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The Armenian National Movement agreed to conditions demanded by the Azerbaijani People's Front for peace talks that are to begin Wednesday in Latvia, according the Latvian People's Front, which is sponsoring the talks. Both sides now say they will discuss troop withdrawals, refugees and other humanitarian concerns, but not the territorial dispute that triggered the hostilities, said Artis Erglis of the Latvian People's Front. Fire kills 28 people celebrating holiday TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ? ( A fire broke out Saturday in , a five-story commercial ( building as a crowd inside j celebrated the Lunar New Year, and 28 people were ] killed, officials said. Police said 18 bodies were found near the Taoyuan building's bathrooms and in a video parlor on the fourth , floor, which also housed a j theater, hotel, a barber shop and stores. , President defends $1.2 trillion budget j WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Bush on Sunday ; prepared to send Congress a i $1.23 trillion 1991 spending ] plan that his budget director said contains no general tax increase and which he predicted will be "criticized unfairly" on Capitol Hill. With many details already known about the budget, which will be released today, Democratic lawmakers are complaining that it fails to address the deficit seriously i and that its defense cuts are . too timid. Mall might be using discriminating law (AP) Columbia Mall, recently burdened with crimerelated controversy, has been using a 1960 state law designed to quell racial demonstrations to keep out people it considers troublemakers, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Supreme Court has declared the law unconstitutional if used to discriminate, iU~ XT~ i A diiu uie iNauuiiai /\s$uLiauun for the Advancement of Colored People says that is the case at Columbia Mall. The NAACP claims more than 100 people, most of them black, have been barred from the mall during the past two years under threat of prosecution for criminal trespass. Today it will be cloudy with a 70 percent chance of rain. High near 60 with winds 5 to 20 mph. Tonight, mostly cloudy. Low in the lower 40s. Tuesday, mostly cloudy with 20 percent chance of showers. High in the lower 60s. Student coi By LYNN GIBSON Assistant News Editor A USC student has confessed to stealing $1,500 in property from her suitemate's dorm room, police said Sunday. April Harris, 19, of Heath Springs, S. C. has been charged with third-degree burglary and grand larceny. She turned herself in to the USC Police Department Friday night after police searched her room, police reports said. Harris waived her rights, was interviewed by police and taken to the Richland County Detention Center. Bail was set at $2,500, and she remained incarcerated as of late Saturday night, USC's senior criminal investigator said. The theft was reported on Jan. 13, when the victim returned to school and found her door open and her microwave, color T. V., electronic typewriter, 35mm camera, lamp, Year of hors helps to rais< Chinese spiri By KANGCONG ZHANG Staff Writer Students from mainland China ushered in th sse New Year ? the year of the horse ? S; two days after finding out they might have to r China and face the possibility of retaliation for pro-democracy demonstrations. The U. S. Congress failed Thursday to c President Bush's veto of a bill that attemptec nove two-year home country residence requij for international students to hold a job in this < A.s a result, about 20,000 Chinese students m forced to return home when their visas expi this year, facing the danger of persecution f< participation in the 1989 democratic movement "I know some students don't agree with m< want the Bush administration to send a stron; :learer message to the Chinese government, understandable, but I think the long-term should be emphasized," he said. Journalism graduate student Li Xiaomin sail dent Bush displayed his diplomatic talent in h [his tough issue. Students from China held a Spring Festiv; Saturday, the day 1990 officially begins, accoi Lhe Chinese Lunar Calendar, while their coun from Taiwan gathered together Friday evening See Chinese students Few students i>., nrviMic cur*i v lfj msmjji in.^j X Staff Writer Many of the USC students who were charged sales tax on their textbooks by Addam's University Bookstore have not returned for their refund. Store manager Mike Moore said only a few hundred students have come in for their refund since this past week. He could not give the exact number of students or the total amount of money returned, because the refund was often added onto the receipt for returned or exchanged books. It would be up to the bookstore's accountants to figCommittee, m sports clubs ^ end tension By KATHY HEBERGER jf Staff Writer W A The Senate Finance Committee's release of $16,000 in supplementary funds to the Sports Club Council Budgeting Committee this past Wednesday marked an mDbj end to tensions between the com- \ mittees that began early last fall. ^ 4 Tensions re-ignited briefly last J week because an article about the funds freeze in The Gamecock Friday incorrectly presented one side of this complex situation the com- >.10feSi| mittees have been trying to resolve for the past three months. The conflict began in midOctober, 1989 when the Senate Finance Committee withheld sup- r*r\r* plementary funds, not the clubs' UOC regular 5 percent share of student pen activity fees (about $32,000), be- fee^ <j| See Sports funds page 2 David? nfesses to j "We've had cases of nc this was brazen. It's sad pie always point a finger been here for years, and tf VCR and jewelry gone. Her roomma answering machine was also missing. The door to the bathroom, which c nects the two rooms, was locked. Investigator Michael Rouick and Res* Police Officer Bryan Mills were assigne the case and repeatedly tried to get in tc with Harris. They went to the victi room Friday to get a diagram of the r< and the placement of the property. While there, they knocked on Han door and her roommate invited them The officers noticed the victim's T. V. e |p msm i I e iturday, I eturn to IQRQ'c Kl m j j ^ iverride 1 to re ements ight be re later I ur their j. They I ^er and That is i Presiandling il party ding to Nitrogen Clouds terparts Nq Qne wag jnjurecj gunda 5 to say leaked nitrogen, causing bill University Police and shut th< page 2 A return to A< ure out the total amount of money recei and returned. Students' lack of interest in returning their money may be related to the siz< the refunds, which range from just a cents to $3. "I was only overcharged a dollar something, so I didn't think it was that of a deal," USC freshman Laura Kirk rick said. "If anyone has paid (the sales tax) want to make sure they get it back, that's the bottom line," Moore said. When asked if he thought the misl ^llllll< I ' ' p i *^CJ;k ' Y ^8l^i Juli ky-sitting ny Sue Rosen and Matt Hiltner of Coll jring the halftime of the men's baski son. stealing from ;ighbors stealing things before, but - when things like this happen, peo ai ine cusioaiar worKers. wen, i ve lat's hardly ever the case." Senior criminal investigator ite's without notifying the victim or the roommate, left to get a search warrant. ;on- Harris's roommate, who had just moved in this semester and was unaware of the erve theft, told Harris the police were looking d to for her. >uch Harris's friends then persuaded her to m's turn herself in and she gave a full statex>m ment, reporting that she had discovered the bathroom door unlocked when she moved ris's in. She entered the victim's room, removed in. the property through the bathroom and then and, came back to the victim's room. v^ . ... './J?: |f : 8 * N 8. ^ I:;' ' * ly when a valve at the Physical Science building o owing clouds of the gas to escape. Chemistry p ) valve off. Creek said the valve probably loosened idams's for sal ved had hurt the bookstore's reputation, Moore replied that the S. C. Tax Commission realfor ized that it was a-mistake, and he thought 5 of that the students at USC would be just as few understanding. "We hope that they realize that we're huand man, too. It was not an intentional thing," big he said. pat- "It doesn't bother me much, because they're giving the money back. Besides, a , we bookstore is a bookstore," said Lori Noand votny, a government and international studies sophomore, lake "I really don't care, but it seems to me Populati yI-,, ^ ^... jpw? poses ne r. jflB By KATHY LEAPHART ^ MKBm Staff Writer In the 1980s, the populati fr a plosion became a global a jJk as the world population KB i ^Sjf reached 5 billion. Population will be increas k .Jig pidly in the 1990s, and by tl WL ^JP 2030 population will have d mm i to 10 billion. "We in the affluent should be very apprehensive the population explosion, uSC geography professor ! jm Janiskee. 'There is no simpl ! jU 4 tion to the population problei As a member of the globa munity, Columbia must tak< to help find a solution for c pulation or suffer the far-re e Souchiiton/The Gamecock environmental consequent could arise from uncontroll jmbia sit on Cooky's Pulalion 8 wtuh- ,Thcsef co etball game against e"cehs ,nclud= ** loss ?f a 1 of the animal species that ar today. i suitemate After locking the bathroom door, she unlocked the front door and left the room. She had given some of the property to other people, whom she insists did not know it was stolen. All the property has been recovered, the senior investigating officer said. "We've had cases of neighbors stealing things before, but this was brazen," he said. "It's sad ? when things like this happen, people always point a finger at the custodial workers. Well. I've been here for vears and that's hardly ever the case." Danny Baker, vice president for Law Enforcement and Safety, said the case shows it is important to keep doors in the dormitories locked. "It's unfortunate that community members steal from other community members, but it's a reality and people have to realize that," he said. I r 72? Deborah Ryan/The Gamecock n the corner of Devine and Main streets jrofessor Kim Creek was contacted by I up on its own. n i es tax reruna that they were more interested in Carolina sportswear and being the big, new bookstore on campus, and that's why they goofed," electrical engineering sophomore Dan Ramage said. Addam's was unaware that a South Carolina tax law exempts both new and used textbooks from the state's sales tax. Addam's plans on turning over all the money that is not refunded to the S. C. Tax Commission. Students who have not gotten their refund and have their receipt can still go by Addam's to get their money. ion growth 117 pliol on rroc " vuauvugvo on ex- ^ "level 'OQS ing rale year oubled =Vli world In addition, the economic conse: about quences could include sky" said rocketing debt as countries Robert struggle to keep up with populae solu- tion demands. Countries who have m." borrowed large sums of money, 1 com- such as Brazil, will find it difficult i steps to pay back their loans and may iverpo- default, causing economic shock aching waves that will affect all countries is that around the world, ed po- Although population control nsequ- boards can help to lower birth quarter rates, attitudes and lifestyles will e alive See World Population page 2