NATION/WORLD
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 31, 1991
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Paris
Warrants issued for Libyan officials in bombing
A French judge issued international arrest warrants yesterday for Col. Mosman Gadauff's brother-in-law, who was official in the UK's police force. Nasser that killed 17 people.
man in Libya's intelligence services.
The warrants came four days after France proposed lifting European Community sanctions against Libya for taking part in terrorism.
harm in Libya's intelligence services.
The other warrants are for Abdallah Elazraq, a Libyan diplomat then in Brazzaville, Congo, where the bomb allegedly was planted on the UTA DC-10 plane, where agents Brabai Naeim and Musbab Arbas.
In addition, Investigating Judge Jean-Louis Bruguier ordered the questioning of Libyan Vice Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa and the No. 3 intelligence official, Abessalam Zadma. They are believed to have taken part in meetings where the bombing was planned and approved.
No arrests or extraditions are expected.
The warrants charge the four Libyans with conspiracy to commit murder, destruction of property with explosives, violation of laws regarding explosives, and taking part in a terrorist enterprise.
Washington
Nearby 100 urban areas have air pollution exceeding federal standards, and many will need to take strong measures such as using cleaner gasoline or controlling industrial emissions to clean the air, the Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday.
Air pollution exceeds standards in 98 communities
The EPA's identification of areas with the worst air pollution gives notice to state and local authorities who will have to impose new pollution controls under the Clean Air Act passed by Congress last year.
The communities have three to 20 years to comply with the controls, depending on the severity of the pollution.
Many of the worst air-quality problem areas such as southern California have been on the EPA's noncompliance list for years. But in some, the dirty air is widespread.
The EPA found 98 urban areas, some stretching across parts of several states, exceeding the maximum allowable levels for ozone, the primary component of smog. Forty-two areas were found not to meet federal standards and 71 areas exceeded federal maxima for dust and other particles.
Kinshasa, Zaire
Violence prompts further evacuation of Belgians
Belgian paratroopers were evacuating more of their citizens from this violence-torn nation yesterday, defying an ultimatum by President Mobutu Sese Seko for foreign forces to immediately pull out.
French soldiers, meanwhile, prepared to leave Zaire after taking the last French nationals out of the country. France said its remaining 150 paratroopers in Kinshasa, the capital, would depart today.
France and Belgium, the former colonial power, sent troops to Zaire after riots began on Sept. 28 by unpaid soldiers. The unrest, which has claimed more than 100 lives, has sparked looting sprees in most towns and cities.
The riots and Western pressure forced Mobalu, Zaire's authoritarian ruler for 24 years, to agree to share power with recently legalized opposition
But new violence broke out last week after Mututo fired opposition leader Etienne Tshiksekedi as prime minister.
The Associated Press
Yeltsin proposes bill to give Russia more economic power
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin proposed legislation yesterday that would give him and the Russian Supreme Soviet the authority to suspend national laws that "hamper economic reforms."
The proposal was another example of how Yeltsin is seizing power from the national government and legislature, which have been weakened since an August coup failed and signaled the breakup of the old Soviet regime.
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It also could indicate legal battles between the Russian republic and the United States.
The proposal, titled "On Legal Provisions for Economic Reforms," was
circulated yesterday at the Russi a i n Congress of People's Deputies, the Russian republic's parliament. It was not clear when the proposal would be put to a vote.
in part, the proposal said Russian laws and decrees of the Russian president should be given top priority.
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The proposal said all national legislative acts that hampered economic reforms could be suspended by the
Russian president or the Russian Supreme Soviet, a smaller body elected by the Congress of People's Deputies.
The proposal also said that the Supreme Soviet could not consider measures on domestic economic reforms, foreign economic activities, land ownership and land ownership unless they are first approved by Yeltsin.
Yeltsin told the national legislature in an open speech that the failure of the coup had resulted in control of the economy by a conservative central government. He urged parliament to enact sweeping reforms, including the privatization of businesses.
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Yugoslav navy stops Croat boat returning to port
Nakhihevan is currently controlled by the Azerbaijan republic, which is seeking independence from the Soviet Union.
The Associated Press
ZAGREB, Yugoslavia — the federal navy today hailed a flotilla carrying Dubrovnik residents and top Croatian demands to demand and demanded to search the vessels.
The city has been under siege by federal forces for weeks in the war between Croatia, Syrian militants and the Serb-dominated Yugoslav military. The war erupted after Croatia's June 25 independence declaration.
So far, boats have only been allowed to bring aid or pick up refugees fleeing the besieged city. But in an effort to publicize the plight of the ancient city, many Dubrovnik residents chose to return to the port.
The ferry Slavija and about 60 small boats departed Tuesday from Split, north of Dubrovnik, and were stopped early yesterday by Navy patrol boats, the Croatian Defense Ministry in Zagreb, the republic's capital, said.
The Slavja also carried senior Croat officials, including Stipe Mestic, the Croat head of Yugoslavia's incapacitated eight-man presidency, and Croatian Premier Franjo Greguric.
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Pro-Iranian protesters rush bridge; two drown
Turkey's Anatolia news agency said the people rushed across the bridge after an incorrect report on a bombing in all border controls have been lifted.
MOSCOW — About 10,000 pro-Iranian demonstrators stormed across a newly opened bridge to Turkey trying to flee to nearby Iran, but only a handful reached the Iranian border and two drowned, reports said yesterday.
The Associated Press
The bridge over the Arak River, which connects the Soviet Union and Turkey close to the Iranian border, was officially opened Tuesday, and tens of thousands of people from the autonomous republic Nakhihevan gathered on the Soviet side.
The demonstration was organized by Nakhichevan's parliament chief Gaiera Alyev, a former Commmon leader of the party, who efforts to unite the region with Iran.
Crowds rushed across into Turkey, and at least six people eluded Turkish authorities and reached Iran, the Tass news agen-
At least two people drowned when they fell into the river, Tass said.
In January 1980, groups from Nakhichevstan stormed several border posts and fences and bolted into Iran but were later returned.
Tass said another large crowd gathered at the bridge yesterday.
Iran has offered limited support for the Muslim rebels in Nakhichevan but has played down unification.
Nakhichevan is a 2.120-square mile region between western Armenia, Turkey and Iran. It is not connected to the rest of Azerbaijan.
The Nakhichevan region was ruled through the centuries by ancient Persians, Arabs, Turks, tongues of the past. It was being an imbedged by Russia in 1828. It became autonomous under Azerbaijan control in 1924.
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