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YMCA Mission: To put Judco-Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. PROFITABLE NUMBER! 845-0569 The Battalion CLASSIFIEDS nationSworld Page 6 THE BATTALION Wednesday, Ma-; Kosovo civilians injured in street figl KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Yugoslavia (AP) Sixteen French peacekeepers and 24 civilians were wounded today when a street tight escalated into a fiery battle in this ethnically divided town, another sign of the difficulties NATO faces in easing tensions in Kosovo. Two rockets later hit a high-rise apartment complex, in the northern, Serb-held part of Kosovska Mitrovica, where dozens of ethnic Albanians had recently been re settled by NATO peacekeepers. An apartment on the seventh floor of one building was damaged, but there were no injuries. Earlier in the day, a fight between a Serb and an eth nic Albanian sparked a brawl, a French spokesperson said. Then shots were heard. “That created panic,” said Lt. Matthieu Mabin, a spokesperson for the French peacekeepers. “Hand grenades were thrown, we don’t know from whom or from where ... but it created very many injured, espe cially French soldiers.” About four to five grenades exploded. Twenty Serbs, 16 French peacekeepers and four ethnic Albanians were injured in the fighting, according to Lt. Col. Patrick Chanliau, another spokesperson for the French peace keepers. A seventeenth peacekeeper was injured in a separate incident, he said. Four suspects have been arrested, Mabin said. They were not identified. The number of wounded today is the highest since Oct. 12, when 33 people were wounded near the bridge that connects the ethnically divided neighborhoods. French peacekeepers today immediately began door-to-door searches in the Bosnjacka Mahala neigh borhood, which was predominantly ethnic Albanian be fore the war between Yugoslavia’s Serb government and ethnic Albanian guerrillas began in Kosovo in 1998. NATO’s 78-day bombing campaign last year forced an end to the Serb crackdown in Kosovo, a province of Serbia, and the pullout of Yugoslav forces. Kosovska Mitrovica, 20 miles northwest of Koso vo’s provincial capital Pristina, has been the scene of repeated ethnic unrest in recent weeks, resulting in sev eral deaths and dozens of injuries. Earlier reports said the fighting took place outside a U.N. registration center for displaced Serbs, but the vi olence was later linked to the street fight. NATO peace keepers recently returned dozens of expelled ethnic Al banians to the Serb-controlled northern side, sparking violent protests. They also plan to return displaced Serbs to the ethnic Albanian-controlled southern side. According to Oliver Ivanovic, a Serb official in Kosovska Mitrovica, the violence began after an ethnic Albanian man attacked a Serb with a metal bar. When the Serb moved toward the ethnic Albanian, another unidentified man appeared and shot at the Serb. People gathered around the men, and ethnic Albanians then threw hand grenades into the mob, Ivanovic said. Attack upon Serb sector stirs tensions Automatic gunfire and multiple grenade explosions wounded!); peacekeepers and 14 Serb civilians in the Serb-held part olKcsn Mitrovica. Peacekeepers immediately began searchingBosna Little Bosnia, which was predominantly ethnic Albanian belores Kosovo began in 1998 fednesday, Mar UTo BY I T But members of a group of about 50 ei ans who fled to the southern side today, saidS® throw n grenades at their homes, moving from® banian house to the next to drive out residents,d them, Aida Kadriy. said her uncle had beeninjc grenade blast. ting 57.7 perc Making th for Texas wa earned a dout 19 other gan second half ai Treasury to buy part of national debt WASHINGTON (AP) — Welcome to the brave new w orld of bulging government surpluses. For the first time in 70 years, the U.S. Treasury' is buying back part of the national debt — $1 billion on Thursday. While the buy back will represent just a tiny drop of the $5.7 trillion national debt, the repurchases — limited to 30-year bonds sold between 1985 and 1990 — will let the U.S. Treasury De partment do a test run of its new procedures. The announcement of the ini tial $1 billion buyback effort was expected to be followed later this month with another $1 billion re purchase. Any investors who own 30-year bonds, which are to mature be tween 2015 and 2020, can offer to unload them through a process known as a “reverse auction,” in w'hich the government will select offers on a competitive basis based on the lowest prices. lion’s budget projects that the entire $3.6 trillion of the na tional debt held by the public could be wiped out by 2013 un der current projections for budget surpluses. The rest of the national debt is held by the government’s large trust funds, primarily Social Security. The Clinton administration, which counts elimination of soaring budget deficits as one of its greatest achievements, has Mothers discan unwanted bati “f hope the White House remembers debt relief in the fall if it is tempted to complain that Congress isn't spending enough/' — Bill Archer House Ways and Means Chairperson argued that the most responsible thing to do w ith the excess cash is to reduce the national debt, putting the government on a sounder foot ing to deal with rising costs when the baby boom generation begins retiring in a few years. While the administration and Republicans in Congress agree the surpluses generated by Social Se curity payroll taxes should be ded icated to paying down the debt, they are split on how to use the non-Social Security surpluses, es timated to total $800 billion or HAMBURG. Germany (AP Desperate mothers who doi want their babies will soo r : able to drop them off mously through a chute Hamburg day care center, a project being launched youth help organization. When placed into the cte a baby will fall intoawarmSfl and be placed in the progra:! The Texas ball season h ieing defeatt Texas 83-72 3ig 12Tourn The Aggit he first half down by just Texas lead. T shoot the ball and managed 16:30 left in I But A&M Longhorns, v points and di within 10 poi Texas was on 1 the game. Joining ii Longhorns v Cook with Woods with 1 Despite th OliJ care, project leader He« an appearance a The government is hoping to save in financing costs by re deeming the bonds, which carry coupon interest rates as high as 11.25 percent. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers announced in Jan uary that the government hoped to buy back up to $30 billion of the $5.7 trillion national debt this year. The administra- more over the next 10 years. House Ways and Means Committee Chairperson Bill Archer, R-Texas, said Tuesday that the surpluses resulted from Republican efforts to restrain Clinton’s spending plans. “I hope the White House remembers debt relief in the fall if it is tempted to complain that Congress isn’t spending enough,” Archer said in a statement. BY AL The I Another top- News in Brief 1 in 4 Hispanics below poverty level WASHINGTON (AP) — Census data shows that more than a fourth of the Hispanics, the nation’s fastest-growing minority, live below the poverty level. Only one in 10 is college-educated. More than 25 percent of the na tion's 31 million Hispanics lived be low poverty level in 1998, considered then to be $16,600 for a family of four. About 8 percent of non-Hispan- ic whites lived in poverty in 1998. The Hispanic population is ex pected to triple to 98 million in 2050. Hispanics could become in the half-century the nation’s largest minority group with their percentage rising from about 12 percent now to 24 percent. President rejects Papon pardon plea PARIS (AP) — French President Jacques Chirac has rejected a plea for pardon by Maurice Papon, the for mer Vichy official convicted of com plicity in crimes against humanity, the president’s office said today. Papon, 89, was convicted in April 1998 for his role in the arrest and deportation of Jews from Bordeaux to Nazi death camps while he was a police supervisor in the Gironde region during World War II. Papon, a former budget minister under conservative President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, fled briefly to Switzerland in October 1999, but was apprehended and brought back to France. It is widely believed that Pa pon’s politically powerful friends lobbied for his pardon, but that his attempt to flee French justice ru ined his chances. Kaiser said. Mothers havee weeks to rethink their deca she said. The program was devised! give women an alternative® abandoning or even killings babies when they can't or *1 want to keep them, Kaisersai In the United States, It nesota has introduced a sint program and Los Angeles is t cussing one. A baby drop alsoei ists in South Africa. There were several aba' 1 doned baby cases in Hambd last year, including one in wh\c a newborn was found dead in trash container. Twenty newborns are abait doned in Germany every year, affl about half them die, said helm Guethoff of the Protection Agency in "The women in these icked situations had secret pre§ nancies because there \ massive family conflicts volved," Guethoff said. These women gave birth in bathrooms and parks, and feel theyneedto get rid of their babies beforeaif one finds out, he said With the project launch three weeks away, it was still if the city government endorsei the project Center Wednesc A&M women’s opportunity to p The 37th-ra ters (4-5) will s 3 University < while the 18th- (3-3) — fresh upset of No. 4 — will take on of South Alai I matches will b BRIDAL CO. 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Specifically we are referring to the incident where a Black History IVTonth poster was burned on a bulletin board. Such incidents show a lack of respect for others and are destructive to our residence hall community. As a department, we strive to foster an educational environment where individuals communicate respect for one another and take responsibility for their actions. Our changing population calls for tolerance, respect, and most of all inclusiveness. We ask that all members living in our residence halls and their guests accept the responsibility of creating and maintaining a welcoming environment for every member of our community. If anyone lias any information regarding individuals involved in this incident we would appreciate your assistance in our follow up. 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