European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 12, 1993 world the stars and stripes Page 13 russians prepare to vote on Constitution Assembly a j. A a. A sex finance minister picked As Leader in Ivory coast. From wire reports i Abidjan Ivory coast a the Ivory coast s 1 former finance minister was named prime minister saturday in a move seen As a positive sign for the economically troubled West african nation. Duncah Kablana a appointment came a Day after the supreme court confirmed former Diplomat and lawmaker Henri Konan Bedie As president. The nations leadership had been vacated with the death tuesday of Felix Hou Houct Bovigny the Ivory coasts Only ruler since Independence from France in 1960. Hou Houct to Igny a death provoked a Power struggle that was resolved thursday when prime minister Alassane Ouattara resigned t Kablan was Ouattara a finance minister and his chief negotiator in talks with the International monetary fund to reinstate a suspended program of economic reforms tied to Resche couling the foreign. Debt. A Quot Ouattara a resignation had thrown into question talks with an if team visiting the  backs chaplains Budapest Hungary a after decades of official atheism the hungarian government has decided the  needs god on its Side and will reinstate military chaplains worn All of the legally registered denominations will have the right to Delegate clergy to serve in Hungary Sall male armed forces state radio reported Friday. The government plans to sign a bilateral agreement with the Vatican and three other denominations. Defense ministry Deputy spokesman col. Antal tall Gas said. Plans Call for one chaplain for every 1,000 soldiers but the decision will be implemented in stages Over several years. Hungary Nas a standing armed Force of 100,000. _ according to a 1991 Survey the defense ministry found that 45 percent of the Force Are believers three quarters of whom Are  cats seized Hong Kong a customs officers arrested two chinese men at a Border checkpoint saturday for allegedly trying to smuggle 20 Civet cats into Hong Kong the government reported. A government statement said customs officers also found 8,800 pounds of fresh Lamb and beef in the truck during a search of the vehicle at the Hong Kong China Border checkpoint. Many chinese like to eat cat meat in the Winter because they believe it has invigorating qualities. Civet cats Are nocturnal Catlike animals native to Africa India Malaysia and South China. They have spotted Yellowish  freed in Hungary Budapest Hungary a soldiers lobbed a stun Senate into a school and rushed a student holding or classmates hostage ending a 10-hour standoff. The 17-year-old student originally took five schoolmates hostage Friday brandishing what appeared to be an automatic weapon. He later released one of them. His motives were not known. Teachers and the boys parents pleaded with him but there was nothing but a incoherent Yelling in response reported Mai the National news Agency. The boys behaviour had not Given cause for concern in the past said school officials and his  of Hungary a anti terrorist squad arrived on the scene by helicopter and surrounded the school w Lich is in Baja 100 Miles South of Budapest. A a the standoff ended Friday evening after the squad lobbed the grenade designed to stun but not  train hits school bus new Delhi India a an express train rammed into a school bus bringing children Home from a picnic saturday killing at least 32. The bus was crossing the tracks at an unprotected intersection near Poona in Western India 710 Miles Southwest of new Delhi. The bus the last in a caravan of three vehicles returning from a school Outing was hit by the Sahy Adri express on the main route to Bombay the press Trust of India said. The first two buses it was not immediately Clear How Many children were on the bus. At least 32 children were killed the news Agency said. Moscow apr russians will vote today for their first Post soviet parliament and Constitution in a crucial test of the count Tyr a growing impatience with presi Dent Boris n. Yeltsin s democratic reforms. Yeltsin a prime minister warned on the eve of the historic election that if the Constitution was rejected Yeltsin might have to declare a direct presidential Rule a the election is the first real test of Yeltsin a popularity since he sent tanks to Pound the old hard line parliament into submission in Early october. Reformers Are worried that extremist candidates led by Vladimir a Mirinovsky could win up to 20 percent of the seats in the new Federal Assembly. That could Saddle Yeltsin with a parliament no better than the one he dissolved sept. 21, when he called the new elections.  a inflammatory remarks such As a Promise to recapture the former soviet Empire outraged Many voters but thrilled others and provided the Only drama in an otherwise Dull Campaign. It was possible to walk through Moscow without glimpsing a single pos Ter Lapel pm or bumper sticker. Polls open at 8 . Today and close at 10 . Be cause Russia stretches across Many time zones voting was to begin at 2000 get saturday in the russian far East and finish at 2000 get today in Kaliningrad. Results Are not expected until monday. In Moscow on saturday there was More weariness than excitement in the air and Many people inter Minnie and Mickey mouse pose with some Young fans Friday in front or the sleeping Beauty Castle at euro Disney. Some 6,500 children a 1,000 of them from 12 London up a ten hostages were freed unharmed saturday when several of those being held hostage in a dental office in West Wales tackled and subdued their captor. The bid for Freedom was launched 14 hours after the drama began in the Small town of Hay on Wye. The Village 35 Miles North of Cardiff on the English Welsh Border is renowned for its secondhand and antique bookstores. A police spokesman said a suspect who was believed to be armed barricaded himself in the dental office after trying unsuccessfully to Cash a Check at a nearby Bank Friday afternoon. A a Short time later he went into the dental surgery Quot the spokesman said. A at this stage we do not know the viewed on the Street said they were not planning to vote. A a a it a politics and i done to like politics. 1 done to Trust any of these candidates a said Leonid Korotev an unemployed furniture designer. Korotev 32, said he supported free Market reforms but was sick of squabbling within Yeltsin scamp. A a there a no Unity. Each party wants to do it its own Way. They talk Ana talk on to and radio but there a nothing Concrete nothing about reality. Its a games he said. Voter apathy could be disastrous for Yeltsin because ratification of the Constitution requires at least a 50-percent turnout As Well As a majority vote. Yeltsin said in a television address thursday that the Constitution which would strengthen presidential Powers and enshrine the right to private property was essential to the stability of the country. A it will help strengthen the state prevent chaos and collapse new mutinies and bloody clashes a he said. Prune minister Viktor Chernomyrdin warned late Friday that if the Constitution failed to win adoption a the Only Way out of the impasse would be direct presidential Rule to overcome the emergency situation. Chernomyrdin did not say exactly what direct Rule would mean. But he said it would be a a departure from the Normal civilized path of development for an undetermined  thirteen parties and blocs Are competing. Different countries a were invited to the theme Park in a Marc la value 18 Miles East of Paris to help Mickey celebrate his 65th birthday. Reasons  armed police surrounded the clinic As negotiators worked through the night trying to coax the Man to give himself up. Shortly after 5 ., a woman s scream prompted police backed by dog handlers and police marksmen to move in. Unconfirmed reports said a woman had grabbed a Many a hand As he dozed off to sleep. Some of 0 hostages then tackled the Man. As police led the hostages away for questioning specialist counselling one freed hostage remark reporters a we just jumped  the police spokesman said a 29-year-old suspect taken in for questioning about the incident. A sprightly 65 hostages overpower captor in Wales