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Page A14 The Battalion Monday, August 31,1 Reg MSC Barber Shop Serving All Aggies! Cuts and Styles haircuts starting at $6. Five operators to serve you Theresa-Ramona-Laura-Kelly-Yolanda Wendy-Troy- Hector 846-0629 Open Mon.-Fri. 8-5 Located in the basement of the Memorial Student Center "\ RESEARCH Skin Infection Study VIP Research is seeking individuals 12 years of age or older with Uncomplicated, skin and skin structure infections. If you have a skin infection, you may qualify for a four week research study using a currently available antibiotic medication. Participants who qualify and complete the study will be paid $200. Genital Herpes Study Individuals with genital herpes infection are being recruited for a 3 week research study of an investigational anti-viral medication. If you would like to find out more about this study, call VIP Research. $400 will he paid to qualified volunteers who enroll and complete this study. Anxiety Study Individuals are being recruited for a research study on Generalized Anxiety Disorder. If you experience anxiety or would like to find out more about this study, call VIP Research. $200 will be paid to qualified volunteers who enroll and complete this study. Amgina Study VIP Research is seeking individuals 10 years of age or older with angina. If you have physician diagnosed angina, you may qualify fqr a nine week research study using a currently available antiana in a medication. Participants who qualify and complete this study will be paid $600. CALL Volunteers in Pharmaceutical Research, Inc. 776-1417 DARRIN HILUThe Battalion Debi Lyn Hardaway, cleans the outside of Kinkc/s Copies on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Hardaway is manager of Kinko’s Copies and was cleaning the building to prepare for an inspection from the president of the company. Cease-fire brings Kabul back to life! Cction D THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's ravaged capital limped back to life Sunday, a day after forces of the interim Islamic government and a dissident guer rilla leader agreed to a truce. For nearly a month, the thun derous clap of incoming rebel rockets rattled the capital, killing an estimated 1,800 people, wounding thousands more and destroying hundreds of homes and shops. Perhaps a third of the city's 1.5 million citizens fled. The interim president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, took ad vantage of the lull Sunday to fly to Indonesia to attend a summit meeting of non-aligned nations, according to a Radio Afghanistan broadcast monitored by the British Broadcasting Corp. The conference begins Tuesday. Kabul's streets seemed almost normal again, but few people said they believed the cease-fire would hold between the rival l movements that ousted a 1 regime in April after a 14-yearci il war. Already the government? reporting sporadic clasheswl renegade Hezb-e-Islami troops] defense ministry spokesmans government soldiers andretJ forces dueled south of thecitylij Saturday, but the report coulds be independently confirmed. Within hours of signingtij peace pact, Hezb-e-Islami's(iil damentalist leader, Gulbuddl Hekmatyar, and Rabbani argue over terms of the agreement. Hekmatyar wants the 4-mon4 old government to expel a for® pro-Communist militia fromt capital, but the governmentsji the Uzbek militiamen from r .. ern Iraq have been absorbed in * f the army. Hekmatyar also wants eleefe within two months, but I ernment says the war-ravage country will not be ready forva ^ ing for at least a year. \ Abkhazian separatists battle Georgian troop THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thugs, neo-Nazis continue racist violence in Germany THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN - Rightist thugs burned down a tent city for refugees, rumbled with police and fired a bullet through an Albanian family's window as Germany. ' scufFerbroke'ouTTnd'90 people grappled again Sunday with ja rr clashes with police in the Baltic Sea city of Rostock in former East Germany. On Saturday, about 13,000 peo ple, including leftists, marched under tight security in Rostock to denounce the violence. Numerous surge of racist violence. Police agencies reported neo- Nazi attacks in at least eight cities, most of them in economically de pressed eastern Germany. The at tacks were a continuation of anti foreigner outbursts in 10 cities on Saturday. At least 26 people were arrest ed and a dozen injured on Sun day. Roughly 180 arrests were re ported during numerous con frontations the day before. The weekend of violence by young, right-wing radicals was inspired by five days of attacks last week on refugee homes and were arrested on weapons and other charges, but the demonstra tion did not escalate into the riot many had feared. The last seven days have been the most harrowing for foreigners in Germany in the past two years, when the rag-tag neo-Nazi move ment — comprised mostly of une ducated, apolitical young people — began systematically attacking Slavs, Africans, Arabs and Asians. The surge in violence has coin cided with a huge influx of refugees into Germany, which this year could double last year's record of 256,000 asylum-seekers. TBILISI, Georgia — Georgian troops and Abkhazian separatists battled near the Black Sea coastal city of Gagra oh Sunday, hours before a cease-fire was to take ef fect, reports said. A Georgian official said 10 Georgian soldiers died and 20 were wounded. Georgia sent troops into its Abkhazian region earlier this month to secure major communi cation routes and hunt for sup porters of Zviad Gamsakhprdia, who was ousted as president of the former Soviet republic in Jan uary. The Abkhazians are Muslims who control the rich autonomous area in western Georgia even though they are in the minority. They considered the Georgian government action an infringe ment on their proclaimed sover eignty and fought back. More than 100 people have died in the violence. During negotiations in the Russian resort of Sochi on Satur day, Georgian, Abkhazian and Russian officials agreed to begin a cease-fire Monday, stop all mili tary movements and exchanJ prisoners and hostages. According to Interfax, tk| agreement also stipulates! Georgian and Russian forces nil jointly guard railroads and otli key communication links in / hazian, which have been a I quent target for armed Gam sakhurdia supporters. Russian President Boris Yeltsq is scheduled to discuss the hazian crisis with Georgiai leader Eduard Shevardnadzeani Abkhazian parliament heai Vladislav Ardzinba in Moscot on Thursday. Abortion Defensive SW Louisi Continued from Page 1 It was one of the largei protests outside of the conventioi with organized groups sucha the Texas Abortion Rights Actioal League (TARAL), Women's Ac] tion Coalition (WAG), and! National Organization Women (NOW) that participate! in protests. Posters that read "Gooi enough for Dan, and George: Barbara. And good enough foil us" "Keep abortion legal" a" l, "George, what about Iraqi bies?" were a few of the numer-| ous protest signs. The WAC had one of th(| largest groups of protesters| whose members chanted ah played drums and whistles to g recognized and get their pro! choice message across. Women were not alone at til! protest. Many men were protestl ing, such as Gil Brown of Houi| "A very small minority of the Republican party has dictated the platform. It's j a platform that virtually none of the American people would agree with — especially on this particular issue." -Gil Brown, protest] SHOP DILLARD'S MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 10-9; SUNDAY 12-6; POST OAK MALL, HARVEY ROAD AT HIGHWAY 6 BYPASS, COLLEGE STATION. DILLARD'S AND ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS WELCOME. ton who carried a sign that read, "Pro-choice Catholic fatherol five." Brown said that even though the majority of Catholics in Hous ton advocate a strict anti-abortion position, he believes abortion is i personal issue for a woman, and! men and the government can not interfere in a woman's decision "Government has no busing dictating to a woman what sh’ can or cannot do with her body, he said. Brown also said he believes th Republican party based its plat; form on the views of only a fewtf its members. "A very small minority of tin Republican party has dictated fe platform. It's a platform that vit tually none of the American peo pie would agree with — especial ly on this particular issue." In a Public Opinion Strategic poll taken last January, 59 percent of Americans said they consider themselves pro-choice, and3: percent labeled themselves pro life. A poll taken in Marchb; CBS News and the New Yori Times found that 44 percent bf lieve abortions should be general ly available, 17 percent saidi'l should not be, and 37 percent said] it should be available with certain 1 restrictions.