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Page 6 • Monday, June 14, 1999 News The! Keeping the peace A sampling of Americans serving as peacekeepers abroad, either under U.N. authorization or other mandates: Germany Japan South Korea Saudi Arabia Bosnia Southern Turkey 70,000 40,000 37,000 (up to) 25,000 5,900 1,000 Sinai Desert, Egypt Ecuador-Peru Western Sahara 900 21 15 East Timor Macedonia Western Europe East Asia Kosovo Panama Haiti Cuba (prospective) 33 587 (being phased out) (approx.) 100,000 (approx.) 100,000 7,000 (under) 4,000 450 1,000 Peacekeeping troops enter Kosot Source: AP research AP PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) — Serb troops burned houses within sight of Western troops Sunday and British sol diers shot dead a Serb police officer as peacekeepers tried to contain new vio lence in Kosovo. Russian troops, mean while, blocked reinforcements for a small British unit uneasily coexisting with a Russian force dominating Pristi na airport. Overall, NATO’s objectives are being met. Serb troops are withdrawing on or ahead of schedule, and peacekeeping units, including the first American com bat troops, were fanning out across the province as planned. But some Serb forces, not due to de part for a few days, prevented NATO soldiers from reaching burning houses in an ethnic Albanian suburb of Pristi na, Kosovo’s capital. And in Prizren, the province’s second-largest city, Ger man troops had to separate departing Serbs and ethnic Albanians seekihg re venge. In the first reported fatality of the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, British paratroopers shot and killed a Yugoslav police reservist Sunday after the man fired a pistol at a NATO patrol, the alliance said. About 100 to 150 U.S. Army troops in armored vehicles crossed into Koso vo at Blace, Macedonia in the first sig nificant U.S. force to join 5,000 NATO peacekeepers already in the province. A convoy of about 1,200 Marines halted on the border late Sunday before entering Kosovo from Macedonia. Troops are to enter the southern Yu goslav province at first light today. In Pristina, British troops in ar mored personnel carriers failed after several attempts to circumvent road blocks set up by Serbs near the suburb of Sofali. Reporters following troops saw seven or eight houses burning in the predominantly ethnic Albanian neighborhood. Even after suspected Serb snipers left the scene, there was concern about mines on the road leading to the hous es. It was unclear why the structures were being set ablaze, but there have been frequent reports of Serb forces set ting ethnic Albanian houses afire as they retreat ahead of advancing NATO troops. “We have the authority to go in, but we don’t want to fight our way in,” Lt. Damien Walker said. “We want to do it peacefully. ” Under the agreement reached be tween Yugoslavia and NATO, Yugoslav troops and Serb paramilitaries are to withdraw from Kosovo over a period of 11 days. The alliance said as of late Fri day, about 10,000 Serb personnel had left the province. A NATO statement said the fatal shooting of the Yugoslav police re servist occurred about 5 p.m. in Pristi na. After the shot was fired, troops gave the man six warnings to drop the pistol and when he refused, the paratroopers NATO fights for control ofPrk PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) — Crouched in knee-high yellow grass, a NATO soldier peered through field glass es as Serb troops torched another house in the valley below, sending plumes of white smoke skyward. “Keep down — they’re watching us too,” he said grimly. “Through their rifle scopes. ” On Sunday, the first full day of the NATO troops’ deployment in Kosovo’s capital of Pristina, departing Serb troops remained a menacing presence, burning ethnic Albanians’ houses or brazenly looting them, hemming in NATO troops with roadblocks, jeering and cursing as British armor fanned out around the city. The crack of rifle fire was often heard. NATO is well aware that despite a joy ous welcome from the city’s ethnic Alba nians, Pristina — which was one-fifth Serb before the war — is highly hostile territory for them. So alliance troops here — all British, so far — are taking precautions. Their light vehicles travel only in^ three or four; one alone wouicpjl dangerous, they say. NATO ha; 4 begun night patrols for the same; I; Under the agreement readt tween Yugoslavia and NATO,: troops and Serb paramilitarie; withdraw from Kosovo overap 11 days. The alliance saidasof day, about 10,000 Serb personne: the province. Sunday brought the first British troops shot dead a Serbia cial police reservist after he firec at a patrol, NATO said. In another tense standoff, NATY) armored vehicles tried to fati, a predominantly ethnic suburb just east of Pristina, to troops who were burning hou Serb soldiers turned them bad roadblock and cut off accessali road by blocking it crosswise v cars that the British suspected booby-trapped. opened fire, killing him, the NATO statement said. The private Yugoslav news agency Beta, said the man, Veselin Jovovic, was trying to unlock his car when he was ordered to stop and raise his hands. When he refused, NATO troops opened fire. Beta said. In Prizren, German peace;: forces got an early and unsettle of the city’s ethnic tension; basking in the welcomingcher flower-bearing crowd, they: break up an angry confront; ethnic Albanian residents and: ing Serb militiamen. Starr to continue work despite 2000 elections WASHINGTON (AP) — Prose cutor Kenneth Starr said Sunday he has no choice but to keep investi gating the Clintons, a course that could collide with the 2000 presi dential election campaign and a possible Senate run by the first lady. Starr said he regards the coming criminal trial of Clinton friend Web ster Hubbell — based on an indict ment which refers 36 times to Hillary Rodham Clinton — as an important step in the investigation. “We’re looking forward to a tri al this summer, that’s what we’re preparing for right now,” Starr said on “Fox News Sunday.” Also Sunday, The Washington Post reported in a book excerpt that President Clinton’s lawyer, Robert Bennett, was suspicious of Clin ton’s denials of extramarital rela tionships and warned him bluntly to tell the truth in the Paula Jones case or “your political enemies will eat you alive. ” Starr said his investigation un avoidably has been prolonged be cause he has run into incomplete cooperation in many instances. “For my part, I just wish we had had full cooperation from the out set” Starr said. The Clinton White House has gone to court to challenge Starr on many aspects of his nearly five- year investigation. In addition, Hubbell and other witnesses have not provided Starr with answers to key questions he is investigating, such as the role of the First Lady. “We recognize that we need to move forward promptly, [but] some things are entirely out of my control.” KENNETH STARR Also, witnesses such as Clinton Whitewater partner Susan McDou- gal refused to testify to a grand jury in 1996 and 1998. Jurors dead locked at McDougal’s recent ob struction and contempt trial, and Starr has abandoned the case against her. “We recognize that we need to move forward promptly,” Starr said, but “some things are entirely out of my control.” Asked whether Mrs. Clinton’s possible Senate bid from New York was affecting his office’s decision making, Starr said, “We strive mightily while providing public in formation, public education, to di vorce our decisions from politics whatsoever. ” Starr said he ultimately will file a final report on his investigation, as mandated by the independent coun sel statute expiring this month. “We have made no decisions with respect to the specific contents of the report,” he said. Starr’s office will prosecute Hubbell in federal court starting Aug. 9 on charges of concealing his and Mrs. Clinton’s legal work on a fraudulent Arkansas land deal. The 1,050-acre development called Cas tle Grande contributed to the fi nancial collapse of the S&L owned by the Clintons’ Whitewater part ners. The work Hubbell and Hillary Clinton did on the project was not revealed until Clinton’s billing records turned up in the White House family residence in 1996 under still-unexplained circum stances. Prosecutors had been looking for the documents since 1994. The case could be postponed further if Hubbell seeks court ap peals on legal issues. TWA, union reach agreema NEW YORK (AP) — TVans World Airlines reached a tentative agreement Sunday on new contract pro posals with the union representing its flight attendants, mechanics and other workers after the airline’s previ ous “last, best” offer appeared doomed to fail. The International Association of Machinists (IAM) said it would cancel the rank-and-file voting which be gan last week and present the new contract offer to its 16,000 TWA members. It agreed there would be no work stoppages during the monthlong ratification process. “The IAM will recommend to our members that they vote ‘yes’ on ratification of these revised propos als, which represent a significant improvement over previous contract offers from TWA,” union official William O’Driscoll said in a statement. TWA chief executive Bill Compton said employees “deserve the increases in this contract,” calling the deal fair and one the company can afford. Details of the new pact will be released TUesday in Kansas City, where the union is based. Workers will begin voting on it on Wednesday. On May 28, TWA presented what it desafe “last, best offer,” and the rank-and-filehadK ing on it even though it did not have the ap?' union leaders. The new deal nullifies the pre, and those earlier votes. The airline’s previous offer received little: Union members had also cast ballots on vvhett: prove limited strikes targeting key flightsd; Fourth of July weekend, typically one of tfr busiest weekends for airlines. TWA suffered last year when baggagehaa 1 chanics and ramp workers briefly walkedcii. effectively shutting down the airline’s Airport in St. Louis. The union is seeking payback for years:* airline acknowledges were subpar wagess* benefits and retirement plans. TWA hasn’t turned a profit in 10years.In airline lost almost $5 per paying passenger.:: 1,000 miles. Since 1989, St. Louis-basedTve more than $2 billion. Experts brace for virus mu 11 TR'E'E SHOW msc town hall PRESENTS: ' is '- v W^<$ m ■ v pick up jjd^ ^ ^ PASSES AT THE /OUR FREE ■■H—'' - X MSC BOX OFFICE 845-1234 Persons with disabilities, please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities. 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