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Peacekeeping force in Haiti
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Nations will likely name a U.S.
Army general to head the peace
keeping force in Haiti for the next
eighteen months, the Pentagon said
today.
U.N. Secretary General Boutros
Boutros-Ghali was in Haiti today
and expected to name Lt. Gen.
Daniel R. Schrocder to head the
6,000-man peacekeeping force,
Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Ba
con said in a news conference.
Between 40 percent and 50 per
cent of the force would be made up
of U.S. Army soldiers; the rest
would come from other countries
contributing to the peacekeeping
contingent, according to a Penta
gon official, who spoke on condi
tion of anonymity.
18-month stint in the peacekeep
ing post. Under current plans, the
U.N. force would remain in place
until Februaiy 19%, after a new
Haitian president takes office.
Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C.,
likely to take over as chairman of
the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee next year, said the expected
U.N. appointment would prolong
the American military involvement
in Haiti.
The impending announcement.
Thurmond said, signals President
Clinton’s “continued disregard for
the Congress’ role in the decision
making process related to our mis
sion in Haiti.”
The Clinton administration
pushed for the leadership role in
follow the U.S. deployment. The
decision to establish a peacekeep
ing force was made by the U.N.
Security Council.
A New York native, Schroeder
is deputy commander-in-chief of
U.S. Army forces in Europe. Other
assignments have included the U.S.
Militaiy Academy at West Point,
N.Y.;the 101st and 82nd Airborne
Divisions; and the 24th (Mecha
nized) Infantry Division.
A graduate of the U.S. Marine
Corps Amphibious Warfare
School, the Armed Forces Staff
College, and the U.S. Army War
College, Schroeder also partici
pated in Harvard University’s
Kennedy school program in senior
management and national secu
rity.
Fed boosts interest rates
to fend off inflation cycle
WASHINGTON — The Federal
Reserve increased key interest rates
three-quarters of a percentage point
on Tuesday in its most dramatic move
yet to slow the surging economy and
prevent a new cycle of inflation.
The Fed’s rate increase, the sixth
this year and the largest in 13 years,
was immediately matched by similar
0.75 percentage point increases in
major banks’ prime lending rates,
meaning that the cost of borrowing
for millions of Americans will be
going up.
The Fed increased its target for the
federal funds rate, the interest that
banks charge each other, from 4.75
percent, where it had been since Aug.
16, to 5.50 percent. The Fed also
boosted its discount rate, the interest
the central bank charges for direct
loans, by three-quarters of a point to
4.75 percent.
Rates rise again
The federal Reserve Board Tuesday
boosted interest rates tor the sixth time
this year. Affected were tie federal
funds rate, which banks charge each
other far overnight loans, and the
discount rate, which the Fed charges
tor its loans to banks.
News... _
in a Minute
Kohl re-elected by narrow margin
BONN, Germany — Chancellor Helmut Kohl promised to keep
pushing for German and European unity after parliament narrowly
voted Tuesday to give him another term.
Kohl needed 337 votes in the Bundestag, the lower house of
parliament, to confirm his victory in the Oct. 16 federal elections. He
squeaked by with 338.
The 64-year-old conservative, who has survived countless political
scrapes since becoming chancellor in 1982, was sworn in for a fourth
term by President Roman Herzog.
Three of the 341 legislators from the governing coalition voted
against Kohl. But he said the narrowness of his victory wouldn’t get in
the way of his mission to expand European unity and further the
unification of Germany. '
His paper-thin majority in the Bundestag is compounded by oppo
sition control of the upper house. Kohl won't be able to ram through his
domestic program, which includes cutting government red tape, trim
ming welfare and funding high technology.
Angola to end 20 years of war
LUSAKA, Zambia — Angola’s warring factions signed a cease-fire
Tuesday intended to allow their leaders to end the 19-year war this
weekend.
The truce reached after six hours of talks was the first agreed to by
both sides since May 15, 1991. It cleared the way for further negotia
tions on final details of a peace accord for the southern African nation.
The peace pact is to be signed Sunday in Lusaka, capital of
neighboring Zambia.
While a major step toward halting one of Africa's longest and
bloodiest civil wars, the truce represents only part of the formal peace
plan. Throughout the war that began on the eve of independence from
Portugal in 1975, peace overtures and treaties have repeatedly failed to
stop the fighting.
U.S. will accept 8,000 Cubans
WASHINGTON—The Clinton administration is expected to allow
U.S. resettlement of up to 8,000 Cubans now being sheltered at the
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and in Panama. All involve parents with
minor children.
The decision, which still has not received final approval, would
constitute a retreat from President Clinton's pledge last August not to
allow any boat people picked up by the U.S. Coast Guard to resettle
directly to the United States.
Serbs on the offensive
SARAJEVO, Bosnia
Herzegovina—Fighting convulsed
Bosnia’s northwest pocket Tues
day, where dug-in government
troops were trying to keep Bosnian
Serbs from overrunning an inter
nationally protected safe zone.
Fighting also exploded in the
Majevica hills in northeastern
Bosnia, site of a Serb-held TV
tower, and near Mostar on the
southwest front. Serbs claimed
gains in both regions, but U.N.
officials said the Muslim-led gov
ernment army appeared to have the
upper hand.
In the north, Bosnian Serbs
shelled Tuzla, another so-called
U.N. “safe area,” for a second
straight day, killing one resident
and wounding three.
Serbs still
battling |
.
Former 60’s activist hit by car
LOS ANGELES — Jerry Rubin,
the former Chicago Seven anti-war
activist-turned food enterprencur, was
critically injured when he was hit by
a car while jaywalking, authorities
said Tuesday.
Rubin, 56, was crossing Wilshire
Boulevard Monday evening when he
was hit, police officer Sandra Castello
said. The car's driver doesn’t won’t
be charged, she said.
Rubin was in critical condition
Tuesday after surgery, said Warren
Robak, a spokesman for the Univer
sity of California at Los Angeles
Medical Center.
The former radical was among the
Chicago Seven, tried for conspiring
to disrupt the 1968 Democratic Na
tional Convention, which turned into
a bloody battle between anti-war pro
testers and police.
Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and three
others were convicted of crossing state
lines with intent to rim. The convic
tions were overturned by an appeals
court, which cited errors made by the
judge. They were acquitted of con
spiracy charges.
Rubin was a Yippie leader — the
Youth International Party—a loosely
knit group of radicals who protestcc
the government and the Vietnam War.
Rubin turned to spiritualism in th<
1970s and then became a Wall Stree
net worker.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1991
to sell his line of bee pollen anc
ginseng-based nutritional drinks.
Top students in survey group I
would trade sex for money I
WASHINGTON — Some of
America’s top high school students
say they would consider sex with a
stranger—for a price. They want big
bucks, a car, a dream job or admission
to the college of their choice, accord
ing to a survey of more than 3,000
teens.
The 25th annual survey of high
achievers by Who’s Who Among
American High School Students found
that one-quarter of the responding
juniors and seniors said they had en
gaged in sexual intercourse.
The vast majority of the students
who responded were white and at
tended public schools. Most were girls,
more than half from small towns or
rural areas and more than half in
families with income between $30,000
and $70,000. Ninety-eight percent
said they intended to go to college.
The survey’s results would not be
statistically valid for students in gen
eral. The questions were mailed to a
select group, and less than half the
students responded.
Nearly 35 percent of the sexually
active teens said lack of a condom
would not deter them, and 83 percent
thought their risk of contracting AIDS
was low or non-existent.
As for other potentially risky be
havior: — Nineteen percent said
they drink alcoholic beverages at least
monthly, and 1.6 percent said they
High achievers
Results of the 29th Annual
Survey of High Achievers,
conducted by Who’s Who
Among American High
School Students. Students
selected to participate in the
survey had at least a B
average, are involved in
school or community
activities and have
demonstrated leadership.
Nearly 8,000 surveys were
sent out; 3,177 were
completed and returned.
® One ryuerfer of the juniors and
seniors surveyed heo engaged in ■
sexual intercourse
Nearly 35 peroenf of the sexuaRy
active teens said lack of a oondom would not
deter them.
63 peroenf thought their risk ot contracting
AIDS was low or non-exbtent
19 peroenf of the students said they
drink alcoholic beverages at least <
monthly, 1.6 peroenf said they use '
marijuana re^lar*
52 percent study only an hour or
less a day, while 40 percent spend
eight hours or more weekly on
athletic activities.
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use marijuana regularly. Less than 1
percent admitted to using cocaine,
crack, amphetamines or other drugs
on a regular basis.
— Seventeen percent admitted to
having stolen something from a store
in the past five years; 78 percent said
they had cheated in school.
“This year’s survey oilers ample
evidence that parents' work is far
from done, even when their kids’
report cards are suitable for fram
ing,” Paul Krousc, publisher of Who’s
Who Among American High School
Students, said Tuesday.
Forty-three percent of males and
25 percent of females said they would
have sex with a “reasonably attractive
stranger” for $1 million. As the dol
lar figure dropped, so did the number
of consenting students.
More than a quarter of the males
said they would have sex with a
stranger to get a dream job or a car.
The percentages were much lower for
females, 9 percent for a job and 8
percent for a car.
If the end result was college ad
mission, 23 percent of the males and
6 percent of the females said they
would agree to the sexual relations.
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