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China applauds Bush disarmament initiative BlilJINC (AIM China on Sunday praised .1 proj os nl by President Bush that Washington anil Musi-, w m gotiate the elimination of all their land-liase.l h.i! ;sti missiles equipped with multiple nuclear warheads The Foreign Ministry issui 1 China's first response t the initiative, which Bush announced I ndus The United States and the Sov iet Union "have a spe cial responsibility for nuclear disarmament" be. a . >e they have the largest nuclear arsenals, it said The, should "take the lea'll - halting, the ' production anil deployment of nuclear weapons ami substantially cutting the nuclear weapon's.,of all types in their possession," said the 'slat nveht,..carried ley the offi< ial Xinhua News Agent v The statement made no refer em r to (Ihina s own nu• ulnar arsenal, ihu smallest of thu fivu known nuclear powers. Hush-proposed that thu United Status anil Sov-iuf ' '.riiiItt reduce their nuclear weapons below thu levels ruijaired by the recently signed Stratcgii Ainu. I\e I... tion Treaty Thu American proposal comes at a time of political turmoil in the Soviet Union and uncertain!v over the status of Soviet strategic vs capo:is, vs bn h Mo . . vs av ■■■ are purely defensive The Foreign Ministry statement said China has ",d wins stood fur nuclear <iisarinament. .uivui tiling nmi piete prohibition and thorough destruction of -tun mar weapons." flimiiviT, China has contributed to the nuclear weapons programs of Ira.p Pakistan and India ll also Mas sold ballistic missiles in Syria, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Helpr.p, announced last month that it planned In Man the nuclear inn 'proliferation- treaty, but has not vet done so, !ts arms sales have been a growing irritant in Sum U S relations, which are at their lowest point sirn e re lations were i ".ta!»lishe<i in 1‘17'i Foreigners attacked by rightists BhRUN (AP) — Hundreds of protestors marching to show support for foreigners clashed with police Sunday during .1 weekend in which extreme rightists attacked refugee shel ters in more than .1 dozen tier man towns. Meanwhile, state Interior Minister Rudolf Krause, re sponsible for security in the new eastern state of Saxony, re signed late Sunday. The stall; has been one of the hardest hit by rightist attai ks on foreigners over the past weeks and Krause had been ac cused in media reports of not doing enough to hull the vio lence. However, Krause was also fat ing allegations that he once worked for the former hast tier man secret police. An Interior Ministry spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed Krause's resignation hut declined to provide further details President Richard von Wei/saeckcr said he would vis it a home for asylum-seekers this week to show his concern for the rising violence aimed at foreigners in both the prosper ous west and the economically depressed east ror nearly iwu ux treme rightists have been at tacking shelters for asylum seoknrs across the country Most of thu violence has in volvud th(? throwing of stones and firebombs at the shelters, but some foreigners also have been beaten. Politicians from all parlies have denounced the violence, which has begun to appear in western Germany The attac ks began in former Past Germany, where rightists say foreigners are taking scarce jobs when the transition to a market economy has left many eastern Germans out of work. Police said more than u doz en refugee centers across the country were attacked Saturday and Sunday. More than it,000 people, most of them young leftists, clashed with police Sunday af ter demonstrating against right ist attacks in Hoyerswerda. an eastern German town that has been the center of the worst violence. Police said that about fit) cars were damaged by demonstra tors throwing stones and fire works, and that at least 19 peo ple were arrested. Police used a water cannon to drench the protesters after they refused to disperse. Demonstrators carried ban ners saying "Slop Neo-Nazis” and "Down with Racism and Nazi Terror." save money on Macintosh I lore s the dr.il \Xe've paired s< mienl the most pipular Apple” Macintosh11 eomputers with some of the most pipular Apple print ers Huv i me i it these11 mihitulKms, .mil save hi^ Ihk ks (kit it' tk xxi Ni >\s i>et >ttu4 Ihis otter ts .iv.til.ible i hiK t< >r ,t limited time Nr \out .tiitlti itved Apple i ampus revllei t(xLl\ tor det.uK And div i )\er the [tower < >1 M.n in t< idi Hie |x iwer to lx- viMil lx-Ml Macintosh Classic Macintosh LC Macintosh tlsi VfUi l>\! /; : 'mfmlt'f u ::fi t-.f'u-r jn i/f**' VytfU r jr 1 /V *\ .'•rn r»! uwcn ,* ji >•*.; j ifti . •/; .. >.v»» '< !//! n,7u* .4'! i/ifW- V!,i«-U rt/,f » ,;*( V if «* Ptrvutai l me* 4 »•:,* . r. . . " Sir 4 i: • ■ . i '!< \*>u f<t,, ti hwh /• t rtumi r H;i in: ft I’ .i an f\ tM>rul /V^ »w/ hi * f yr-r hr* VC* V<*» -V»- f-M , J- ' i ■ *Up' :>•* *» Hie* r> -J«v h- J Mj* * 4* «.,n -4! «rp*r*rt> Microcomputer Support Center 202 Computing Center Monday-Friday, 9am - 5pm • 346-4402