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TAMIL Itafiaw Semester Spring 1991 Study and live at the TAMU Center, “Santa Chiara,” in Castiglion Fiorentino INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS: Friday, June 15, 9:45-10:30 a.m. or 3:00-4:00 p.m. 251 Bizzell Hall West FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT Study Abroad Office 161 Bizzell West, Phone:845-0544 The Texas A&M University College of Liberal Arts Presents the +flumana' Hospital - Brazos Valley TEXA W Monday Evening - June 18 7:30 p.m. Rudder Theatre The World Famous Cleveland Quartet "This was the kind of musical experience a listener may hope to have once or twice in a lifetime." London Observer performing works by Schubert, Welcher, and Dvorak on the famous "Paganini Strads" instruments. 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PLUS $100 RAPID ENROLLMENT BONUS for enrolling and completing study. $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 CALL PAULL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL® 776-0400 Battalion Classified 845-0569 The Battalion WORLD & NATION Friday, June 15,1990 Romanian miners accost demonstrator I.8J BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tens of thousands of miners accosted people at random and ransacked opposition party offices Thursday after being summoned by the president-elect to help put down anti-government protests. Few police and soldiers were visible in the capi tal by late Thursday, and the miners, armed with cudgels and their faces and work clothes still smudged with coal dust, were apparently left to maintain order as they chose. rhe violence “departs from the commonly accepted norms of democracy and the rule of law.” who were estimated to nJ — Marlin Fitzwater, White House press secretary The miners arrived after two days of violence in which security forces clashed with demonstra tors who claim the governing National Salvation Front is dominated by Communists associated with the ousted Ceausescu regime. The government said at least five people were killed and 350 injured when police cleared a 2- month-old demonstration from a central square Wednesday, then fired on protesters who at tacked government buildings later in the day. In Washington, President Bush’s office con demned “in the strongest possible terms” what it called “government-inspired vigilante violence.” White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said the violence “departs from the commonly ac cepted norms of democracy and the rule of law.” Late Wednesday, Iliescu called in a televised speech for all “democratic forces” to come to the aid of his embattled government. Early Thursday, soldiers fired at demonstra tors who threw firebombs at police headquarters and sporadic gunfire echoed across Bucharest. Then the miners arrived, streaming into the cap ital from as far as 240 miles away. Dozens of people were assaulted, some clubbed, others butted Tepeatedly by the hel- meted miners, about 100,000. As a Western radio reporter was pulled from a group of grim-faced miners in cei University Square, a heavy-set woman miners on, urging them to kill the reporter’s leagues. Less than a mile away, about 10 miners — '. c . sieged the residence of Iliescu critic Dimitruj ByCHHi zilu for several hours before dispersing, Mi Of The b and a neighbor reported. The former vicepn I g^per dent of the post-revolutionary govern® I rt j stepped down following charges that he col p rated with the Securitate, the secret police h Lpwyan that killed hundreds of people during the re, IL 0 ffic tion. I T he ‘ The miners were apparently directed by* V( ,te, up ral men who Mazilu said were “Securitateori checkpo mer Securitate” agents. Mazilu told reporMiling tl who arrived at his apartment that the agMoints d< urged the miners to kill him. iacy rig! Mazilu said the miners left after hecaliedj ernment officials. Japan slow to honor commitments; U.S. administration grows concerned WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration, worried about a lack of progress in trade talks with Japan, insisted Thursday that the Japanese honor commitments to open markets to American and other foreign goods. U.S. negotiators have grown con cerned over what they perceive as Japanese foot-dragging in the talks, aimed at reducing the United States’ $49 billion trade deficit with Japan. Critics have said Japan’s intransi gence is directly linked to a decision by the Bush administration to re move Japan from under a tough sec tion of trade law known as Super 301, which carries the threat of eco nomic sanctions. Recent negotiations in Hawaii produced little progress toward the text of a final report on negotiations aimed at reforming the economies of both countries as a way of attack ing the underlying reasons for the huge trade imbalance. Japan and the United States signed an interim agreement on the talks, known as the Structural Im pediments Initiative, in April and face a deadline of early July for pro ducing a final report. the pressure on to make sure that all the commitments make it through into that final report,” White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater told reporters. However, in several key areas, the Japanese are refusing to make com mitments sought by U.S. negotia tors. “As we go from the interim report to the final report, we want to keep Fitzwater downplayed reports that administration officials believed the Japanese side was stonewalling now that the threat of economic sanctions under Super 301 was no longer present. However, two other senior admin istration officials, briefing reporters on condition that their names not be used, expressed clear disappoint ment Thursday with the lack of pro gress. The next round of talks is sched uled for June 25-26 in Tokyo. S. Korea shows interest in collider WASHINGTON (AP) — South Korea has jumped on the prospect of helping develop the superconduct ing super collider and could be the project’s first for eign partner, Deputy Energy Secretary Henson Moore said Thursday. He and other top government officials just returned from South Korea and Japan, where they made the first formal invitations to foreign governments to participate in development of the $8 billion particle accelerator. “We met in great detail about how the project’s going to be run, time schedules, costs,” Moore said of the two- week trip. “So we believe that both these governments are now up to date on the project.” South Korean President Roh Tae-woo responded with a letter to President Bush expressin'g serious con sideration. Both South Korea and Japan were given lists asking * for goods, services and grants, Moore said. South Korea surprised the U.S. delegation, Moore said, by presenting lists of what it could do. “That has been indicative of how quickly the Korean government has moved to consider this project, for which we are very appreciative,” Moore said. He said it would be inapjpropriate to reveal what was on the lists. “These are matters of preliminary negotia tions,” Moore said. Japan will take longer to respond because of its com plex governmental process, he said. “It will take probably a year before we get any kind of meaningful response from the government of Japan,” Moore said. The $8 billion collider is a 54-mile underground ring where protons directed by superconducting magnets will be smashed together. Scientists hope the particles will break apart, yielding clues to the fundamentals of matter. Moore said DOE officials are trying to assess the technical and financial capabilities of eight to 10 other countries. The only country to express interest in the super col lider previously was India, which offered a $50 million investment during the Reagan administration. “We have not yet followed that up with a formal re quest that they join us,” Moore said. “We intend to do that.” The House of Representatives has authorized the de partment to spend $5 billion on the super collider over the next five years. The Senate is not expected to take up the authorization measure, however. Texas has pledged $1 billion toward the project. For eign sources and other investors are expected to make up the remaining $2 billion. The estimated cost of the collider has risen several times. DOE is expected to present a new cost figure later this summer. The House Appropriations committee Wednesday approved $318 million in 1991 funds for the super col lider. The funding measure will likely reach the House floor next week, officials say. The committee report that accompanies the bill ex presses concern about the “continued viability” of the project because of cost increases. Inspector sa« no ship leal before spill Associated Press “The in prev« and the < ividual opped rogran ehnqui Bryan owever Ity che< rivers, anges “The ave a f Crewmen and maritime u spectors said Thursday Norwegian supertanker Meg Borg was in good condition® two months before it exploder the Gulf of Mexico Coast Guard Petty Office Richard Miles told a Norwegi maritime inquiry panel Thursd- he spent five hours during a Dr. tine inspection in April exanui By KAT mi; the K$6-fooi vessel, indudi; fOfThei the engine and pump rooir: where the explosions originate late Friday. “Both the engine pump rooms were in very g condition,” Miles testified, The lemeni and if iwering elebrat “We unique didn’t see any excessive leab The bilges were clean and it vents were intact.” But a Norwegian inspector^: ly — tl some equipment was overduefa )f,” Dr. maintenance checks; however,it essor i would not say whether “ftaid to thought that contributed to tit cause of the blast. Put ham Mahamood, « works in the pump room, toldti day, ce investigators through an inte: preter that “vet v little measuraiiit slaves it maintenance work had been dor: (Friday)” before the blast. Mahamood, who was injure n Tex;: in the blast, spoke with inspector by telephone from Brazospor Memorial Hospital. His left was injured by flying debris. About three minutes befott the explosion, the chief engined Tojo Sagar, who was killed inth blast, told Mahamood to open valve for a crude oil washing, M; hamood said. He did not elai orate on the procedure. As Mahamood was trying ti open the valve, the explosionoc curred, he said. The inspectors were amoi witnesses who addressed theia quiry panel in its second day deter letermine the cause of the bla> New abstract gives update on population WASHINGTON (AP) — The 1 10th edition of the book statis tics fans consider “numero uno” is out, and it says California, Ne vada, Utah, Florida and North Dakota are all number one. It should surprise no one that the “Statistical Abstract of the United States” shows California with the largest population of any state with an estimated 29 million residents. But Nevada has been glowing fastest, increasing by nearly 39 percent during the If 80s, accord ing to the abstract. Utah has the largest share of people under age 18, 37 percent, while Florida has the biggest rep resentation in the over~65 cat egory, 18 percent. And North Dakota has the most hospital beds available, at 878 per 100,000 residents. Those represent just a minor sample of the massive collection of facts found in the 1990 edition. Compiled by the Census Bu reau from a variety of sources, this year’s volume crams 1,532 ta bles into 991 pages. Sources of the information are cited with each table, and many tables contain information not available elsewhere. The book is on sale from gov ernment bookstores or from the Superintendent of Documents. Washington, D.C., 20402. The price is $28 for the paperback or $34 for the hard-bound edition. Algeria's election results worry ?n ode rates Islamic fundamentalists capture maj ority of votes ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The impact of the Islamic fundamentalist’s election victory in Algeria spread across North Africa on Thursday, worrying moderates and cheering fellow religious hard-liners whose movements are suppressed. , The Algerian government, seemingly stunned by the results of the country’s first free elections, withheld of ficial comment and postponed until next week the an nouncement of full results from Tuesday’s balloting. In France, once Algeria’s colonial ruler and now home to hundreds of thousands of Algerians, appre hensive politicians warned of a new wave of immigrants fleeing the growing power of the fundamentalists. With the count complete in one-third of all electoral districts — including most major cities — the victory of Sheikh Abassi Madani’s Islamic Salvation Front seemed decisive. According to unofficial returns, the front won about 55 percent of the vote for municipal councils, com pared to 35 percent for the ruling National Liberation Front, and triumphed in 45 of 48 regional contests. Turnout was about 60 percent in the areas where the vote counting was complete. Several parties against the ruling party and the fundamentalists had urged a boy cott. Moderate governments from Egypt to Morocco ap peared reluctant to comment. But the Moroccan news paper A1 Bayane, usually close to government thinking, 02903802said democratic reform in Algeria had bene fited “a movement known for its authoritative and in tolerant leanings.” “The entire union of the Arab Maghreb is shaken by the way in which its central pivot, Algeria, has been ren dered fragile,” the paper said. The Maghreb consists of Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Mauritania. Islamic fundamentalism is prohibited in Libya and suppressed in Egypt, although the Moslem Brother hood holds seats in Egypt’s parliament. In Tunisia, the leader of the unauthorized Islamic Fundamentalist Party, Rachid Ghannounchi, said election “was a divine day, by the grace of God, \( will have consequences for the entire Maghreb.” Fundamentalist opposition leaders in Morocco corned the results. One newspaper, AI Alam, said election date, June 12, would stand as importantinc tional history as July 5, the day of independence France in 1962. Iran’s official Tehran Radio said Algeria’s volt “have given proof of the fact that the great forced o fron essor s unetee Center. June Emanci Abra lamatio wo yea Lark Mentor tended trong. “Hist strong . inforcei Sei A By JA Of The It’s forme studet nior ai live in and a The entire union of the Arab Maghre! is shaken by the way in which its central pivot, Algeria, has been rendered fragile 1 — AI Baya^ Moroccan newspa lam is a decisive factor in political life of all NorthJ can countries. “In this favorable terrain, Islam can spread quickly,” the radio of the government that camt power in a 1979 Islamic revolution announced. Thus far, Algerian officials have not replied dani’s demands that Parliament hold early natio 1 elections, nor to suggest ions that the ruling party nit propose to form a coalition with the fundamentalist Mohamed Belayat, a member of the ruling pat - political bureau, said on Algerian radio that the fuiM mentalist party “has not won the overall majorii'| gives itself at present.” This suggested that final results to be announ' next week might tilt the balance more toward then party. 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