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A cease-fire in effect across Bosnia since Sunday was in dan ger of collapsing. Two of the victims were chil dren who were trampled to death in the "mad rush and stampede" to board the U.N. convoy, which evacuated more than 2,000 peo ple to Tuzla. Four other people died en route, and the 14 trucks were so crammed with refugees that a young, blond-haired boy fell off during the journey. The Muslim boy ran after a truck, sobbing, until a Bosnian Serb soldier, Maj. Vlada Dakic, boosted him aboard. Bosnian President Alija Izetbe- govic said he signed an interna tional peace agreement last week in New York because the costs of continued fighting were too great. "If we'd chosen the war op tion, there would be enormous suffering and casualties for an ex tended period of time/' he said at a news conference. "We weren't sure we could win the military victory." : y ■ Panic gripped thousands of Muslims trapped by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica, 45 miles southeast of Tuzla, representa tives of the U.N. High Commis sioner for Refugees said. Some of the refugees have been on the run from Serb forces for almost a year, UNHCR representative Lyn- dall Sachs said the Muslims' des peration to escape boiled over with the arrival late Tuesday of a relief convoy that stayed overnight to ferry refugees out. "There was a mad rush and stampede onto the trucks," she said in Belgrade. The refugees in Wednesday's convoy joined some 2,346 who fled on 19 trucks Monday. Bosnian radio said Srebrenica authorities halted further truck evacuations because of the wide spread chaos. Srebrenica is jammed with tens of thousands of refugees, many living in snow-covered streets and dependent on air drops for food. Three convoys have reached the town in the past 12 days, but the Serbs had blocked other aid since Dec. 10. Security Council authorizes NATO to shoot down aircraft THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS - The Security Council increased inter national pressure on Bosnia's Serbs on Wednesday by authoriz ing NATO warplanes to shoot down aircraft that violate a ban on flights over Bosnia. But the council bowed to the demands of Russia, a longtime Serb ally, and ruled out the pre emptive bombing of Serb air fields as part of the long-delayed enforcement measure, diplomats said. The resolution, which is a symbolic victory for Bosnia's Muslims, was supported by 14 of the 15 nations on the council. China abstained. With the resolution, the inter national community hopes to pressure Bosnian Serbs to sign a peace agreement already ap proved by Bosnia's Croats and the Muslim government. In another development, the United States apparently per suaded its allies on the council not to endorse or approve the peace plan, apparently because Washington wants to retain some flexibility should the plan fall through. Enforcement of the no-flight ban, enacted in October to pro tect Bosnia's Muslims, hasHittle military significance because al most ail the attacks on the Mus lims have been by ground troops, not Serb warplanes. But symbolically, it has been promoted by Muslim states and other countries as a display of in ternational support for Bosnian Muslims and outrage against Bosnian Serbs. Lord Owen, one of the authors of the peace plan, said before the resolution was passed: "I don't think (the ban does) a lot but I think it's important to go ahead and do it and I think it makes it clear that you can't flout Security Council resolutions." The outgunned Bosnian gov ernment and Muslim states are lobbying for the more militarily significant step of lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia. So far, the no-fly zone has been violated 465 times, mostly by non-military flights, U.N. offi cials say. But recently, small planes attacked Muslim villages in eastern Bosnia and then fled toward Serb-dominated Yu goslavia. The Chinese representative on the Security Council, Chen Jian, explained m a speech that his government abstained because it opposes the use of force to ensure compliance with the flight ban. Earlier, Russia was a holdout, delaying adoption of the resolu tion three times last week for fear that Yeltsin would be hurt politi cally by endorsing new punitive measures against Serbia. Russian nationalist hard-liners who came close to ousting Yeltsin last week don't want to further punish the Serbs, long time allies of Moscow and fellow Slavs. Because of the concession to Moscow, NATO warplanes will be allowed only to shoot down Serb planes already in the air over Bosnia, and will not be al lowed to bomb airfields to pre vent Serb aircraft from taking off, diplomats said. Actor Brandon Lee dies during filming VMA Information Systems ^IMPACT One-Call Information Hotline 774-1222 Time and Temperature 1555 Real Estate 8001 Sports 3000 Financial 6001 Horoscopes 4000 Entertainment 9001 Medical/Dental 2000 Simplicity! 1. Dial Number 2. Enter 4-digit Code 3. Become Informed! COUPON SAVE $32 On Routine Cleaning, X-Rays and Exam (Regularly $76, With Coupon $44) Payment must be made at time of service. 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Volunteers in Pharmaceutical Research, Inc. 776-1417 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WILMINGTON, N.C. - Actor Brandon Lee, son of the martial arts movies legend who died at age 32, was hit by a projectile and killed Wednesday in an accident on the set of the movie he was starring in. Lee, who was 27, was struck in the abdomen when a gun rigged to shoot blanks fired the object. He died at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where he had undergone surgery. The actor was starring in "The Crow," an action-adventure film based on an adult comic book of the same name. He was playing a rock star who is murdered by a gang then comes back to life with supernatural powers to avenge his death and reunite with his fiancee. Executive Producer Bob Rosen said the accident happened during the filming of a flashback scene. Lee was standing about 20 feet from the gun when it was fired. Lee's father, Bruce, died in 1973. Police were investigating Wednesday's shooting, though they classified it as accidental. "After doing incredibly difficult stunts on this movie, we were doing something incredibly simple," Rosen said. "It was not really in any way what one would think of as a darigerous scene." "We were doing something incredibly simple ... It was not really in any way what one would think of as a dangerous scene." -Bob Rosen, producer When a blank is fired, a piece of soft wadding normally comes out of the gun, not a projectile, Rosen said. "I've never heard of anything like this before. I don't know how it got in there," he said. Filming in Wilmington began Feb. 1 and was to conclude next week. A series of mishaps have marred production since the first day, when a worker touched a high-voltage wire on a studio back lot. He remains hospitalized. The magazine Entertainment Weekly reported in its April 2 issue that other problems have occurred during the eight weeks of production: a disgruntled employee drove a car through the studio's plaster shop; a construction worker slipped and drove a screwdriver through his hand; a storm damaged sets; and a publicist was injured in a minor car accident. Brandon Lee was 8 when his father died. Though the cause was listed as a brain edema, or swelling of the brain, the coroner described it as "death by misadventure" and rumors circulated that drugs or other factors caused his death. Brandon Lee was born in Oakland, Calif., and moved to Hong Kong with his parents when he was 6. Besides a series of martial arts movies, most filmed in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee also appeared in segments of the "Batman" television series and starred as Kato in "The Green Hornet" Freighter failed to save Titanic, inquiry says THE ASSOCIATED tSS LONDON - A nearby freighter failed to go to the res cue of the sinking Titanic part ly because of an officer's neu rotic fear of his domineering and overcautious captain, ac cording to a book published Wednesday. An inquiry concluded that the British steamer Californian might have saved all the vic tims and faulted Capt. Stanley Lord for not responding to the Titantic's signal rockets. Lord's family and supporters have ar gued he was made a scapegoat for the liner's owner not pro- vidim contends the Californian's sec ond officer, Herbert Stone, re alized the rockets were distress signals. But Stone, who had fled a domineering father at age 16, was too afraid of the overbearing and aloof Lord to go below to insist that action Betaken, the book says. : "A normal man of average character would have disre garded Lord's order . . . and In stantly have gone himself. He would indeed have 'pulled' Lord out," wrote the nook's author, Leslie Reade, a British lawyer who died in 1989. FBI investigates sixth Trade Center suspect McBRIDE & THE RIDE Tickets $10 Advance General Adnission $12 Day of Show Admission $14 Reserved Seals (Limited) Saturday April 3, 1993 9 p.m. Top Hits Include: Can I Count On You • Sacred Ground Going Out Of My Mind • Just One Night ******************** AVAILABLE AT: Dan’s Market - Brenhani Lone Star Stereo - Brenhani Court’s Western Wear - Bryan/C. Sla. 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A sixth suspect, 42-year-old Ibrahim Elgabronwy, is being held without bail but is charged only with obstructing justice after a fight with two FBI agents exe cuting a search warrant. In a statement, prosecutors said a warrant had been issued for the arrest of Yousef, 25, who once lived at the same Jersey City residence as Salameh. No other information was pro vided about him. Salameh lived with a group of about seven fel low Muslims in two spartan apartments in Jersey City. Salameh, Ayyad, Abohalima and Alkaisi, all from the Middle East, are being held without bail. Abohalima's attorney, Jesse Berman, said he had never before heard the name of the latest sus pect. The lunchtime blast at the world's second-tallest buildings killed a six people, injured more than 1,000 and inflicted $500 mil lion in damages. Salameh was arrested after au thorities linked him to a rental van and he returned to the rental company to haggle over a $400 deposit. Ayyad, a chemical engineer, was arrested a short time later at his home. Abohalima was arrest ed at his family's home in Egypt. His brother said he left the country shortly after Salameh's arrest. Alkaisi surrendered for ques tioning and was charged in the bombing several hours later. All have denied involvement in the bombing. Earlier Wednesday, an office printer belonging to Ayyad was seized by authorities investigat ing a letter claiming responsibility for the attack, officials said. The letter was sent to The New York Times within days of the blast. Our PRICE SMASHERS represent such exceptional buys that they deserve your special attention. Oshman's is able to offer PRICE SMASHERS because of special pricing from a supplier, we are overstocked, the model is changing, or just to create some extra excitement. 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