NATION/WORLD University Daily Kansan / Friday, January 17, 1992 7 NATION/WORLD BRIEFs Belgrade, Yugoslavia Serbia piedges hands-off policy BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Serbian officials said yesterday that European recognition of Slovenia and Croatia would make it more difficult to end the Yugoslavian crisis peacefully, but renewed their commitment to a U.N. peace plan. Wednesday's recognition by the European Community was a victory for Croatia and Slovenia. Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic also promised that the Serbian-led federal army would not intervene in Macedonia and Bosnia-Hercegovina, the other two independence-oriented Yugoslavian republics. Milosevic, a former hardline in the Croatian war, has softened his stance in the face of inter-communal violence. Seoul, South Korea U. S.pilot'sbody found near Koreas SEOUL, South Korea — The body of the pilot of an American U-2 spyplane that was lost at sea near the border separating North and South Korea was recovered late yesterday, the national news agency Yonhap said. U. S. military officials said they could not confirm the report. Yonah said a South Korean navy and marine police search team found the body in the Sea of Japan about 15 miles east of the seacoast town of Kosong. Yonhap gave no details. The pilot's name has been withheld pending notification of next of kin. The U-2 disappeared Wednesday on a routine reconnaissance mission off the Korean coast, officials said. Atlanta AIDS cases top 206,000 in U.S. ATLANTA — The nation's AIDSepidemic has reached another grim milestone: 200,000 cases, with the second 100,000 coming four times as quickly as the first. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported yesterday that the AIDS court now stands at 41 days old. "The cumulative total ... emphasizes the rapidly increasing magnitude of the HIV epidemic," the CDC said in its report. If current trends continue, the next 100,000 cases should come even faster as the epidemic continues to spread, said the CDC's Larry Slutser, an AIDS epidemiologist. - From The Associated Press Bush lauds war effort though Saddam stayed WASHINGTON — On the first anniversary of the Persian Gulf War, President Bush said yesterday that Americans should take pride in the defeat of Iraq even though it failed to drive a defiant Saddam Hussein from power. The Associated Press Although Bush called anew for Iraqi citizens to ost Saddam, the White House made clear that the United States would stay on the sidelines rather than stem in aain with military force. White House strategists hope the focus on the war's anniversary will boost Bush's re-election campaign. He has started reminding campaign audiences of his leadership in the war, promising to exert the same energy to lift the nation from recession. Brent Scrowcroft, Bush's national security adviser, said: "Our military objectives were achieved and I don't think we would start over again to do that. It's fundamentally up to the Iraqi people." "it's one of the major reasons why people vote for a president," Fitzwater said. "We don't anticipate anything unilateral," White House press secretary Marina Fitzwater said. "Saddam's Iraq is weak and isolated, unable to impose its extremist policies on the region or the peace process," the president said in a written statement that Fitzwater read before television cameras. Sensitive to criticism that he stopped the fighting too soon, Bush said the U.S.-led coalition "fought a Fitzwater said Bush's role in the war would be a significant factor in the race because it demonstrated presidential leadership. limited war for a limited but vitally important purpose. It prevailed. Iraqis turned out en masse in Baghdad and other cities yesterday to protest the allied attack that began the war a year ago and to demand an end to U.N. economic sanctions, the Iraqi News Agency reported. Although it said the demonstrations were spontaneous, rheruling Arab Batha Socialist Party normally stages such events on occasions such as the anniversary of the war, which the allies started the night of Jan. 16-17, 1991, to force Iraq to relinquish Kuwait. KU-INFO Just the facts ma'am Spontaneous demonstrations arose in the capital with people shouting slogans such as "Death to the enemies of Iraq!" and "Yes to Saddam Hussein!" the news agency said. "All main public squares in Baghdad, the governates and cities witnessed angry protest marches that strongly denounced the American-Atlantic aggression for which the forces of aggression had mobilized scientific and technological capabilities in order to destroy the Iraqi people and its scientific and technological progress," the news agency said. Are your present glasses making you feel a bit generic? Then take a look at our fine selection of eyewear! We offer: - A large selection of frames and sun-glasses including: * Benetton • Polo • Gucci • G.A. • Tura * Serengeti • Byblos • Geoffrey Beene * Ray Ban • Marathon - Licensed optician - Prescriptions filled 737 Mass. - Lens replacement - Repairs while you wait Shamir's cabinet may fall 842-0880 --- The Associated Press JERUSALEM — A second right-wing party announced yesterday it was quitting the government, wiping out Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's parliamentary majority and virtually ensuring early national elections. Fall of the coalition government would probably freeze peace talks in the election campaign. A minority government could not claim a popular mandate to make key decisions on the peace process. The ultranationalist Moledet party decided to leave the government immediately, party chief Rehavam Zeevi, a minister without portfolio in Shamir's Cabinet, said on state television. Wednesday, has three. Both consider the Arab-Israeli peace talks a recipe for disaster. "This government must pass from the world for two serious sins," Zeedi said. "This government must be topped and fast, and we must goto elections, and fast." The "sins"he cited were the 4-year-old Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories and U.S.-brokered Middle East peace talks in Washington. Israel reports said Shamir probably would try to parliament dissolved and set new date for election. Depriving Shamir of their combined five seats leaves him with only 59 in the 120-member Parlia- ment. Moleed has two seats in Parliament. The right- wing Tehiva party, which announced its resignation The Cabinet could only fall by a vote of no confidence in Parliament, or if Shamir were to resign. Moledet and Tehiya left the government in response to the formal introduction in Washington this week of a proposal to grant self-rule or autonomy to Palestinians in the occupied territories as an interim peace settlement. Israel TV said elections probably would be moved up to May or June instead of Nov. 3. But Yossi Ahimie, director of Shamir's office, said that with the Jewish state immersed in election-eering. "It is natural we would dedicate less effort, less thought to ... the peace process." Foreign Minister David Levy said that despite the political crisis the peace process must continue. BUY ANY FROZEN YOGURT MENU ITEM (EXCEPT KIDDIE CUP) AND RECIEVE A MRS. FIELDS COOKIE FOR ONLY 49'. Please present this coupon before ordering. One order per coupon per customer per visit. 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