European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 29, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3hijackers Swap hostages for convicts Moscow apr hijackers who seized a bus and took 18 people hostage in Southern Russia released eight of their captives saturday in Exchange for Freedom for two jailed convicts a russian Interior ministry spokesman said. Negotiations to gain Freedom for the remaining hostages broke Down saturday afternoon and the hijackers resumed their journey to the City of Grozny near the russian Border with Georgia an Interior ministry spokesman said. The hijackers reportedly armed with sub machine guns and grenades had originally demanded to be flown to Iraq Jordan or Turkey. But they later asked Only to go by bus to Grozny. An Interior ministry spokesman in Moscow Yuri Tupikov said it appeared they would seek Asylum in Grozny the capital of the self proclaimed chechen Republic. He said there were originally 16 people aboard the bus which was commandeered by two hijackers who earlier had taken two police officers hostage. They ordered the bus be driven to the Airport at Mineral Nye Vody where they demanded to be flown to the Middle East destinations. After talks with a negotiating team sent from Moscow the hijackers released eight hostages in a Swap for two friends who had been jailed for burglary Tupikov said. The two hijackers the released convicts and the 10 remaining hostages then left the Airport in the bus and headed under police escort toward Grozny 150 Miles Southeast of Mineral Nye Vody Tupikov said. He said negotiations resumed Between police and the hijackers during a Stop on the Highway. The negotiations failed to obtain the release of other hostages and the bus continued on its journey to Grozny. Tupikov speculated that the hijackers would seek Asylum from a Khokhar Dunayev president of the self proclaimed chechen Republic inside Russia. Dunayev docs not recognize the Laws of the russian federation. Tupikov said negotiations were expected to resume when the hijackers were expected to arrive in Grozny late saturday afternoon. The bus was hijacked Friday in the town of Lermontov after a gun Battle with police who had stopped a Carload of men for a traffic  spends second night in Jai As judges delay ruling on Appeal a boxing promoter Don King talks with members of the Media Friday. Mike Tyson some of whose fights were promoted by King remained in prison Friday after three judges delayed ruling on a request to free him while he appeals his rape conviction. Indianapolis a Boxer Mike Tyson remained in prison for a second night Friday after three judges delayed ruling on a request to free him while he appeals his rape conviction. Alan Dershowitz the Harvard Law professor now handling the former heavyweight champions Case pleaded for his release Friday saying Tyson a Fame would prevent him from fleeing. A emr. Tyson is the most famous or notorious convicted rapist in the world. He wears a Scarlet letter on his forehead a Dershowitz told the appeals panel. Deputy Indiana attorney general William daily countered that Tyson is Rich enough to leave the country easily even though he surrendered his passport. A if a person with $10 million in assets wants to live in another country fight in another country i done to know any reason Why he  get on a private plane Fly there and live out the rest of his life a daily said. But presiding judge v. Sue Shields said the Indiana court of appeals panel wanted to read excerpts from trial transcripts before ruling. David j. Dreyer special counsel to the Marion county prosecutors office said it could take several Days to get the transcripts. The delay Means that Tyson will remain in prison at least until the panel reconvenes. Tyson a now inmate no. 922335 a was taken to a prison intake Center in nearby Plainfield on thursday after being ordered to serve six years for sexually assaulting a miss Black America contestant last july. Marion Superior court judge Patricia j. Gifford sentenced Tyson to 10 years with four years suspended on each of three counts on which he was convicted on feb. 10 one of rape and two of criminal deviate conduct. The terms Are to run concurrently. She denied an Appeal Bond. Dershowitz promised that Tyson 25, would obey any terms of bail and would accept House arrest at his Cleveland Home if the appeals panel allowed his release. Tyson is assigned to a single cell at the reception diagnostic Center where prison officials will evaluate him and assign him to a prison within 45 Days. The intake Center has an outdoor basketball court but no running track or weight room he said. Tyson logged regularly during his two week trial. Tyson met Washington then 18, during festivities for the Beauty pageant. She said Tyson lured her to his hotel room and raped her ignoring her pleas to Stop. Tyson said she agreed to have sex. Meanwhile Gifford said Friday that the term a Date rape should be dropped from the Public vocabulary because it improperly implies consent by the woman. A my opinion is that a Date rape  be in existence As a  the judge said. A the statute is very Clear about the definition of rape and whether or not you know the perpetrator has absolutely nothing to do with it. A i think its a couple of words we need to eliminate from our vocabulary and simply refer to it As a rape. It Date rape sounds like consensual or  aides held in $96 million arms sting los Angeles apr two Southern California men and six former top officials of the polish government have been arrested in a . Customs service sting a newspaper reported saturday. The arrests halted a Deal involving $96 million in arms possibly including nuclear weapons the los Angeles times reported. Included in the Deal were 4,000 grenade launchers 1,000 portable anti aircraft missiles and 73,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles. Authorities said the arms ring was exposed by customs agents posing As front men for Iraq. The weapons were to have come from Stock built up by the soviet army in Germany Czechoslovakia and Poland and would have been shipped through the Philippines. A your goal was to find people willing to sell arms to the iraqis a said Tanya Hill an assistant . Attorney in new York who is prosecuting the Case. A we found  Ronald James Hendron 51, of Eltoro and Schmin Lah 44, of Newport Beach were arrested in new York on March 11 after flying in from Europe the newspaper said. The Day before the six polish officials were arrested at a hotel in Frankfurt Germany. The newspaper said Federal court papers indicate Hendron promised the undercover agents that he could provide nuclear weapons including uranium bomb triggers and bombs. Hendron who said he was a licensed International arms dealer denied the charges in an interview the newspaper said. He said the Deal that he arranged was to Send arms legally to the Philippines not to Iraq. He said that Iraq was mentioned by the undercover agents after the Deal had been set up and that the undercover agents asked for nuclear weapons. He said that he had never intended to provide the nuclear weapons. The United states has requested that the six polish officials be extradited to face Export Law violations in the United states Hendron has been charged with making false statements and conspiracy to violate the arms Export act. Lah was charged with conspiracy to violate the arms Export Law. Preliminary hearings have been set for april 8, Hill said. Both men Are out on bail. Judge blocks government from deporting haitians new York a an angry judge blasted the Federal government for its a capricious and perhaps even cruel treatment of haitian refugees. . District judge Sterling Johnson or. Issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the government from deporting thousands of haitians from a . Base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. The order also gave the refugees the right to an attorney. He scheduled a hearing for april 1 to consider whether a permanent order should be granted. Most of the 3,446 refugees at Guantanamo Bay have already been found to have plausible claims for political Asylum in the United states and were to be brought to the United states to further process their applications. More than 12,000 refugees have already been returned to Haiti. The Center for constitutional rights sought the restraining order on behalf of those still held. An attorney with the group Michael Ratner said the ruling a shows that aliens have rights that they have a right to counsel and a right to be processed according to  Joe Krovisky a Justice department spokesman declined to comment. Number of people getting food Stamps hits 25 million Washington a a record 25 million americans relied on the governments help to buy groceries in january according to the latest food stamp enrolment figures from the agriculture department. During the month 100,000 More people enrolled in the us a food assistance program than in december. But that figure was smaller than totals recorded throughout the fall when the Rolls grew by 300,000 to 400,000 a month. Usdan a latest figures showed 25 million americans a nearly one in 10 a were enrolled in the program in january compared with 24.9 million in december and 22 million in january 1991. Two democratic lawmakers criticized the department for waiting until Friday afternoon to release the figures. Sen. Patrick j. Leahy d-vt., chairman of the Senate agriculture committee called it a an Effort to minimize press