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2The TaYHeeirniuttddyjurieYS," fS89 World and Nation China arrests students, expels reporters From Associated Press reports BEIJING Authorities an nounced Wednesday the arrest of two of 21 student leaders wanted for roles in the pro-democracy movement and ordered three Western reporters ex pelled for their reporting on the mar tial law crackdown. Given three days to leave were two American correspondents, John Pomfrct of The Associated Press and Voice of America bureau chief Alan Pcssin, and British Broadcasting Corp. Far Eastern correspondent Brian Barron. The order came as authorities in tensified their criticism of the United Slates and pressed on with a nation wide clampdown on dissent that has already netted more than 1,000 ar rests. Communist authorities have criti cized VOA, whose short-wave broad casts arc an important source of in formation for Chinese, as spreading "distortions." They have also con demned Washington for sheltering Chinese dissident Fang Lihi and his wife at the U.S. Embassy. Authorities also announced today the arrest of 32 participants in pro democracy protests, which ended June 3-4 with a military assault on Bei jing's center in which hundreds of unarmed civilians were killed. The Communist Parly newspaper, the People's Daily, warned the United States in a harsh front-page editorial today to "stop interfering in China's internal affairs and not do anything to harm bilateral relations." "Anyone who tries to put pressure on the Chinese government is not sensible and is shortsighted, and will gain no advantage in the end," the editorial said. China has launched an unremit ting attack on the United States for sheltering Fang and his wife, Li Shuxian. They sought protection af ter the army assault that cleared cen tral Tiananmen Square of students who had occupied it for three weeks. Police today called in Pomfrct and Pcssin and ordered them expelled. Police accused Pomfrct of violat ing martial law regulations on report ing and meeting with the leaders of the independent student organizations that led seven weeks of protests for a freer China. "Pomfrct used his journalism cre dentials for illegal activities and used illegal methods to get state secrets," the Beijing television news charged. "He protected the leaders of student groups and exchanged information with them." Pomfrct, 30, has worked for The AP since 1986 and has been based in Beijing since 1988. He studied in China from 1980-82 and speaks fluent Chinese. "I did my job as a journalist and I worked hard," Pomfrct said. "It's a shame that these arc the results I get." Pcssin, 33, said police accused him of engaging in reporting aimed at distorting facts, spreading rumors and instigating turmoil and "counterrevo lutionary" rebellion. "The only motive we have is to icll the truth as best we can. Govern ments do not always like that," said Reforms blamed for Soviet crime increase From Associated Press reports MOSCOW Gangs taking ad vantage of relaxed controls under President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's reform programs have contributed to a 32 percent rise in the Soviet crime rate since January, officials say. Gorbachev has acknowledged that the restructuring he initiated since coming to power four years ago could lead to more crime. Maj. Gen. Anatoly Smirnovof the Interior Ministry told a Moscow news conference Tuesday that "the relaxa tion of discipline" and shortages in. basic commodities had fueled an in crease in murder and other serious Early transition of power set for From Associated Press reports BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) President Raul Alfonsin says eco nomic chaos is forcing him to resign five months before his term ends, and President-elect Carlos Menem said today he is willing to assume office early. "We are willing, totally willing, to assume the direction of the Argen tine republic on that date, and my hope is that the president of the na tion will puton me the presidential sash," Menem told Radio America. Alfonsin said Monday evening he Pessin. Barron, who is based in Hong Kong, has been covering the unrest in China of the past several weeks. The official Xinhua News Agency today issued its first detailed account of the assault on Beijing, saying nearly 100 soldiers and police died and thou sands were wounded. It said about 100 civilians were killed and nearly 1,000 injured. The figures were lower than those given last week by a government spokesman, who said nearly 300 people were killed, including many soldiers. Chinese witnesses and Western intelligence estimates say about 3,000 people were killed, most, of them civilians. National television said one of 21 student leaders of the pro-democracy movement, Zhou Fengsuo, was ar crimes. Official figures show street crime increased over the same five-month period in 1988 by 83 percent, prop erty crimes by 53 percent and mur der by 26 percent, Smirnov said. Nine Soviet policemen were killed in clashes with criminals in May alone. Shortages that have worsened steadily under economic experiments begun in recent years have created a demand for stolen goods that spurs robbers on, according to the Smirnov. He said the country's rail, air and river transport systems have become increasingly crime-ridden, especially with robbery and mugging. would leave office on June 30 be cause of Argentina's economic crisis and his inability to handle it, given his parly's loss to Menem in the May national elections. "The government's room for ac tion during the months that remain of its mandate is loo narrow to face the problems with a chance for success," Alfonsin told the nation in a tele vised address. But Menem, a populist champion of the working poor, said he was taken by surprise by the announcement and said it would be "impossible" for him j - i Gold Connection HAS GREAT PRICES EVERY DAY! plus 20 OFF to all summer school students! So come on in! 128 E. Franklin St. QTT VI Tv Downtown Chapel Hill ZO "VlLLD rested in the central city of Xian after being turned in by his sister and her husband, who works at an air force academy. Pictures of Zhou, a 22-year-old physics student at Qinghua Univer sity in Beijing, and the other activists were flashed on television Tuesday and today and appeared in today's newspapers with appeals for people to turn them in. The evening television news showed Zhou sitting in a police sta tion being questioned. A later report said Xiong Yan, 24, a graduate student of law at Beijing University, also was arrested but gave no details. He also was shown being questioned. The other 19 student leaders were believed to be at large. The government accused the 21 The ministry also noticed a "rise in the aggressiveness of certain citi zens," the general said. One crime-fighting experiment has shown good results, Smirnov said. In the Russian city of Gorky, where two policemen were murdered this win ter and residents were afraid to leave home at night, creation of workers' militias to back up police cut the crime rate's growth by 38 percent. Gorbachev told Communist Parly leaders in a speech this spring that they should keep in mind that "any extension of democracy and humani zation of life should go parallel with an uncompromising struggle against to lake office five months early. He said that it required legislation that could not be enacted in time. It looked likely at that point that Menem's younger brother, Eduardo, who is provisional president of the Senate, would act as interim presi dent until Menem's change of heart today. The six-year term of Alfonsin, whose civilian administration replaced a discredited military dictatorship, officially ends Dec. 10. Because Menem, 58, and Alfon of "inciting and organizing counter revolutionary rebellion in Beijing" during the movement for a dialogue with the government, free speech and an end to official corruption. Xinhua also attacked a 33-foot-tall statue modeled on the U.S. Statue of Liberty that the students erected in Tiananmen Square, as "an attempt to stir up worship of American-style 'freedom and democracy.'" The offensive against foreign criti cism was begun Tuesday by Premier Li, who accused "a small number of nations" of using China's political troubles to "spread all kinds of ru mors, stir up anti-China sentiments and put pressure on us." In a speech to senior officials, Li said, "We must warn them sternly: the Chinese people will not yield to this kind of pressure." criminal elements." Police Col. Gennady Chebotarev said Tuesday that organized crime got its start in the massive "shadow economy" of theft, embezzlement and unofficial wheeling-and-dealing that has thrived since the 1970s. He said organized groups of crimi nals have also begun to foster ties with international crime, particularly with computer imports, antiques, gold and jewels. Computers are in heavy demand in the Soviet Union, and speculators can make huge profits by buying and selling even relatively cheap computers. Argentina sin, 62, have disagreed on how to improve the economy, little has been done to curtail inflation, which hit 78.5 percent in May. Interest rates and unemployment also continue to rise. The economic problems have been fueled by Argentina's S59 billion foreign debt. Problems in repaying the debt and meeting demands by foreign creditors also caused rioting in Venezuela in February, and have been blamed for instability in Brazil, Peru and other Latin American nations. 950 Introductory OPEN 24 HOURS 114 W. Franklin St. 967-0790 pi next to jonnny isnin m ", v.' jtMc9str83: r. 2i vj
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