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Local Radio News from the newsroom of campus and community news 8:04 a.m. Monday through Friday during NPR Morning Edition on KAMU-FM 90.9 College Station / Bryan Now on The Battalion’s web page A 24-hour, multimedia news service for the Internet from The Associated Press • A comprehensive, up-to-the-minute news report combining the latest AP stories with photos, graphics, sound and video. - Headlines and bulletins delivered as soon as news breaks. http://bat-web.tamu.edu The Battalion ORLD Thursday •June 19, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot surrenders* Former comrades will request judgement * by international tribune, general says Pol Pot surrenders PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Pol Pot, the revolutionary who turned Cambodia’s lush country side into a vast death camp, has surrendered to defectors from his fast-disintegrating Khmer Rouge movement, a top army general said Wednesday. Now 69 and said to be seriously ill, the man blamed for leading the slaughter of as many two million people has not been seen by the outside world since he and his fol lowers fled the capital in 1979. A ragged handful of followers surren dered with him. “This evening, Pol Pot surren dered with 15 people,” Gen. Nhek Bunchhay, deputy army chief of staff, told The Associated Press. The general said that Pol Pot’s for mer comrades, reportedly closing in on him during the past week, will ask an international tribunal to judge Pol Pot for running one of history’s most vicious regimes. Remnants of his genocidal rule are found in the mounds of skulls still being unearthed all over Cambodia. The 1984 film The Killing Fields spread the story of the terror inflict ed during his Maoist-inspired regime’s frenzied bid to create an agrarian utopia. The general said Pol Pot gave him self up in the Khmer Rouge northern stronghold of AnlongVeng. With him were Khieu Samphan, the Khmer Rouge’s figurehead president, andTa Mok, a general known as “The Butch er” for his brutality, he said. Nhek Bunchhay is the govern ment’s chief negotiator with the Khmer Rouge. However, his reports occasionally Pol Pot have fallen through or ap peared distorted for partisan po litical advantage. A clandestine Khmer Rouge ra dio broadcast hinted at the sur render, and Nhek Bunchhay said he con firmed it during a visit to the area. * The radio’s unexplained report that Pol Pot had “confessed” appeared to lend credibility to the general’s claim. In a notable toning-down of the guerrillas’ usual anti-Vietnamese rhetoric, recent radio announce ments have spoken of living in peace with neighboring countries. But the station had been off the air since Fri day, and it was impossible to know who is behind the microphone. Pol Pot reportedly fled his north ern stronghold of Anlong Veng last week with a small band of loyalists. It was not certain, however, whether everyone traveling with him was do ing so voluntarily; some may have been hostages. The general flew to AnlongVeng earlier in the day to cement the de fections of about 1,000 guerrillas, whom the radio suggested had taken Pol Pot into custody. Nhek Bunchhay indicated that Pol Pot may have been forced to surren der because he had run out of food and medicine. The general said Pol Pot’s wife surrendered with him. Pol Pot is believed to have married in 1986 or 1987 to a woman known only as Sar. Some officials in Cambodia’s di vided government have said that Pol Pot was so sick he had to be carried from Anlong Veng. He supposedly has been fighting malaria, though there was no independent confirma tion. Onlymembers of his tight, in ner circle have reported seeing him in the past year; leading to occasion al rumors of his death. The Khmer Rouge has been mar ginalized since at least 1991, when it joined all Cambodian factions a peace agreement. They soon re neged and returned to the bush in 1992. Since then, bereft of foreign al lies, plagued by local commanders’ defections and unable to mount any military offensive, the Khmer Rouge has been able to hold on only to lim ited, rugged jungle areas. Reports of Pol Pot’s surrender came late Wednesday evening. There was little immediate reac tion in the capital, which was tense following a Tuesday night shoot-out between supporters of the nation’s rival co-premiers. Both sides claimed the fight start- Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot, surrendered to his former Khmer Rouge comrades. The guerrillas plan to hold him for judgement by an international tribunal for his role in the genocidal regime he led between 1975 and 1979. Khmer Rouge facts # Khmer Rouge guerrillas captured Phnom Penh in 1975 after a 5-year civil war. THAILAND Last area of rebel control > T LAOS Phnom Penh and other towns were forcibly evacuated. Cambodians were forced into rural communes to build a collective, agrarian society. Anlong Vciij> Mekong i River At least 2 million people died during the Khmer’s rule. Mass death occurred through starvation, disease and overwork. They killed anyone with an education, including doctors. Thousands were executed in internal purges. Vietnam invaded Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge regime fell in 1979. Preah Vihear Promt VIETNAt Cull of I'liailtinil CHINA The Khmer Rouge began disintegrating in 1996. In the early months of 1997, government troops targeted remaining guerrillas in their stronghold of Preah Vihear Province. Soni Clm Sut '. I I 50ra 50kra 1 ed with an assassination attempt by the other. Their coalition govern ment has been unstable since the United Nations pieced it together in 1993 after years of civil war. Tension between Cambodia’s two premiers — Prince Norodom Ra nariddh and Hun Sen — has height ened since tlie Khmer Rouge collapse. Hun Sen accuses the prince of illegal ly negotiating with guen illa leaders. Though the Khmer Rouge is weak, both sides in Cambodia’s polaii government coalition want to| supporters — and their weapon from among the group’s estimi 10,000 guerrillas. Pol Pot madei difficult. Cambodians, taught for ye ™ to hate him, and the internatio community likely would notsi port any deal with the Khn as 1 Rouge that would include orp tect him. : I U.S. Embassy closes; more fighting feared BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Brazzaville residents took advantage of a lull in fighting Wednesday to prepare to flee the capital, while a U.N. envoy tried to avert renewed violence. For the first time in days, residents heard no gunshots or mortar explo sions, thanks to a three-day cease-fire that began at midnight Tuesday. Chil dren returned to the streets to play, while their parents hurriedly packed their belongings to be ready when the cease-fire expires. U.N. envoy Mohamed Sahnoun, hoping to broker a lasting peace, held separate talks in Brazzaville with the leaders of the two factions struggling for power: President Pascal Lissouba and former dictator Gen. Denis Sas- sou-Nguesso. Signs were not encouraging. Lissou ba emerged from his meeting with Sah noun saying his government had sole power over Brazzaville’s airport, even though the truce stipulates it is to be monitored by both government soldiers and Sassou-Nguesso’s fighters. “We have on the one hand this young democracy which wants to live,” Lis souba said. “On the other side, I do not know what they want.” Sassou-Nguesso called Wednesday for an independent “transitional au thority” to pave the way for elections. “President Lissouba has never applied the constitution. We know he cannot or ganize elections,” Sassou-Nguesso said. Brazzaville Mayor Bernard Kolelas, who has led mediation efforts, also met Sahnoun on Wednesday. He said peace talks broke down this week in neigh boring Gabon, apparently over Sassou- Nguesso’s demands for international observers to form part of an indepen dent election commission. Lissouba insisted Sassou-Nguesso stick to an earlier agreement under which an all-Congolese body would oversee the vote, scheduled for July 27 but likely to be delayed because of the fighting. Lissouba, Sassou-Nguesso and Kolelas all are running for president, and all have private militias in the cap ital. Kolelas has not joined the fighting. JUNETEENTH Continued from Page 1 Michael Stewart, president of the Pan-Hellenj Council and a senior mechanical engineering m jor, said he was surprised more black students we not at the event. “It’s summer at A&M and there are 15,000 students! cc If you aren’t working for the struggle, then what are you doing? >55 Michael Stewart Pan-Hellenic Council president HUD Highway Continued from Page 1 The Northgate renovations were planned in 1995, and tlie city purchased buildings in the Northgate area, including the building where Burger Boy is located. The city contends that the College Main project and the Northgate project are separate. Mcllhaney said HUD in Washington should not consider the two projects one federal project. “It was taken to Washington and the people in Washington are saying, ‘Hey, you had a project near this area four years ago, so they are the same project,”’ Mcllhaney said. “This dilemma is that if a city uses federal funds for street funds, then Wash ington can say, ‘You used federal funds for this project (College Main) so you are under URA for this [Northgate] project.’” Mcllhaney said that the city is aware of URA regula tions and the city never doubted it was complying with URA regulations. The city will address HUD’s decision at tonight’s city coun cil meeting. Continued from Page 1 “I am glad our legislature did something to recognize the veterans who served in the Korean War,” Ve lasquez said. “It’s terrible, so this will do something for them.” Velasquez, a Vietnam War vet eran who acts as the commander ofVFWPost 4692 in representing all veterans, said he intends to improve the image of veterans in the Bryan-College Station area by working with the local govern ment to erect memorials. Larry Vaughn, a Korean War vet eran, said he feels honored by the state’s naming the highway after Korean veterans. “It’s about... time the state hon ored Korean veterans with some thing,” Vaughn said. “I just wish it was with money.” The Texas Department of Transportation will mark the highway with two large signs. Markers recognizing the veterans will be placed along the highway at intermediate sites. The Texas Legislature in the 68th session declared U.S. High way 83 the Texas Vietnam Veter ans’ Memorial Highway. State Highway 71 has been designated the 10th Mountain Division Memorial Highway, and State Highway 36 is named the 36th Di vision Memorial Highway. Action should begin on the high way by the end of this month. campus,” Stewart said, “yet 1 look around this roomai I don’t see many people. I see a lot of [black] students parties, yet I don’t see them at this event.” Stewart said many people complain abouttheeffec of Hopwood and the oppression of African-American [j, yet many do nothing about these issues. “If you aren’t working for the struggle, then what ar you doing?” Stewart asked. (I Juneteenth is a day of celebration for success becaus ilei of work, Stewart said. I m In 1980, the Texas legislature made Juneteenthapa official state holiday. Juneteenth, also known Ye| Emancipation Day, was the first state-recognizedho oo iday celebrating black freedom. OnApril 17,1997,tl taj United States Congress decreed June 19th Juneteen sd Independence Day by a resolution passed in ll I) House and the Senate. Jeffery Bailey, president of the Brazos Valley Juneteeilro Committee, said most public celebrations of Juneteei (i e take place on the weekend before the holiday to aJ greater participation in years when June 19th fallso weekday. Many families will celebrate Juneteenth» barbecues and family gatherings, he said. COMPUTER REPAIR & SUPPORT College Station Facility UCS continues to grow with more than 2000 clients nationwide. We sell and support powerful systems including PC’s, CRT’s, printers, modems, controllers, mainframes, and many other devices. Current open positions require formal electronics training and an interest in the computer industry. 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