled by immigration first from Europe and More recently from Asia. Now one third of its people come from a non English speaking background. A in a world where Unity is increasingly threatened by ethnic rivalry and racist attitudes you must continue to be firmly grounded in the ideals of Harmony and Solidarity based on respect for the inalienable dignity of every human being a the Pope said. The 74-year-old pontiff a looking weary a week into his 11-Day, four nation asian  also offered  Thies to the victims of Japan a devastating earthquake. A let us Pray for them and May god give strength to All those affected and involved in the Rescue work a he said. A More than 3,000 people gathered at Kingsford Smith International Airport to Greet the Pope on his arrival from Papua new Guinea he told them much has changed since he visited Australia in 19s6, with reduced tensions Between East and  boys to turn Gay research shows new York a boys who persistently play with girls dolls dress like girls and display other stereotypically feminine traits will probably grow up to be Gay men researchers say. Playing with dolls does not cause homosexuality but its a possible Early sign said researcher j. Michael Bailey. A if you have a very feminine boy one so feminine that he a constantly wanting to dress up As a girl and wants to be a girl chances Are he s going to be a Gay Man a said Bailey a psychologist at Northwestern University in Evanston us. The Chance is probably about 75 percent for these boys who also generally prefer playing with girls and taking the female role in games like a House a he said. For a very masculine girl Bailey guessed that the Chance of her becoming a lesbian adult is perhaps 10 percent. He said that compares with a general Chance for a girl of 1 percent or less though others give higher estimates for the incidence of lesbianism. Bailey said he doubts parents can do anything to change a child Schance of becoming a homosexual adult very feminine boys Are probably rare Bailey said. While they run the highest Chance of becoming Gay men less feminine boys can also have a higher Chance than a masculine boy does he said. But that does t apply to a boy who a plays with female dolls every now and then but who enjoys boys As playmates or who does no to say he a unhappy about being a boy a said co author Kenneth Zucker a psychologist at the Clarke Institute of psychiatry in Toronto. Bailey and Zucker reported their findings in this months Issue of the journal developmental psychology. The report is a review of prior research