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Show liibafiffl Andrei SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) lA&anov will resign as premier of Bulgaria, the official BTA news said today. The report a violent protest and a general strike called to bring down his Socialist government BTA said it learned from a sijn close to PresidentwhoZbelyu took Zheley that Lukanov office', in February would be agwy cae amid replied by a politician who is a member of neither the Socialist Party nor the main opposition Union of Democratic Forces. The news agency said the deal was ."almost ready" .and would be Mpriain) announced today. There was so Independent axmrnmiim si tee re- port Lukanov, a former CmmaM turned reformer, became toereas-uagl- y Ud Bulgaria unpopular Into its most serious economic crisis since World Wsr fL He surmotion In vived a on after opposiFriday parliament tion forces mounted demonstrations every day last week to Sofia. The general strike called by toe (opposition Podkrepa trade union entered its third day today, and protespolice beat ters who blocked a main bridge to S pvomlm- - tadUL Sofia. tA protesters feBtttoA, shouUof lUikanev and "M irlfl continue every day! Two of the student protester were arrested and one poaeeroas was injured to toe dash, Sofia radio reported, A doctor mA Use arrested students dm were injured. About 200 students formed a human chain across the bridge at 7 am, bringing rush hour traffic to pr r-ii- - wore Vm arm-banItotyfHlmtm the cokr of the Union of Democratic forces, Kiot peJtee arrived at the bridge, using shield to dear a atfto and driving awa y one parked wis. OB-cer- s beat a tew dozen protesters with baton after the deiaoastra-tor-s pressed forward to try to atop second bus from being removed. After brief scuffles, police and demonstrators retreated. MOSCOW (A?) Spurred by fears nuclear weapons could fM Into tlie hands of separatists in the climate f eroding central control, the Kremlin has warned that troops will ifcoot anyone trying to seize military fostafiationa. la statements published today, Soviet President Mikhail 8. and Defense Minister Dmitri Yazov denounced attempts by breakaway republics to form tlieir own armies and take control f nudear arsenals. They also criticisted varKlaiism si Red Army monuments and discrimination by civilians against servicemen and their families seeking housing, Jobs and services. The army newspaper Red Star also quoted Russian Federation v 4i& Gor-bach- IP 1,. v,,, I' , ,.. AP Laserpboto far Arabiu from Me country. He is part Saudi kinds and face before ksml L'lg for noon prayer in tiie of the Ideoert wA multi-nation- al forces. Briefs stressed Japanese : TOKYO Nearly half (AP) of g salaried employees are afraid their Jobs will drive them to early deaths, a survey reported today found. ? The Fukoku Life Insurance Co. conducted the survey in October among ,500 employees with more than 15 years at the same .companies .in metropolitan Tokyo. ' Its results indicated that the fabled workaholicisro of Japanese Japan's hard-workin- salarymen takes its toll: Many dread and fear their white-coll- ar jobs; I "These people with no interest in their job and relationship seem to drag themselves to work every day," the survey researchers con- cluded. The poll revealed a strong fear of death from overwork. ."karoshi" Researchers have said the number of such deaths among married Japanese businessmen is growing at an alarming rate. Dr. JKiyoyasu Arlkawa, who advises texecutives how to reduce their risk, said the number of karoshi grew from 10 in 1969 to about 150 in 1967. Tokyo most costly for expatriates Two Japanese GENEVA ( AP) cities top a list of the world's most expensive .cities for expatriates, "while a weaker dollar is making it Prague, with a rating of 56, and 54, were the cheapest cities to live in. Moscow was temporarily dropped Ecuador's .capital of Quito, cheaper for .foreigners to live in the from the survey "due to the severe .United States, according to a new shortage of goods and services," CRG said. Tehran, which topped survey. i "With New York's rating set at the previous list, was deleted beloo; Tokyo was rated at 170, and cause calculating .costs there had Osaka at 153, among the 89 major become too complicated. Oslo, HelSix European cities cities in the survey released TuesStockholm, Resources Geneva, Zurich, sinki, day by Corporate were among consultancand Copenhagen Group, a Geneva-base- d the top 10 with index figures rangy-: 'Libreville, Gabon, was third at ing from 144 to 131. Brazil's Sao 147! Paulo, at 111, and Rio de Janeiro, New York ranked 41st on the list. at 110, have become the most Chicago and Washington, D.C., expensive cities in the Western were the second and third most Hemisphere because of soaring inflation rates. expensive U.S. cities for foreigners. Singapore has now prime minister - .Goh .Chok SINGAPORE (AP) Toiig was sworn in today as Singapore's prime minister, succeeding Lee Kuan Yew, who had held the job since the former British crown in colony became 1951 Goh's swearing-i- n ceremony was held in the same City Hall chamber where Lee, 67, had been sworn in 31 years earlier. "Any successor will find the shoes he has left too big," said Goh, 49- - "I do not intend to wear hi shoes. I shall wear my own and choose my own stride. I intend to be myself and set my own style." The authoritarian Lee, credited with shaping Singapore into a flourishing banking and commeri-ca- l center, submitted his resignation Monday. The transition of power had been in the works for years. Goh spent 13 years in Lee's cabinet, and took decision-makin- g over most after becoming deputy prime minister more than five years ago. day-to-d- "My mission is clear to ensure that Singapore thrives and grows after Lee Kuan Yew ,.. to build a nation of .character and grace where people can .live lives of dignity and fulfillment, and care - ROME (AP) Led by an Amerig can, Libya's war on deadly screwworm flies is about to take to the skies. After months of delays, the aerial release of millions of sterilized flies will begin early next week, according to an official from one of the U.N. agencies leading efforts to wipe out the parasite. flesh-eatin- . iTest releases had been scheduled for August, with hopes to begin release in January. full-sca- le t The program has been held up in by initial U.S. refusal to deal with Libya and by the slow response from several nations to deliver on aid pledges. part Officials are especially anxious since infestation by the fly, which attacks livestock, wildlife and humans, has been reported moving toward Egypt these days, borne by westerly winds. Experts have expressed fears that the fly could move quickly down the Nile River Valley into Central Africa, threatening exotic wildlife as well as livestock. The fly was first spotted in Libya in July 1988, and for most of the time since has been living in a narrow band in northern Libya. The experts say that the only way effectively to eradicate the fly is by releasing tens of millions of flies sterilized in a special facility in Mexico that uses patented U.S. technology. fm, H toy ImtM fcxsfial police ataass mfSSut, aafcf js?rt frm Sofia central wish injuries appar- - vsriun iadudte4a to fej sjsss fougbfy 11 afeaataf Tuesday. The govemmcat swd mky mm worker m$t ttmk ! mm in the Mkmm, the fto, lm intervkwed on radio, described the police imUrventton m 4imperJibLe.' fie promised strict mmmtras" wouM be taken mm a year ago, u m mmmmt who' was mm&m4 agmxt my oicers found premier guiMy of Commut $mmmmt that wtm oustod fixt fnoderato when be wai elected m Feb, I, pmttommt l mA mm quarters bv been speaking wt against the y armed forces m recent days," said i apeecb televised Tuesday night and puttobed today iiiRwi&ar.. "Ib several republics, the formation if Independent mmy wts is developing. In icojnbradiction of Ihe need for a united rmed forces," 6More ' Yazov said injbtary strict my manders have "directives to lake installations and tystems under She t meSm wm4 guard and unita". to ease local cMtias efj-aasnut off jbeir water, power or tbar senckes. Soldiers bave orders to "ue weapons" if Siejr if tteir bases are ls jrttacked. Qwmmdm bave srders to fmrnA acts matoract: mifaSim imi dconstruction sf flhe YazoyJ speeeb. m4 by fiioibacbef and decree pttemsi$&$ Um, mm 11 days after the Soviet president said m planned mpe diange to Om armed forces, ot.to'ted Gorbacbev has reforw be has to mind, .beyond a previously announced plan to isnvert defease factories to MSas induction and military t spending to function wiJb treaties rtdwaag and nuclear arsenals, ' Those treaties bave been mm-mm- i by jthe wbdrawal of many Ik Sroops from esters E&roj and She 4 facto .distotegration f y Warsaw Fact m Kreajto-le- d what East-Wes- 7a-zo- and their Iwncbmen," "Qdls m$ beard to turn over jRuclear data be waapoca to todividual (Gorbacbev itaM. tMaksng on fitaiear weapons wis mt liowd remato be said. Anaed Forces." nder toIe Jhands my eufla- - f sailed ovetial jpoffi-tar- aJUiance,. trcublo on dcllvory cyotcm The barren grocery .stories Rcbted ctory, B3 bution system and panic buying, not any real shortage of food, & Economic reforms .also have freed farmers to aell more of jtbeir produce at market prices, leaving senior Soviet official was quoted as saying today. "The amount of food In Jthe Soviet Union has not diininished," Tass quoted First Deputy Premier Lev Voronin as saying on Soviet jtelevi-sio- n late Tuesday . The centra government is toughening sanctions against those who fall to meet food delivery orders, be said. Many regions of the Soviet Union have baited shipments of food and consumer goods to other parti; of the country as a means of dealing with the collapsing Soviet economy. Rather than obey the central government's demands for food deliveries to the cities at jState prices they consider loo low, producers are trading food less for delivery at dirtheap prices to the state stores. Soviet and German officials bave set up task forces to arrange tons-poand distribution of emergency food aid for Soviet consumers facing barren shelves, a Juj&riuiking rt German official said today. Horat Teltschlk, top foreign policy aide to Cbancellor Helmut Kohl, told reporters be was to meet with Soviet Mikhail S. to discuss jEood aid as well longer-tereconomic cooperation. Kohl has promised massive emergency aid to protect Soviet citizens from hunger during the winter. German Red Cross officials have already begun receiving contributions for the Soviets from 'private German citizens. vGor-bach- ev m directly for other scarce supplies wherever they find them. Thousands protest state of emergency in Bangladesh Similar clashes were .reported .in dozen other places in Dhaka, city of 1 million people. Demonstrators set piles of tires on fire. In Chittagong, 325 miles southeast of Dhaka, groups of 50 to people marched through the streets denouncing JErsbad, residents A few people set off small homemade bombs, and police fired A DHAKA, Bangladesh ;(AP) mob armed with iron rods and knives attacked riot police today as thousands of people defied a .curfew to protest the state of emergency declared by President JHus-sai- n Muhammad Ershad. Journalists went on strike to protest press censorship and none of the major newspapers published in Dhaka. Ershad had said reports on the political unrest bad to be approved by the Interior Ministry before publication. a m d. tear gas. No injuries were reported .in either city, although gunfire was heard. At least 10 people have been killed and 1,000 injured in .clashes between opposition workers .and supporters of the government in the last six weeks-Troopin trucks and jeeps patrolled Dhaka's streets this morning to regain control of the city. Communications between Bangladesh and New Delhi, Hong jKong, London and other points went out about 12:30 p.m. ;U:30 a,m. EST). Ershad's declaration Tuesday night suspended all civil rights and imposed a curfew. It followed six weeks of often-violeprotests led by opposition parties who are demanding Ershad resign. In one confrontation on a major downtown street this morning, a mob of 3,000 people attacked about 30 riot police. The police fired tear gas but retreated when the crowd charged. nt A f 0 o AP im&stofo Supporting causo Jtnostjue in tbe nortb- Jutian lawn M Ayodfaya wtb lenqde. A palutuig M tbe proposed tempie is in tbe bwcksrouML the nsbes ptoee port the aahes of iellow protesters JcCled to Ayofiaya Airie ja pruceeaton through tlie streets jd New Delhi In show f strecb lor the ocgomg amujm&i io w- io-d-ay wader toe flowers foe two men. m between s PLAfff & GARDEN 383 S. 500 Am. fork CENTER 756-606- 1 A. Special Showing ESTATE JEWELRY At for one another," Goh said. Sterilized fly drop to start in Libya 8m Sovbt offlclal blamca food MOSCOW ,(AP) Shelves of Soviet Cleaning up A Kuwaiti soldier washes Ids via dawned control mQvmWfcfty President Boris N, Yeltsin, (Gorbachev's rival and a feeding advocate of greater &onomy lor She republics, Mending the sxMm ' MWe offer consitictiye be to the armed forces, so ibat they are not drawn into the political battle," ; Yeltsin was quoted as mfm t a session of tbf Russias Caress r; Peoples' DejHtie. ev mnrimamtfm iMA !wfc mOO Or. d, - - m trolley bases Kromlliri :rdjuKr8G - Anaikit The blockade wai erf parked four m UfcaooV 6msonm re mm the trigge, here about uttered to dmaod - Joined iy branded bus nMtengeri no wavers, mm fysapsmette sri' m Eagfcs Bridge, cqo ccofefy,.- vcpstt. ujODD Planted Earth Floral's OPEN HOUSE Penny will be selling from her Private Collection TWO DAYS ONLY Fri., Nov. 30 & Sat., Dec. 440 S. 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