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Nebraskan Night News Editors Managing Editor Assoc News Editors Art Director Jeff Robb Matt Woody DeDra Janssen Melissa Dunne James Mehslinq Editor Jeremy Fitzpatrick 472-1766 Adeana Leftin Jeff Zeleny Steve Smith FAX NUMBER 472-1761 _ . The Daily NebraskanfUSPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board. Ne^ braska Union 34 1400 R St.. Lincoln, NE 68588 0448 Monday through Friday dunng the academic year, weekly during summer sessions Readers are encouraged to submit siory ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472 1763 between 9 a m and 5 p m Monday through Friday. The public also has access to the Publications Board For information, contact Doug Fiedler, 436-wur Subscription price is $50 for one year . .._0D Postmaster §end address changes to the Daily Nebraskan Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R Si .Lincoln, NE 68588-0448 Second-classpostage pad at Linookt, Ft ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1994 DAILY NEBRASKAN Fighting persists despite agreement SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Hcrzcgovina — Bosnian Serb tanks lumbered into the long-suffering Muslim enclave of Gorazdc Sunday even as United Na tions officials spoke of reaching an agreement for the Serbs to pull back. Sylvana Foa, a spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Ref ugees, said U.N. staffers in Gorazdc reported that Serb tanks were within the city and residents were in panic. “Shells and sniper fire arc shaking the building and it’s suicidal to step outside,” Foa said, referring to the building for U.N. staff in Gorazdc. “We’re now up to about 30,000 pan icking people who have moved into the centerof town. Our building is full of people fleeing.” Maj. Dacrc Holloway, a spokes man for U.N. peacekeepers, spoke of Bosnian Serb movement either to ward or into Gorazdc. A few minutes earl icr, he had told reporters that talks between the United Nations and Bosnian Serb officials had brought an agreement for the Serbs to withdraw from a 1.8-milc zone around the south eastern city. The Bosnian army high command also said tanks were moving into Gorazde. An official in the high com mand said talks in between the U.N. Serb talks had been a “trick” to win time for the Serb advance. The fall of Gorazde would permit the Serbs, who already hold more than 70 percent of Bosnian territory, to link eastern and southwestern holdings. It would be more salt in the wounds for the United States and other Western countries whose efforts to end the war have been criticized as weak and un focused. Gorazde, which has been under siege for most of the two-year war, has been an especially potent symbol for critics. The United Nalionsdeclarcd it a protected “safe area” for Muslims last year, but the siege continued with out foreign retaliation until last week, when the Serbs advanced to the edge of the city. Earlier Sunday, Holloway had said that the talks held at Bosnian Serb headquarters had yielded agreement on suspension of the Serb siege of Gorazde, permitting hundreds of U.N. peacekeepers access to the area. Nebraskan Editor Jeremy Fitzpatrick Night News Editors JeH Robb 472-1766 Matt Woody Managing Editor Adeana Leftin DeDra Janssen Assoc News Editors Jeff Zeleny Melissa Dunne Steve Smith Art Director James Mehslinq FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily NebraskantUSPS 144 080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Ne braska Union 34, 1400 R St,, Lincoln, NE 68588 0448, Monday through Friday dunng the academic year; weekly during summer sessions Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a m and 5 p m Monday through Friday The public also has access to the Publications Board For information, contact Doug Fiedler, 436-6287 Subscription price is $50 for one year Postmaster Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R St .Lincoln, NE 68588-0448 Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1994 DAILY NEBRASKAN Rabin opposes PLO, Hamas accord JERUSALEM — Israel will strongly oppose any military coop eration between the PLO and a militant Muslim group that has claimed responsibility for two sui c ide bomb attacks this month, Pri me Minister Yitzhak Rabin said Sun day. The warning came amid reports that the Islamic Resistance Move ment, or Hamas, held meetings with officials of PLO chairman Yasser Arafat’s mainstream Fatah faction in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Reports carried by state-owned radio and other Israeli media said Hamas sought Fatah’s agreement to continue attacks inside Israel. But Palestinians said the meetings focused on arrangements between the two rivals after self-rule starts in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho. “Israel will thoroughly check the reports of cooperation, and if there is any truth to it, Israel will be strongly against it,” Rabin spokes man Oded Ben-Ami quoted the prime minister as telling the week ly meeting of his Cabinet. Rabin later told reporters after a mectingofhis Labor Party,“I don’t consider it possible that we will reach agreement with the PLO if it reaches agreement with Hamas to avoid a civil war but allows attacks on Israelis.” Hamas, which enjoys significant support among Palestinians, is the leadingopponentofthc Israel i-PLO accord. The agreement provides for an Israeli withdrawal and Palestin ian autonomy in Ga/.a and Jericho, but has been held up for months by violence and disputes over security arrangements. Hamas wants assurances from the PLO that it will be permitted to continue attacks within Israel after autonomy begins, Israel radio re ported Sunday, citing Palestinian sources. The PLO has rejected the demand, the radio said. A meeting between Arafat and a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Abu Marzouk, in Sudan last year col lapsed after Arafat rejected Hamas demands for a large share of power in the PLO. There have been no known attempts since then to rec oncile the two groups. However, a senior Fatah official told The Associated Press there had been talks with Hamas about local issues such as how to handle land disputes, control welfare institu tions, share power in the Gaza municipality and prevent friction between Hamas and the PLO. The official, who demanded an onymity, said there had been about 20 meetings in recent months. Sufian Abu Ziad, a top Fatah official in the Gaza Strip, told Israel Radio that there was“nothing new” in the negotiations but that Fatah rejected any independent Hamas military operations against Israel. Hamas has claimed responsibil ity for two bus bombings that have killed 12 Israelis since April 6. It has threatened three more attacks to avenge the Feb. 25 Hebron mosque massacre in which 30 Mus lims were slain by a Jewish settler. Ban disagreement may stall crime bill WASHINGTON — Supporters of a ban on assault weapons arc 15 to 20 votes short in the House of Represen tatives, a key congressman said Sun day. In the latest count by House Dem ocratic leaders, a bill banning assault style weapons such as Uzis and AK 47s is shy of a majority, raising the prospect of a major disagreement be tween the House and Senate on anti crime legislation. “I find it very surprising with all the mayhem going on in the streets,” Rep. Charles Schumcr, D-N.Y., said in an interview Sunday. “The House voted against an assault weapons ban two years ago, but a lot has changed since then.” Schumcr is chairman of the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime and leading sponsor of the assault weap ons ban. The Senate last fall passed a $22 billion crime bill that included the weapons ban. Differences between House and Senate bills arc common. But if the disagreement packs enough political weight, it can sink an entire bill. Schumcr said aggressive lobbying by the National Rifle Association waj behind the soft support for the assauli weapons ban in the House. Sen. 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