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Independent stations back on air in Serbia BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) — The government allowed independent .radio stations to return to the air Thurs day, and agreed to pay overdue pen sions and other bills to keep three weeks of protests from spreading. The moves signaled a major effort by embattled Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to compromise with opponents who have mounted their largest protests ever without giv ing away any real power. B 92 radio, which broadcasts re ports from the anti-Milosevic protests in Belgrade, was shut down Tuesday by officials who said it had no permis sion to operate. Milosevic caved in Thursday to foreign and domestic pressure, and the radio station resumed operating at 7 pm. with a live broadcast of a news conference announcing its resurrection. Veran Matic, the radio’s chief edi tor, told The Associated Press that the resumption of broadcasting was “a big step for the democratic process in Serbia, and a sign ... for Serbia to be gin serious democratic reforms.” In another move cheered by the opposition, the head of the Belgrade election commission told Belgrade’s BK television that the board was ap pealing the annulment of opposition victories in local elections. Local courts, at the request of Milosevic’s Socialist party, reversed the Nov. 17 results, setting off tremen dous public outrage against Milosevic. The electoral board’s appeal would offer him a chance to accept the results, thus defusing the protests. More than 100,000 people took to the streets Thursday in what has be come a daily protest over annulment of the elections. They carried candles and tossed paper airplanes at govern ment buildings. Two days earlier, the government shut down two private radio stations that had covered the protests exten sively, pulling B 92 off the air and lim iting Radio Index so its broadcast could only be heard a few hundred yards from its transmitter. Radio Index was also back at full power Thursday afternoon. Editors said they had threatened legal action against the government. B 92 had already received help from foreign broadcasters, including the Voice of America, which started broadcasting taped reports from B 92’s correspondents at midnight. The government also handed out money to try to buy its way out of trouble. Belgrade newspapers reported that the government would pay up on over due October pensions and increase them by almost 14 percent. Student loans and grants, also chronically be hind, will be paid in the next two weeks, the reports said. That comes on top of an announce ment on state TV late Wednesday of a reduction in electricity prices, which were increased just before the local elections last month that Milosevic’s Socialists lost in Belgrade and 14 of the country’s largest cities to a united opposition. The move to cut electricity prices and make good on pension payments appeared to be aimed at mollifying those with economic grievances and keeping them from joining forces with the political opposition. Clinton names new cabinet members CLINTON from page 1 Albright, whose family fled the communist takeover of Czechoslo vakia when shejvas a child, would be the first woman to hold America’s senior diplomatic post. The selection of Cohen, the retir ing Maine lawmaker, is in keeping with Clinton’s promise to include Republicans in his administration. Clinton praised Albright’s “steely determination to advance our interests around the world.” Albright said the United States has a skilled and successful foreign policy team and said she was pleased that Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott would be stay ing on. Cohen said Clinton’s “willing ness to reach across the aisle” sent “a very strong signal to the people of this country that he is committed to the bipartisan approach.” Asked about Cohen’s reputation as an independent, Clinton said, “A man with a creative, independent, inquiring mind is just what is needed for this team.” The lawmaker called his ap pointment “a very bold and excit ing move.” Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., chair man of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a frequent critic of Clinton’s foreign policy, welcomed the appointments and predicted the nominees would win confirmation. Helms called Albright “a tough and courageous lady.” Some details about the president’s new national security team: —Albright, 59, is a naturalized American citizen, the daughter of a Czech diplomat whose family moved from Czechoslovakia to the United States when she was 11. As U.N. ambassador, she has been known as a hawk on Bosnia inter vention and NATO expansion. She is considered hard-working and outspoken, a Washington in sider who came from the academic world to the Clinton administration in 1992. Some question her creden tials as a strategic global thinker, and Clinton may have opened him self to questions on that score. — Cohen, 56, is a Republican moderate who retired from the Sen ate this year after three terms. He rose to national prominence when he cast one of the first GOP votes to impeach President Nixon and later played a leading role in the Iran-Contra hearings. He established a reputation for independence in the Senate, a trait he demonstrated most forcefully last year when he became the only Re publican last year to vote against the GOP plan to balance the budget over seven years. — Lake, 57, is a reserved New Englander who has stayed out of the spotlight as Clinton’s national secu rity adviser. The author of five books on foreign policy, Lake served in the State Department in both the Nixon and Carter adminis trations. Before joining the Clinton administration, he taught interna tional relations at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. —Berger, 51, worked in Lake’s shadow as deputy national security adviser but won Clinton’s respect for his consensus building and or ganizational abilities. He is re spected for his ability to straddle the intersection of politics and foreign affairs, but there are questions about his credentials for molding foreign policy. Albright’s selection comes amid mounting pressure from women’s groups, who argued that Clinton’s re-election was due in large part to his support from female voters. Both top choices reflect the influ ence of Vice President A1 Gore, who supported Cohen and who needs female voters for his planned presi dential race four years from now. Iroports TEXTILES JEWELRY GIFTS BRASS BRONZEWARE 1645 South 17 477-1645 j 1 "Rs the Season To Do Some Pleasin'! •Lingerie •Boyds Bears •Precious Moments •Cherished Teddies •Kim Anderson Collectibles •Create-your-own Gift Baskets Gifts of Love & Romance' 400 N. 48th (north of Best Buy) HARRY'S Wonder Bar < Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, 10 to Midnight 1621 'O* Straat FAX NUMBER: 472-1761 The Daily Nebraskan (USPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publica tions Board, Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0448, Monday through Friday during the academic year; weekly during summer sessions. 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