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It says mercenaries city cen- are involved on both sides. ter while Dudayev said the jet attack o t h e r s was the latest sign that Russia sen a m - is arming and leading the oppo b 1 e d sition forces. o n t o “Here you see the situation bus e s . with your own eyes,” he told re S o m e porters minutes after the jets w e r e flew low over the city and anti- cry i ng, threatened to execute them if Russia did not claim them by Tuesday evening. Dudayev later said the Russians would be treated as prisoners of war. The deadline passed with no word on the prisoners’ fate. Yeltsin issued an ultimatum of his own Tuesday. He de manded that all prisoners be re leased and that both sides dis band their forces within 48 hours, or Russia would impose a state of e m e r - gency in the mostly Muslim republic of 1.2 — Col. Aslan Maskhadov, Chechnya million ... j people. miiitary commander “Any — ;— hope for the in- At the airport, four Tu-134 civil aircraft were destroyed and smoking on the tarmac. A few hundred yards away, two stor age tanks of jet fuel had been hit and were belching orange flames into the night sky. Ali Khasiev, head of airport security, said there were no ca sualties. As a plume of black smoke from the downed plane rose over Grozny, some residents pr : "We've already waited 300 years for our independence - today we are ready to fight." aircraft fire roared out. “You hear and have seen the plane go down.” Chechen officials claim to have shot down a Russian- made MiG fighter, one of four MiGs and four Su-27s that they said attacked the airport six miles north of the Chechen capital, Grozny. They also claimed to have shot down two helicopters. some carrying children. The latest opposition offen sive began last week with heli copter attacks on Grozny’s out skirts. Dudayev’s forces re pulsed the attacks Saturday in heavy fighting at his presiden tial palace. His government claimed to have captured about 70 Rus sians, including Army officers and soldiers, and on Sunday ternal settlement of the conflict inside Chechnya has been ex hausted,” Yeltsin said. “The sit uation poses an extreme danger to stability and peace in our so ciety, to the vital interests and 'national security of Russia.” Moscow has sent troops once before, in late 1991, to try to force Chechnya to abandon its independence, but pulled back in the face of popular resis tance. Since then, it has tained a heavy military ence nearby. Chechnya and other regij in the Caucasus put up fiei resistance to Russian impei encroachment in the 19th t tury, and continue to havi reputation in Russia ast tamed and criminal. Dudayev has warnedtt the conflict could sprei throughout Russia’s Caucasus “We’ve already waited I years for our independem and we’re prepared to waitin' ther — today we’re ready fight,” said Chechnya’s ml tary commander, Col. Asli Maskhadov, as he studied map in his operations room. On guard outside, Iran Oysaev, a veteran of the Afghi war who had a large bayon hanging from his belt anda assault rifle over his shouldti said: “We don’t want war,h they’re attacking our families our homes.” Chechnya’s foreign minis!? Yousef Shamsedin Yeltsin’s threats meant nothin Asked whether Dudayev hope to speak with Yeltsii Shamsedin replied: “You thiti he will pray to Yeltsin to tala back this ultimatum? Never.Hi is a Chechen.” Solutions to civil unrest in Zaire, Tanzania lead to violent GENEVA (AP) — Sending soldiers to restore order in Rwan dan refugee camps in Zaire and Tanzania probably will only lead to more violence, an official of the U.N. children’s fund said Tuesday. The comments by Nigel Fisher, UNICEF representative in Rwanda, contradicted a recommendation by U.N. Secretary-Gen eral Boutros Boutros-Ghali to send soldiers to the camps, which house more than 1 million refugees. The camps in Zaire and Tanzania are controlled by leaders of the defeated Rwandan government and by Hutu militiamen and soldiers, including those suspected of committing massacres in Rwanda. The solution to security problems in camps in Zaire and Tanzs nia is to convince refugees to go home — not to send in soldiers? police, Fisher said. “Either of those solutions will probably lead to violence,” lii said. UNICEF and other aid agencies think the Rwandan govern ment installed by victorious Tutsi-led rebels is “as good an option as there is going to be, and is worth supporting,” Fisher said. He rejected the view of the U.N. refugee agency that there wero systematic revenge killings in the country. Remedial Continued from Page 1 college classes in 1994-95 was $127 mil lion and in 1988-89 was $35 million. Gary Engelgau, executive director of admissions and records, said that an in crease in statewide requirements for the TASP may have contributed to the in crease in enrollment. “If students do not pass the test, they have to be given remediation,” Engelgau said. “That is what’s driven a lot of this. How ever, tfce real question is if the money for re mediation has gone up for this campus.” Engelgau said he does not believe stu dents have demonstrated an increased need for remediation classes. “The average standards or qualifica tions for the freshman class have been improving every year,” Engelgau said. “This includes test scores, such as the SAT and the ACT. The trend is up. All kids are improving to some degree.” Statewide, 46.2 percent of the money spent on remedial courses for 1994-95 was spent on teaching basic math skills, compared to 32.9 percent for writing and 20.9 percent for reading. At A&M, however, the numbers are different, Sturdivant said. The majority of students take remedi ation courses at A&M are taking writing courses, she said. This could possibly be because the ad missions criteria for A&M focuses more ot the math courses students have taken. “Also, we enroll a lot of students in ea gineering, business and science,” SW : vant said. "These require strong math bad grounds.” She said community colleges will see greater evidence of the increase in reme diation enrollment. “Most of the remedial education is at the two-year community colleges or insti tutions, not Texas A&M,” she said. 4.0 and GO Art 700 E. University Dr. Suite 108 Behind Golden Corral and Blockbuster Video Finals Schedule SAT 12/03 SUN 12/04 MON 12/05 TUE 12/06 WED 12/07 THR 12/08 ACCT 230 Test I & New Material ACCT 230 Test II & New Material 3-5 ACCT 230 Test I & New Mat. ACCT 230 Test I & II & New Mat. ACCT 230 Test II & New Mat. 11-2 MATH 152 New Mat. & Review 3-6 pm 5-7 BANA 303 Test I & New Mat. BANA 303 Test II & New Mat. 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