European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 08, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes monday. November 8.1993 troops foil rightist rally in Moscow a fearing unrest hundreds of heavily armed police and troops backed by armoured vehicles blocked demonstrations sunday by communists trying to Mark the anniversary of the 1917 bolshevik revolution. The government banned demonstrations in Moscow warning that militant groups might try to stage violent protests like those that erupted in the capital Las month. Peaceful demonstrations were held in other russian cities. Scores of corp munits who tried to gather at a giant statue of Lenin in october Square in Central Moscow were dispersed by lines of riot police who herded their o a nearby subway station. Scuffles erupted and there were a few arrests before the mostly elderly pro testers were dispersed. Are you russians we Are patriots. We need an other Stalin a woman screamed As riot police pushed the communists into the subway station. Riot police and paramilitary troops ringed the area where bloody riots erupted oct. 3 in support of hard line lawmakers defying an order by president Boris  to disband. The government used tanks and troops oct. 4 to end the protests and Force the lawmakers out of parliament after bloody fighting. Parliamentary elections Are scheduled for dec. 12. The government was taking no chances  were special paramilitary units with armoured personnel carriers armed with cannons waiting in Sid streets. Riot police in helmets and flak jackets were posted at other Points around the capital. Several Hundred protesters who tried to demonstrate at Lenin s Tomb in red Square were pushed Back and dispersed by Ripe police. Small groups of people were cubans must work harder Castro says Mexico City a Cuba s undisciplined workers have to shape up and be More productive if the economically stumbling country is to survive cuban president Fidel Castro told foreign Busi Ness people saturday. Castro spoke in the cuban capital atan awards ceremony during the Lith an Nual International fair of Havana which brought together some 1,000 cuban and foreign business  comments were carried by the government s Prensa Latina news Agency monitored in Mexico City. Even if cubans worked harder it is no Clear How much the Economy would improve. Much of Cuba s woes result from loss of Trade with the formerly communist countries of Eastern Europe including the loss of subsidized Oil from the soviet Union. The crisis has been mad worse by the 33-year-old . Trade embargo against the Island  saturday Castro said the growing number of foreign companies investing i Cuba s state enterprises Are generally soldiers stand guard sunday in Moscow against demonstrations marking the 1917 bolshevik revolution. Allowed to Lay Flowers at the Tomb. Protesters later gathered in the Moscow suburbs but their Calls for support were ignored by residents and passersby. Residents taunted a group of communist demonstrating in the Medve Dovo District. In one of the largest demonstrations some 5,000people carrying red communist flags and banners demonstrated in St. Petersburg. Yeltsin is a Butcher the crowd chanted. Police did not intervene. The turnout nationwide was tiny reflecting Lack of popular support for the communists and the apparent reluctance of their own supporters to take to the Street following their defeat in Moscow in Early october. The most important Holiday in the soviet Union was nov. 7. It was marked by Flag waving rallies and the military mounted a huge display of weapons and troop sin red Square parades As top soviet leaders watched from atop the Lenin mausoleum. The last military Parade was held in 1990,13 month before the soviet Union collapsed. During last year s Holiday workers began repairing red Square Cobblestone pavement apparently to prevent communists from holding rallies. Russians Are being rewarded with a Day off today a compensation for the traditional Holiday having fallen on sunday. 3 . Troops seized freed by bosnian serbs cuban president Fidel Castro Speaks sat urday at business fair in Havana. Pleased with cuban workers because the tend to be Well educated. But he said that nevertheless we have our defects such As not being As totally disciplined As we should be in our  he blamed that Lack of discipline on the paternalism of Cuba s system. Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a bosnian serbs temporarily abducted three swedish . Peacekeepers sunday after the swedes opened fire while trying to Calm a Messy croatian Muslim serbian confrontation North of Sarajevo. The three swedish soldiers were eventually released unharmed but 500 Refu gees they were trying to Rescue stayed inthe Village of a Staysko where croats and serbs formed an unusual Alliance against surrounding Muslim led govern ment forces. The 30 to 40 swedish peacekeepers sent to a Staysko pulled Back to nearby Vares a strategic town captured by government forces last week from the bosnian croats according to swedish defens ministry spokesman Jonas Mau Tizon. The swedes came under fire from unknown assailants in a Staysko about three Miles East of Vares and opened fire themselves said capt. Niels Peder sen a spokesman at . Headquarter sin Kiseljack West of Sarajevo. Pedersen said the abduction was Trig gered by the wounding of a bosnian serbian officer from a ricocheting swedish Bullet. However cmdr. Ides Bald Van Biese Breck a . Spokesman in Sarajevo said a bosnian army officer was wounded by the United nations. Nato jets reportedly flew Low Overda Staysko in a show of strength while the swedes were held for several  incident showed How easily the . Forces can become embroiled i conflict As the situation in Bosnia deteriorates and enmities and alliances change in practically each Village. In a Staysko which is close to Serbia lines bosnian serbian artillery helped the bosnian croats beat Back an attack by government forces saturday said it. Col. Bill Aikman a . Spokesman i Sarajevo. On sunday fighting resumed after the swedes withdrew Pedersen said. The bosnian government forces boosted by their capture of Vares outnumbered the serbs and croats he  capture of Vares 20 Miles North of Sarajevo could help the government Force achieve their goal of breaking the 19-month serbian siege of Sarajevo and avenged a earlier croatian massacre of muslims in the nearby Village of Stupnik do. Candidates in Jordan make last ditch pitch for votes Amman Jordan a candidates made last minute appeals for votes sunday a Day before parliamentary elections in which opponents of peace with Israel Are expected to win the largest single bloc of seats although not a majority. The elections the first multiparty poll since 1956, Are Likely to produce a majority of conservatives and bedouins in the so seat parliament that will support King Hussein s pro peace policy. Candidates held rallies passed out fliers and pounded the pavement in final attempts to win the support of the1.2 million people who Are eligible to vote in today s elec Tion. Some of the 536 candidates placed 350 advertise ments in the mass circulation daily Al Rai in which they promised a better future to the nation s 3.9 million peo ple. By Law the thousands of banners draped Over streets and the tens of thousands of posters plastered on lamp posts and shop windows were to come Down by Midnight sunday a seemingly impossible task. The fundamentalist Muslim brotherhood As Well As leftists who Are running openly for the first time in 37years, oppose the .-backed peace process. The brotherhood advocates the elimination of the jewish state while the leftists oppose the peace process1 for failing to provide an Independent palestinian state. Jordan and Israel agreed to a peace talks Agenda sept. 14, a Day after the jewish state and the Palestine liberation organization reached a landmark accor that envisages partial palestinian self Rule in the Gaza Atrip Aad the West Bank City of Jericho. 1 i