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HEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Russians, tourists jittery after Moscow bus hijacking ■ RED SQUARE: busload of South Korean tourists near President Yeltsin's office M().S( OVV SAP) Tourist bus.** pai k. <i Red Square and <.ohhlestones wen* washed dean of blood Sunday, but payt bolognal m .irs remained after -is South Koreans won* hijacked in broad daylight next to the kremlin Russian* and foreigners alike were jit tery after Saturdas s attack, w huh drew attention to the nation's soaring crime rate and dealt a painful blow to its image abroad. A busload of South Korean tourists was seized by a gunman and held for nearly lit hour* until Russian commandos tturmod the inis earl) Sunday wd killed the assailant The Kimm.in W«* idsotified M n Russian, but authorities did not know ht% name or anything about him. The hijai kmx took plot i! on a bridge behind the onion domes of St Basil's (Cathedral. nn» of the world's most retog ntreble buildings The area is near the Kremlin, the seat of Russia’s government The 25 tourists, uninjured but badly shaken, t ut short their lour of Russia and flew on to their nest si hedulnd stop in Frankfurt. (iermanv The gunman, said to lie in his early to mid-30's. firartdished an Ak 47 assault rifle when he boarded the bus late Saturday afternoon He told the tourist-, they were Pro-Saddam propaganda swamps voters ■ ELECTION: Iraqi voters urged to vote for the sole candidate in the nation's first presidential election BAGHDAD. IraqiAP) -From tho moment they entered [Killing stations Sunday. Iraqi voters were swamped with pro-Saddam Hus sein propaganda in an effort to guarantee the Iraqi leader a land slide victory in tho nation’s first presidential referendum The massive effort should work Saddam was the sole can didate in Sunday's election, which Washington has dismissed as a sham. ill' Muslim city in southern Iraq with a tradition of dissent, look like campaign rally sites The paja'r ballots said Do you agree that Saddam Hussein should be the president of the Republic of Iraq for another sev on years'” Voters used pens to mark "yes” or "no." The government was expected to announce the results of the ref erendum late Sunday or early Monday, but Saddam's victory was a foregone conclusion Krzysztof Plominski, the ambassador a! the Polish Embassy in Baghdad. which r**{> resents l! S interests in lriii) believes lilt- embargo has left many Iraqis nationalistic That w.is evidanl Sunday "’Phis referendum has shut all the mouths m the West that are antagonizing Iraq and Saddam, our beloved president." said antique salesman Ali Shadhan. 45, after casting his ballot in downtown Baghdad Iraq s state-run newspapers, along with its television and radio stations, have inundated voters for weeks, urging them to vote for Saddam On Sunday, the c.ampuign moved to the polling stations. Outside a school in downtown Baghdad, seven large posters told people to vote "yes" for the man who has ruled since 1979 with out over fat ing a general election Voters walking toward open ballot booths saw more large pic tures of the president inside the school, some with the slogan "Long Live Saddam Hussein." Saddam's supporters worked hard to make polling places even tis far away as Karbala, a holy Shi Washington has ruin.tiled the ballot, especially Iraq's claim it marks the beginning of a process that will bring deinoi racy to a country ruled tty Saddam alone for tti years Saddam appears to tie holding the vote to show the world that he remains popular, despite the massive problems that lie and his government face U N, trade sanctions imposed after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 have devastated Iraq's ec onoiny. leaving many of its 20 million people beggared and hungry. Rolf Ekeus. the U.N arms expert in charge of scrapping Iraq's weapons of mass destruc tion. told the world body last week that Saddam's government has repeatedly misled II N mon itors. In un effort to make the elec tion appear legitimate. Saddam invited public figures who sup port him in other countries including Russian ultranational ist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who called the vote "a discouraging reply to Western lies " Piominski said in an interview the ballot is not significant by itself and no one doubted that Saddam would win by a land slide Hut. he said, countries that have long encouraged Saddam to begin iritrodui ing democracy should withhold judgment for now "Mv personal opinion is that even if someone is a criminal and lie wants to do Ins tiest, wants to improve Ins image, we have to encourage him and at least wait to see what happens." he said. What are the Most Powerful Words In Your Permanent Record? (check one) Transcript Resume Diploma The Wall Street Journal For special student rates call 1-800-2BUY-WSJ "'am-10pm Eastern lime Mon.-Fri hostages and ordered them to draw the i ur tains (rat'it hostage Vun Doughvtik told the South Korean now-. agency Yunhap N. ori'i of police ringed the bus, snipers t rom tied on ,1 kremlin tower and ambit lances and fire inn ;ks surrounded the m tmo for hours. Thu gunman initially demanded Sit) mil lion but later lowered the demand to St million Authorities paid him $500,000 after several hours, and he released the hostages in groups until just four tourists and the Russian bus driver worn left l'han. after a bank, truck, pulled up and authorities apparently prepared to band over another payment, about 20 comman dos swarmed over the bus They fired in the air and smashed wimlovvs as stun grenades exploded vvilh searing flashes " everybody dm kwd,“ Ins (lid-sung. one of the fiv «* men still on the bus*fold Yonhap Hie gunman was shot to doath within mh ouds I’ohi «• found ,i homemade bomb hidden on lus body and a Makarov pistol with four bullets m tin* bus Tin* rumnming hostages wore hustled from tin* bus shaken and da/nd In tin* midst of tin* crisis, tin* newly crowned Miss Russia emerged following the pageant a! a nearby hotel and told reporters she would offer her golden i row n in exchange for the release of a hostage Authorities apparently did not lake to sear-old Helena Matxina s offer seriously ami she left still iu (Hixsexsiun of her i row u What’s a Buck ($1) PROBLEMS WITH THE UNIVERSITY? 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