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...Russian wrangling helped keep the CSCE from reaching any agreement on what to do about the war in Bosnia. Russia, which sympathizes with Bosnia's Orthodox Serbs, blocked a proposal to condemn Serb attacks on the Muslim enclave of Bihac. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl suggested a bland appeal for a truce, but even that failed...
...strange wire indeed. The German government, or at least the Defense Ministry, has been an agitator on behalf of faster NATO enlargement. Chancellor Helmut Kohl's own Christian Democratic Union, meeting in a party congress last week, passed a resolution recognizing that the Bosnia embargo may have to be lifted. Kohl personally endorsed the measure, saying failure to protect Muslim sanctuaries was a "disgrace." Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel said Germany "stands morally close to the American position." In practical terms, however, it stands apart...
Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany for 12 years, was elected to a fourth term -- but just barely. Kohl received 338 parliamentary votes, just one more vote than the absolute majority he required. Two legislators from Kohl's Christian Democratic Party were roused from sickbeds, and another rushed into the Parliament chambers just two minutes before the voting closed, apparently having overslept...
...Chancellor Helmut Kohl's 12-year-old governing coalition survived major losses in Germany's national election, clinging to a narrow majority in the parliament over the combined opposition. High unemployment, particularly in the country's eastern sector, and swelling public debt contributed to the Christian Democrats' drop in seats, from a 134-edge to just 10. American-style disillusionment with incumbents ran so rampant that former communists from East Germany, who now call themselves Democratic Socialists, won 30 seats...
...CHANCELLOR HELMUT KOHL...