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They're coming! Are you These dance favorites aren't the only shows on our 1999-2000 roster. JULIET ^ Ballet ThMfr** de I OofSra de Bordeaux f MSC <v CO 0> •‘OPAS- 2 9 _ 20^ SPIRIT of: i C>AKICe Page 6 • Wednesday, June 16, 1999 N EWS The new Cold Wa Recent clashes recall battles with Easternl 1 WASHINGTON (AP) — Imagine Russian soldiers in a military stand off with NATO troops on a Euro pean airfield. Consider the United States hitting a Chinese diplomatic mission with a missile. Add in a naval gunfire between North and South Korea, and sometimes it is hard to remember the Cold War is continue to depict the May 7 bomb ing, which killed three Chinese journalists, as deliberate and provocative. Season Media Partners: tq*^92J over. U.S. policy-makers are sudden ly confronted with far larger secu rity issues than those initially at stake in Kosovo. “I don’t think we need to exag gerate this problem,” Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said of the standoff between NATO and 200 Russian troops at the airport in Pristina, Kosovo’s provincial capi tal. But as she and Defense Secre tary William Cohen prepared to go to Helsinki, Finland, to meet with their Russian counterparts to try and sort out Moscow’s peacekeep ing role, analysts and military ex perts suggested the airport situa tion was fraught with the danger of escalation. In China, meanwhile. Undersec retary of State Thomas Pickering was trying to explain NATO’s bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. Chinese officials “The fact is we still live in a divided world, and China and Russia often have different interests from those in the West. ,, — Tony Cordesman Center for Strategic and International Studies While NATO’s air campaign achieved the stated goal of forcing a Serb withdrawal from Kosovo, it also rekindled Cold War tensions. “The fact is we still live in a di vided world,” Tony Cordesman, a foreign policy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said, “and China and Rus sia often have different interests from those of the West.” Cordesman sees a fundamental difference between tod;• years of nuclear conk tween a massive Soviet and the West. Still, he “very dangerous for Ar believe the diplomat!; that minimizes present;. U.S. officials Tuesda that they expected thesk Russia to be eased. Moser en "assurances at a varif it will not add to the 200s:;; airport in Pristina, State[■ spokesperson James Rub; | Western observers; | sure whether the refe troops to leave the airp: chestrated by Russia: • Boris Yeltsin — or wask| depen dent-minded gere “I’m not sure YeltsirJ control of the military,'! Weldon, R-Pa., chair of J sional group that meets; bers of the Russian Dui: But Weldon sees stand as a frustrated# fleeting a desire by Ru: a wider role in thepeacd a role he suggests the ministration has trivi "This is extreme! Weldon said. "All it taii one Russian oroneArill misfire.' To find out more, visit our website at opas.tamu.edu or call 845-1234. The Battalion’s now offering access to The WIRE A 24-hour, multimedia news service for the Internet from The Associated Press The WIRE provides continuously updated news coverage from one of the world’s oldest, largest news services via The Battalion's web page. •'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 Korean patrol boats exchange! SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is vow ing to pursue its policy of peaceful engagement with North Korea despite a high-seas shootout that sank one northern patrol boat, badly damaged five others and is believed to have killed 30 North Korean sailors. Even as the rival neighbors blamed each other for Tues day’s clash in the Yellow Sea, South Korea said it still hoped to meet with North Korea in Beijing Monday in the first talks between the two governments in 14 months. “Our engagement policy with North Korea, based on strong national security, will be pushed consis tently,” Hwang Won-tak, President Kim Dae-jung’s na tional security adviser, said. North Korea’s reaction was more belligerent. The offi cial Korean Central News Agency called the; “deliberate and planned” provocation “aiM: the situation on the Korean Peninsula to theb' The North Korean government demanded: diate South Korean apology. The fighting presented South Korea'spredl a dilemma. Ever since the naval standoff* days ago, Kim has been walking a tightrope- to pursue his so-called "sunshine policy"wfc| fend off conservative critics. “The sunshine policy is a failed policy,”te' Sang-duk, policy coordinator of theoppositic: tional Party, said. “It has succeeded only in more armed provocations from the North.' Mom WeTl do it all. CONVENT In-Room Internet Access Multi-User Computer Lab Study Lounges Residence Life Programming R esponse to The Callaway House has been tremendous. Already we’ve sold out of three unit accommodation types — apply today while there’s still available space! PEACE OF CALLAWAY COMMUNITY All Private Bedroom Accommodations Full-Time Courtesy Patrol Limited Access Entry Professional On-Site Res. 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