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Show A The Daily Herald Sunday, January 26, Dstcfc 100 missing in huge cyclone PARIS ( AP A cyclone swept across the island nation of Madagascar Saturday, spawning floods that left I00 people missing and thousands homeless, radio reports said Hie hurricane-lik- e storm moved northwest across this impoverished Hand of 3 million, causing water and wind damage in K0 percent of towns southeast of the capital of Antananarivo. Radio France Internationale RH) reported in Paris. There was no immediate word of any deaths or injuries. 370 mile-wid- e The storm be headed toward open to appeared w ater and had been dow ngraded to a tropical storm. Rl I said. Communication links, including telephone lines, were down Saturday night to the island, located about 250 miles off the southeast coast of Africa. Emergency services were trying to reach damaged parts of the island, but were unable to immediately access the ones hardest hit by the cyclone's violent rain and w ind. RFi said. Police LIMA. Peru AP) have stepped up maneuvers around the mansion seized by leftist rebels to set the stage for talks to end the k standoff and free the 73 men held captive, Peru's chief negotiator said Saturday. Police have been more active in recent days, driving by the Japanese ambassador's home in troop carriers, living overhead in a helicopter and even tossing stones onto the grounds. Late Friday, they staged w hat appeared to be a mock raid outside the walled compound. Several gunshots were heard coming from inside the residence late Satuiday afternoon. There was but no immediate explanation there have been similar bursts previously in response to what rebels say was police provocation. Red Cross representative Jean Pierre Schaerer, who visited the residence following the shooting, said no one w as hurt by the gunfire. He did not explain the shcxrfing. Education Minister Domingo Palermo insisted authorities had peaceful motives in their maneu . gran" i-- . , live-wee- 4ul 1 1 t. f- - S.J t.itlMt tilt Sudanese planes : A I th AP pnoto Flames sweep through a are calling it arson. 1 Hong Kong karaoke bar Saturday. Police Fire kills 15 people in Hong Kong karaoke bar 1 A HONG KONG (AP) on fire blamed arsonists engulfed a bustling four-stor- y karaoke club eariy Saturday, killing 15 people in the second major blaze in Hong Kong in two months. One of sev eral club managers reportedly tried to alert his customers, but could not get to the upper doors because of the flames and thick smoke. The fire broke out at 4 a.m. on the first lloor of the Top One nightclub in the densely built, neon-li- t Tsim Sha Tsui area of Kowloon. About SO customers and 20 employees were inside, g drinking, playing and singing along to pop videos. Swiss demand official's ouster BERN. Switzerland (AP) Switzerland's largest political parry on Saturday demanded the resignation of the economics minister, whose comments on Swiss dealings v ith Nazi Germany provoked an international outcry. Delamuraz has publicly apologized lor his remarks last month, when he was still serv ing as Swiss president, but the Social Democrats said that is not enough. "This situation is unworthy of Swiss democracy, which is based on the values of tolerance and respect for human rights." the party said in a resolution Saturday. "Delamuraz has insulted not only Jewish men and women but also the Swiss population." z In his earlier statement. accused Jews of trying to blackmail Sw itzerland over Jew ish assets missing since World War II. He kince has been replaced as president under Switzerland's rotating political system. Police classified the lire as arson and homicide, and said one man had been arrested for A government questioning. statement said chemists were examining debris that appeared to contain paint thinner. News reports said the arrested man was a manager at the club. Although many karaoke clubs are controlled by Hong Kong's underworld leaders, it w as not known if the fire had any connection to organized crime. Detective Victor Lo told Radio Hong Kong that police were also investigating a report that someone had seen a gasoline bomb being throw n at the club. mah-jong- vers. "The police forces are making a series of preparations for the eventual exit of the (rebels) to begin talks." he said at a news conference. "In no w ay does it mean any thing else." The issue of holding talks has been stalled, w ith the rebels saying they will not negotiate unless the government is willing to discuss their key demand: freedom for hundreds of their jailed comrades. President Alberto Fujimori has refused the demand, insisting it is not negotiable. Palermo did not offer a date for the beginning of talks to end the crisis, which has dragged on since Tupac Amaru guerrillas raided the home during a gala party on Dec. 7. But if talks are held, they likely would take place in a house across the street from the residence. Last week. Red Cross officials were seen inspecting nearby homes. Palermo said discussions would not occur in the compound for the safety of the mediation panel, which includes Red Cross repre -- 1 sentative Michel Minnig. Canadian Ambassador Anthony Vincent and Roman Catholic Bishop Juan Luis , Cipriani. The Red Cross, trying to ensure that its workers are safe, has insisted that police stay away from the residence while aid workers are inside attending to the hostages. Police agreed to respect a 10 yard-wid- e zone, marked with lines of white paint, while Red Cross workers are in the compound. But the Red Cross said police commandos entered the zone and on Friday, it protested the violation by delaying delivery of meals to i hostages for four hours. said Fujimori Saturday that, police must patrol the area, but he did not criticize the Red Cross. The leftist rebels, who seized more than 5(K) hostages w hen they stormed the compound, have released all but 73. The remaining! captives include Peruvian ministers, congressmen, police generaN as well as a brother of Fujimori and: Japanese diplomats and J Taliban boycott peace talks kill 17 rebels KHARTOUM. Sudan AP Sudanese uarplanes bombed rebel positions near the eastern border ith Ethiopia on Saturday, the official Sudanese new s agencv reported Also Saturday, the official newspaper reported that government soldiers killed 7 rebels and destroyed a number of vehicles in clashes in the ea-.- t It did not say when the lighting took place. The warplanes bombed areas where levels of the National Democratic Alliance have been fighting government soldiers since Jan. 2. the SUNA news agency said. It gave no information on casualties and there was no independent confirmation of either report. The government said the slain fighters were Ethiopian soldiers. - Sudan has accused neighboring Eritrea and Ethiopia of sending soldiers to back rebels lighting to overthrow Sudan's Islamic government. 997 Negotiator: Police ready for talks wiUi IPeru rebels 7 hA 1 AP Iran TEHRAN, Afghanistan's warring factions began peace talks Saturday that hav e little hope of succeeding because the Taliban militia, which controls two-thirof the country, is staying aw ay. The Taliban boycotted the talks to protest what it calls Iranian interference in Afghan affairs and because there w as no chance of a said Mohammed Rab-ban- i. cease-firhead of the Taliban council running the Afghan capital. Kabul. The Taliban drove former president Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul in September. The ousted president and an env oy of northern warlord Rashid Dostum were at the talks, along with U.N.. Pakistani and Turkish officials. e, "Without the participation of all Afghan groups it will be difficult to achieve a negotiated settlement." said U.N. representative Norbert Moll. The alliance led by ousted Afghan defense chief Ahmed Shah Massood and Dostum wants a power-sharin- g agreement. The Taliban has refused. "We only want to talk with Dostum and Massood if they first accept Taliban rule for all of Afghanistan." Mohammed Rabbani told The Associated Press in Kabul. "Otherwise, it is not worth negotiating with them." Iran still recognizes Burhanuddin Rabbani as the president of Afghanistan and the Taliban accus anti-Talib- es Iran of backing his forces. ; Shiite Muslim Iran has criticized the Taliban's interpretation of Islamic law on areas under its control. 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