November 9, 1996

UN Sec Gen Boutros Boutros-Ghali calls for urgent dispatch of international military force to aid about a million refugees, many in danger of dying of hunger or thirst, as colossal refugee crisis in Central Africa intensifies; but calls for immediate foreign intervention are blocked by resistance from United States, which stalls Security Council action on military mission; Americans say they still hold out hope for cease-fire that would allow aid operations to resume without outside military protection; Boutros-Ghali declares 'We are confronted by a new genocide. I will call it genocide by starvation' (M)

Comment on Russian 'shuttle traders,' part of estimated 10 million Russians who make their living flying between Russia and Turkey, southern Europe, Poland, China and South Korea buying low-quality goods to resell in huge, chaotic street markets that have mushroomed all over former Soviet Union; most traders are former engineers, teachers or doctors, and other professionals whose prestige and income plummeted along with socialism; their harried way of life is testimony to murky contradictions of Russian life; traders exemplify country's new entrepreneurial spirit--people going out by millions and hustling to put food on table--but they also vividly illustrate why Russia's byzantine tax system is teetering on verge of collapse; photo (M)

Many Miami residents are angry over political corruption and city's fiscal woes; voters at some polling places signed petitions to abolish their city; disaffected citizens assail poor city services and high taxes, contending that there is so much graft and corruption that services are suffering; anti-cityhood drive is just starting, but it underscores a striking reversal of fortune for city that has billed itself as 'gateway to the Americas' with its bustling international commerce and cosmopolitan flavor; along with Federal investigations of fraud and corruption at highest levels of municipal government, mismanagement of city's finances has left residents seething and disgusted; stunned by sudden disclosure of huge budget deficit, Miami residents now face prospect of paying for shortfall with higher fees for wide range of government services, from garbage collection to use of marinas; some critics of Federal investigators have used charged terms like 'lynching' to characterize investigation of officials, most of whom are black or Hispanic; while those behind drive to disband Miami's city government and cede rule to Dade County's goverment portray it as effort to lower taxes, skeptics say it reflects doubts among whites about competence of city government run largely by members of ethnic and foreign-born minorities; photo (L)

Serb Army Chief Ousted The Bosnian Serb President, Biljana Plavsic, dismissed Gen. Ratko Mladic, the commander indicted for directing war atrocities. Page 6. Coney Island Hospital Deal In a historic vote for New York City, a profit-making company has been approved to operate Coney Island Hospital. Page 25. Uproar Over T.W.A. Rumor A revived rumor that T.W.A. Flight 800 was brought down by a Navy missile caused a stir for a curious media and a furious F.B.I. Page 26. Haircuts Fall Short When three female cadets at the Citadel shaved each other's heads they were punished: their cuts did not meet military standards. Page 9.

Pres Clinton, moving swiftly to start his second term, says he has asked Republican leaders of Congress to meet with him next week to begin negotiations on plan to balance budget and on campaign finance restrictions, news conf; also names Erskine B Bowles, politically moderate North Carolina businessman, to fill critical position of White House chief of staff; Clinton asserts that voters' choice of Democratic President and Republican majority in Congress shows that American people 'want us to fulfill our responsibilities as Democrats, Republicans and independents second and Americans first, to set aside our differences and join hands to make the most of this moment of possibility'; says he would like to have Republicans in his Cabinet in order to have 'a Governmentt that can unify the country;' for first time, Clinton flatly denies that money raised for Democratic Party from Indonesian sources had any influence on Administration policy; photo of Clinton and Bowles (L)