Show i The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday March 19 1999 — Page 9 I In brlof I Kosovo talks end with ball in Serbs9 court Balloonists streak toward global goal PARIS (AP) — International mediators adjourned the Kosovo talks today saying they would not be resumed unless the Serbs decide to accept the accord The collapse of the talks raises the prospect of NATO airstrikes to force the Serb-le- d Yugoslav SAN JUAN Puerto Rico (AP) — Two balloonist! rode a jet stream full throttle across the Atlantic today toward their ultimate quest: to be the first to soar around the world in a balloon without stopping Tension and excitement mounted after Brian Jones of Britain and Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland soared about 100 miles north of Puerto Rico Thursday afternoon and caught the jet stream eastward “Everything is running like a n Swiss watch” Jones said today in a computer message to his colleagues in Switzerland At midnight the big silver bal- French and British foreign ministers who are the talks “The negotiations are adjourned The talks will not resume unless the Serbs express their acceptance of the accords” The statement by Britain's Robin Cook and France's Hubert Vedrine came the day after the government to agree to the accord which includes 28000 NATO-le- d troops to enforce it ethnic Albanians signed the peace deal unilaterally It included yet another stern threat to Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milo- The Yugoslav government rejects any foreign military presence in Kosovo “We solemnly warn the authorities in Belgrade against any military offensive on the ground and extending the talks any further” said a statement issued by the long-await- ed because we arc indeed at (hat stage of the process" German Chancellor Gerhard Schroedcr visiting Paris said said “Such violations would have the greatest consequences” And in a reference to threatened NATO airstrikes against Serbia it said: “We will immediately engage in consultations with our partners and allies to be ready to act We will be in contact with the secretary-generof that “from now on Mr Milosevic alone is responsible for this situation and alone will assume the responsibility for what happens unless there is a siglast-minu- te nature” In their joint statement Cook and Vedrine praised the Albanians for “seizing the opportunity” al NATO” Asked sevic “There is no purpose in any impediment of the freedom of movement of actions of the Kosovo verification mission” it if he envisaged NATO of the Rambouillct talks and airstrikes Vedrine told French accused (he Yugoslav delegation radio: “If we began the process of consultation this morning it is of trying to “unravel'' accords the There was no immediate reac- tion from Serb delegates who were still talking to mediators inside the Paris conference center where the talks were being held The second round of Kosovo talks began Monday in Paris They essentially ended Thursday night when the ethnic Albanian delegation signed the accord giving Kosovo's ethnic Albanians broad autonomy for a three-yeinterim period “We have signed an agreement to bring peace to Kosovo” said the top ethnic Albanian delegate Hashim Thaci ar well-know- loon was halfway across the Atlantic sailing swiftly toward its finish line in northwest Africa at 88 mph and an altitude of 32670 feet “We’re feeling like horses that can smell their stable” Brian Smith the air traffic controller for the project told The Associated Press in a telephone conversation from a makeshift control center at Geneva airport Cristine Delamo a team member in Geneva said “We’ve been planting flags on a world map as they have progressed — and the Left Coast flags are almost starting to touch" Jones a 51 year-old balloon meet Right Coast -- instructor from Britain and Piccard a 41 -- year-old Swiss physician lifted off from the Swiss Alps on March 1 drifted down to the Atlantic coast of North Africa and launched their trek east If all goes as planned the balloonists expect to cross the 9 degrees west longitudinal finish line Saturday when they should reach Africa's northwest coast at Mauritania If they reach that point they will have conquered one of aviation’s most elusive goals The pilots are hoping that they will be able to touch down at the pyramids in Egypt But meteorologists said a more likely landing spot is farther west in Mali Landing is expected early Sunday in North Africa (late Saturday or eprly Sunday) r ' is 4 ” Orphanage solcf“ children's organs? 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