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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, May!
Trailer bookstore
PATRIC SCHNEIDER T hi Bahai ion
John Hull, a sophomore zoology major, sells his books back to Eric Grones,
a senior marketing major, at the MSC bookstore corner trailer outside of
the Blocker Building. They will be located there until finals are over.
English racial attac
targets black man
BIRMINGHAM, England
(AP) — A black man was verbal
ly abused and then set on fire
Monday, an attack police said
was racially motivated.
The 24-year-old man, whose
name was not released pending
notification of relatives, was list
ed in stable condition at Selly Oak
Hospital with bums to his face and
right arm. His injuries were not
thought to be life-threatening.
"There appears to be no motive
for the attack apart from the fact it
was racially motivated,” said West
Midland Police Detective Chief In
spector Neil James. “It was a partic
ularly vicious attack aggravated by
the fact that the victim w'as abused
verbally prior to being set alight.”
Three white men were
sought for questioning,
one described as a skinheall
Authorities said the vid
walking his girlfriendhomii
early hours when he was
Forensic tests were
ried out to detennine the
sprayed in the man’s face
was set afire, and the street
the attack occurred was seals
so detectives could searchi:
Police had not yet quest
the victim, who remaineds:
Birmingham, which \
working-class image dueiti
ry as a base for trade andi
faeturing, is England's se
largest city, located abot
miles northwest of London
am the next
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News in Brief
5 nuclear poweij
pledge to disan
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UNITED NATIONS (API-
bid to deflect criticism offi
nuclear disarmament recofl
the five recognized nuclear
ers pledged Monday to cj
pletely eliminate their
weapons but gave no time
or new plans to actuallyge;
of their arsenals.
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France and Britain said
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negotiate a treaty on ge«w sa &S ress ' vcl >’ w
disarmament as well asatrtjpo gaps in the fr
banning the production oftiutward stress on
sile material needed fornucllf
warheads.
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the original five nuclear por- |
listed in the treaty and notn K;/
nuclear states such aslotf || : '
Pakistan or Israel.
The five powers have coi
under intense criticism doc ^
the conference for havingfai
to make progress on nucleffl m
armament in the 30 yearstl
the treaty has been in force.
In the treaty, the five
to work to eliminate nuc
weapons if countries witl
nuclear arms promised
obtain the weapons.
The United States hasci
under severe criticism for its
posals to try to amend thel!
Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty
build a limited missile defei
The United States wants|
build the system to protect
self against “rogue stal
such as North Korea.
Russia, China and most
tries at the treaty confer!
have denounced the move,!
guing it would undermineoi
the basic tenets of arms coi
and lead to a new arms raci
4 die in Jakart
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MEKAR SARI, Indoncf
(AP) — Two trains
head-on southwest of Mil
Monday, and officials saiifl
least four people were I
the accident.
The collision betweell
Jakarta-bound train and at!
going from the capital t(P
West Java town of Merak
curred at the village of I
Sari, about 21 miles south'-.
of Jakarta.
Zainal Abidin, a spokesl
son for the state railroadd
pany, said four passenffi tatenlaliverni
died on impact while 21 oti§j liet h er bonfire
were injured.
“We are still investigating
cause of the accident but tin
a possibility that a malfunctiol
signal light caused it,” hesa]
Hundreds of local resid
rushed to the site to assisf
ficials with recovery effort
nearby toll road was blockd
drivers got out of their veN|
to gaze at the crumpled! 1 ]
motives and railroad cars/
A Jakarta radio station
ported that a fifth passenge' Bowen wj|| y
died after the accident,
president and
Jakarta hospitals said the) V j ce p re siden H
received a total of five bC t 0 the final re
from the accident.