Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Fri, 30 Oct 92 15:33:28 EST Message-ID: \SE A;TOP OF THE NEWS;WORLD \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY German parliament steps up to splendor BONN - Germany's parliament is moving today into a new $167 million building of steel and glass, befitting a united Germany's new role as an up-and-coming world power. Across the street, a massive new office complex for lawmakers is taking shape - just as if Bonn were still the capital of Germany and would be for years to come. Despite a 1991 decision that the capital and parliament of a united Germany move from Bonn to Berlin as early as 1998, Bonn is still a builders' paradise. In the government quarter along the Rhine River, cranes are part of the skyline. Architects and officials said it would cost more to halt construction on all the buildings under way at the time of the vote than to complete them. The federal and state governments are hoping to lure U.N. and European Community offices, even the proposed European Central Bank, to Bonn with the offer of abundant and new office space. S=NEW STORY Key Bosnian town falls to Serbs SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - The key central Bosnian town of Jajce fell to Serbian forces yesterday after a furious battle lasting several days, Bosnian television and retreating soldiers reported. "Jajce is burning," the TV broadcast said. A report at the end of the evening bulletin said the Muslim defenders had left the town, 100 miles north of Sarajevo, and had taken some of the civilian population with them. Croatian forces who had been helping the Muslims also confirmed the fall of Jajce after reaching the neighboring town of Travnik on foot in the late afternoon. "According to these soldiers, the only reason Jajce fell was mistrust between Muslim and Croat soldiers," Ivica Saric, director of the Croatian armed forces information center in Travnik, told Reuters news agency by telephone. S=NEW STORY U.N. council pushes rapid deployment NEW YORK - With the Cold War over but conflicts still breaking out around the world, the U.N. Security Council yesterday asked nations to set up quick-response military units to be sent as peacekeepers to hot spots. The 15 council members made the request in a statement that also asked nations to loan military and civilian experts to the United Nation's peacekeeping offices to help plan future operations. During the 40 years of the Cold War, the Security Council was deadlocked by members' threats to use their veto power and rarely could agree to take aggressive collective action during international emergencies. Only since 1987, when the five council members with veto power put Cold War divisions behind them, has the council been able to move quickly and effectively, at least on issues crucial to the dominant Western powers. S=NEW STORY Salvador rebels rue Cristiani peace delays SAN SALVADOR - Leftist rebels described as "regrettable" Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani's unilateral suspension of some aspects of a U.N.-mediated peace accord. Chiefs of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, said they would continue complying with their obligations under the pact, which ended 12 years of civil war when it was signed in January. "We believe that despite all this the process is going to continue along the appropriate paths. . . . We don't intend to follow the president's lead in this crazy game of confrontation," Schafik Handal, one of five members of the FMLN's General Command, said Wednesday night. S=NEW STORY Nobel winner slams Israel on human rights JERUSALEM - Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu accused Israel in an interview published yesterday of having violated human rights by aiding Guatemala's army. The Guatemalan Indian leader, named winner of the 1992 peace prize earlier this month, told Israel's Davar newspaper: "In the past, the Guatemalan army received very generous aid from Israel. Among other things, it received aid in computers and weaponry. "If the government of Israel is continuing to grant this aid, we are pleading: 'Enough. Do not give a hand to continuing the violation of human rights in my country.' " Israel's Defense Ministry offered no immediate response. S=NEW STORY Eagleburger charges N. Korea with blackmail TOKYO - Acting U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger accused North Korea yesterday of attempted blackmail in its dealings with South Korea and said Washington would not capitulate to Pyongyang's demands to cancel war games. Mr. Eagleburger, attending an international conference on aid to the former Soviet republics, was asked about North Korea's refusal to proceed with next month's planned installation of an inter-Korean military hot line because of South Korea's plans to hold war games with the United States. S=NEW STORY Thai, Japan overture to Khmer Rouge fails PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Thailand and Japan failed yesterday in a last-ditch effort to persuade Khmer Rouge guerrillas to cooperate with a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Cambodia. "We had a long talk but without any conclusive conclusion," said Saroj Chavanaviraj, Thailand's deputy secretary for foreign affairs. "There will be no more meetings." This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM