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If You Have Something To Sell, Remember: Classifieds Can Do It Call 845-0569 The Battalion WORLD Page 12 THE BATTALION Tuesday, Ap Don’t Forget Us For Lunch & Late Night Pizza by the Slice Value Meals Cheese & Drink $ 2.25 1 Topping & Drink *2.50 Speciality & Drink ‘2.75 Add a Slice ‘1.25 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. M-F at Northgate Location Only 1 Large 1 Topping *6.99 10 p.m. - Close College Station 764-7272 Bryan 268-7272 TAMU/Northgate 846-3600 Open till 2 a.m. on Thursday 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday 5 killed in Bolivian economic protes y, April 11,2( on Come Make A Stand Against Sexual Violence and Help Take Back the Night For All Tuesday; April 11th 7:00 p.m., The Grove Featuring Darron Turner of TCU’s Men Against Rape “Men’s Responsibilities in Ending Sexual Violence” March from Rudder Fount ain immediately following Sponsored by: GIES, Greek Life, KA, AZ, IFC, NOW, AWARE and SGA LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Five peo ple were killed and dozens injured in confrontations across Bolivia as thou sands of people protested against rising water rates, unemployment and other economic problems. In Achacachi, 80 miles north of the capital La Paz, farmers blocked roads and threw rocks at soldiers who re sponded with rubber bullets and tear gas. Hundreds of the protesters then stormed government offices, destroying furniture and documents and setting fires. Some of them entered a hospital, dragged an in jured army captain from his bed and killed him on the main square. Army units also fought with Aymaran Indian farmers who formed road blocks in Batallas, another Andean town locat ed 45 miles north of La Paz. Three soldiers and two farmers were killed and dozens injured in the con frontations Sunday. The escalation of anti-govemment action that began last week reflected Bolivians’ disgust over rising water rates, unemployment and other economic difficulties plaguing this nation in the heart of South America. The economic crisis was blamed in part on the government’s war on cocaine trafficking. A total of eight people have died in the weekend clashes. “The conflicts reflect the poverty un der which fanners are living and the fact that the government is not listening to them,” Bishop Jesus Juaraz told The As sociated Press by telephone from Acha cachi, where dozens of soldiers were sent Sunday evening to strengthen the mili tary presence. In response to the violence, the gov ernment on Saturday declared a suspen sion of many constitutional guarantees, allowing the government to arrest and confine protest leaders without a war rant, impose restrictions on travel and political activity, and establish a curfew. Police were also at the center of protests in other parts of the country, with hundreds of officers in La Paz and in Santa Cruz, the country’s second-largest city, taking over their own headquarters and jails and demanding a 50 percent in crease in pay. On Sunday in La Paz, police firing tear gas at soldiers, who fired their auto matic weapons into the air. No violence was reported in Santa Cruz, but the army was called in to control the streets of that eastern city. An agreement was reached that ended the strike. The central city of Cochabamba was quiet Sunday morning following a day of protests in which police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. Thousands of protesters gathered by the afternoon, watched over by soldiers flown in from other parts of the country. The destruction of more than half of the country’s coca leaf production has left thousands of Quechua and Aymara Indian fanners without a livelihood and depressed the economy in regions where cocaine trafficking once thrived. Leaders of the coca fanners helped organize the protests that in Cochabam ba that began a week ago. That first wave of demonstrations be gan over a more than 20 percent increase in water rates in Cochabamba. The pro testers demanded the suspension of a multimillion dollar contract with the for eign consortium Aguas del Tunari to in crease water supplies to the city that has suffered recurrent shortages in recent years. On Sunday the consortium — led by i the London-based International Water Limited said it would cancel*' IWL is owned by Italian utility-; I S. company Bechtel Entetpns; NEW YORK and sev eral wealthy Bolivian fr dceted investors The suspension of Bolivia's,d the popularity tional guarantees called by PraaT 5 ®- women's ] Ban/er was the seventh time::, ans to begin play emergency has been imposed aft:. 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Convenient off-street parking, l-arge bedrooms, ceiling fans coupled with a courtyard view make a refreshing, economical alternative to campus living LONDON (AP) — Hoping to cut down on binge drinking and pub brawls, the British government pro posed a novel idea Monday: Allow bars to stay open 24 hours a day. Scrapping the mandatory 11 p.m. closing time was the centerpiece of plans to liberalize and streamline li censing laws that were inspired by fears of munitions workers getting drunk during World War I. “Fixed closing times encourage hinge drinking around last orders,” Home Secretary Jack Straw told the House of Commons. “The result is lots of people hitting the streets — and sometimes each other—at the same time.” Under the government proposals, released as a dis cussion paper, any pub, licensed cafe or restaurant can apply to stay open for 24 hours, seven days a week. While some U.S. cities and towns are moving to ward earlier bar closings to combat heavy drinking, in Britain, the bureaucrats, police and bartenders all be- “This is a step in the right direction toward the repeal of archaic laws set during wartime." — Mary Cumock British Institute of Innkeeping director lieve that longer hours — allowing for staggered clos ing times — will reduce hinge drinking and alcohol- related crime. Children will also be allowed into pubs for the first time — but only to watch. Eighteen is the minimum le gal age for buying alcoholic drinks in a pub. Pub owners and many drinkers said cheers, “This is a step in the right direction towardl)j peal of archaic laws set during wartime,” saw-:: Cumock, director of the British Institute oflnnk which represents 16,500 licensees. In practice, police and pub keepers expecttri hour licenses to be confined to the centers of La and other big cities, with the main aim beingtoa closing times between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. As an experiment, bars across Britain were a! to serve alcohol around the clock on New Year - and the night passed peacefully, encouragingStf officials to go for a radical overhaul. The changes would affect 140,000pubs, restan hotels and nightclubs in England and Wales. British studies suggest that alcohol abuse conn to 40 percent of violent crime, 78 percent of at and 88 percent of criminal damage cases. 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