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I Serb forces launch offensive one day before peace talks THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegov- ina — Bosnian troops were rushed to western suburbs Thurs day as the Serbs opened a new of fensive that the U.N. commander characterized as an attempt to grab territory before peace talks open Friday. Sarajevo radio said Thursday night the Serbs used more than 20 tanks and armored personnel car riers in the drive, but claimed it was halted by Bosnian govern ment forces in the district of Stup outside the capital. It cited the Bosnian armed forces headquar ters as its source. No independent confirmation was possible. Bosnia's increasingly isolated government rejected a Serb pro posal to use the talks to start di viding the republic into ethnic re gions. Forces of the Muslim-led gov ernment poured into Stup and Azici after Serb rebels launched a fierce attack with tank guns, ar tillery and mortars on the western neighborhoods. The government forces had been pushed back into that area in recent fighting. Gen. Hussein Aly Abdel Razek, the Egyptian commander of U.N. forces in Bosnia, said the battles appeared to be an attempt to lay territorial claims. "They are going to the Geneva talks, and they are going with some cards in their pockets," he said. Although the fighting was esca lating, he said it was a "war of at trition" and that neither side had much chance of winning. Bosnian government defense headquarters were deserted be cause all available officers and troops rushed to reinforce the Stup and Azici fronts, where the fighting sent columns of thick black smoke into the sky. Although the battles were vir tually next-door to the airport, Abdel Razek announced that a U.N. relief plane would fly into Sarajevo as a test, and if it went well, aid flights to the capital could resume next week. He set no date for the flight. Humanitarian flights were halt ed on Sept. 3 when an Italian plane crashed on an aid mission. The Italian government has said in a preliminary report that the plane was hit by a heat-seeking missile, but it did not say which side launched the rocket. Abdel Razek said U.N. moni tors counted 420 rounds of shelling on Thursday — all from the Serb side — between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Other U.N. officers interviewed near Sarajevo said they had 11 Serb positions under observation and four government positions, and that the combat was intense. The spoke on condition of anonymity. The Bosnian government said Thursday that casualties in the previous 24 hours had been 31 dead and 198 wounded in the re public, including 10 dead and 60 wounded in Sarajevo. Fighting has claimed at least 10,000 lives since February, when the republic's Muslims and Croats voted for independence from Yu goslavia. Serbs, who make up one-third of the population, boy cotted the February referendum. With the backing of Serbia, the dominant force in the truncated Yugoslav federation, they started an armed rebellion that has cap tured two-thirds of Bosnian terri tory in six months of brutal war fare. So far, neither peace talks nor intense diplomatic and economic pressure on Serbia has succeeded in bringing the warring factions to heel. Come to Dillard’s, Saturday, September 19, 11:00-4:00 and register to win prizes totalling nearly $7,000! Dillard’s says “Welcome back Aggies!” with a special celebration. The fun goes live on KKYS-104.7FM with an in-store remote by radio personalities. And the excitement con tinues throughout the store with giveaways, special gifts with purchase and fun activities. $2,200 in cosmetics $200 in women’s apparel $2,400 in men’s apparel d $500 in junior fashions $400 in accessories $550 in women’s and men’s shoes $700 in home fashions Freeze modeling by students Informal modeling Representatives from leading makers Complimentary soft drinks Dillard’s SHOP DILLARD'S MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 10-9; SUNDAY 12-6; POST OAK MALL, HARVEY ROAD AT HIGHWAY 6 BYPASS, COLLEGE STATION. News Briefs Fischer wins third consecutive game THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SVETI STEFAN, Yugoslavia — Bobby Fischer pounced on yet another error by Boris Spassky on Wednesday to win a third consecutive game and take a 4-2 lead in their $5 mil lion chess rematch. Spassky, playing black, re signed on his 21st move in the shortest game of the series so far. American grandmaster Yas- sor Sairawan said a "horrible blunder’’ cost Spassky the game. soon as our contractual ot tions permit it.” Norway, Mexico and Eng- land are oil-producing nationsf outside of OPEC, Duran-Bate| said at a news conference.! •‘and it isn’t doing them an} w harm." lol. 92 Barreiro had said Thursday at the oil ministers meeting that Ecuador would not decide i November whether to remain a full member. Committee calls for ethics investigation the associated press Europeans wrestle financial problems the associated press LONDON — The currency crisis that pitched Europe into political and monetary turmoil widened Thursday, but central banks managed to keep order even as financial markets swung wildly. Among Thursday's currency developments: •Spain's peseta was deval ued by 5 percent. •Central banks bought French francs, Irish pounds and the Danish krone to support them against the mark. •Sweden announced it would maintain its astonishing 500 percent interest rate at least through Monday, to protect the krona from sell-offs by specula tors. •Greece raised its overnight interbank lending rate to 35 per cent from 28 percent to defend the drachma. WASHINGTON — A mem ber of the House Select Intel- qence Committee is calling fo an ethics investigation of Rep Nenry B. Gonzalez, who has been releasing classified infos- mation in speeches on the House floor. The action pits two Texas congressmen against each olh- er. .. _ Republican Rep. Larry Combest Thursday introduceda resolution requesting that the House ethics committee invest qate Gonzalez, a Democrat, for releasing information on the 0 U $h administration's pre-war relationship with Iraq. Congress votes to regulate cable TV THE associated press Ecuador considers plan to leave OPEC WASHINGTON - The House responded Thursday to consumer complaints about es calating cable television rates and indifferent service by voting to put the industry under gov ernment control. Rep. Edward Markey, D- Mass., sponsor of the bill that passed 280-128, called it the most important consumer legis lation Congress would face this year. President Bush said he vvould veto it because it "wi hurt Americans by imposing a wide array of costly, burden 4 Fifty-ni himsell THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 8 ome and unnecessary require ments on the cable industry.' QUITO, Ecuador — Presi dent Sixto Duran-Ballen an nounced Thursday night that Ecuador had decided to be come the first country to with draw from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Energy Minister Andres Bar reiro Vivas, currently at an OPEC meeting in Geneva, has been instructed to deliver a let ter to the OPEC leadership “in forming them that we are leav ing the organization but will re main as associates,” Duran- Ballen said. Barreiro said earlier Thurs day that Ecuador might be forced to leave OPEC because of the annual $2 million mem bership fee it must pay and the cartel’s refusal to raise Ecuador’s production quota from the current 320,000 bar rels per day. Barreiro said those condi tions were hurting the struggling Ecuadoran economy. Of the 13 nations in the three decades-old cartel, only Gabon produces less oil than Ecuador. Duran-Ballen said Ecuador’s withdrawal would take place “as The measure now goes to the Senate, which was expect ed to act on it next week. The cable industry hasag' gressively opposed the bill sup ported by such groups as the Consumer Federation of Ameri ca, the AFL-CI0 and the Ameri can Association of Retired Per- s sons. 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