2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 28, 1996 NATION/WORLD Yugoslavia, U. lift sanctions on Bosman Serbs lNATIONAL REPORT Bonior attacks Buchanan for philosophy WASHINGTON - Rep. David Bonior, the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. House said Monday that Pat Buchanan was appealing to American workers with a blame- others philosophy that would do nothing to help them. "Pat Buchanan claims to speak for working families," said Bonior, (D-Mount Clemens). "But we need more than just anger." "Somebody better take a message to Pat: Anger and blame may make us f; good, but it's not going to put food on the table," said Bonior. "It's not going to give America a raise. It's not going to make corporations more account- able." Bonior is a strong advocate of raising the minimum wage and supports President Clinton's proposal to increase it by 90 cents an hour to $5.15. Buchanan has said he opposes an increase in the minimum wage because it "would cut off the bottom rungs of the economic ladder." In a speech before the American Enterprise Institute, Bonior argued Buchanan has tapped into a "wellspring of fear, alienation and anxiety" among American workers whose wages have stagnated. "Give him credit, he's the only Republican talking about it," Bonior said. "Rut he's doing it in the worst possible way." PALE, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - The United Nations and Serb-domi- nated Yugoslavia lifted sanctions against Bosnian Serbs yesterday as a reward for accepting peace. 'The U.N. suspension was announced in.New York by the Security Council president, U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright. It came after the council re- ceivedaletter from NATO certifying that the Bosnian Serbs had withdrawn their forces from buffer zones established un- der the Dayton peace agreement. The Yugoslav move, announced by 'the official news agency Tanjug, aimed to ease tensions between the Bosnian Serbs andPresident Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia, Yugoslavia's most powerful politician. The sanctions, imposed at Milosevic's behest 18 months ago, marked a formal end to Serb-dominated Yugoslavia's support of the Bosnian Serb war effort. Milosevic turned against the war in an ,effort to get U.N. sanctions against his own country lifted. - The U.N. sanctions on Yugoslavia were lifted in November, afterMilosevic initialed the Bosnian peace plan. But all U.N. members except Russia kept their sanctions on Bosnian Serbs in place. Moscow lifted them last week. Nikola Koljevic, the No.2 man in the Bosnian Serb hierarchy, said a suspen- sion of U.N. sanctions was "important for the strengthening of peace." Koljevic has been one of the main Serb contacts for international organiza- tions orderedto shun Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic because he has been indicted on war crimes charges. NATO troops are supposed to arrest him and other indicted suspects if encountered. But international mediators and Bosnian politicians gathered in Banja Luka's city hall yesterday at the same time Karadzic was in the building. Heavily armed British troops from the NATO-led peace force even sealed the building as a security measure for the meeting. They appeared unaware of Karadzic's presence. An end to the sanctions was delayed after the Bosnian Serbs began boycott- ing the NATO-led Bosnian peace force and other international organizations several weeks ago to protest the arrests of two Bosnian Serb officers on suspi- cion of war crimes. NATO officials say ties have been restored. Brig. Gen. Andrew Cumming, a se- niorNATO spokesperson, said any new defiance would lead to the resumption of sanctions. AP PHOTO Israeli soldiers carry the Israeli flag-covered casket of Sgt. Hofit Ayash during her funeral service Monday. Ayash was killed In a suicide bomb explosion Sunday. Bus stopcrs could beterrorist attack Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM - A Palestinian American whose car crashed into a crowded bus stop Monday probably was committing a terrorist act, Israeli police said yesterday. Police had said Monday they were unsure whether Ahmed Abdel Hamid Hamida, who recently resided in South- ern California, plowed into the bus stop deliberately or simply lost control of his rental car on a rain-slick road. An Israeli was killed and 22 others were injured before armed civilian bystand- ers killed Hamida. Jerusalem police chiefArie Amit said yesterday that a leaflet of the militant Islamic Jihad organization was found in Hamida's car, along with bags of groceries. Police investigators also said they could find no mechanical problem with the car that would have caused Hamida to lose control. "It's not final, but I have the latest assessment from the checks done by the police," Internal Security Minister Moshe Shahal told Israel Radio. "The tendency is to see (the) incident as an attack." Hamida's sister, Nawal Hamida, bit- terly disputed the Israeli assessment of her brother's intentions. Sitting in mourning with relatives and friends in Student Supper Club at the Deli! Show your college .D. and get 20% off the price of your sandwich! Sunday through Thursday, 4- 8 p.m., through February. Birthday Discount! If it's your birthday (Flash that ID.), we'll give you a percent discount off the price of your sandwich for every year since you've been born! The older you are the more you save! h her Mazra al-Sharkiya home yesterday, Nawal said her brother had rented the car to take her and her three children on a family picnic. She said he had gone grocery shopping for her and was com- ing back to pick them up when the incident occurred. "The Israelis are lying, because they need an excuse for shooting him,"Nawal said, her voice choked with emotion. She insisted her brother was not a reli- gious fanatic and had no political affili- ations. Family members in Southern Cali- fornia said Hamida was not affiliated with any Palestinian political organiza- tions locally. "Nobody in my family has anything to do with Hamas (or Islamic Jihad)," said a cousin. "Every- body roots for Arafat and the peace process." Another cousin said Hamida went to the West Bank to escape the pressures of his job. Hamida ran a small grocery in East Los Angeles with his brother. The bus-stop incident came a day after two suicide bombers, believed to be members of the militant Hamas movement, detonated bombs in Jerusa- lem and the coastal town of Ashkelon, killing 25 people and themselves. In a front-page story Monday, the editor of Al-Hayat, a Palestinian news- paper published in the West Bank town ofRamallah, reported Hamidahad come to the newspaper's offices Sunday after the bomb attacks and behaved strangely. Hafith Bargouthi said Hamida told him that he had returned to his village, Mazra al-Sharkiya, afterspending years in Rowland Heights, and had dedicated himself to God. "He introduced himself, and pulled out from his coat pocket his American passport and said he has given himself to God," Barguthi wrote. "He explained to me ... that he was sick and told God that if he would cure him, he will dedi- cate his life to God and he was cured and now works for God's sake." CUBA Continued from Page 1 condemn Cuba for Saturday's attack. Albright agreed to soften language in a proposed statement, submitted Sunday night, which had branded Cuba's "un- lawful use of force" as a "threat to international order." The original draft was watered down and references to international threats and "unlawful use offorce" were deleted. The phrase "the Security Council con- demns" the attack was softened to the body "strongly deplores" the downing. "It is important to the United States to get action on this heinous crime and to have the international community make clear this is a major breach of international law," Albright said. "It is a criminal act." But China's ambassador Qin Huasun stalled, claiming he needed to consult his government in Beijing. The official Xinhua News Agency said China wanted to allow the Cubans to present their version ofevents before any coun- cil statement. U.S. officials said Cuban diplomats could present their country's case to the council. But China wanted to wait until Cuban Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina arrived here yesterday. Finally, the council agreed to allow Rodriguez to address the body. Clinton gave his support Monday for legislation tightening sanctions against Cuba and halted all charter air travel between the United States and the is- land nation. In Moscow, the Russian Foreign Min- istry called on the United States to adopt "concrete measures" to prevent "delib- erate violations"ofCuban airspace, while the European Union urged both sides to show "moderation and restraint." U.S. officials maintained that inter- ~AR~OUNDT ORLD ., ,' ': , .. :s}:; Air Force employee fired for alleged misconduct TOKYO - U.S. Air Force officials on Okinawa have barred a civilian em- ployee from the base and ordered his dismissal for allegedly taking sugges- tive photographs and inappropriately touching several girls. The man, an American whose name was not released, was attached to the 18th Services Squadron on Kadena Air Base, base spokesperson Maj. Edmund Memi said. He allegedly took improper photo- graphs and touched the buttocks and thighs of several girls aged 10 to 17, Memi said, adding that no evidence of sex acts or nudity was found. Memi said the alleged cases involve the daughters of military employees. The girls' nationalities were not dis- closed, although Memi said, "As far as we know, there were no Okinawans." Last September, a 12-year-old Okinawa girl was raped. Three Ameri- can servicemen were charged and await a Japanese court's verdict next week. Air Force officials took preliminary steps Friday to fire the employee an, barred him from base. He has the righ to appeal the firing order. Gunmen slay three at Russian hotel ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Twc Russians and a British bystander wer killed in an apparent mob hit in the at of the Nevsky Palace Hotel, police sai yesterday. The assailants stormed into the Vienna Cafe on Monday afternoon submachine guns, apparently inten in to kill a man police identified only as member of the "Tambov gang." The man was wounded. His two body guards and a British man drinking cof fee nearby were killed. The gunme escaped, leaving their weapons an coats behind, said police spokesperso Igor Komissarov. The British Consulate was withhold ing the identity of the dead Briton, wh police said was on business. - From Daily wire service NASA finds polms with escape satellite CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--NASA managed to communicate with the es- caped satellite-on-a-cord and discov- ered it had a dead computer and an empty gas tank. "There has been an event on the sat- ellite that we do not understand yet," Mission Control told the astronauts aboard space shuttle Columbia. NASA officials said they were un- certain whether the satellite problems were connected to Sunday night's break in the 12-mile cord. All data indicated the satellite was fine when it broke loose from Columbia and for at least 30 minutes afterward. Stray voltage or circuitry trouble may have caused the satellite systems to malfunction, NASA said. "It's a very interesting puzzle," said NASA's Anthony Lavoie, chief engi- neer for the satellite. "We don't have all the answers right now." Engineers at Johnson Space Center in Houston sent radio commands to the satellite as it soared overhead, hoping to find clues as to what caused the copper, nylon and Teflon cord to snap without warning. NASA was surprised to'find that one of the main computers and a gyroscope were not working and that valves-on both nitrogen-gas thrusters were open. All 100 pounds of gas had spewed out. Ggrich seeks to unstall budget talks WASHINGTON - House Speakei Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) sought agair yesterday to breathe life into the stalled balanced-budget talks, predicting the administration would agree to a com- prehensive deal on deficit reduction, entitlement reform and tax cuts w the next two weeks to respond td sluggish economy. Gingrich told reporters he had beer led to believe "by a very high authority" that a deal was in the offing. 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