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Show A The Daily Herald Tuesday, September 20, 1994 Ex-offici- EMgSq Danish Demos bank on economy COPENHAGEN, 3 Denmark With few hot issues and (AP) the economy in good shape, Danish voters seem ready to keep the Social Democrats in power in Wednesday's parliamentary I t I Li i I ta t - " ; 4 fM'f ; AP PholO Passersby look at the body of a person killed by a gunman Tuesday in Beijing. Eight people, including an Iranian diplomat and his son, were killed in the early morning shooting. want to reduce welfare costs with- General Assembly convenes again UNITED NATIONS (AP) -The General Assembly, a parliament of 184 nations operating in Sethe shadow of the curity Council, convenes its 49th Session today to debate the international community's role in Haiti, Bosnia and other hotspots. The assembly is to elect Foreign Minister Amara Essy of Ivory Coast to the largely ceremonial post of president. The assembly has no legal power, unlike the Security Council. The rest of the week will be devoted to U.N. housekeeping and committee selection. The assembly's resolutions, although not legally binding, carry considerable moral weight. The president has the ability to arrange agendas and speakers lists and to resolve disputes. The big debate begins next week. At least 178 speakers, including princes and prime ministers, are scheduled to address the world body. Malaysia planning to arrest addicts KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia The government plans to (AP) round up drug addicts in a nationwide sweep, and is setting up 15 detention centers to house them, a newspaper reported today. The centers ere being built in old police stations and other unoccupied government buildings, said the deputy Home Affairs minister, Megat Junid Megat Ayub, according to the New Straits Times. ' He said the new centers, designed to hold ,000 to 2,000 people each, would be added to 21 others now operating. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad describes the drug menace as the country's biggest problem. Officials estimate there are about "It Eight killed, 30 wounded in Beijing street clash as armed man opens fire By CHARLENE L. FU Associated Press Writer An Iranian dipBEIJING lomat, his son and six other people were killed today by a man who opened fire with an assault rifle on a major Beijing street, an official report said. More than 30 people were wounded. Witnesses said a man carrying an automatic rifle, possibly an AK-4ran down the middle of Beijing's Second Ring Road, shooting intermittently. The official Xinhua News Agency said eight people, were killed and more than 30 were wounded. Police killed the gun7, man on the spot, it said. Officials at the Iranian Embassy said an attache, Yousef Mohammadi Pishknari, and of his sons were among the one victims. Another of Mohammadi 's sons was shot in the leg and two of his daughters were taken to hospital, the Xinhua report said. There was no indication the Iranian family had been singled out. The shooting, though very unusual for Beijing, was a PLMi? graphic example of China's rising problem with gun crimes: Although most civilians are forbidden to own or carry weap- ons, the number of illegal weapons has soared in recent years. An Asian diplomat whose apartment faced the road said the gunman hailed a minivan taxi and got into the back. When the driver and a passenger tried to flee, the gunman shot both. The passenger appeared to have died, said the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity. The gunman then got out of the car and continued down the road, pursued by police on foot and in patrol cars. The diplomat said he heard five to 10 minutes of shooting, which he could not see. Mohammadi had been driving his children to school at the time of the shooting. It was not clear if he was shot by the gunman or caught in the crossfire with police. Police and government officials contacted by phone said they had no information. is : hi'.hij anti-crim- several leading businessmen and suspected members of the Camor-ra- . the Naples counterpart of the Mafia, news reports said. The most prominent figure arrested was Antonio Gava, head of the Interior Ministry, a top law enforcement post, from 1987 to 1991. With a power base in Naples, he was a national figure in the Christian Democrat party that led ; out depreciating it and maintain the good economy." from power this car. clear by now that in ItaK there are no totems pn cannot succeed in down." said the current i:ten r hcl. minister, Roberto Maror e an for leaving Washington. nswept it A former interior minister who once was one of Italy's most powerful politicians was arrested today in a major sweep intended to smash alleged ties between politicians and the mob. Nearly 100 people were picked up in dawn raids, including at least three other former lawmakers, tions. scanJj i- ades until corruption ROME i for tour Ev- Italian governments By VICTOR L. SIMPSON Associated Press Writer elec- "Candidates are only fighting over who'll take over, which is making the whole business a bit boring," said shopkeeper Alice Holmgaard. The campaign was quiet, in contrast to the 1980s, when hard economic times and disputes over NATO ties fueled rancor among parties. Quarrels sparked by referen-dum- s in 1992 and 1993 on closer European Union cooperation seem over. This year, most of the parties are aligned on the major problems, and the economic outlook is solid. "They all say the same," said plumber Lars Hansen. "They arrested in mob sweep al Gava's name has been ':; ,,.ed ir the past to the mob. He Lis ;v;v,;: edly denied any ties. Officials said Gaa was i:kmcJ at his home in Rome and was hemi; held in a military prison. He was charged with criminal association. Another Christian Deniocr.it. former seven-tim- e Premier GiJio Andreotti. has been under inu ligation for months for alleged ties with the Sicilian Mafia. Pro-cv- not a4cd for his arrest. Besides Guv a. others arrested :'Ja were a former Socialist law maker vice president of the miuce of the Chamber t.rs Ls.e of a former C hristian senator and a former all from :erseeretar Hk I)-- - Denu jH,r ( the . N .'a i In said ' N..-;c- n . -- u " f..r:i.;. i is were carried out Vions from mob in-- , iie.: C Alfi- - Carmine rra b sv 'u. a ! I prosecutor's office s .: nil .:Mn reported!) offered details .;' agreements among politicians, businessmen arid tn;:ie figures to divide up lucrative public works contracts in in N apies area, including the re- iisiruction projects that followed iiiaior earthquake m the Naples :: m l't. Volcanoes dump ash on amply city PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) Ships rescued thousands of villagers off beaches near the devastated port of Rabaul today as two nearby volcanoes spewed thick ash, dense black smoke and poisonous fumes. Most of the city's 30,000 residents and people from surrounding villages fled just before two volcanoes around Rabaul's harbor erupted Monday, triggering earthquakes. Witnesses said the city had been devastated by a layer of ash. Much of it had mixed with rainwater to form gray mud that collapsed many buildings and trees under its weight. Flooding was also reported. Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan declared a state of emergency in the province of East New Britain, 500 miles northeast of the capital, Port Moresby. Officials said communications w ith Rabaul had broken down and they feared for a small number of people still in the city. "It is absolutely frightening and incredibly lonely," Michael Jan-san Australian, told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. Volcanologists said two volcan- poor communications, police said. Witnesses said the surface of Rabaul harbor was covered m ash and floating volcanic pumice rock. There were reports of water boiling in some sections from hot vents on the harbor floor. "This is the ereates; disaster to hit Papiiu New ' I.eith im es. rcv'.-ro- Firerjen.. 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Reports of casualties and dam-ac- e have not been confirmed due to Appointment 224-HEA- T L I 11111 ii is J (sterna oat NW FOR 1 ... .. . 150,000 drug addicts in Malaysia, out of a total population of 18.8 million. Tough drug laws include the death sentence for trafficking, which is imposed for possession of less than half an ounce of heroin. A man already TOKYO (AP) given a suspended prison sentence for making thousands of crank calls has been arrested again, this time for pestering his former employer with 6,500 calls in one month, police said today. Between Aug. 9 and his arrest 'Monday, Susumu Suzuki, 46, al; WOMEN ONLY atmosphere tor a comfortable, HOLLAND'S SPRING FLOWERING BULBS BRING YOU N AiriU RE'S MAGIC! private visit. REAL FOOD menus include your favorite foods, sure-to-bloo- Easy-to-pla- the company that had fired him a year ago, said police in Takasaki, 60 miles north of Tokyo. 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