Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 7, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg free january 1995 continued fighting threatens truce bosnian ceasefire hanging by thread Preu Terrp Bosnia Herzegovina with fighting raging in Northwestern the country president said a newly crafted ceasefire is holding Only tenuously and could be scrapped the four month which began with the new was intended to give Bosnia government forces and serbs time to work out a lasting but both sides disputed yesterday whether the terms of their Accord were being the most serious concern to bosnian president Alija ize Begovic is the persistent fighting in the far Northwestern where Bosnia serb serbs and muslims who did not sign the continued to fight government about 70 mortar and artillery rounds fell yesterday near velika and sporadic Small arms and machine gun fire was also said in spokesman Gou Melon said areas near ser held Droboj in Northern Bosnia also were being and about 10 mortar rounds fired by bosnian serbs landed just North of the ethnic fighting in Northwestern Bosnia Calls into question the ceasefire we All have made such an Effort to ize Begovic wrote in a letter to Yasushi the top unofficial for former we will not allow the serb Side to use this ceasefire on other fronts to reinforce the attacks on the Bihac i assure you of Kresimir Leader of bosnian croats and of a bosnian Muslim croat federation that joined the ceasefire was More Blunt in remarks to a military the War is not and a just peace is not in the croatian news Agency Hina quoted him another dispute centred on the positioning of government forces and the opening of roads on mount i Man Southwest of negotiations to separate forces on mount i Man have been the bosnian government was to have withdrawn its troops from the demilitarized zone and serbs who surround Sarajevo were to allow routes into the City to but the Effort has been plagued by bad and the United nations has not been Able to verify government claims its troops have the in sent out patrols to Check whether Muslim led troops had completed their pullout from the demilitarized zone but three Lookout posts were still occupied by government soldiers As of yesterday the in peacekeeping commander in sir Michael walked out of the meeting at Sarajevo Airport a Sara Jevan woman looks out of the shattered windows of her front room without a word and rival negotiators accused each other of trying to sabotage the the was reported to have asked for More peacekeeping troops to Monitor the in Ottawa foreign affairs spokesman Rodney Moore said the in asked for More troops at a troop contributors meeting at the in in new York on he said which has about 800 troops serving with the in in the former Yugoslavia has not received a specific request for More peacekeepers play Santa Glaus with serb children Canadian press Bosnia Herzegovina Canadian in peacekeepers crossed Over to the serb Side of the confrontation line in Central Bosnia yesterday to hand out gifts to children on the eve of the East Ern orthodox a spokesman we brought Over gifts and candies for the set up games for them and Par took in their customs and their Cerebra said John of Eck near red orthodox christians follow the Julian Cal which Means Christmas Falls about a week into the new the festive season continues until past Epiphany the baptism of Jesus Christ that occurs new years Day is on about 300 serb children attended the Cele bration yesterday in Elijas which began with a Christmas eve service at the local Ortho Dox Christian said after the everyone crowded around a fire pit outside the Church where the children Sang Christmas songs and put on plays depicting the birth of the parents then gave their gifts to their after which we gave out our pre sents and played our games with their Kirbyson about 30 peacekeepers helped to distribute the most of which were donated by the soldiers families and flown Over from after the Coffee was served to the adults and ice Cream and Candy to the Kirbyson then came the we had a game where they were fishing out of the Back of one of our we had a Man in there hooking these gifts up for the kids and they pull these gifts Kir Byson and another one was they had a hockey net set up and had them shoot a Ball at the net and where they hit in the net determined what kind of pop or chocolate bar they the children enjoyed the Kirby son they liked the end result of get Ting the Candy and about 800 mostly members of the Royal Canadian Are serving with the in Protection Force in the former yugoslav they Are headquartered in near Canadian peacekeepers stationed in Southern Croatia also handed out gifts and clothes to serb refugees for the orthodox said a Pride Canada thanks investors group for their generous donation of Pride Canada Parent resources Institute for drug Educa a nonprofit organization dedicated to adolescent drug thanks investors group for its latest gift of their donations for the past four years amount to the latest gift by investors group allowed High schools in Manitoba to receive copies of a Book called More to remember alcohol and drug free graduations How to plan chemical free photo left to right Wayne Pride Board faculty of University of Manitoba and Richard corporate and Community investors group Manitoba in members owe but canadians paid their dues Reuters up notice of environment act proposal the department of environment has received a proposal pursuant to the Manitoba environment act from the following operation and invites Public participation in the review process Manitoba Pool elevators heading Ley crop Protection warehouse file a proposal filed by Manitoba Pool elevators for the construction and opera Tion of a crop Protection products bulk liquid fertilizer blending and distributing facilities located on River lots 74 and 75 of the Parish of in the Rural municipality of anyone Likely to be affected by the above operation and who wishes to make a representation either for or against the proposal should Contact the in not later than february upon receipt of any the department May request a pub Lic hearing to be held and the concerned persons will be fur ther information is available from the Public registries in Tuxedo Winnipeg the Centennial Public 251 Donald Winnipeg or by contacting Ken Plews at Manitoba environment environmental approvals building 2 139 Tuxedo Avenue Manitoba r3n oh6 toll free 18002828069 fax 204 9455229 United nations in members owed the Organiza Tion some billion can at the end of with Russia the top debtor closely followed by the United figures issued yesterday showed members owed billion for peacekeeping and million in regular budget russian million debt was All for the United states arrears of million included million in regular Bud get dues and million for peace Canada has paid its dues in full for a foreign affairs spokesman said Ottawa paid million for the regular budget and million for peacekeeping in january said Rodney Well 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