tUfyp laily (Bar Mrrl Taiwan to Tighten Ties with China Taiwan's president has OK'd plans to loosen economic restrictions, despite past fears of communist China. The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan’s leader sided with an elite team of economic advisers who urged him Sunday to make a historic policy change and boost economic ties with China - the island’s biggest security threat. President Chen Shui-bian embraced the panel’s advice as the island slips into its first recession in three decades and feels the strong pull of China’s booming market, which offers cheap labor and land to Taiwanese firms struggling to stay competitive. Leaders Urge Condit's Removal From Committee The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Rep. Gary Condit has no reason to quit the House Intelligence Committee, his lawyer said Sunday, despite concerns by colleagues about his relationship with Chandra Levy and his actions since the former federal intern disappeared. Condit may be the only committee member without any secrets left, and “he’s probably the person on the Intelligence Committee who can’t be blackmailed anymore,” lawyer Abbe Lowell said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “If it’s not punitive for some reason, fere’s no good reason” for the California Democrat to leave the com mittee, Lowell said. “He’s served very PETA * From Page 3 ply brought up.” Shannon said PETA members are waiting to hear back from OWASA before pursuing other methods of get ting their point across. “They promote fishing on the lake, they rent boats so people can take them VINROOT From Page 3 ial aspirations. “I raised more money during the last campaign then any Republican that has ever run for governor,” Vinroot said. Vinroot’s toughest challenge could come from fellow Republican and former presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole. Dole has yet to officially announce her fntention to run, but she has publicly stat ed that she is exploring the possibility. 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But business leaders have argued that Taiwan - famous for its manufacturing prowess - can no longer compete with China’s factories, fueled by low-wage labor. Most of Taiwan’s factories that pro duced consumer goods have already moved to China, where the Taiwanese have invested an estimated S6O billion in China during the past decade. Congress. Unless there is something to take before the Ethics Committee, I don’t see how we can do anything.” Later, on CNN, Rangel added: “What is it that we could possibly charge him with in the Ethics Committee? Not one thing.” Condit’s lawyer Lowell asked that Gephardt consider comments Condit made in other media interviews last week before determining any possible action. When asked by Newsweek what mes sage he would have liked to have relayed during the ABC interview, Condit said he would have made it clear “how disheartened and heartbroken I am that it’s been four months and we haven’t been able to find Chandra.” it back into the water. The fish disap pears into the dark water. “We talk about respecting every thing,” Tim Willink said. “We put every thing back. “It’s the approach you take. If you respect wildlife, then I don’t see a prob lem with it” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. Act, through a temporary amendment passed by Congress in 1986, once allowed academic institutions to legally force older tenured faculty members to retire. But when that amendment expired in 1994, institutions of higher education were forced to find other ways of encour aging faculty members to step down. Nora Robbins, senior director of human resource services at UNC- Chapel Hill said she was surprised by how many people took advantage of the early retirement incentives. “We thought people wouldn’t retire,” Robbins said. “That hasn’t been the case. In fact, we’ve had more people retire than we expected.” And the systemwide phased retire ment program could be one reason. 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But the number of weapons NATO decided on could become an obstacle to carrying out the plan. Macedonian government officials, who say the rebels have thousands more weapons than they have admitted to, said later Sunday that they had not agreed to accept NATO’s figures. Prime Minister Lju b c o Georgievski, a con sistent opponent of the weapons col lection plan, described NATO’s estimates of rebel arms as “humiliating.” “Our regrouping will be simultaneous with the arrival and deployment of NATO troops Marjan Gjurovski Macedonian Defense Spokesman The dispute opened the possibility that the weapons collection process won’t start as planned Monday. By early Sunday evening, political leaders had failed to order their forces to pull back from areas surrounding drop-off sites - a key requirement for NATO to start weapons collections. “Our regrouping will be simultane ous with the arrival and deployment of NATO troops,” said Maijan Gjurovski, the Macedonian defense spokesman. 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Do it by 5:00 PM today. If you miss this deadline, see your academic advisor ASAP. ACADEMIC ADVISING PROGRAMS www.unc.edu/depts/advising Monday, August 27,2001 after a deadly explosion ripped through a motel, killing two people and further complicating the affiance’s efforts to build confidence between the rebels and the government ahead of its mission. The Macedonian-owned motel was in Celopek, a village six miles south of the predominandy Albanian city of Tetovo. Georgievski called the attack “bar baric.” “I have suggested that Macedonia must legitimately respond or retaliate either with a military or police action,” he said It was unclear if the government would actually act The explosion took place in an ethnic Albanian neighborhood, about 50 yards from an Orthodox church. Most ethnic Albanians are Muslims; most Macedonians are Orthodox Christians. Police also reported an exchange of infantry and artillery fire in the Kumanovo area northeast of Skopje. Security forces “responded adequate ly,” police said. The planned NATO mission is the alliance’s attempt to avert more blood shed in this ethnically tom nation. Fighting broke out along Macedonia’s bor der with Kosovo in February after eth nic Albanians launched an insur gency claiming they were fighting for greater rights. The government says ethnic Albanians, who make about a third of the country’s population of 2 million, are fighting for a state of their own. After an Aug. 13 peace deal, NATO’s ruling council authorized a total about 4,700 troops to help with disarmament of the rebels. The peace deal envisions a step-by step process in which rebels will hand over weapons to NATO in exchange for political reforms in Macedonia. Since a third of the weapons are to be handed over in exchange for moves in parlia ment, the figure had to be revealed in advance. figures were reduced to sl3 million each. Superintendent Neil Pedersen said he fears the funding will be reduced further before the referendum goes before voters. Pedersen said, “It’s just a question of the commissioners finding the right mix and finding the right priority.” The City Editor can be reached at citydeskaurtcedu. 7