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Monday, November 29, 1993
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Offer to lift sanctions lures Bosnia factions to negotiate
The Bosnian Serbs, who have gotten crucial backing from Yugoslavia during the 19-month war, hold about 70 percent of Bosnia. Bosnian Croats, who have gotten help from Croatia, hold much of the rest.
The Associated Press
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is under pressure from
The 12 European Community foreign ministers will meet today with the leaders of each faction in a bid to restart the talks. Their new offer involves phasing out international sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia if Belgrade pressures the Bosnian Serbs into giving more land to the Muslims.
GENEVA—The European Community is hoping to lure the leaders of Bosnia's warring factions back to the negotiating table with an offer to lift sanctions on Yugoslavia, the region's power broker.
hard-line Serbs not to yield an inch, has ruled out any further territorial concessions.
Serbia is crumbling under the U.N. sanctions, imposed in May 1992 to punish Serbia for encouraging the Bosnian war. Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic is considered the key to ending the conflict, in which more than 200,000 people have died.
Under the earlier plan to divide Bosnia into Serb, Croat and Muslimled states, Muslims would have gotten about 31 percent of the country.
He has not yet said publicly whether he would exert pressure on the Bosnian Serbs to give up more land, but his close aides have rejected the idea.
The plan fell apart when Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic insisted on getting 3 percent to 4 percent more territory from the Serbs and secure access to a port on the Adriatic from the Croats.
The initiative was endorsed by U.N. Security Council members United States and Russia, whose envoys are scheduled to attend the negotiations. Suspending the sanctions would require Security Council approval.
Last week, the European Community backed a French-German proposal for a "gradual suspension" of the sanctions against Belgrade if the additional land is surrendered to the Muslims.
Other agenda items include guarantees regarding the safe passage of aid convoyes in Bosnia and defusing tensions between Croatia and Serb-controlled Krajina, a region in Croatia seized by the Serbs during a 1991 war.
Izetbegovic also demanded foreign military intervention to protect aid convvoys, which are being blocked despite a recent agreement between the warring parties to allow their free passage.
Natural gas problems in Sarajevo second weapon against Bosnians
The Associated Press
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — At 3 a.m. on a frosty night in blacked-out Sarajevo, Neiraj Ciber got up to take her daughter to the bathroom.
As she struck a match to light a candle, the room exploded. Ciber and a cousin were nearly killed. Her husband and two daughters were burned.
The cause: an improvised natural gas connection with no telltale odor to warn of leaks.
the city.
Many blame the irregular gas supply on the siege of Sarajevo by Bosnian Serbs, who control the pipeline into
As they face a second winter of war with almost no electricity, wood or heating fuel, Sarajevans are using makeshift pipes and garden hoses to tap a dangerously unpredictable natural gas supply. They know the perils, but such risk-taking has become a necessary ritual of survival.
"I see myself as a victim of another weapon of the Serbs," Daniel Ciber, Nezira's 47-year-old husband, said from his hospital bed, his face blackened and blistered, his hands wrapped with white gauze.
"I think they are just using this to blow up somebody," he said. "They know that people here are desperate like I was. Just to spare shells, they do this, too."
Sarajevo has been without gas since August, except for intermittent resumptions at low pressure.
Engineers say gas is more dangerous at low pressure than high because its movement through pipes cannot be predicted, and people tend to bypass regulators that close when pressure drops below a certain level. That leads to accidents, particularly in the early morning when gas has accumulated.
Aid workers say the Bosnian Serbs, who control the gas distribution station outside Sarajevo, aggravate the problem by not adding odorants that would alert people to dangerous buildups.
The Cibers were not the first victims and aren't likely to be the last. An estimated 70,000 households are hooked up illegally to a gas system designed for 12,000.
Twenty-eight people have been admitted to Kosevo Hospital with serious burns since early September, compared to eight in the previous eight months, said Anadi Begic, chief of the burns unit. Most were victims of gas explosions.
Nine people have died since September, and 11 have been evacuated, including Ciber and her daughters.
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Union Technology Center service technician Steve Smith works on a KU student's computer.
Students can get Macs fixed on campus
By John Carlton Union Tech Center
Mindy Blum, Wichita junior, is one of many students on campus frustrated by her computer.
She said, "I have the biggest problem right now. I bought a program from the store in the Burge, installed it, and now the store won't work."
Due to the nature of technology, such problems are sometimes unavoidable for KU students and faculty. Downtime can be very frustrating and getting your computer fixed can sometimes be a pain.
"I don't have enough time to take it to Kansas City. I'm too busy," Blum said.
But a new program that allows the Union Technology Center in the Burge Union to service Macintosh computers has made it more convenient for KU students to get repairs.
Earlier this month the Tech Center was approved to be an authorized service provider for Apple Computers. They are currently the only authorized Apple service provider in Lawrence.
"I'm excited. This will be so much easier on me," Blum said.
The service is available to all KU students, faculty and staff, as well as any former students, faculty or staff who bought their computer from the Tech Center.
The computers are serviced by Steve Smith and the UTC staff. Smith has fifteen years of electronics and computer experience and said he enjoys providing guidance in technical matters.
Common questions for students and faculty include problems with printing, system errors, lost files and modem communications. Solutions involve software troubleshooting, hardware maintenance and client orientation.
Smith said, "I often solve computer problems by listening to our client's questions. My work includes educating individuals as well as troubleshooting systems."
The Union Technology Center is always willing to answer any question, no matter how simple it may be. Smith suggested that students wanting to know more about how computers and programs work could also benefit from
a visit to the Computer Center. Also, faculty members will want to drop by the ASTUTE Center in the Dole Human Development Center for tips on using technology in the classroom. These two places, he said, are excellent resources for anyone inexperienced with computers.
Steed Bell of the Union Tech Center said he was pleased the UTC could provide so much to the KU community. "With our educational pricing, convenient location, and now service on Apple hardware, I think we have a great deal to offer students and faculty members."
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The Union Technology Center is located on Level 3 of the Burge Union. Students; faculty and staff can take their Macintosh computers to be serviced there, or call 864-5690 for more information.