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China bans electronic pets from schools
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BEIJING (AP) — Worried that a craze
over hand-held video games will distract
children from their studies, China has
banned electronic pets from schools, state-
run media reported today.
The State Education Commission is
sued the ban Wednesday, noting that the
games had already adversely affected
some students, the Xinhua News Agency
reported. Effective Sept. 1, the start of
the semester, the toys will be banned
from all schools, it said.
School officials will confiscate any
games they find, and students caught car
rying them to exams will have their test
scores canceled, it added.
The government also plans educational
activities to convince children of the disad
vantages of the electronic pets, which “die”
if not given constant attention.
Some schools in Thailand, the Philip
pines, Hong Kong and South Korea also have
banned the games for the same reason.
While the original Tamagotchi was an
electronic chicken, its wild success has led
Japanese toymaker Bandai to produce elec
tronic cats, dogs and dinosaurs as well.
The State Education Commission’s or
der prohibits sales people from marketing
the electronic pets or any other types of
video games or toys in schools, Xinhua said.
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Police in Stockholm
discount connection
between attacks, letters
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Police say claims of re
sponsibility for bombs at two Swedish stadiums apparently
did not come from the perpetrator.
But failure to catch the person threatening more attacks
has anxiety high a week before the decision is made on who
will host the 2004 Olympics.
The bombs — one Monday at New Ullevi Stadium in
Goteborg and one Aug. 8 at Stockholm’s old Olympic Stadi
um — are widely believed to be protests of the Swedish cap
ital’s bid for the game.
At least 10 arson fires, most against sports facilities, also
are believed by many to be related to the Olympics.
Two letters sent from Sweden to The Associated Press bu
reau in London claimed the bombs and fires were the work
of a shadowy extremist group called “We Who Built Sweden.”
Police say it is not clear if it exists as an organized group.
The latest letter, received Wednesday, threatened to turn
Stockholm into a “war zone” if the city wins next Friday’s vote
by the International Olympic Committee. Stockholm is one
of five finalists for the games.
“Our assessment is that in all likelihood this has nothing
to do with the fires or the explosions,” Stockholm police
spokesman Claes Cassell told the newspaper Dagens Ny-
heter for a story Thursday.
"These are racists who are seizing the chance to get their
confused thoughts publicized,” he said. The letters have in
cluded inflammatory racial terms.
The letters also have complained that hosting the
Olympics would be a waste of taxpayer money at a time of
declining social services and high unemployment.
Guard levels have been increased at major sports facili
ties throughout the country — including at the bomb-
scarred Olympic Stadium, where tens of thousands of peo
ple are to gather next Friday to await word on the IOC
decision.
Prime Minister Goeran Persson expressed confidence in
the police Wednesday despite their failure to solve the crimes.
But frustration clearly is high and only was aggravated by the
announcement that a key machine needed to analyze the
bomb residue was broken.
Officials also were dismayed that news of the attacks has
received wide attention overseas.
“A contact I have in Buenos Aires thinks the whole damn
city has blown up,” Mayor Mats Hulth was quoted as saying
in Thursday’s Aftonbladet newspaper.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, is one of Stockholm’s competi
tors for the games, along with Rome; Athens, Greece; and
Cape Town, South Africa.
Russia launches communications satelli
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian space
forces launched an American communi
cations satellite yesterday, sending it into
orbit on a Proton-K booster from the
Baikonur cosmodrome.
The rocket carrying the 3.6-ton satellite
blasted off before dawn today from the Cen
tral Asian launching site, Russian news agen
cies said, citing the space forces’ command.
The PASS satellite was construct^
the U.S. Hughes and the Swedish
icsson companies for the Americans
Sat company.
American PanAmSat plans to use
satellite for TV broadcasts to Latin
the Caribbean and some southern
of the United States, the Interfax
agency said.
Arafat praises lifting of Bethlehem siej
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Yasser
Arafat welcomed yesterday Israel’s lifting
of the monthlong siege of Bethlehem and
said Israel must now end its blockade of
the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
In Bethlehem, a Palestinian security of
ficial said two suspects have been arrest
ed in connection with a July 30 suicide
bombing by Islamic militants in a
Jerusalem market.
However, the report was later denied by
another Palestinian official. He said Pales
tinian police in Bethlehem have arrested
suspects in connection with a bomb fac
tory discovered in the area last month, but
said the detainees had no links to the
Jerusalem blast.
Israel’s closure was imposed after the
bombing and bars all Palestinians, includ
ing some 100,000 workers, from entering
Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne
tanyahu has said he would only ease the
travel ban once the Palestinians did more
to rein in the militants, particularly the
Hamas group that Israel blames for the
market bombing.
It was likely, however, that Israel would
ease the restrictions to improve the cli
mate before next month’s visit to the re-
SixJal
gion by U.S. Secretary of
Madeleine Albright.
In one conciliatory step. Israelliftf
monthlong siege of Bethlehem on
day. During that time, Bethlehem's60.
residents were barred from leaving
and many pilgrims could not visit the l|
cal birthplace of Jesus.
Israel had imposed thesiegeon
lehem amid suspicions that Hamasiii
terminds of the bombing were hi(
the city. The two bombers were r
identified.
The first Palestinian, a securityof
who spoke on condition of anonymity,
Palestinian police arrested twosuspeC
in the bombing in the past mkinBt
lehem. The information was passedoni
the Americans, who relayed it to the
raelis, he said.
Israel has said that even ifthebom!)
came from abroad, they were likely W
by Hamas activists in the West Bank.
Asked yesterday about the liftingoft
Bethlehem siege, Arafat said: TsagP ' ^
step, but it is not enough.” 0 , j
The Palestinian leader, whotouredal ^ 1
bron factory today, complained
overall closure constituted collective!!
ishment of the Palestinians.
Mexican stocks post second sharpest fa
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican stocks
posted their second sharpest fa)) this year
as investors rejected the local stock mar
ket, which fell below an important resis
tance level amid Wall Street losses and
growing concern over emerging markets.
The market’s key )PC index closed down
123.50 points or 2.5 percent to 4,789.33
points. At the end of 1996, the IPO stood
at 3,361.03.
Volume totaled 1.54 billion pesos on
75.5 million shares traded.
The Dow Jones Industrial A
Wall Street, meanwhile, slipped 12(1
cent to 7,694.43 points.
Traders said in Thursday's session,
important technical level of 4,800po*J| ut
was broken.
Trader blamed the IPC’s tumbled
cern about emerging markets,
sharpest fall this year was July 21,^
the IPO fell 2.8 percent to 4,590.22F
amid nervousness over Brazil and Asiaf' 1
rency concerns.
Brazos Valley
Symphony Orchestra
1997-1998 Concert Season
Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director
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Attention All Texas A&.M University Students
The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra will
audition musicians for the following instruments:
French Horn Clarinet
Trumpet Oboe
Trombone Flute
Bassoon ^ Percussion
and All Strings
Auditions will be held on:
Tuesday, September 2, 1997
7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Room 402, Academic Building
Audition Requirements: The appli
cant will be asked to perform two works
of bis or her choice, as well as sight read
an orchestral excerpt.
NOTE: Credit information: (Muse 286- Symphony
Orchestra) can be applied towards fulfilling the require
ments for Music Minor, or as 1 hour of general electives.
For information please contact:
Penny Zent, Orchestra Committee Chair
p-zent@tamu.edu (409) 845-5670
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