University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 11, 1990
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47 killed on train in India
The Associated Press
NEW DELHI, India -- Left-wing guerrillas Tuesday locked shut the doors of a speeding train's coach and passengers, news reports said yesterday.
Tuesday night's attack was the most serious violence since Prime Minister V.P. Sengo proposed setting government jobs for low-caste hindu
Reports said that 47 people were killed and 14 injured. The coach, one of 15 cars on the passenger train, blazed for more than 30 minutes near Hyderabad, 590 miles south of New Delhi
"They were distributing pamphels and they assured us nothing would happen. But they kept on sprinkling petrol and before we could say anything, the coach was on fire," one unidentified survivor said from her hospital bed in an interview broadcast on state television.
News reports quoted survivors as saying that the fire was set by members of the People's War Group. The group is part of a communist movement that often resorts to kidnappings and violence.
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The fire was apparently set to protest a Supreme Court order that
temporarily halted Singh's job plan. The ruling was in response to petitions by upper-caste Hindus.
At least 106 other people have died since Aug. 7, when Singh announced plans to reserve 27 percent of federal jobs for low-caste Hindus. Already, 22.5 percent of the 18 million federal jobs are reserved for tribepeople who form untouchables, who form the lowest strata of the Hindu caste system.
High-caste Hindus say the affirmative action program will deprive qualified people of jobs they deserve.
About 50 upper-case Hindus have committed suicide by hanging, poison or self-immolation to protest against their death in street clashes with police.
U.S. seeks U.N. censure of Israel
The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS - The United States and Britain yesterday pushed for a quick Security Council vote to condemn Israeli security forces for firing on rock-throwing Palestinian hosters in Jerusalem, killing 19 of them.
"Our hope is that we will be able to take such a proposal, or a proposal like it, to a vote very soon," U.S. Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering said as the council began private consultations.
The Palestine Liberation Organization was demanding a harsher denunciation and a Security Council investigative mission to Jerusalem, in a resolution the United States would veto.
"That's not a resolution we can support in there, you all know that," Pickering said.
A U.S. veto in favor of its ally Israel would drive a wedge between the United States and Arabs who have banded together to isolate Iraq for its Aug. 2 invasion and occupation of Kuwait.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and other Arab states, including Kuwait's government in exile, say Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank is as offensive as Iraq President Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
Israeli forces fired Monday after thousands of Palestinians threw stones down on Jewish worshipers at the synagogue in Jaffa, injuring more than 20 Israelis. Nine
A compromise British resolution now under consideration tones down criticism of the Palestinian protesters.
teen Palestinians were killed and 140 wounded in the shooting.
The original U.S. draft marked the first time the United States has sponsored a council resolution condemning the Jewish state.
It criticized Israel for using excessive force against Palestinian rioters, but also regretted "that innocent worshippers also were attacked," a statement the PLO and its council allies found unacceptable. The British resolution eliminates that reference.
Not since Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 to drive out the PLO has the United States taken such a strong stance against its close ally,
U. S. diplomats privately said they offered the draft resolution as a way of heading off harsh criticism of it, and that they concealed it marked a shift in
The PLO's allies on the council — Colombia, Cuba, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Yemen and Zaire — have drafted a resolution that calls for the Security Council to send three members to Jerusalem to investigate the incident.
U. S. diplomats said privately they would have to veto such a resolution. Israel already has rejected any Security Council mission as an infringement upon Israeli sovereignty.
Israeli panel will investigate killing of Palestinians in riot
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israel yesterday, appointed a panel headed by a former spy chief to investigate the killing of 19 Palestinians in a riot on the Temple Mount. It also rejected police that police used excessive force.
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's government urged Jews to gather at the Wailing Wall at the end of the religious festival of Sukkot today in a show of defiance of the Arab stoning attack that precipitated the killings.
To block further violence, the army kept more than a million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip confined to their homes by curfew. In Jerusalem, police fired tear gas to break up numerous protests by Palestinians, which continued into the night.
Arab hospital officials in Gaza and the West Bank said they treated at least 14 Palestinians shot and killed by soldiers in scattered clashes.
In Jordan, protests by thousands of Jordanians and Palestinian university students continued for the third day yesterday.
Monday's rosting at the Temple Mount, a site holy to both Jews and Muslims, began with Palestinians stoning Jewish worshipers. Police
charged onto the Mount, first firing tear gas and then live ammunition.
Shamir authorized the inquiry hours before the U.N. Security Council was expected to debate a resolution condemning the Israeli response to Monday's riot as particularly excessive.
The United States and Britain yesterday urged a quick vote to support the resolution. Not since Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 to drive out the PLO has the United States taken a strong stance against its close ally.
President Bush criticized Israel on Tuesday for not acting with more restraint
China, Zimbabwe and Kuwait's government-in-exile yesterday added their voices to those condemning Israel for the violence.
Israel, meanwhile, rejected U.S. charges that it used excessive force and said the Security Council draft resolution was hypocritical.
Yossi Ben-Aharon, head of the prime minister's office, said such a resolution would be useless and the president of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
Saddam has attempted to link efforts to resolve the gulf crisis with the Israeli-Palestinian problem.
Waite could be released soon
Affordable vacations for students do exist
By Steve Bailey
Most students would agree that they could use a vacation.
But, for a variety of reasons, including cost and time constraints, most students fail to follow up on their desires to get away.
However, reasonable travel rates do exist and can be found by doing a little investigating
Carol Khoury, travel agent for Maupinport Travel Service in the Kansas Union, said short jaunts to extremely popular among students.
"Chicago is a mecca for KU students wanting to get away for a weekend," Khoury said. "We have more people buying tickets to Chicago than anywhere else in the country."
And why not? With a 21-day advance purchase of an airline ticket, a flight to Chicago becomes available. The gas it would take to drive round trip
Khoury said a flight booked more than 21 days in advance would cost about $5 on weekdays or $6 on Sundays and $7 on the airline and flight availability.
"These flights are extremely affordable but do come with some setbacks," she said. "Most of the tickets are non-refundable and cannot be changed in any way after purchase.
*Ticket prices also are subject to change at any time. A fare is not guaranteed when the flight is booked, guaranteed only after purchase.*
For example, a round-trip flight to New Orleans with 21-day advance notice would cost about $141 on weekdays and about $160 on weekends, depending on the airline and flight availability. Round-trip flights can be booked for about $70 or 21-day advance notice for about $170 on weekdays or about $180 on weekends, again depending on the airline and flight availability.
Other destinations also offer reasonable airfares for students with a bigger budget.
Tips for Travelers
3. Plan to travel during weekdays - it's usually cheaper.
1. Book flights at least 21 days to one month in advance.
2. Be flexible with arrival and departure dates and times.
4. Look for group trips with special reduced rates.
5. Check classified ads for bargain flights
Source: Maupintour Travel Service
Khoury said Las Vegas and New Orleans were popular spring break spots for KU students, as were Florida and Texas.
“If I were advising students about making travel plans, I would say to always plan early and be flexible with travel and departure times.” he said.
Other travel opportunities for students are occasionally offered by Student Union Activities. SUA plans about four trips each year, which in the past have been popular with KU students; said Sue Morrell, SUA adviser.
The trip to Chicago includes round-trip airfare from KCI to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, and two nights lodging at the Lenox House hotel at a cost of $15 for KU students and $25 for KU students.
And if all else fails, scour the classified ads. Many bargains are awaiting the lucky souls who can help another person recoup losses suffered because plans had to be canceled.
annual spring break trip to Panama City Beach, Fla.," Morrell said. "We're trying to get a couple of other trips planned, maybe to New Orleans or Las Vegas, but we have nothing set yet."
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