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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 11:51:00 EDT
Reply-To:     "YORGOS M. MALTAS" <GEORGE@UMBC.BITNET>
From:         "YORGOS M. MALTAS" <GEORGE@UMBC.BITNET>
Subject:      Nea pou (isws) evdiaferouv...

Prosexte ti grafei gia tous mousoulmavous, tous Albavous kai tous
skinheads...
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                      RFE/RL Daily Report

                                         No. 191, 5 October 1992

                    CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

BOSNIAN UPDATE.  International relief flights began again to
Sarajevo on 3 October, following a one-month break after an
Italian cargo plane was shot down by a shoulder-launched missile
of undetermined origin.  The thick Sarajevo fog forced a delay in
additional relief flights on 3 October, but the BBC said that the
first plane had brought new radar equipment to enable the airport
to stay open throughout the fog season. The New York Times quoted
President George Bush as calling Serbian bombing attacks in Bosnia
a "flagrant disregard for human life" and supporting a ban on all
flights in that republic except those authorized by the UN. In
Strasbourg EC special envoy Lord Owen told an RFE/RL correspondent
that the effects of ethnic cleansing by Serbian forces will
eventually be undone by "persistent application of principle . . .
not over months but over years." Finally, Reuters quoted UN High
Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata and the chief of the
International Committee of the Red Cross Cornelio Sommaruga as
condemning ethnic cleansing, including what Ogata referred to as
encouraging "rape of women of another ethnic group." (Patrick
Moore, RFE/RL, Inc.)

ALLEGATIONS OF SYSTEMATIC ASSAULTS ON MUSLIM WOMEN.  Western news
agencies on 2 October quoted Bosnian Serbian leaders as denying
recent media reports that their fighters are systematically raping
Muslim women, and military liaison officer Momo Starcevic promised
to punish any guilty parties.  On 25 September the Zagreb weekly
Globus reported on a particular incident in which 40 Muslim young
women from one village said they had been gang-raped by Serbs over
a period of several days. One of the men told them it was part of
a policy to wipe out the Muslim nation.  Globus further reported
that a team of UN gynecologists examined the women, confirmed
their stories, and concluded that such mistreatment appears to be
a "war strategy . . . [ordered] from the top." The story was not
corroborated, however.  (Patrick Moore, RFE/RL, Inc.)

ALBANIAN ECONOMY ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE. A study appearing in
Business Eastern Europe, the weekly of the private consulting
group, Business International, says industrial output in Europe's
poorest country will likely drop by 17% this year to a level only
35% of what it was in 1990, at the time of the fall of the
communist regime.  Only one-third of the 300 largest enterprises
are operating, unemployment in industry is at 50% and rising, and
inflation, currently at about 220%, could shoot up as well.
Foreign aid to Albania remains vital, the report says.  At the
same time Reuters reports that during a 3 October visit, Prime
Minister Alexander Meksi secured an additional $30 million in
emergency aid from Italy, the main donor nation to Albania, and
established formal bilateral economic relations.  (Charles
Trumbull, RFE/RL, Inc.)

SKINHEADS ATTACK GERMANS IN CRACOW. Three German truck drivers
were attacked by skinheads in Nowa Huta, near Cracow, on the night
of 1 October. One of the Germans died as a result of injuries
suffered in the attack.  Cracow police apprehended a group of 10
teenage suspects and placed four under arrest. About 100 skinheads
waged a battle with police in the center of Cracow on the night of
2 October.  One policeman was seriously injured.  Prime Minister
Hanna Suchocka expressed "deep sorrow and regret" at the incident,
according to PAP. Hundreds of horrified Cracow residents placed
flowers and lit candles at the site of the attack. (Louisa Vinton,
RFE/RL, Inc.)
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gia tnv avtigrafn,
o lukos
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